Seiken Densetsu 3 (DE,EN,ES,FR,JP) (Action Role Playing Game) (Super Famicom)

1995 · action · role-playing · Super Nintendo · The Data Archivist V0.01

MANUAL (JP) : https://archive.org/details/seikendensetsu3sfchiresscans/Seiken%20Densetsu%20-%20Manual%20%28Searchable%29/mode/2up VIDEO LONGPLAY (US) : https://archive.org/details/snes-longplay-trials-of-mana-us-01-06 Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiken_Densetsu_3 Trials of Mana , also known by its Japanese title Seiken Densetsu 3 , [a] is a 1995 action role-playing game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix ) for the Super Famicom . It is the sequel to the 1993 game Secret of Mana , and is the third installment in the Mana series . Set in a high fantasy world, the game follows three heroes as they attempt to claim the legendary Mana Sword and prevent the Benevodons from being unleashed and destroying the world. It features three main plotlines and six different possible main characters, each with their own storylines, and allows two players to play simultaneously. Trials of Mana builds on the gameplay of its predecessor with multiple enhancements, including the use of a time progression system with transitions from day to night and weekday to weekday in game time, and a wide range of character classes to choose from, which provides each character with an exclusive set of skills and status progression. The game was designed by series creator Koichi Ishii , directed by veteran Square designer Hiromichi Tanaka , and produced by Tetsuhisa Tsuruzono. Artwork was produced by manga and anime artist Nobuteru Yūki , while the music was composed by Secret of Mana composer Hiroki Kikuta . Although the game was only published in Japan, English-speaking players had been able to play Seiken Densetsu 3 due to an unofficial English fan translation released in 1999. Seiken Densetsu 3 received considerable acclaim from reviewers, who praised the graphics as among the best ever made for the Super Famicom and the gameplay as an improved version of its predecessor's. The plot received mixed reviews by critics, who found the overlapping stories to be interesting and to enhance replayability, but the characters and plotlines themselves to be flat and clichéd. Overall, the game is considered by some critics to be a Super Famicom classic. In June 2017, the game was included in the Seiken Densetsu Collection release for the Nintendo Switch in Japan; the collection was released in June 2019 in North America and the PAL region as Collection of Mana with Seiken Densetsu 3 titled Trials of Mana . A 3D remake of the same name was announced alongside it, and released worldwide in April 2020 for Microsoft Windows , Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 4 . Story Setting The story takes place in a fictional world where Mana represents an ethereal, but finite, energy source. Some time in the past, the Mana Goddess created the game's world by forging the powerful Sword of Mana and defeating eight monsters of destruction, the Benevodons—"God Beasts" in earlier translations—with it, sealing them within eight Mana Stones, before turning herself into the Mana Tree and falling asleep. [7] The game is set at a time when Mana starts to fade and peace has ended, as several people plot to unleash the Benevodons from the stones so as to gain ultimate power. [8] The game is not a direct sequel to the events in Secret of Mana ; according to series creator Koichi Ishii in 2006, the Mana games do not take place in exactly the same world, and characters or elements that appear in different games are best considered alternate versions of each other. Instead, the connections between each title are more abstract than story-based. [9] Despite this statement, the 2007 game Heroes of Mana is a direct prequel to Trials of Mana , taking place 19 years before the latter's story. [10] Characters The characters (and their individual stories) are grouped into three main sub-plots. Duran and Angela oppose the Crimson Wizard and the Dragon Lord, Hawkeye and Riesz oppose Belladonna and the Dark Majesty, Kevin and Charlotte oppose Goremand and the Masked Mage. [b] The main storyline is determined by the first character chosen, though there is significantly more character interaction and dialogue if the other member of the pair is also in the party. [5] Duran [c] is an orphaned mercenary swordsman of Valsena, Kingdom of the Plains. His father, Loki the Golden Knight, was lost in battle with the Dragon Emperor, and his mother passed away of sickness soon after. [11] One night, Duran is on guard duty at the castle of Valsena when the Crimson Wizard attacks the castle and murders several soldiers. Duran confronts him, only to be defeated easily and left for dead. After recovering, he vows to become the best swordsman in the world and to exact his revenge upon the Crimson Wizard. [12] Angela [d] is the princess of the ice-covered Magic Kingdom of Altena, though she herself has little to no potential in magic unlike everyone else in the kingdom. Her mother, Queen Valda uses her magic to keep the citadel in Altena in a perpetual Spring, but the spell weakens as