Legend of Mana (1999) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Legend of Mana

While incorporating action role-playing game elements from the three games which preceded it, Legend of Mana has its own distinct style of gameplay. Most notably, it gives the player the ability to shape the…

15 July 1999

What Legend of Mana is

Legend of Mana is an adventure game developed by Square Product Development Division 2 and released in 1999. It was published by Square. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Legend of Mana is set in the fictional world of Fa'Diel. The Mana Tree, the giver of mana and life for the world, burned down nine centuries prior to the events of the game. A war erupted between faeries, human, and others seeking the scarce power of mana that was left. When the war concluded, the drained Mana Tree slept and the many lands of the world were stored in ancient artifacts. A hero, controlled by the player, is self-charged with restoring the world, and its mana, to its former self. The Lands of Fa'Diel are populated with a large number of different creatures, including humans, faeries, demons, the jewel-hearted Jumi race, plant-like Sproutlings and Flowerlings, miner bears…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.