I know it's hard to remember, but the Gameboy screen did NOT start ghost for 6 years. It's caused by the ink based screen slowly dieing, and was not an issue until the system began to age. And in 12-16 years there won't be a single unmodified Gameboy system that screen will still work.
You're right to point out that we shouldn't be so quick to assume that vintage tech is still able to faithfully recreate the original experience. It is also true that it's hard to remember exactly what it was like. I do however remember an incredible improvement in LCD tech from ~1990-2005. I also think's it's useful to remember people's expectations were much lower back then. There was incredible novelty to playing video games on the go. FWIW, I do remember one of my games from back in the early '90s, Boomer's Adventure in Asmik World, ghosting like mad during boss levels. I was fine with it at the time. If you had told me the designer intended that effect, I would have believed you. XD
"[Secret of Mana] It's why you clicked on the video, inn'it?" Nay, sir. I clicked on it for Seiken Densetsu III. I played it with a fan-translated ROM years ago and I LOVE it. So seeing this video, it was an instant click. :3
Would love to know what’s different between the fan translation vs the official translation. I’m sure there’s some things that are different. I’ve noticed fan translations tend to add a little extra humor for better or for worse.
I will give a correction! The first one isn't called Final Fantasy Adventure on every part of North America! In Canada, where I live, when we buy the Collection, once at Title Screen, it'll show for us the Title Mystic Quest instead, but for sure, if we select in the language version before starting the game the option English (US), at that moment the version you'll play will show Final Fantasy Adventure, but not in the Title Screen Selection of the 3 games!
It actually have 4 screen options for secret and trials, not 2. Windowed and full, but each of them have a option without filter and with a very light filter that makes the image a bit blurred but minimizes shimmering. It’s very difficult to notice because the game doesn’t really advertise it but the option is there
SoM Pro-tip for the generations raised on button mashers: Wait for the gauge to fill before attacking. Otherwise it's nothing but 0 point hits. Also, pro-pro-tip: Hold down the attack button to cycle through 10 earned levels of power to get a stronger hit. **kid reads this, continues to button mash their way through**
Never played these before, but my all time favorite video game Golden Sun 1&2 seems to be significantly influenced by these games. I will have to give it a try.
Final Fantasy Adventure/Seiken Denesetsu has the absolute greatest soundtrack of any game ever. There’s an orchestra arrangement “Let Thoughts Ride on Knowledge” that is just EPIC
I ended up getting this game at Gamestop pro weekend sale for $26.00 along with using a coupon too. I always loved the Mana games! For me, i started with the Legend of Mana then Sword of Mana, children of mana, then secret of evermore. I can't wait for the remake of trials of mana in 2020!
It's already a steal. I wouldn't wait if I were you cause these games are amazing. Plus, classic RPGs tend to only get rarer and more expensive and not cheaper.
Just had a shipping/tracking email from square last week.... Very mutch looking forward to playing this and having a physical release is just a very big added bonus
If I could offer a recommendation. When you review a game and mention a mode/feature like multiplayer, you should include video clips of that feature for reference. Just a tip.
Sword of Mana was my first JRPG and is still such an amazing game. Being able to play the original and the other early games in the series is something I know I'll enjoy, and luckily it's still on sale!
Just downloaded this because of the special offer in eshop but can’t wait to dive in these games again, played them when they just came out and still have a soft spot for them❤
The first game in the series, Final Fantasy Adventures, has been remade TWO times since it was released. First as Sword of Mana, a 32-bit remake for the GBA and then in FULL 3D as Adventures of Mana for mobile phones and the PS Vita. WHY AREN'T EITHER OF THESE REMAKES AVAILABLE WITH THE COLLECTION?
Alright, alright...I'll pick this up tomorrow from GameStop. I missed this somehow when it dropped and have a huge, massive backlog of games spanning two console generations (8th and 9th) but I will get to it. Plus my store has it on sale for 24 bucks new so...you can't beat that with a stick. I do wish Nintendo ascribed to Achievements and or Trophies as I love hunting them.
Just picked this up for 25 quid physical, looking forward to playing both secret and trials - never played either despite owning a SNES back in the early 90s.
