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'''''World of Mana''''', also known as the '''Seiken Densetsu''' (''Legend of the Holy Sword'') series, is a group of (mostly) action RPGs, most of which also tenuously share a setting. Most of the games center around a Mana Tree, the source of magic in the world, and the eponymous Mana Sword.
==Games in the series include
*
*
▲* ''[[Final Fantasy Adventure (Video Game)|Final Fantasy Adventure]]'' (1991, Game Boy)
* ''Seiken Densetsu Legend of Mana'' (2000, by Shiro Amano, based off the [[Legend of Mana
▲* ''[[Secret of Mana (Video Game)|Secret of Mana]]'' (1993, Super NES)
* ''Princess of Mana'' (2007, 5-volume work by Satsuki Yoshino, set 300 years after [[
▲* ''[[Seiken Densetsu 3 (Video Game)|Seiken Densetsu 3]]'' (1995, Super Famicom; Japan only, though a fan translation is available via [[Emulation]]; commonly nicknamed ''Secret Of Mana 2'')
▲* ''[[Legend of Mana (Video Game)|Legend of Mana]]'' (2000, PlayStation)
▲* ''[[Sword of Mana (Video Game)|Sword of Mana]]'' (2003, Game Boy Advance, [[Video Game Remake|remake]] of Final Fantasy Adventure)
▲* ''[[Children of Mana (Video Game)|Children of Mana]]'' (2006, Nintendo DS)
▲* ''Friends of Mana'' (2006, mobile phone, Japan only)
▲* ''[[Dawn of Mana (Video Game)|Dawn of Mana]]'' (2007, PlayStation 2)
▲* ''[[Heroes of Mana (Video Game)|Heroes of Mana]]'' (2007, Nintendo DS)
* ''Seiken Densetsu Legend of Mana
▲[[Manga]] in the series include:
▲* ''Seiken Densetsu Legend of Mana'' (2000, by Shiro Amano, based off the [[Legend of Mana (Video Game)|game of the same name]]; later collected into a 2-volume set in 2008)
▲* ''Princess of Mana'' (2007, 5-volume work by Satsuki Yoshino, set 300 years after [[Children of Mana (Video Game)|Children of Mana]] and 310 years after [[Dawn of Mana (Video Game)|Dawn of Mana]])
Unfortunately, to some extent the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (
▲Novels in the series include:
▲* ''Seiken Densetsu Legend of Mana - Amata no Tsuchi, Amata no Hito'' (2000, by Hiromi Hosae; a novelisation of [[Legend of Mana (Video Game)|Legend of Mana]])
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* [[Accidental Hero]]
▲Unfortunately, to some extent the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (Video Game)|Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles]]'' series have usurped the World of Mana's place in the [[Square Enix]] pantheon, with the aforementioned games featuring the 3D version of the three-character action RPG gameplay that the World of Mana series was once known for. This has caused [[Square Enix]] to start scrambling to find a different genre for the World of Mana series, such as the RTS Heroes of Mana and pure action game Dawn of Mana, the latter of which was extremely poorly received and criticized. It appears the series has [[Jumping the Shark|jumped a shark]].
* [[The Archer]]
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]
▲* [[Accidental Hero]] - ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' starred an escaped slave who gets caught up in a fight to save the world. The hero of ''[[Secret of Mana (Video Game)|Secret of Mana]]'' appears to be this--he originally only needs the titular sword to [[Insurmountable Waist High Fence|cut tall grass]]--until his [[The Chosen One|identity]] is revealed.
▲* [[The Archer]] - Chobin Hoods; the player character is one with the Bow equipped in [[Secret of Mana (Video Game)|Secret of Mana]], [[Legend of Mana (Video Game)|Legend of Mana]] and [[Sword of Mana (Video Game)|Sword of Mana]].
▲* [[Awesome but Impractical]] - [[Charged Attack|Charging your attack]] as of ''[[Secret of Mana (Video Game)|Secret of Mana]]'' onward.
** In ''Seiken Densetsu 3'' the attack charging is changed from holding down a button to filling up the meter by hitting the enemy with melee strikes. (As far as pure DPS goes, though, it's still much more practical to just use the first level charge.)
** In [[
* [[Beneath the Earth]]: Gaia's Navel.
* [[Black and White Magic]]
* [[Black Magician Girl]]
* [[Blade
* [[Body Horror]]
* [[Broken Bridge]]
** In [[
* [[Cap]]
* [[Charged Attack]]
** Much more useful in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'', where you could level up how quickly the meter would charge, and could reasonably spam them in the final battle.
