She explains that she is on a quest seek out a powerful knight who holds the key to defeating the Dark Lord. Thankfully, the hero survives the fall and ends up encountering a mysterious maiden. During one of these fights, the hero manages to escape the arena but is pursued by the Dark Lord and his agents who force the hero off a cliff in into a raging waterfall. The hero is forced to fight as a gladiator for the Dark Lord’s amusement. For this review, I played the Collection of Mana version.įinal Fantasy Adventure tells the story of a young hero who is held prisoner by the evil Dark Lord.
This compilation includes the first three games in the Mana series, marking the first time the original games have been made available on modern hardware. Fortunately, I was reminded of the game last year when Square Enix released the Collection of Mana for the Nintendo Switch. I suppose I really should have reviewed this game a few years back when I played through the rest of my Game Boy catalog, but for whatever reason I neglected to do so. But regardless, the official name for the GB version I’m reviewing is “ Final Fantasy Adventure” so that’s what we’ll call it. Personally, I think the Sword of Mana name is probably the most canonically correct title for this game, considering it’s place in the whole “Mana” series. Naturally, it’s easy to get confused by all these different names. This version was called “ Adventures of Mana“. But lets not stop there! FFA also saw another remake, this time for mobile devices. To make matters even worse, a remake was released in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance and this version of the game has yet another name: Sword of Mana. But wait! It’s not quite that simple! For whatever reason, when the game finally made its way to the UK, the name was changed (yet again) to Mystic Quest – which just happens to be the name of another Final Fantasy game here in the west. For what I can only assume are marketing reasons, when the game made its way to the US it was rebranded simply as “ Final Fantasy Adventure“. When it was originally released in Japan, the game was called “ Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden“, which translates roughly into “ The Legend of the Holy Sword: A Final Fantasy Side Story“. Well, much in the same way, Final Fantasy Adventure is actually the first game in what is now known as the Mana series. If you read my old reviews for the Final Fantasy Legend trilogy, you might remember that those games are actually part of the Sa-Ga series. But much like the similarly named Final Fantasy Legend, it isn’t actually a Final Fantasy title at all. But, I’m getting ahead of myself.įinal Fantasy Adventure is a game that was originally released on the Game Boy. I didn’t have a care in the world except for saving the Mana tree and defeating the Dark Lord. I can remember laying on the living room rug with my Game Boy and being completely captivated. All it takes is hearing the opening notes on the title screen of this game and I’m transported back to a much simpler time in my life.
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