I never seen the original Trials of Mana, so I just downloaded it. It just so happens to be on sale 50% off right now. Yeah that's 20.00 USD. I have the Secret of Mana on iphone. I never played the really old one to game boy. Back in the day I really missed out on anything Mana. I remember playing one to the PS2 before. I think it was called The Legend of Mana. Im happy I have access to these games now after so many years. I know a prettier version of Trials of Mana is coming, but I will see if its worth the money. We all remember some of the issues with the Secret of Mana remake or remaster... whatever it was. Happy gaming.
I understand what this guy is saying about games just feeling right on the switch. I bought Castlevania anniversary collection on switch, then I bought the ps4 version to get the trophies, but somehow it doesn't feel the same on ps4, I don't know why.
Emulated Trials since I was a kid. Then I got it translated on a repro cart for my SNES enhanced with RGB SCART on a fantastic crt at home. WORTH IT. I'll easily buy this collection.
If love to get into the Mana series, but I don't have any friends to play with, and if I did, they wouldn't be interested. Also, can't wait for the Trials of Mana remake.
Often overlooked fact about Seiken Densetsu 1 is that the Japanese full title was Final Fantasy Gaiden: Seiken Densetsu. The US title wasn’t really wrong.
Dezert Punk no secret of mana is for the SNES, they also had trials of mana and secret of evermore (not apart of the series but same concept and creators) then on gba they remade the final fantasy adventure game and named it sword of mana
@@Itsfayd Oh thanks for letting me know before I bought the trilogy pack. I want sword of mana on switch even more than wind waker. Sword of Mana was such a great game with a seriously great story.
Dezert Punk I have yet to finish it I’ve played secret of mana ALOT but never beat it, sword of mana is good so far and I’m playing trials of mana remake on switch. I want the collection of mana to play them handheld but bothers me that they put the gb version instead of the gba version
NANGSTAGRAM TV cool, my favorite games on SNES are Link to the Past, Street Fighter 2, Secret of Mana, Super Mario World, Maximum Carnage, Act Raiser, Zombies Ate my Neighbors, and I can keep going. Sorry for rambling on.
Back when square loved to be really confusing with their names. This was renamed Mystic Quest in Europe but we also had FF Mystic Quest which was a completely different game..
Been wanting to pick this up for a bit. Already have Secret Of Mana on my Wii, but to have it, FFA and Trials of Mana all on the go is enough for me to buy it
8:15 pixelated look is not actually improvement. CRTs would hide and smooth out lines. You can do the same with upscaling and shaders, but you need to stack them.
I just got it for 25 bucks on amazon, and 9m playing through final fantasy adventure right now and it's really a great game. I want to play them in series and I'm already excited to finish the first and start the second.
*Amazing review! Thank you.* *A shame that this series got slept-on in North America, only the lucky ones to have found this game during it's era knew about it, and until people started game collecting in the late 2000's.* *I feel like i missed out on so many masterpieces of my childhood.* :/
Seiken densetsu saga , won't be the classic it is , without the awesome graphics quality of the snes . I have so lucky to play on the snes the 2nd at the time of the release, amazing experience.
I don't even have a Switch (yet), but I'd say it's worth it for The Trials of Mana alone. Have the other two on SNES (or on Gameboy plugged into Super Gameboy in the case of Final Fantasy Adventure). Got Aventure of Mana and Secret of Mana on my phone.
$40 is steep. For an official release of Seiken Densetsu 3, it's absolutely worth it! So much so for me that I bought the eShop release, and I'm waiting for my physical cart to be shipped soon!
what a total bummer. why only the 3 games? wasn't there a gamecube "mana" game as well? Why leave it out, if it's a collection? I would have purchased this for my son, if it was worth it, but I'd rather just build him a sick gaming computer and show him how to emulate all the old games I used to love.
The reviewer has an exceedingly amusing persona and uses English in what I'll call his unique way, quite distracting. Nevertheless it was a very good review, thanks for the upload
Who the hell pronounces the SNES sneez?! Sounds ridiculous... Anyways I wonder why Sword of Mana wasn’t included which was a remake of Final Fantasy Adventure
The remake for secret of mana reminds me of what they are doing with the Pokémon games. Get it together. I cannot believe how bad the Pokémon games look still… If Pokémon games looked anything close to dragon, age 11, I would be buying that shit day one. I am not such a Nintendo fan boy that I will put up with the Pokémon games until they get their shit together. Paying legend of mana now, you can still find it hardcopy on Amazon. The Japanese version supports English language!
