Friends of Mana
| Mana | |
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Artwork of the Mana Tree, from Children of Mana
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| Genres | |
| Developers |
Square Square Enix |
| Publishers | Square Square Enix |
| Creators | Koichi Ishii |
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| Platforms | Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Vita, Super NES, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch |
| Platform of origin | Game Boy |
| Year of inception | 1991 |
| First release |
Final Fantasy Adventure June 28, 1991 |
| Latest release |
Adventures of Mana February 4, 2016 |
The Mana series, known in Japan as Seiken Densetsu (聖剣伝説, "Legend of the Sacred Sword"), is a medieval-fantasy action role-playing game series created by Koichi Ishii, with development formerly from Square, and is currently owned by Square Enix. The series began as a handheld side story to Square's flagship franchise Final Fantasy, though the Final Fantasy elements were subsequently dropped starting with the second installment, Secret of Mana, in order to become its own series. It has grown to include games of various genres within the fictional world of Mana, with recurring stories involving a world tree, its associated holy sword, and the fight against forces that would steal their power. Several character designs, creatures, and musical themes reappear frequently.
Four games were released in the series between 1991 and 1999: the original Seiken Densetsu (1991) Final Fantasy Adventure in North America and Mystic Quest in Europe—for the Game Boy, Secret of Mana (1993) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Seiken Densetsu 3 (1995) for the Super Famicom, and Legend of Mana for the PlayStation, though Seiken Densetsu 3 was not released outside Japan. A remake of the original game, Sword of Mana (2003), was published for the Game Boy Advance. All of the original games were action role-playing games, though they included a wide variety of gameplay mechanics, and the stories of the games were connected only thematically.
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