Control may be passed between each of the three at any time. When one character is selected as the player character, his two companions will be controlled via artificial intelligence, and vice-versa. The radial menu system has been adopted by many later games, from The Temple of Elemental Evil to Mass Effect, and the co-op multiplayer system was also adopted by a number of games, such as Dungeon Siege III.Īs is common with role-playing games of the 16-bit era, Secret of Mana is comprised entirely of a top-down perspective, in which three protagonists (a boy, a girl, and a sprite) navigate through the terrain and fight off hostile creatures. The stamina bar mechanic was later adopted by a number of action RPGs, including King's Field, Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Nioh. The game's graphical style and overworld battles were adopted by Chrono Trigger. Secret of Mana had a significant impact on the RPG genre. With its brightly colored graphics, expansive plot, and soundtrack by Hiroki Kikuta, Secret of Mana is considered one of the greatest RPGs of all time, and an influential game. Rather than use the traditional turn-based battle system of games like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, Secret of Mana uses real-time battles akin to the Legend of Zelda series' games, but with a stamina bar mechanic, the statistical-based elements of the RPG genre, a unique radial "ring menu" system, and co-op multiplayer. A high-definition 3D remake was released in early 2018 via Steam on PC, as well as for Sony's PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in both a digital and a limited-run Blu-ray Disc format. It was also released on the Super NES Classic and Super Famicom Classic consoles back in 2017 as part of the 21 games list. It was later re-released on the Wii Virtual Console, Apple's iOS, and Android. Most players outside Japan were introduced to the series through this particular game. This was the only Mana game released on the SNES outside Japan. Secret of Mana is the second installment in the Mana video game series. It was directed by Koichi Ishii and programmed by Nasir Gebelli. "Holy Sword Legend 2"), is an action role-playing game developed and published by Squaresoft (now Square Enix) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. ESRB: E10+ (Everyone 10+) Secret of Mana (聖剣伝説2 Seiken Densetsu Tsū, lit.
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