I am disappointed that it doesn't include the Secret of Mana 3d Remake. It should have came with both the 2d original and the 3D. I'm not paying $40 without that. I already have the SNES mini and a Raspberry Pi.
Wait so are Secret of Mana and Trials of Mana Final Fantasy spin-offs or technically their own games along with Final Fantasy Adventure being its own game as well
A valid question. History lesson time! The full japanese title of the first Gameboy game is: 'Seiken Densetsu - Final Fantasy Gaiden'. This translates as 'Sacred Sword Legend - Final Fantasy Side-quest'. While this first game started out with more FF aspects like Chocobos and Moogles the SNES sequel became its own thing and dropped Chocobos and FF from the title. The original concept of Seiken Densetsu actually predated Final Fantasy 1 but it was one of Squaresoft's early failures that almost led to them going bust; hence them betting it all on their 'Final Fantasy'. Lucky for them FF1 was a hit! They later reworked Seiken Densetsu and released it for Gameboy. Now the sequel, Seiken Densetsu 2 started out as the original concept for Final Fantasy 4 as they were looking to add real-time battles to the series as a way to evolve it. For whatever reason, they decided to stick with turn-based and SD2 became its own project called 'Project Chrono Trigger'. This was originally to be released on the Sony SNES CD add-on. When that deal with Nintendo went South, they cut it down and released it on cartridge as SD2/Secret of Mana. The cut material was then reworked into 'Chrono Trigger'. This is why Randi and the protagonist from Chrono Trigger look oddly similar.
@@epicgamerxd4511 Well their development is sort of intertwined but I believe the intention was for SD to originally be a spin-off of FF but it sort of took on its own identity and later became its own beast. The main FF entries don't have a lot to do with each other. It's more a sharing of themes I guess.
@@epicgamerxd4511 Cool. I read a couple of translated interviews from a couple of different magazines, recently, where they interviewed the devs. I thought I'd regurgitate the basics of them here while it's still fresh.
I really was turned off by the boss in SoM. Maybe it was just early on. But most of the bosses I came across required me to save as much mana as possible and then I could win. Many times I've tried to fight a boss with low or mid mana reserve resulted in me loosing constantly on most of the bosses and having full mana made it dumb easy and not requiring other thing than spam it. So i was ending up dogging most enemies in dungeons. Which is a shame because I was charmed by the rest of what I have played so far. The music and graphics and the presentation was pretty good. But the bosses man... They turned me off. But that theme tho.
After over two decades, I will finally own a physical version of an officially localized version of SD3. I never thought this day would come.
Illustrathor let’s leave it at 69 likes.
Illustrathor wish we could also get a localization or another couple SNES classics in Fire Emblem 4 and 5
Next up, Mother 3!
sweet I never finished sd3 and now I can do it on my switch
Never played SD3
I just want all Zelda games on switch. Especially a link to the past.
I like to have all Pokemon games on switch
Gz, now you have it!
A link to the past!
You can play ALttP with the online service they have. But I do agree! I’d love to see all of them!! 😌
You can play pretty much all of them on the Wii u... Why they haven't yet with the switch is beyond me. Missing out on an important market!
I know it's hard to remember, but the Gameboy screen did NOT start ghost for 6 years. It's caused by the ink based screen slowly dieing, and was not an issue until the system began to age. And in 12-16 years there won't be a single unmodified Gameboy system that screen will still work.
You're right to point out that we shouldn't be so quick to assume that vintage tech is still able to faithfully recreate the original experience. It is also true that it's hard to remember exactly what it was like. I do however remember an incredible improvement in LCD tech from ~1990-2005. I also think's it's useful to remember people's expectations were much lower back then. There was incredible novelty to playing video games on the go.
