Adventures of Mana

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Adventures of Mana
PlayStation Vita digital cover
Developer	Square Enix, MCF
Publisher	Square Enix
Platforms	iOS, Android, PlayStation Vita
Release date	Android, iOS: Worldwide: February 4, 2016 PlayStation Vita: February 4, 2016 June 28, 2016 June 28, 2016
Genre	Action-adventure, role-playing game
Mode(s)	Single player
Media	Digital download
Input	Touch screen Gamepad (PS Vita)

Adventures of Mana is a 3D remake of Final Fantasy Adventure that was developed by both Square Enix and MCF and published by Square Enix. It was released in 2016 for iOS and Android and later for the PlayStation Vita the same year. It is considered to be a more faithful remake than Sword of Mana, as it retains the Final Fantasy elements but does not retain the changes that were added into Sword of Mana aside from the Ring Command system.

Story

Title screen

Enshrined atop Mt. Illusia, high atop the clouds, stands the Tree of Mana. Drawing its energy from the boundless aether, the sentinel grows in silence. Legend says that he who lays his hands upon its trunk will be granted power eternal–A power the Dark Lord of Glaive now seeks to further fuel his bloody quest for domination.

The story follows a young hero named Sumo and a young heroine named Fuji as they go on a journey to thwart the Dark Lord of Glaive and his sorcerer assistant, Julius, from destroying the Tree of Mana and dooming their world.

Gameplay

Basic Controls

Action	Function	PlayStation Vita	Smartphone
Moving	Movement about the game world can be done using a vitual joystick. Simply touch the screen anywhere there isn't a button or icon and drag your finger in the desired direction. If you move your finger too far from where you first touched the screen, the center point will auto-adjust.	?	Tap or drag to desired direction
Attacking	The icon in the lower right of the screen is the attack button. Tap it to wield your currently equipped weapon.	?	Tap Attack button
Using Items and Magic	The icon above the attack button is the Item/Magic button. Tap it to use the spell or item currently equipped.	?	Tap Item/Magic button
Opening the Ring Menu	Tap or swipe the triangled-shaped icon on the right side of the screen to open the Ring Menu.	?	Tap or swipe Ring button.
Opening the System Menu	While the Ring Menu is open, a Menu button will appear in the bottom right. Tap it to access the System Menu.	?	Tap System Menu button while Ring menu is open.
Using Shortcuts	Shortcuts can be activated by tapping their icons located in the top left corner of the screen. Up to three shortcuts can be set via the Inventory Ring.	?	Tap shortcuts.
Chatting with Party Members	When you are accompanied by another character, a speech bubble will appear in the upper right of the screen. Tap the icon to see what he or she has to say.	?	Tap upper right speech bubble.

Progression and Leveling

Action	Function	PlayStation Vita	Smartphone
Game Objectives	Set forth on a journey across the realm in search of the truth behind you friend's dying words. Delve deep into dark dungeons to discover weapons and items that will aid you in your travels. But beware the hordes of bloodthirsty foes will stop at nothing to stand in your way.	N/A	N/A
Leveling Up	Defeating enemies earns you experience points (EXP). When you earn enough EXP, you will level up. Upon leveling up, you can choose one four training regimens to determine how your attributes will improve.	N/A	Tap to select training regimen.

Using the Ring Menu

Action	Function	PlayStation Vita	Smartphone
Ring Menu	The Ring Menu functions as a gateway to your Inventory Rings. Tap its center to return to the game. Tapping the Weapons, Armor, Items, or Spells icon will open its Inventory Ring.	?	Tap icons to open specific rings or exit menu.
Inventory Ring	Tapping an icon in the Ring Menu brings up its Inventory Ring. Cycle through the ring by swiping it up or down. Tap the arrow button to rotate the ring 180 degrees. Tap an icon in an Inventory Ring to equip it or set it to your action buttons. Tap the blue button in the upper right to sort the items in an Inventory Ring.	?	Tap icons
Creating Shortcuts	Shortcuts can be created to provide quick access to spells and items not set to your action buttons. First, tap a shortcut slot, and then tap an icon from an Inventory Ring to assing it to that slot.	?	Tap shorcut slot/to assign to slot
Deleting Shortcuts	Tap the trash can in the upper left of the screen to enter Discard Mode. While in Discard Mode, tap any item, weapon, or armor to permanently remove it from your inventory. Shortcuts can also be deleted in the same manner.	?	Tap trash icon to discard items
Tooltips	Tap the magnifying glass in the lower left of the screen to enter Tooltip Mode. While in Tooltip Mode, tap any item, weapon, armor, or spell to display its help text.	?	Tap Magnifiying Glass/Item or Weapon or Armor or Spell to display help text

