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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]]'' (1991, Game Boy)
*''[[Secret of Mana]]'' (1993, Super NES)
*''[[Seiken Densetsu 3]]'' (1995, Super Famicom; Japan only, though a fan translation is available via [[Emulation]]; commonly nicknamed Secret Of Mana 2. Was released with the ''Collection of Mana'' as ''[[Trials of Mana]]''. Is being remade for the [[Playstation 4]]; a remake for [[Nintendo Switch]] was released)
*''[[Legend of Mana]]'' (2000, PlayStation)
*''[[Sword of Mana]]'' (2003, Game Boy Advance, [[Video Game Remake|remake]] of ''Final Fantasy Adventure'')
*''[[Children of Mana]]'' (2006, Nintendo DS)
*''Friends of Mana'' (2006, mobile phone, Japan only)
*''[[Dawn of Mana]]'' (2007, PlayStation 2)
*''[[Heroes of Mana]]'' (2007, Nintendo DS)
==[[Manga]] in the series include==
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==Novels in the series include==
* ''Seiken Densetsu Legend of Mana
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]].
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* [[Accidental Hero]]
* [[The Archer]]
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]
** 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 [[Legend of Mana]], some charged attacks go into [[Awesome Yet Practical]] territory, as it's the only way to inflict [[Massive Damage]] on the harder difficulty levels.
* [[Beneath the Earth]]: Gaia's Navel.
* [[Black and White Magic]]
* [[Black Magician Girl]]
* [[Blade on a Stick]]
* [[Body Horror]]
* [[Broken Bridge]]
** In [[Seiken Densetsu 3]], you can't even access the Moonlight Forest (where the Luna elemental is hidden) until you've gained Salamander, Undine, and Sylph, nor can you access where Dryad is hidden until you use the Luna elemental on the row of trees blocking your path.
* [[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 [[Seiken Densetsu 3]] and [[Legend of Mana]], the charge meter builds by successful attacks, and in ''Legend'' certain [[NPC|NPCs]] have synchronization effects that can help build said meter faster.
* [[Childhood Friend Romance]]:
** ''Dawn of Mana''
** ''Legend of Mana''
** ''[[Secret of Mana]]''
** ''Final Fantasy Adventure''
* [[The Chosen One]]
** In ''Seiken Densetsu 3'', the chosen one is whoever the Fairy chooses to inhabit.
* [[CMOT Dibbler]]
** [[Seiken Densetsu 3]] reveals that Niko belongs to a ''race'' of such vendors.
** [[Children of Mana]] reveals the same about Niccolo.
* [[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 ''[[Secret of Mana]]'' to be the chronological sequel to ''Final Fantasy Adventure'', {{spoiler|she ends up dying anyway when Thanatos destroys the Tree with the Mana Fortress.}}
* [[Elemental Crafting]]
* [[Elemental Powers]]:
** [[Blow You Away]]/[[Shock and Awe]]: Jinn
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** [[Lunacy]]: Luna (not present in all games)
** [[Playing with Fire]]: Salamander
* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]
* [[Everything's Deader with Zombies]]
* [[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 the Eye]]
* [[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 [[Legend of Mana]] or how to master [[Item Crafting]].
** Knowing which enemies to farm for the third job class unlocking item or the best weapons/armor in [[Seiken Densetsu 3]] is also a massive pain in the butt even ''with'' a Guide.
** Unlocking secrets in [[Dawn of Mana]] ''can'' be stumbled upon by accident if you explore every inch of the stage, but still just about impossible without a guide.
* [[Harder Than Hard]]
* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]
** Although over half the cast of ''[[Sword of Mana]]'' still ends up dead.
** The player character in ''[[Legend of Mana]]'' {{spoiler|turns himself/herself into stone weeping for the Jumi, thus bringing them [[Back From the Dead]]; don't worry, [[Deus Ex Machina]] happens and they get better}}.
** In [[Secret of Mana]], {{spoiler|the Sprite so much as ''taking part in the final battle''}} is this.
* [[Hidden Elf Village]]
** There is one in ''[[Secret of Mana]]'' as well: {{spoiler|the Sprite's [[Doomed Hometown|home town]], but sadly it's destroyed by the Empire just before you arrive.}}
* [[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 [[Seiken Densetsu 3]]
** on [[Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels|No Future Mode]] (the hardest level in the game) of ''[[Legend of Mana]]'', ''every'' rabite (and [[Everything Trying to Kill You|every other enemy]]) is this.
** In [[Dawn of Mana]], you can encounter "rare" versions of enemies that have longer life bars and tougher to take town otherwise, and of course Rare Rabites can be found in certain areas.
* [[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 [[Dawn of Mana]], you can backtrack to just about any point in any stage except for the last one, where a large, unclimbable drop keeps you from [[Level Grinding]] for better stats before the second-to-last boss.
* [[Quicksand Box]]
* [[Randomly Drops]]
** Meanwhile, in [[Legend of Mana]], you can have a pet that, if you're synchronized with it, guarantees an enemy killed will drop something, but ''what'' gets dropped is still randomly determined.
* [[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|Seiken Densetsu 4]] was the first numbered game in the series in 11 years since [[Seiken Densetsu 3]]. This isn't noticeable in the overseas ports since they exclusively used the [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming|idiosyncratic]] -Of Mana
* [[Squishy Wizard]]
* [[Standard Status Ailments]]
* [[The Starscream]]
* [[Spiritual Successor]]
* [[Summon Magic]]
* [[Thematic Series]]
* [[Ultimate Blacksmith]]
* [[Unnecessary Combat Roll]]
** And in [[Dawn of Mana]], it might be marginally faster than running, so it's abused in [[Speed Run|Speed Runs]]; there's even a badge that lets you roll longer.
* [[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 [[Dawn of Mana]], you are probably going to have to restart the entire chapter.
* [[Vaporware]]
* [[Video Game Remake]]
* [[The Virus]]
* [[World Tree]]
* [[Yoko Shimomura]]
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