FWIW, I do remember one of my games from back in the early '90s, Boomer's Adventure in Asmik World, ghosting like mad during boss levels. I was fine with it at the time. If you had told me the designer intended that effect, I would have believed you. XD
I need a one big collection of all SNES classic RPGs which includes Breath of fire, Chrono trigger, Secret of evermore, Lufia etc
"[Secret of Mana] It's why you clicked on the video, inn'it?"
Nay, sir. I clicked on it for Seiken Densetsu III. I played it with a fan-translated ROM years ago and I LOVE it. So seeing this video, it was an instant click. :3
Even he said Trials of Mana is the real Star of this pack for that reason
Would love to know what’s different between the fan translation vs the official translation. I’m sure there’s some things that are different. I’ve noticed fan translations tend to add a little extra humor for better or for worse.
Same!!
Agreed. It'll be interesting to see the inevitable cut-scene comparison videos showcasing the translation differences.
Who tf actually says "sir" unironically. Jesus fuckin christ
I'm glad I ordered the physical version, should arrive soon 😁
Can't wait to finally play this, physical copy will arrive next week. Yay!
I live for this collection. My pre-teen years incarnate. Seiken made me learn emulation on a crap home PC 😂😂
I will give a correction! The first one isn't called Final Fantasy Adventure on every part of North America! In Canada, where I live, when we buy the Collection, once at Title Screen, it'll show for us the Title Mystic Quest instead, but for sure, if we select in the language version before starting the game the option English (US), at that moment the version you'll play will show Final Fantasy Adventure, but not in the Title Screen Selection of the 3 games!
It actually have 4 screen options for secret and trials, not 2. Windowed and full, but each of them have a option without filter and with a very light filter that makes the image a bit blurred but minimizes shimmering. It’s very difficult to notice because the game doesn’t really advertise it but the option is there
SoM Pro-tip for the generations raised on button mashers: Wait for the gauge to fill before attacking. Otherwise it's nothing but 0 point hits. Also, pro-pro-tip: Hold down the attack button to cycle through 10 earned levels of power to get a stronger hit.
**kid reads this, continues to button mash their way through**
Never played these before, but my all time favorite video game Golden Sun 1&2 seems to be significantly influenced by these games. I will have to give it a try.
@Chrono 3rd one was released in 2011 or so, it's not as good but still fun
Golden sun games are amazing
Final Fantasy Adventure/Seiken Denesetsu has the absolute greatest soundtrack of any game ever. There’s an orchestra arrangement “Let Thoughts Ride on Knowledge” that is just EPIC
I ended up getting this game at Gamestop pro weekend sale for $26.00 along with using a coupon too. I always loved the Mana games! For me, i started with the Legend of Mana then Sword of Mana, children of mana, then secret of evermore. I can't wait for the remake of trials of mana in 2020!
Mana series is good but I'd really love a golden sun collection
I'll wait till it's on sale
... you're apart of the problem
@Scitch2781 because calling people that would make them want it more. If the games that good tell him y instead of insulting him.
It's already a steal. I wouldn't wait if I were you cause these games are amazing.
Plus, classic RPGs tend to only get rarer and more expensive and not cheaper.
@@popolino514 true that, people flip the price cause of the physical.
Just had a shipping/tracking email from square last week....
Very mutch looking forward to playing this and having a physical release is just a very big added bonus
It's expensive but it will hold its price, like all good RPGS.
If I could offer a recommendation. When you review a game and mention a mode/feature like multiplayer, you should include video clips of that feature for reference. Just a tip.
This game will be $20 at Best Buy on Black Friday!
This looks excellent. But I will say I a Legend of Mana addition would just top it right off.
Guess what? It's happening!
Sword of Mana was my first JRPG and is still such an amazing game. Being able to play the original and the other early games in the series is something I know I'll enjoy, and luckily it's still on sale!
I like that the voice over guy comments on the script guys opinions. Had me smiling every time.
Chrono Trigger on Switch now please Nintendo and SquareEnix
No love for the GBA remake of the prequel, Sword of Mana?
Can't do it.
That’s what I’m saying, Sword of mana should’ve been included
@@Ryuujin1078 Don't forget the full 3D remake Adventures of Mana.
