Proof that more games need to be birthed out of portals from a Japanese man's head

It's starting to feel like Kbash is really trying to get us to listen to his future mixtape.

"This game is such an adventure". This also summarizes the game for me. Yea it has issues and it can be slow at times, but as you said, it sticks with you for very long.

Trials is legit one of the best RPGs of its era and it not getting localized is criminal. Can't wait for the remake

Regardless of its flaws, I think Sword of Mana is always gonna be my favourite entry in the series. It turned the first game into an absolutely beautiful adventure that, while frustrating to play at times, really captured my imagination as a kid like no other game could.

Plz don't rip on legend of mana, dad.

As much as the SoM remake fails to capture a lot of the charm of the original, I actually found it a lot easier to play. that being said, the ToM remake demo has sold me on picking the full game up at the end of the month; and it pretty much does everything I wanted a proper remake to do *cough* FF7R *cough*

Please let the remake of Trials sell well so we can get a Legend remake.

I'm loving my time with the Trials of Mana remake on PS4. I'm on my second playthrough now and about to beat the post game content for a second time. I really hope the Mana series still has a future despite it not being the power house that Final Fantasy is. I think Square-Enix needs more niche games like these to show people that they aren't just making other games to fuel the FF Factory machine. They need to take chances, be creative and stop being so safe with their formulas now.

Your channel is how I learn about all these amazing Japanese franchises that I keep telling myself I’ll check out but know I never will

Kevin stomping around will never not make me smile, it's such a silly walk.

20:11 that Vento Aureo reference... *chef finger kiss* mwah

Nobody: Kbash: "Secret of Mana gets a lot of criticism." Me: ?

I remember how much fun I had playing Children of Mana when I was younger, it was so cool

I absolutely adore that very first game, and I keep hoping it gets some kind of significant re-release.

Duran - Paladin Riesz - Vanadis Carlie - Necromancer Ultimate party in Tanking, Healing, Buffing, Debuffing and Attacking

Legend of Mana is by far the most interesting in the series.

Loved this episode so much!!! Trials is one of my favorite games of all time and you covering it is getting me even more hyped for the remake!!

So what im getting from this review >great games but my ADHD makes it hard to play

Seriously, I have the most trouble finding an actual good review of Final Fantasy Adventure. Even though this is about the other Mana games, this one takes the cake as the one video I've been looking for. Great humor and I love the editing!

No real mention of the amazing soundtracks these games have? Otherwise, it was a good summary!

The ring menu was and still is awesome in SoM1.

Digibro is a patron? That’s awesome! Always wanted to play these games but never did. I found myself loving the tales series for my JRPG fix.

Thank you for you nice words for Secret of Mana 2/Trails of Mana. This is my favorite game of all time and it deserves every attention. I can't wait for the remake to come out this month.

I miss sitting on the floor with my friends playing Secret of Mana, can't believe it's been almost 20 years

Why do I get the feeling that there's going to be a part two?

Carlie/Charlotte was tolerable until the official translation went and made her speak in baby talk.

Trials of mana looks great and I can’t wait until it comes out

Yeah those menus literally baffled me for hours. I didn't realize girl and sprite kid could equip armor for like the first 1/4 of the game.

If first got in the Franchise since Secret Of Mana. 3:54- LOL 13:30- Seiken Densetsu 3 was originally planned to be called Secret Of Mana II in the west before it got brushed aside in the last minute.

honestly thought you were going to mention the remakes

I watched this video all the way though, and goddamn, this is one of the edgiest videos I've ever seen.

Really hope my childhood favorite Legend of Mana gets the ol' KBash treatment. Please be gentle daddy.

Luck also affected the likelihood of rare items in enemy chests.

this might be one of the best videos I've ever seen on KZfaq

Check out secret of mana turbo on the rom hacking website. It's really great and fixes basically every issue you have. Dumb ai, characters getting stuck on things, magic spam, the weapon charging, basically everything. And is extremely customizable letting you pick and choose which things you want when patching the game Also, in sd3/trials of mana - the stats are broken on purpose. The devs had to disable them probably due to lack of time to balance them. There is mods that fix them and you immediately see how broken it is. There is also a huge mod I think called sin of manathat does a ton of things. Rebalances the game, fixes the stats, has difficulty levels, and changes what each class learns

You really spit some bars only 5 mins in the video😂😂

As a fan of the old Mana games, I sincerely appreciate this

Bro you went hard on the beat

The only thing that agility and luck do, by my recollection, are affecting the trap wheel from opening treasure chests. Agility slows it down, Luck increases the number of OK's in the wheel. Not great, but it's SOMETHING. But yeah. Definitely noticeable if you try using Hawk vs anyone else with way lower rounded secondary stats.

"A gross child" I died xD

Oh shit. I saw the thumbnail but thought I had set it to watch for later since I was doin something. Thank you for fucking reposting it. I love it even if I'm only a few minutes in.

Keep doing an awesome job KBash!

this series really got me into jrpgs, trials was my favorite and I see it as a grandad to octopath traveler, very excited for the remake.

I really wish modern action RPGs had star ocean or mana-esque menu-based screen-pausing cursor-targeting spells

Pixelated Graphics should never die. Those bits are fucking *_C R I S P._*

I love your videos, KBash! Thanks for alway bringing the quality content I go to KZfaq for.

Are you planning to release complete versions of the songs you make for your videos?

16:48 as a luck main I'm offended

Remember playing 3 with my buddies after school on his computer.

The best kind of rpg to me is the dragon quest builders series. Not only you build the town and complete the objectives, but you also have all rpg elements associated with it...

You really deserve 100k subscribers.

The rap @5:48 is GOLD lolz

You realty can not compare games of yester year with the expectations of today.

