What directly followed Secret of Mana internationally was Legend of Mana, not Trials, a game that didn’t build itself on Secret ’s foundation. As a result, it only makes sense Secret of Mana would lack a legacy of its own. Unfortunately, Trials of Mana was not released outside of Japan until June 2019. More importantly, it’s the game that sets up Seiken Densetsu 3 (now titled Trials of Mana ) mechanically. A sequel to Final Fantasy Adventure, Secret of Mana is the second game in the Seiken Densetsu franchise. Which is arguably an issue with how the Mana franchise was handled in the west. Secret of Mana, on the other hand, has no real legacy outside of being a good SNES RPG. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past perfected an action-adventure formula that would be used for years Super Mario World fine-tuned its platforming to near-perfect precision, essentially forcing Nintendo to have to go 3D with their next mainline entry and Final Fantasy VI more or less set the foundation for Final Fantasy VII to take the stage all while being a tremendously high-quality RPG in its own right. While a critical darling at release, Secret of Mana did not end up having the same long-term impact its contemporaries did. Then there are games like Secret of Mana. Not only are they important games that helped legitimize the video game medium, they’re also all mechanically refined to the point of still holding their overall quality today. Simply skimming the list with some video game knowledge or context, it’s not hard to understand why games like Pong, Super Mario Bros. ” Compiled by cross-referencing different publications’ editorials of the greatest games ever made- typically top 100 articles- said list reads like a “Who’s Who” of the most influential and genre-defining video games spanning nearly half a century. 攻略ガイドブック下巻 (1993) “Strategy Guide Vol.Wikipedia features a rather interesting page titled “ List of video games considered the best. Secret of Mana: Reborn, Localization Commentary v1.11 (2021) Secret of Mana (Instruction Booklet) (1993) ![]() 公式設定資料+完全攻略ガイド (2018) “Official Setting Material + Complete Strategy Guide” 基礎知識編 (1993) “Fundamental Knowledge Compilation” Trials of Mana is the Remake that Secret of Mana Should have Gotten (2020) Īuthor Pierre Maguein’s Twitter posts on Secret of Mana: Reborn (2021, français) Print Secret of Mana’: Understanding one of the “Best Games of All Time (2019) Secret of Mana Character Designer Shinichi Kameoka Reminiscences About The Game’s Release (2019) Why Secret of Mana’s map presented the biggest challenge when remaking the classic action RPG for PS4 (2018) The Secret of Mana Remake is a Missed Opportunity to Fix the Original’s Flaws (2018) Secret of Mana Review – Classic At Its Core (2018) / reviews/secret-of-mana-review-classic-at-its-core Why we still haven’t seen anything quite like Secret of Mana (2018) ![]() Secret of Mana: The Kotaku Review (2018) Secret Of Mana Review: Where Secrets Go, Trouble Follows (2018) Review: The Secret of Mana Remake is Terrible–Go Play the Original Instead (2018) Secret of Mana and the art of a good box (2018) How The PS4 Secret Of Mana Remake Compares To The Original (2017) Why is Secret Of Mana so revered? – Reader’s Feature (2017) Oh No, the Secret of Mana Remake Looks Kind of Bad (2017) Why it took me 24 years to beat Secret of Mana (2017) Secret of Mana (Super Nintendo) Review (2008) Ī Second Look: The Secret of Mana (2010) – infamous game designer John Romero’s take on Secret of Mana, centered around his longtime friend, Nasir Gebelli ![]() My goal is to have a complete list of significant materials, so please let me know about any omissions. The Japanese materials are not easy to come by outside of Japan, even on eBay. I also borrowed screenshots from a few of the sites back when this was a blog (and a few of them made their way here). Many of these are sources where significant information was found for the benefit of this project. The following is an attempt at cataloguing the various guides, magazines, articles, websites, and interviews that are relevant to Secret of Mana.
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