Mana, the force which sustains all life, is in danger. The physical embodyment, a tree and a sword, have a delicate balace between it. But when some boy removes the sword, that balance is interrupted, and the world is thrown into an evil chaos. Monsters, long thought extinct, have begun to once again roam the earth, and it is up to one boy, the remover of the sword, to set things right again.

Review

Secret of Mana is an example of what all RPG's should be life. Instead of all other final fantasy games which came before it, the fighting isn't turn based. Instead, you must manually control your player to swing his sword against an enemy, or avoid an attack. This provides a stratigy not available in any other Squaresoft video game. The music is excellent, and the graphics are quite well done. The games only flaw is the occasion graphical glitch, and also the intelligence of your allies. But the latter problem can be easilly remedied because of the three player capabilities of this game. Also, the ring coomands are easy to use and manipulate.

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the best, this game gets a 9