Items

See also: Adventures of Mana items

Item sub-menu

In Adventures of Mana, items can be accessed by the main menu by selecting the Item Ring. The item sub-menu has a maximum of 16 available slots. Items can also be assigned to up to three hotkeys (shared with spells) for quicker access.

There are six types of items: Recovery, Power-up, Navigation, Cash-in, Magic/Attack, & Key items.

• Recovery items are used to restore Sumo's HP and/or MP or remove a status aliment. Most of them can be either bougth in stores for a relatively small fee or be found in treasure chests left by regular monsters.
• Power-up items can temporarily increase one of Sumo's stats, such as STR or DEF. They can only be found in specific monster drops and should as such be only used during tough battles.
• Navigation items can help Sumo traverse a dungeon by opening locked doors or breaking rocks or cracked walls. They are inexpensive and can be found in most stores, so the player should always stock up on them.
• Cash-in items are only used to sell to merchant for a fixed price. They are only dropped by a few enemies and thus can be hard to come by.
• Magic or Attack items are replicas of spells learned in books with a finite use, just like other items. They are relatively rare since only few enemies can drop them upon death and only specialized magic shops sell them.
• Key items are story-related and cannot be sold to a merchant. Most disappear after their use during the story, but a few stays in the inventory.

Weapons

Weapons sub-menu

See also: Adventures of Mana weapons

In Adventures of Mana, weapons can be accessed by the main menu by selecting the Weapon Ring. The weapons sub-menu has a maximum of 16 available slots.

There are six types of weapons: Swords, Axes, Sickles, Chain-Flails, Spears, & Maces. Each of them have a different overworld use & MAX attack.

• The Sword can be used to slash enemies and has no overworld use. Sumo starts with this weapon at the beginning of the game.
• The Axe slays enemies and can be used to chop down trees and thorns. This weapon can be bought for 150 GP at the Swamp Shack.
• The Sickle has a circular range unlike most weapons and can cut off ferns. It can be found in a chest in the Marsh Cellar.
• The Chain has a very long reach and can attach to poles, allowing Sumo to be pulled over. This weapon can be found in a chest in Kett's.
• The Spear has a long straight reach but has no overworld use. This weapon can be bought for 1,150 GP in Menos.
• The Morningstar has a circular range and a straight throw combo, and can crush rocks and pots. This weapon can be found in chest after defeating the Cyclops.
• The Mattock is the only weapon that has a limited number of uses after which it breaks. It behaves the same way as a sword slash, but can be used to break rocks and pots, just like the Morningstar. Its usefulness drops once the layer obtains the Mornigstar.

Armor

Weapons sub-menu

See also: Adventures of Mana armor

In Adventures of Mana, armor can be accessed by the main menu by selecting the Armor Ring. The armor sub-menu has a maximum of 16 available slots.

There are three types of armor Sumo can wear: Helms, Armor, & Shields.

• Helms boost Sumo's defense albeit at a lower rate than their matching suit of armor. The also don't have any side effects compared to other gear types.
• Armor raise Sumo's defense typically more than helms. Some even have additional effects such as reducing elemental attacks.
• Shields function differently than other gear types, as they do not raise Sumo's defense, rather blocking incoming attacks, such as throwing knives, spears, etc.

Enemies

See also: Adventures of Mana enemies

Sumo surrounded by ogres

Like most Mana entries, regular enemies roam the overworld and dungeons. Some can inflict status aliments upon contact, such as poison, or by casting spells. Slain enemies will generally respawn once a screen is exited.

A sizeable amount of enemies can drop treasure chests upon death containing an item.

