Secret of Mana is a 1993 action role-playing game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the sequel to the 1991 game Seiken Densetsu, released in North America as Final Fantasy Adventure and in Europe as Mystic Quest. The game follows three heroes as they attempt to prevent an empire from conquering the world with the power of an ancient flying fortress. The player takes on the role of the hero, the girl, and the sprite, named Randi, Primm, and Popoi.
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Secret of Mana is a 1993 action role-playing game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the sequel to the 1991 game Seiken Densetsu, released in North America as Final Fantasy Adventure and in Europe as Mystic Quest. Set in a high fantasy universe, the game follows three heroes as they attempt to prevent an empire from conquering the world with the power of an ancient flying fortress. The game received considerable acclaim for its brightly colored graphics, expansive plot, Ring Command menu system, and innovative real-time battle system. The original version was released for the Wii’s Virtual Console in Japan in September 2008, and for Wii U’s Virtual console in June 2013. A full 3D remake was released for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Microsoft Windows in February 2018. It was included in the Collection of Mana release for the Nintendo Switch in June 2017 and North America in June 2019. The player takes on the role of the hero, the girl, and the sprite, named Randi, Primm, and Popoi outside the initial North American and European releases. The party wields eight different types of weaponry: sword, spear, bow, axe, boomerang, glove, whip, and javelin. All weapons can be upgraded eight times, and repeated use of a weapon increases its skill level to a maximum of eight. Weapons are upgraded with Weapon Orbs, which are found in most towns. In order to learn magic, the party must learn the Elementals.
The Elementals represent different elements—such as earth, earth, life, and life—and each provides the player with specific spells. Travel may be expedited with Cannon, where players must traverse an enemy-infested countryside to reach a destination. At the start of the game, each magic spell costs magic points to cast, but each Magic spell costs similar to a giant Cannon cannon. In each town, each Orb is found in a blacksmith, who uses it to reforge one weapon. In most towns, the player takes in each Orb to asmith, where they can regain hit points or purchase restorative items and equipment. The hero, while unable to use magic, masters weapons at a quicker rate; the girl is a healer, able to cast restorative and support spells; and the sprites casts offensive magic to damage and impair enemies. The player can choose to control each of the characters at any time; whichever character is currently selected, the other two companions are controlled via artificial intelligence. The game may be played simultaneously by up to three players, made possible by the Super Multitap accessory for theSuper NES console. The Virtual Console version of thegame supports three-player gameplay via additional GameCube controllers or Classic Controllers. It was ported to mobile phones in Japan in 2009, and an enhanced port of theGame was released in 2010 and Android in 2014. It has been re-released for the company’s Super NES Classic Edition in September 2017.
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