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Seiken Denesetsu/Final Fantasy Adventure/Sword of Mana has the greatest video game soundtrack ever. The arranged version: Let Thoughts Ride of Knowledge is EPIC! Kenji Ito is underrated genius. I still love Hiroki's work on Secret of Mana

My fav part of the original was the multiplayer. Playing with my older brother is on of my most memorable memories with him. Unfortunately the remake is solo only

Right away I was blown away by the graphics and then also the fact that the Character selection seemed unique for most fantasy style RPGs. Really only Duran & Angela fit that regular mold, and Charlotte to a degree but she was at least clearly not all human so that made it also interesting. Then the more and more I played the game via the fan translation the more I was blown away.

Secret of Mana 2 and Chrono Trigger are my two favorite games of all time 😍😍😍

I ordered the Japanese version of this game from Japan when it first came out and played it on the Super Nintendo. It was a great experience. I got to the end of the game but never beat it. I didn’t understand the Japanese characters. I made it to the final boss (Dark Prince) with only one class change.

Got stuck looking for a dragon or something towards the end never finished it

Secret of mana 2 is so good it literally makes me upset that the first game gets all the accolades. Literally destroyed the original in every single way. Put itself up there on the map with Chrono Trigger and Terranigma. INSANELY amazing game. Played this as a kid, Chrono Trigger and Seiken Densetsu 3 are the stuff dreams are made of. Hell you can play these games as an adult for the first time and you'll be blown away by them. Pure magic.

I'm working on beating the game with each character, the hell we never got it but it it's the best.

Wicked as always. Really appreciate these vids! Well done.

SD3 and Live a Live were ones that some people missed. For US players the remake might be a pleasant surprise.

I think one of the things that kept this series alive for 20 years is the popularity of a certain character in the doujin circles. I would recommend the remake by a significant margin, and this was my favourite SNES game of all time. The dodge mechanic by itself was a game changer, but the quality of life improvements, voice acting (even if the direction is poor, it's there), huge new endgame dungeon, 3rd class change and both the original SNES and modern remix soundtrack being options just make it feel like going back to the original brings nothing but the 16 bit charm.

Always enjoyed this game. The colour palette works so well.

On a side note terranigma is an absolute gem of a game So is Illusion of Gaia and Secret of Evermore haha

I had the same experience as you. I was bummed when I heard it wasn't coming out in the US but in 2000, in college, my first experience with a T1 connection instead of dialup, my buddy and me got the ROM and translation and played this for so many hours. Think we beat it 2 or 3 times. Kevin is also my favorite character in the game.

Gran review 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻, muy buen trabajo. Ese juego me encanta :).

Another fantastic SNES RPG that I didn't get a chance to play until just recently. I remember hearing about it in Nintendo Power and other video game magazines back in the day, and since Secret of Mana was one of the first RPGs I ever played when it first came out in 1993, I was really excited for the sequel, since the first one had made such an emotional impact on me with the soundtrack, storyline, characters, etc. When it was eventually decided to not bring it to the USA, I was really upset! Well, 2 years ago I found a reproduction English translation cart for sale on Amazon for only $25! I bought it right away, and once it arrived, I popped it in and started a new game file immediately! My 12-year-old son also loves the game, and is really into RPGs, playing EarthBound, Illusion of Gaia, Secret of Mana 2, etc. This is such an amazing game, and truly one of the greatest Super Nintendo games of all time, if not in the top running for one of the best games of all time.

There's a lot of really good stuff in this game, but the combat kills it for me. I like the idea, and it's great not to have to wait nearly as long as Secret of Mana, but your inputs are constantly getting eaten, and enemies can continuously use their abilities, preventing you from healing and taking you from full health to nothing, especially in the later parts of the game. It's a frustrating experience. Soundtrack's fantastic and replayability is high, especially because of the job system, but there are moments when I wanted to throw my controller out of frustration because the game made me feel like I was fighting it to get a word in edgewise.

This was a good game, wish I had gotten to play it in the 90s.

We love the interconnected story line for each character and the Class System, we played through all of it. edit: I played also the demo of the ramake and it really is spot on in every single detail of the SNES version.

*I LIKE* how hard artists were trying to paint the characters with resolution of like three pixels per a detail and a few pixels total for the whole character. Even though nowadays people love pixel art, I guess the artist would also prefer their art scanned in a high resolution (not "AI-improved" blurry mess) for games like this to have it at least in an alternative mode. Though this would require the game to be re-released. I wonder how similar the 3D designs of the re-releases to the original designs.

Xygor do you plan on doing a storyline/walkthrough of the game like you did with ff7/chrono trigger? Keep up the great work!

We need to have Terragnima either remastered or remade.

I never got to play this game on the snes but I did play Secret of Mana, which for many years was one of my favourite games ever. Its not anymore (after playing the remake the combat is so jarring now in 2022). Anyway when I saw the demo of Trials on the ps4 store I was so excited 😊 after playing it I purchased it instantly. I played the game about 5 times and absolute treasure it now and believe it to be one of the best rogs ever, at least one of the best class based rpgs. I Absolutely wish they would do this full remake with all the other mana games like Sword of Mana on the GBA which is classes too from what I remember I don't know if SE truly know how happy it makes UK people to see JP only games localised ❤ By the way I'm 40 so old haha and the remake is ❤❤❤❤❤

8:58 100% true, it is a top 5 rpg contender.

remember playing this in japanese just because it didnt have a translation. safe to say didnt get far, but it was fun.

