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The True Secret of Mana Was Friendship
"Does anyone remember where we parked?"
“Secret of Mana” is an action RPG by Squaresoft for the Super NES that came out in 1993. It is from a 3/4 perspective and plays a lot like “The Legend of Zelda”. One of it’s most unique features was that it used the multitap adapter to allow for three players simultaneously.
These are the facts, and they are all well and good. But this isn’t really a review in the traditional sense. This is more of a recounting of my experience surrounding Secret of Mana and why it is one of the games that means so much to me as a gamer.
It all started with a friend of mine in Junior High, Chris. In shop class he would spin tales of this crazy new game he was playing. Tales of epic battles against hordes of unique and interesting sounding monsters, a flying dragon you traversed the world on, and of teamwork in doing so thanks to the game’s multiplayer components. Chris and his dad were playing through this grand adventure together. I had never heard of this “Mana” game he was talking about, but after his stories, I had to play it.
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Videogame Jam of the Day Latest Podcast- Barrel Roll #169 - "Panda Games Are Their Own Genre" December 24, 2012After a brief hiatus, the Barrel Roll podcast is back to their old tricks. Jesse, Jonah, Wes, and Adam Milecki return for an in depth discussion of the burgeoning panda genre and what it brings to the table. Jonah finally dips into Tokyo Jungle to try out its panda-related DLC. Jesse fights pandas with increasingly elaborate costumes in Tekken Tag Tournament […]
