Final Fantasy Adventure | |
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Developer(s) | Square |
Publisher(s) | Square |
Distributor(s) | Sunsoft |
Director(s) | Koichi Ishii |
Designer(s) | Goro Ohashi |
Artist(s) | Koichi Ishii |
Writer(s) | Koichi Ishii Yoshinori Kitase |
Composer(s) | Kenji Ito |
Series | Final Fantasy, Mana |
Platform(s) | Game Boy, SoftBank Mobile, i-mode, EZweb, PlayStation Vita, iOS, Android |
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Game Boy SoftBank 3G
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Genre(s) | Action role-playing |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
JP | NA | EU | |
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Game Boy | 1991 | 1991 | 1993 |
Game Boy Advance | 2003 | 2003 | 2004 |
Cellphones | 2006 | N/A | N/A |
PlayStation Vita, iOS, Android | 2016 |
Review scores | |
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Publication | Score |
Famitsu | 33 out of 40 |
IGN | 9.0 out of 10 |
RPGFan | 92% |
RPGamer | 3.0 out of 5 |
Nintendojo | 8.7 out of 10 |
Final Fantasy Adventure, originally released in Japan as Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden (聖剣伝説 ~ファイナルファンタジー外伝~?), and later released in Europe as Mystic Quest, is a Final Fantasy spinoff and the first game in the Mana series. Published by Square in 1991 on the original Game Boy, it later saw a North American re-release by Sunsoft in April 1998.
Originally being developed under the name Gemma Knights, features gameplay roughly similar to that of the original The Legend of Zelda game, but with the addition of role-playing video game statistical elements. Along with Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, Final Fantasy Adventure was the first Final Fantasy game to be released in Europe. A remake, Sword of Mana, was released in 2003 changing the plot and many gameplay aspects. A second remake was released on mobile phones in Japan which only improved the graphics and music of the original version. A third remake, Adventures of Mana, was released for iOS, Android, and PlayStation Vita on February 4, 2016.
The story follows the hero and the young heroine as they attempt to thwart the Dark Lord of Glaive and his sorcerer assistant, Julius, from destroying the Tree of Mana and dooming their world. The game was released with many familiar elements of the Final Fantasy series, such as Chocobos, but these were later changed to feature common enemies and the gameplay style of the Mana series.