@Handsome Man-Child You mean Trials of Mana
@@Ryuujin1078 no, Adventures of Mana. It's for PS Vita, Android and iOS. FFA got TWO remasters.
Sword of Mana is so great
I feel like I was the only one freaking out over this when it was announced at E3.
Same here, mate.
Oh no, definitely not alone. I was beyond stoked, and of course finding out Trials of Mana is also getting a remake? I can't wait to try it out!
Just downloaded this because of the special offer in eshop but can’t wait to dive in these games again, played them when they just came out and still have a soft spot for them❤
The first game in the series, Final Fantasy Adventures, has been remade TWO times since it was released. First as Sword of Mana, a 32-bit remake for the GBA and then in FULL 3D as Adventures of Mana for mobile phones and the PS Vita. WHY AREN'T EITHER OF THESE REMAKES AVAILABLE WITH THE COLLECTION?
Alright, alright...I'll pick this up tomorrow from GameStop. I missed this somehow when it dropped and have a huge, massive backlog of games spanning two console generations (8th and 9th) but I will get to it. Plus my store has it on sale for 24 bucks new so...you can't beat that with a stick. I do wish Nintendo ascribed to Achievements and or Trophies as I love hunting them.
I love how everytime I go see Trials of Mana review. They always pick Hawkeye aka the best character.
Hm is he? Ive only played the first game so far got this recently should I do secret or trial s next any tips?
Just picked this up for 25 quid physical, looking forward to playing both secret and trials - never played either despite owning a SNES back in the early 90s.
I never seen the original Trials of Mana, so I just downloaded it. It just so happens to be on sale 50% off right now. Yeah that's 20.00 USD. I have the Secret of Mana on iphone. I never played the really old one to game boy. Back in the day I really missed out on anything Mana.
I remember playing one to the PS2 before. I think it was called The Legend of Mana. Im happy I have access to these games now after so many years. I know a prettier version of Trials of Mana is coming, but I will see if its worth the money. We all remember some of the issues with the Secret of Mana remake or remaster... whatever it was. Happy gaming.
You are the only person who calls me lovely. Enough a reason to watch the vid
Perhaps have a few accidents because my last 3 paramedics all called me “lovely”
I understand what this guy is saying about games just feeling right on the switch. I bought Castlevania anniversary collection on switch, then I bought the ps4 version to get the trophies, but somehow it doesn't feel the same on ps4, I don't know why.
Placebo
I like the switch pro controller for RPG. PS4 controller is great for fighting games.
Emulated Trials since I was a kid. Then I got it translated on a repro cart for my SNES enhanced with RGB SCART on a fantastic crt at home. WORTH IT. I'll easily buy this collection.
When it said Alex as the set name, I’ve never felt so acknowledged
Watching this review to see if this game is worth my time to break it out of a bin in my closet still sealed
If love to get into the Mana series, but I don't have any friends to play with, and if I did, they wouldn't be interested.
Also, can't wait for the Trials of Mana remake.
33 bucks on amazon and Walmart! I bought it just on the base of seeing it as a top 50 rpg of all the time everywhere through out the years!
Often overlooked fact about Seiken Densetsu 1 is that the Japanese full title was Final Fantasy Gaiden: Seiken Densetsu. The US title wasn’t really wrong.
I just got it for 19.99 at Best Buy
Was secret of mana on snes? I only knew it on handheld but it was still my favorite gba game next to Golden Sun.
sword of mana was on gba
@@Itsfayd isn't that the dame game with a different name?
Dezert Punk no secret of mana is for the SNES, they also had trials of mana and secret of evermore (not apart of the series but same concept and creators) then on gba they remade the final fantasy adventure game and named it sword of mana
@@Itsfayd Oh thanks for letting me know before I bought the trilogy pack. I want sword of mana on switch even more than wind waker. Sword of Mana was such a great game with a seriously great story.
Dezert Punk I have yet to finish it I’ve played secret of mana ALOT but never beat it, sword of mana is good so far and I’m playing trials of mana remake on switch. I want the collection of mana to play them handheld but bothers me that they put the gb version instead of the gba version
Alex, your pronunciation is actually very good! No mistakes heard.