** In [[
* [[Childhood Friend Romance]]:
** ''Dawn of Mana''
** ''Legend of Mana''
** ''[[
** ''Final Fantasy Adventure''
* [[The Chosen One]]
** In ''Seiken Densetsu 3'', the chosen one is whoever the Fairy chooses to inhabit.
* [[CMOT Dibbler]]
** [[
** [[
* [[Cool Sword]]
* [[Co-Op Multiplayer]]
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZplNAI3DVw&fmt=18 The Way This Heart Is] from Heroes of Mana
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=226lyvZmNB8 Angel's Fear] aka the Secret of Mana Theme. Yes, that's all done with a SNES chipset.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]
* [[Doomed Hometown]]
* [[Downer Ending]]
** ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' also ends this way: {{spoiler|All of the hero's friends have been killed (with the exception of Lester, who the hero leaves behind in Jadd to mourn his dead sister...who the hero had to kill when she turned into a monster), and the girl he worked so hard to protect is giving up her existence to become the new Mana Tree.}}
*** And if you consider ''[[
* [[Elemental Crafting]]
* [[Elemental Powers]]:
** [[Blow You Away]]/[[Shock and Awe]]: Jinn
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** [[Light'Em Up]]: Lumina
** [[Lunacy]]: Luna (not present in all games)
** [[Playing
* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]
* [[Everything's Deader
* [[The Evil Empire]]
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]
* [[Fighter, Mage, Thief]]
* [[Five-Man Band]]: Your party in Heroes Of Mana. There are exactly five main characters.
* [[Floating Continent]]
** You need to ride Flammie through a portal to reach the Mana Holyland. However, it's unclear as to whether the Holyland ''itself'' is airborne.
* [[Giant Enemy Crab]]
* [[Global Airship]]
* [[Go for
* [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]
* [[The Goomba]]
* [[Gotta Catch Em All]]
* [[Gotterdammerung]]
* [[Guide Dang It]]:
** Good luck figuring out how to trigger some of the subquests in [[
** Knowing which enemies to farm for the third job class unlocking item or the best weapons/armor in [[
** Unlocking secrets in [[
* [[Harder Than Hard]]
* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]
** Although over half the cast of ''[[
** The player character in ''[[
** In [[
* [[Hidden Elf Village]]
** There is one in ''[[
* [[Holy Hand Grenade]]
* [[Human Cannonball]]
* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]
* [[Improbable Hairstyle]]
* [[Inexplicable Treasure Chests]]
* [[Inexplicably Identical Individuals]]
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja]]
* [[Insurmountable Waist High Fence]]
* [[Interface Spoiler]]
* [[In
* [[Killer Rabbit]]:
** the [[Bonus Boss]] in [[
** on [[Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels|No Future Mode]] (the hardest level in the game) of ''[[
** In [[
* [[Item Crafting]]
* [[It's All Upstairs From Here]]
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]
* [[Light Is Not Good]]
* [[Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards]]
* [[Lost World]]: The Mana Holyland.
* [[Luck Stat]]
* [[Mascot Mook]]: Rabites are the series' signature monster, present in every iteration. A few others (like the Chobin Hood enemies) are recurring as well, and monster design in general is extremely consistent across the series.
* [[Mook Maker]]
* [[Nature Spirit]]
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]
** In ''Seiken Densetsu 3'', once the heroes finally complete their goal of rounding up all eight spirits in order to open a gate to the Holyland, it turns out that their efforts {{spoiler|allowed the Mana Stones to be unsealed, opening a gate that ''every faction other than the heroes'' is able to use.}}
*** And then, after stopping an apocalypse by defeating the eight God-beasts, you realize that by defeating them, you released their power into the Sword of Mana. {{spoiler|Too bad you let [[The Dragon]] take the sword, hero.}}
** Keldy and Ritzia sneak into the ruins that they're not supposed to enter, and Keldy kills the [[Giant Enemy Crab]] guarding the area when it tries to attack Ritzia...and then Ritzia gets possessed by the spirit of an evil sorceress, who wants to unleash the Echoes of Malvolia onto Illusia. Oops.
* [[New Game+]]
* [[The Obi-Wan]]
* [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]
** The Mana series is notable, though, for having dwarves that rather than looking like short Scotsmen are pitch black and all wear cool looking war helmets.
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: The [[Chibi]]-looking dragons (to which Flammie is related) are helpful and friendly, whereas the scaly varieties as presented [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent|as hostile and warlike]].
* [[Our Fairies Are Different]]: The sylph magic.
* [[Our Liches Are Different]]: The [[Big Bad|Big Bads]] of the 16-bit games.
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]
* [[Palette Swap]]
* [[Point of No Return]]
** In [[
* [[Quicksand Box]]
* [[Randomly Drops]]
** Meanwhile, in [[
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]
* [[Rebellious Princess]]
* [[Recurring Location]]: The Mana Holy Land, which is routinely blown to smithereens.
* [[Respawning Enemies]]
* [[Ring Menu]]
* [[Saintly Church]]
* [[Sequel Gap]]: [[Dawn of Mana
* [[Squishy Wizard]]
* [[Standard Status Ailments]]
* [[The Starscream]]
* [[Spiritual Successor]]
* [[Summon Magic]]
* [[Thematic Series]]
* [[Ultimate Blacksmith]]
* [[Unnecessary Combat Roll]]
** And in [[
* [[Unwinnable]]
** Until you realize some of the enemies there can drop keys.
** Additionally, if you didn't grind enough stat boosts before the save point before the second-to-last boss in [[
* [[Vaporware]]
* [[Video Game Remake]]
* [[The Virus]]
* [[World Tree]]
* [[Yoko Shimomura]]
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