It's no secret that Secret of Mana had a rocky development, and one of the original story beats - time travel - had to be cut (along with a lot of other content).

I think the intro even alludes to this: the Mana Knight that stopped the Fortress the first time around appeared "out of nowhere", and the iconic line about time flowing like a river.

I've been playing the game (again), and I've come to the conclusion that I think the time travel arc would have begun after raising the Sunken Continent, going back in time in effort to stop the Fortress before it's ever risen.

I believe the rumored post-apocalyptic future would have given the reason we have to defeat Flammie, instead of just "smashing the Mana Fortress" like the previous Mana Knight.

What are y'all's thoughts?

This has bugged me since the mid 90s but it's only now that I realise there's a community who might know.

When playing through the game, you occasionally hit a boss who has a weakness for magic you don't actually have yet (the Vampire with Lumina for example)..... is that just a joke on the part of the dev or is there a way of getting it before doing the fight?

As by this gameplay video, after the water palace walking at this place should spawn some goblins that captures the hero, but in my game they are not spawning.
I'm playing from the Nintendo Switch Collection of Mana.
Any idea what am I missing?

I also explored further, there's that missing girl, with a boss of 2 enemies that heal themselves. I suppose I need one more in my party before being able do defeat them.

The art direction in this game still stands. But the river bed, and Gaia's Navel perspectives made me confused.

OK last painting for now! I have painted so many moments from this game. When I think of my true favorite games of all time, this one is very, very high on the list. Thank you for looking at my art! The music and pixel art from this game is unbelievable.

Thought I would share another Secret of Mana painting I did a while back. So many moments from this game are engrained into my soul. I'll share more paintings in the future. Thanks for looking!

The game will not let me walk this path to get to the dwarf village. Once we were able to somehow use our weapons and get stuck a step or two past where we are in that pic. Anyone know what’s up here? Am I missing something? We have talked to her dad and the king in Pandora, had the conversation at the inn, and gone to the Forrest skulls to know we need the axe. Any ideas??

I love this game. I painted this a long time ago.

I'm not the creator of this pixel art. The were made by Square Enix team for collabs between Mana games and Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, the mobile game. I just made them infinite loops.

Back then, they were "vision cards", items only certain characters could provide and that gave big stat boosts. Those cards used those cute little animations.

Just a game where you play as all the characters especially with visions of mana released two years ago, I would love to see a 3D hack and slash or some kind of game where you have multiple visions from the multiple games. Because I always wondered if that’s possible to make a game like Dissidia, Fate Extella, or even better Hyrule Warriors.

Because it’s unfair with how Seiken Densetsu has been treated through the years! This weird strange fantasy world that you don’t see allot in games. Also Seiken Densetsu is not that complicated to make a game like this. But what do you guys think? Because I would love to see an offline game like the ones I mentioned where you have all the characters with their own animations and such. Along with a dlc, or something!

Today is the day it ends...

The 3.5 hour Megamix of ALL 45 Secret of Mana Remixes I have made over the past four years premieres on YouTube at 11:00AM CST! I'll be tuning in late because I'm getting fillings at the dentist lmao but I'll be in the chat eventually haha.

Persevere. It's worth it! And thank you to EVERYONE who supported me on this journey, especially my wife! Love you, boo.

I hope you guys enjoy! I repeat, this took me FOUR YEARS and I didn't use AI ONCE. LFG!

They want to poll their fans’ interests, and desires. Please let them know about your love for everything Mana.

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Mana Beast Tattoo I got a few years ago… you guys can tell right?… right? ☹️

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So for class accessories in Sword of Mana, to unlock it I need to level up a class 40 consecutive times? So if I want a general crest I need to pick 40 warrior levels then decide on a class?

I just finished Final Fantasy Adventure and I'm genuinely baffled by how good this game is for a 1991 Gameboy title, two years before Link's Awakening was released (and even a few months ahead of A Link to the Past). For a GB title it is quite epic in length and also the story is really good for such an early title.

Must have been mindblowing, being a GB kid in the early ninties playing this game. I noticed that several gameplay ideas were introduced here which I actually attributed to later games, such as the use of a whip to overcome pits (similar to ALttP hookshot), or riding the trolleys while hitting levers to adjust track switches (I don't remember, was that first in the Oracle games or already in LA?) - so this title was really innovative at the time.

I do have a question though (mild spoiler warning here):

While playing the game I kept wondering what aspects did the developers adopt from FF I-III, which were released earlier, and which aspects actually were created for FFA in the first place and only then exploited for FF? I read that Square worked on this game here *before* the first FF was released - around 1987 - but then put it on hold for some years. It was initially supposed to be a five-disc Famicom Disc System title, which turned out to be too ambitious. When I saw the Chocobos, the Moogles, the Airship, etc. I wondered if the (initially planned) FFA actually did it first, or if Square took those from FF when the made the Gameboy adoption.

Do you folks know about this?