Secret of Mana is my favorite game on Super Nes 🏆
NANGSTAGRAM TV cool, my favorite games on SNES are Link to the Past, Street Fighter 2, Secret of Mana, Super Mario World, Maximum Carnage, Act Raiser, Zombies Ate my Neighbors, and I can keep going. Sorry for rambling on.
@@regulardadhere8832 teach your children the wae
Secret of mana was way ahead of its time
Back when square loved to be really confusing with their names. This was renamed Mystic Quest in Europe but we also had FF Mystic Quest which was a completely different game..
Been wanting to pick this up for a bit. Already have Secret Of Mana on my Wii, but to have it, FFA and Trials of Mana all on the go is enough for me to buy it
8:15 pixelated look is not actually improvement. CRTs would hide and smooth out lines. You can do the same with upscaling and shaders, but you need to stack them.
8:15 CRT scanlines > LCD artificial scanlines > no scanlines at all
The price is a steal but for them, not for consumers.
You honestly have one of the best intros of any UA-cam video
I just got it for 25 bucks on amazon, and 9m playing through final fantasy adventure right now and it's really a great game. I want to play them in series and I'm already excited to finish the first and start the second.
I've heard. It's great.
What do think about the upcoming Remake of Seiken Denesetsu 3/Trials Of Mana though?
There's video from Gamescon. Looks good.
No... Secret of Mana is NOT why I clicked on this review. I clicked on the review because I wanted to know about Seiken Densetsu 1 and 3.
Still prefer Legend of Mana lol one of my favorites games of all time
Guess what? it's happening!
*Amazing review! Thank you.*
*A shame that this series got slept-on in North America, only the lucky ones to have found this game during it's era knew about it, and until people started game collecting in the late 2000's.*
*I feel like i missed out on so many masterpieces of my childhood.* :/
I FREAKING LOVE MYSTIC QUEST! Good memories! Tho I kind of hope they didn't fix the translation. Funny stuff.
Seiken densetsu saga , won't be the classic it is , without the awesome graphics quality of the snes . I have so lucky to play on the snes the 2nd at the time of the release, amazing experience.
Really wish I could turn off the boarders.
Yah, me too. One annoying thing about the game but otherwise very good.
Are this games any good? I've never heard of them but i like rpg gamea and i'm kind of curious about this titles:0
don't beat yourself up on the pronunciations you're fine. much better than most non japanese people trying to say names and words.
I don't even have a Switch (yet), but I'd say it's worth it for The Trials of Mana alone. Have the other two on SNES (or on Gameboy plugged into Super Gameboy in the case of Final Fantasy Adventure). Got Aventure of Mana and Secret of Mana on my phone.
For some reason my local game store isnt carrying it which sucks
I never played any of the mana games but im loving this i neeed it and its super affordable 24 in Canada used 29 new :)
I imported that japanese version was hoping for an update lol
I did that with another game no update came out for me good luck
That trials of mana character is tromping around the screen....tromping
Why can't you choose a black background
this would of been worth the $40 if it had sword if mana. it’s on sale for $19.99 so ima get it lol
2 years later I literally just purchased the physical copy for 10$🤣😵 what a steal
Same here bought three one for me one for my friend and one as a backup
one of the finest looking games on snes? dont forget star ocean.
Can we play Trials of Mana coop?
$40 is steep. For an official release of Seiken Densetsu 3, it's absolutely worth it! So much so for me that I bought the eShop release, and I'm waiting for my physical cart to be shipped soon!
what a total bummer. why only the 3 games? wasn't there a gamecube "mana" game as well? Why leave it out, if it's a collection? I would have purchased this for my son, if it was worth it, but I'd rather just build him a sick gaming computer and show him how to emulate all the old games I used to love.
Just got this for 19.99 CAD for boxing day
「もっと多くの人が必要なので、このビデオをもっと
Looks like slow down that was on original hardware might have been fixed too
I don't understand why they didn't include the remake
What's a snez?
I just don't get why Sword of Mana isn't chosen seeing as its a remake of Seiken Densetsu 1
Even as a 4th game
Can I make the borders black
did you find an answer?
The reviewer has an exceedingly amusing persona and uses English in what I'll call his unique way, quite distracting. Nevertheless it was a very good review, thanks for the upload
awesome review! that price point though....
