

And playing with a couple of friends is actually pretty cool! It's not massive, and it's not online, but it sure is fun to fight and explore Guy from Faxanadu - I'm thinking that it must be Swedish thing, because my friends are crapping themselves with joy over it's release. It certainly is not as vast a game as Chrono or other Square titles, but it is a sweet ride. The music, in my opinion, bests some of the Final Fantasy scores, and the atmosphere the game creates is second only to Chrono Trigger. I had no idea it was going to be released, but I was just craving a go. I have to admit to cheating a bit, though.

Every Monday I look at the downloads and then break out the corresponding cartridge to play on my not so virtual consoles. My digital hunger strike, if you will (Ninty probably doesn't care, but I feel better). I have a new tradition since I began my boycott of VC games. And the only way to succeed is to solve the Secret of Mana. It’s a world turned upside down that you must help the warrior make right. Potions give power, black magic takes it away. Monsters are friends and friends are enemies. Magic swords release evil as well as fight it.

In this incredible adventure, things are not as they seem. Only then can perfect harmony be restored. Thus, the warrior must undertake a dangerous journey to find the seeds of the Mana tree, which have been hidden for centuries.

But a magic sword has tricked a young warrior into upsetting this balance, spreading evil throughout the land. There is one force in the universe that keeps good and evil in perfect balance. Good and evil battle for a young warrior’s heart. Intense strategy, whimsical adventure, tear-jerking goodbyes to characters you’ve spent months with… the SNES has it all.Īnd that makes compiling a list of ten. The expansive software library of Nintendo’s 16-bit powerhouse wasn’t short of any of the most popular genres of the '90s, and perhaps least of all RPGs.