This game is one of my favorites

this will be good

Angela Kevin Charlotte Was my fave party but all characters are good. Hawks NinjaMaster is great for debuffs 🌠 Durants Edelfrei is a strong class too ❤

i got this in my recommended, and i agree that this game is one of the best rpgs on the snes. i've beaten it with every character, and it's such a fun game. i think that live-a-live is better, but seiken densetsu 3 is still a great game

I enjoyed this game, but I definitely preferred the fluidity of the first Secret of Mana's combat system. Sword of Mana for GBA is also awesome. Have you considered doing a video review of that game?

I love the original, one of those games you discovered via emulation back in the day that made you wish you lived in Japan in the 90s. That being said, the remake is AMAZING, and really should be the blueprint for a new Mana game.

I have the switch version remake. Still haven't removed it packaging...

I love this game

Man this sucks...I love and have the first game. I didn't know there was a genuine part 2 till you mentioned it just now. I have secret of evermore. I actually thought that was part 2. I need to get a hold of this.

Hard disagree when it comes to soundtrack between SD 2 vs 3. Also, lacks the charm of 2. 3 does have a lot going for it though.

Love your voice!

Can you review the remake version please?

I'm surprised you didn't mention the original version being part of the Collection of Mana. I like this but it also has some things I dislike. I like the class change system and being able to allocate stats points again (Final Fantasy Adventure, which was the first Mana game, on Gameboy allowed this while Secret of Mana didn't for some reason) but I didn't like each character being limited to a single weapon type and I didn't like the removal of ranged weapons. I understand them not wanting characters to be able to use any weapon like in the earlier games but IMO it would have been better if they either gave each character both a melee weapon and a ranged weapon or allowed them to use additional weapon types based on what classes they become. The most memorable part for me was the first time I took a second class change. I had Hawkeye as my lead and knew what class I wanted him to become but my Internet was down and not going to be restored for weeks so I only had a vague memory of what I needed to do to make him a Rogue (My favorite common Fantasy RPG class). I made the second change but he became a Nomad so I reloaded my last save worried that I had screwed up at the first class change. I was so relived when taking the dark choice for the second change led to Rogue.

i personally prefer secrets of mana remake. they did an excelent job on that game and the graphics ad voice acting make it the preferred way for me to play the remake. sharlets voice is kind of clingy but she is supposed to be that way i think. i bought it for a little bit over 25 dollers on steam.

Can't believe you didn't mention it's strongest feature the class change. Up until this time I didn't know of a RPG that did this until Seiken Densetsu 3.

Great

Played the original back in the day and the first real western release but I must say.. for me the remake is the best version of the game.

I played the demo for the remake and it just wasn't the same. I just wanted to play the original

had the orginal for the snes but got lost duo japanese language.. i finaly did it last year with the remake

Just gonna keep drinking deep from this cup *siiiiiip* Yall ever play Eastward?

Do a Terragnima review! One of the best SNES RPGs

Secret of Mana 2 Greatest in battle system, graphic, music, magics and techs using scene. Fairly great dungeons. But lack of sidequests and any secrets like its name. Everything you can get from seeding in the Inn. Find rare items in secret passage or get from boss or from dungeon or complete quest are more interesting than the seeds. if have some games will better than SoM2, It 's will be Tales of Phantasia , The Most complex dungeons in SNES RPG.

I was wondering if anybody has any information on the fan made SNES Secret of Mana 2? Any info you can give would be appreciated.

i like trials of mana more than secret of mana

I just found this online and purchased it. Now the wait begins…😂

I played the original SD3 waaay back in 2003, and I loved it at the time, so I think I can say that I think the remake is an improvement in every sense. Definitely give it a shot.

I'm trying to get into this but I just don't like the combat as much as the first Secret of Mana. It just seems to be a button mashing kaleidoscope with no real tactics. It's also really bad at signposting where you're supposed to actually be going next to advance the story. I'm hoping that I'll grow to like it more if I stick with it.

Its really hard for me to take a fantasy game seriously when its main character is called Kevin. :-(

Best rpg of all time to me. You covered pretty much all the points. Best looking game including best animations and best ost of its time. The only non-best part is the story since it's not as involved and complicated due to having multiple story lines. Unfortunately seiken densetsu 4 was a let down imo. Hopefully the future 5th installment will be a great AAA game since we got pretty positive feedbacks from the tom remake.

*WHY* "Secret of Mana", and not "The Secret of Mana" (if they mean a concrete secret), or "A Secret of Mana" (if they mean in general)? Did they forget to use an article?

Lore of Secret of Mana 2 (Trials of Mana) - The Greatest SNES RPG? Momentum 100

Chrono Trigger is still the greatest JRPG on SNES and arguably all time

Trials of mana would actually be Secret of Mana 3 aka Seiken Densetsu 3. Secret of mana is actually Secret of Mana 2 aka Seiken Densetsu 2, Final Fantasy Adventure is actually Seikendensetsu 1.

I still havint beat this game lol

I wanted to play this for a long time and ended up getting the remake on sale. It's also good but doesn't feel as polished as the original honestly. This game has so much versatility though that I think I'll play the original via emulation so I can experience multiple paths at the same time.

Right, so like you start the video off with music from the *actual* greatest SNES RPG.

Trials of Mana is a downgrade imo. 3D lacks charm.

They did a terrible job with the Secret of Mana Collection on the Switch . Bare minimum effort

No. Chrono Trigger is.