Who the hell pronounces the SNES sneez?! Sounds ridiculous...
Anyways I wonder why Sword of Mana wasn’t included which was a remake of Final Fantasy Adventure
Brits do
I have a fifty dollar bet on a American football game next week. If I win this is what I’m getting. If I lose well I’ll cry. Go broncos
I wish they had included the colored SNES Mystic Quest version of Final Fantasy Adventure. That was one of my favorite games growing up
Is this game worth buying
is secret of mana two player *online* playable?
Love your version of the review, Alex
The remake for secret of mana reminds me of what they are doing with the Pokémon games. Get it together. I cannot believe how bad the Pokémon games look still… If Pokémon games looked anything close to dragon, age 11, I would be buying that shit day one. I am not such a Nintendo fan boy that I will put up with the Pokémon games until they get their shit together. Paying legend of mana now, you can still find it hardcopy on Amazon. The Japanese version supports English language!
I am disappointed that it doesn't include the Secret of Mana 3d Remake. It should have came with both the 2d original and the 3D. I'm not paying $40 without that. I already have the SNES mini and a Raspberry Pi.
But I saw the gameplay at gamescom
$15 rn at Best Buy!
I am getting next week Buy it and Amazon prime discount.
Wait so are Secret of Mana and Trials of Mana Final Fantasy spin-offs or technically their own games along with Final Fantasy Adventure being its own game as well
A valid question. History lesson time!
The full japanese title of the first Gameboy game is: 'Seiken Densetsu - Final Fantasy Gaiden'. This translates as 'Sacred Sword Legend - Final Fantasy Side-quest'. While this first game started out with more FF aspects like Chocobos and Moogles the SNES sequel became its own thing and dropped Chocobos and FF from the title.
The original concept of Seiken Densetsu actually predated Final Fantasy 1 but it was one of Squaresoft's early failures that almost led to them going bust; hence them betting it all on their 'Final Fantasy'. Lucky for them FF1 was a hit! They later reworked Seiken Densetsu and released it for Gameboy.
Now the sequel, Seiken Densetsu 2 started out as the original concept for Final Fantasy 4 as they were looking to add real-time battles to the series as a way to evolve it. For whatever reason, they decided to stick with turn-based and SD2 became its own project called 'Project Chrono Trigger'. This was originally to be released on the Sony SNES CD add-on. When that deal with Nintendo went South, they cut it down and released it on cartridge as SD2/Secret of Mana. The cut material was then reworked into 'Chrono Trigger'. This is why Randi and the protagonist from Chrono Trigger look oddly similar.
irdunk so all three of the games are not really Final Fantasy games
@@epicgamerxd4511 Well their development is sort of intertwined but I believe the intention was for SD to originally be a spin-off of FF but it sort of took on its own identity and later became its own beast. The main FF entries don't have a lot to do with each other. It's more a sharing of themes I guess.
irdunk yeah that makes sense
@@epicgamerxd4511 Cool. I read a couple of translated interviews from a couple of different magazines, recently, where they interviewed the devs. I thought I'd regurgitate the basics of them here while it's still fresh.
I really was turned off by the boss in SoM. Maybe it was just early on. But most of the bosses I came across required me to save as much mana as possible and then I could win.
Many times I've tried to fight a boss with low or mid mana reserve resulted in me loosing constantly on most of the bosses and having full mana made it dumb easy and not requiring other thing than spam it.
So i was ending up dogging most enemies in dungeons.
Which is a shame because I was charmed by the rest of what I have played so far. The music and graphics and the presentation was pretty good.
But the bosses man... They turned me off. But that theme tho.
I had never heard the pronunciation "Snezz" before I got a switch and started following Nintendo life
What about the Grandia HD Collection?
Yes! Thou unlike mana, they were never released on a Nintendo console, making it a first for that series
Jesus Christ, whoever played SoM for the review... he really doesn't know how to handle the combat. Hitting before 100%, no positioning.
I had lost my copy during moving over thr summer, and just picked it up again yesterday! Kinda looking forward to getting into these.
6:00 haha nice
I couldn't give a toss about scan lines. Couldn't agree more mate.