Fuck that Darkshine Knight fight. Took me two hours of grinding my face against him before I learned that I could turn my party member's special moves off.

New sub to ya and you are absolutely hilarious, even noticed the grump reference 🤣

I love when you nerd the fuck out on systems and mechanics

Is this man setting us up for a Rise of FF playlist🥺👉🏾👈🏾 I hope so

Luck actually affects trap rates for chests in Trials, or at least it seems that way. It was also supposed to affect crits, but as you said, it's glitched. Have to wonder why that was never fixed in the collection?

Lol, been playing Seiken Densetsu 3 for years

No there is no criticism to make, secret of mana is perfect. Just let it be lovely good times

My Chocobo broke his legs should be the tagline for any event involving golden chickens lol. But seriously, Trails remake from the demo is looking pretty damn good.

this video is great. you actually managed to make me want to go into that hellish series

Man i love this series Y.Y

At 15:16 when he kills the Tomato. I'm gonna put my SNES gaming cred to the test and say its a sound effect explosion from Super Aleste.

Lore of The Birth of Secret of Mana momentum 100

SoM is a good game, and you can overlook its many, many, many flaws up until getting Flammie, immediately after that the game becomes a _"Where the fuck do I go?"_ type of game, and the grinding becomes a chore since everyone is like 6 levels over your current weapon/magic level, so you need to grind, and the most powerful your weapon becomes, the less you're playing but dodging attacks and praying that it won't miss, otherwise you just wasted your time for naught. _soundtrack still slaps tho..._

Your thoughts on design are golden, you're humor is golden, definitely going to reach out to you at some point if I happen to need game design advice!

So much love for secret of mana

Bash I really love your pacing. Great work!

Never played these but I played sword of mana on gba. Wasn't aware of the cyclical nature of what happens in order to restore the mana tree. Played the Hero protagonist. Game had 13 year old me crying like a baby. Didn't see that shit coming.

Up next: The Rise and Fall of Silent Hill

Lol man if you didn't post that you made this great video on your feed I wouhave even seen it even though im subscribed and have notifications turned on for this channel. Thanks for the review and entertainment.

This dude looks like a band member of Glass Beach... love it

Look at this guy. Dropping Game Grumps jokes of all things.

I actually thought that the guy in final fantasy adventure looked like a Bartz mix and warrior

kinda sad you didn't cover Legend of Mana

I've been in love with this franchise for 30 years❤

You never disappoint with weird Japanese games I played when growing up

I scrolled through the video bar without clicking and see no legend of mana scenes.

The luck is Seiken Densetsu 3 applies to the ring that appears after you open a chest. You get less items that will attack you and more OK.

I first played Final Fantasy Adventure in 2019 as an adult and there was a special kind of body horror in that Chocobo scene. It was a different time, for sure. Still, the game was good enough to make me into a Mana fan. Secret, not so much, because stunlocking is not fun (and it happened to me a few times before I even beat the supposed tutorial). And then Trials was amazing, even though, yeah, the constant pausing later on becomes a pain.

BRUH BRUH. Anytime you wanna geek out over team build in trial of mana, LET ME KNOW. those classes and abilities are sooo fucking fuuuuuun

I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on the Trials of Mana remake. I’m playing through it again in anticipation of Visions of Mana. I played it at launch and really loved it - I was familiar with the mana series before but never got the chance to really play any of the games, so the Trials remake was sort of my intro to the series. Even years after my first play through, I’m sucked right back in. Just a thoroughly fun and enjoyable experience if you ask me. Anyway, recently discovered your channel and I really enjoy your stuff man - keep it up.

yo what a trip, i remember playing seiken densetsu 3 in english in the early 2000s and was like "wtf is he talking about, it was localized!" turns out the guy that sold cracked psx games for, well, cracked psxs (don't sue me i was/am lower class in south america) got the '99 fan translated version instead of just getting the original. That's wild

No Heroes of Mana love? Understandable, honestly

Hes bugging secret of mana was the best one I love the fighting in it the story was better too and the characters secret of mana just had everything

I have to disagree with you for one thing about what you said at 16:26 You've said that the Luck and Agility stats didn't worked, but you missing the point on how they worked. For the agility Stats, it also help you to attacking faster, if you mash the A button instead to just keeping the button, you character can attack faster. It's not alot ,but it's notable between the early game and the end game of your character. And for the Luck Stats, it's also worked for those Trapped Chest you can found once you defeated all the ennemies in a zone. The more luck you have the least chance you will see traps in the chest + the fact it will slowing down the wheel.

When you play last cloudia and wonder what those 3 characters in that cross over was from.

Also the soundtrack of this game is top 5 all time

Uhhhh can say something weird If Randi is part Mana part Gemma does that mean that he could become the next Mana Goddess or in this case God

console virgins: *_"Ree! Nintendo didn't Localize it to western markets until 2019!"_* PC chads /w Emulators early 2000's: _"Huh huh... Sorceress showin' her ass"_

I’m not the only one who sees the Chrono Trigger assets am I? The king is the same so is the main character and the female character. Idk which came first but I’m surprised the reused assets didn’t get mentioned.

I’m waiting for Legend of mana and children of mana to be remake

I'm playing through the series now and I'm probably gonna come back after I've beaten each game. But I gotta say FF Adventure was amazing to me. So much better than i expected. I loved absolute everything about the game, even the story. I can't wait to see what Secret is like

WAs ThAt a JOJo's ReFErEncE??? Good vid your channel got me into some of these vintage games, cheers mate🍻

Not gonna talk about that uhm...remake huh? Hmm...yeah...I get it...I wouldnt either.

There was a release of secret of mana in the US, it was on the gba though.

Great upload

Played secret of Mana with brody and Marcus when we were at Fanshawe lol