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Forums - Nintendo - Will Secret of Mana ever come to the VC?

Resident_Hazard on 30 August 2008
noname2200 said:
Resident_Hazard said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
Sullla said:

Secret of Evermore ruled. Despite the fact that the game was actually pretty buggy. Using Corrosion on the final boss was almost guaranteed to cause the game to freeze. Another time, I went a back way to the Gothica, and ended up screwing myself because I went around that rat boss and his barricade remained in place--but he wasn't there. And in another, I picked up two of three items I needed to reach the final area, delivered them, and then picked up the third. That old scientist guy told me I still needed to grab the other two items despite the fact that I already did.

Secret of Evermore had the major problem of not being Secret of Mana, which is what a lot of folks were expecting. Taking it for what it was, it was a fun game with a great sense of humor ("we're all just sprites being controlled by the whims of our controller-touting overlord!") but most folks I know never gave it that chance.

Meh, their loss.

 

 

 I actually never played Secret of Mana, so I came into Secret of Evermore completely unbiased.  I still think it's one of the funniest games ever made--especially from Square Enix.  I loved how every situation in the game reminded the hero of some bizarre science fiction film.  I was only getting into Square at the time of Secret of Evermore's release.  Prior to that, I simply hadn't been a big RPG/Adventure RPG gamer.  But, towards the end of the SNES's life, I was all about Final Fantasy II (US, actually part IV), Final Fantasy III (VI), Chrono Trigger, Secret of Evermore, Super Mario RPG, and this was also around the time I played Zelda: A Link to the Past.