Of the 72 kinds of enemies in Adventures of Mana:

• 28 drop recovery items
• 23 do NOT drop items
• 9 drop attack items
• 7 drop power-up items
• 6 has a chance of dropping either of two items (one commone and rare drop)
• 5 drop cash-in items
• 4 drop navigation items
• 2 drop end-game equipment, the Samurai Helm & the Samurai Armor respectively
• 1 drops a key item, the Saurus Fangs

Bosses

Amanda & Sumo battling the Medusa

See also: Adventures of Mana bosses

Jackal Hydra Vampire Megapede Medusa Amanda Mind Flayer Metal Crab Cyclops Golem Chimera Dark Lord

Marilith Kraken Ifrit Lich Mantis Ant Garuda Dragon Red Dragon Hydra Zombie Dragon Julus

List of named / notable characters

See also: Adventures of Mana characters

Adventures of Mana's main cast

Heroes Sumo Fuji Other party members Amanda Bogard Lester Marcie Mysterious Traveler Watts Villains Dark Lord Davias Julius

Other NPCs Butler Cibba Chocobo Chocobot Count Lee Gaia Hasim King of Lorim Motherly Figure The Professor Sarah Vandole Will

Locations

Settlements Bogard's Cabin Dwarf Cave Glaive Empire Ish Jadd Lorim Menos Topple Wendel Dungeons Airship Buried Ruins Cara Mountains Crooked Boulder Dime Tower Eastern Cave Forbidden Mines Gaia Pass Glaive Castle Hidden Waterfall Kett Manor Mana Shrine

Marsh Cellar Mt. Illusia Old Mansion Sealed Cave Shifting Sands Subterranean River Temple of Mana Undersea Volcano World map fields Floatrocks Crystal Desert Frozen Wastes Lower Glaive Marshes Northern Pier Palmy Desert Steppe Temple Grounds Wendel Beach Westlake Tundra Landmarks Eastern Pier

Northern Pier Small Island Pier Southern Pier Wasteland River Pier Wendel Pier Western Pier Western Spring Eastern Spring Stores Crooked Boulder Armor Crooked Boulder Sundries Desert Inn Desert Sundries Ish Sundries Lakeside Forest Inn Lakeside Forest Sundries Northeastern Seas Armor Northwestern Cliff Sundries Oil Peddler Old Mine Inn Southeastern Seas Weapons Southeastern Sundries Swamp Shack Waterfall Sundries Tundra Sundries

World Map

Achievements

Icon	Name	How to obtain	Story-driven	Trophy
	The Hero of Mana	Obtain all trophies.	No
	Jackal Jaw-breaker	Defeat the Jackal.	Yes
	Hydra Harrier	Defeat the Hydra.	Yes
	Vampire Vanquisher	Defeat the Vampire.	Yes
	Ankheg Annihilator	Defeat the Ankheg.	Yes
	Medusa Marauder	Defeat the Medusa.	Yes
	Flayer Finisher	Defeat the Mind Flayer.	Yes
	Crab Crusher	Defeat the Metal Crab.	Yes
	Cyclops Slasher	Defeat the Cyclops.	Yes
	Golem Grinder	Defeat the Golem.	Yes
	Chimera Killer	Defeat the Chimera.	Yes
	Dark Lord Dethroner	Defeat the Dark Lord.	Yes
	Marilith Mauler	Defeat Marilith.	Yes
	Kraken Cleaver	Defeat the Kraken.	Yes
	Ifrit Extinguisher	Defeat Ifrit.	Yes
	Lich Liquidator	Defeat the Lich.	Yes
	Mantis Mangler	Defeat the Mantis Ant.	Yes
	Garuda Garrotter	Defeat Garuda.	Yes
	Dragon Drubber	Defeat the Dragon.	Yes
	Red Dragon Destroyer	Defeat the Red Dragon.	Yes
	Zombie Dragon Devastator	Defeat the Zombie Dragon.	Yes
	End of the Line I	Defeat Julius in his first form.	Yes
	End of the Line II	Defeat Julius in his second form.	Yes
	End of the Line III	Defeat Julius in his third form.	Yes
	Duty and Honor	Finish the game.	Yes
	Gold Digger	Obtain 100,000 gold.	No
	Gemma Knight	Attain level 99.	No
	Warrior of Warriors	Attain 99 STR.	No
	Mage of Mages	Attain 99 INT.	No
	Monk of Monks	Attain 99 VIT.	No
	Sage of Sages	Attain 99 MND.	No
	Weapon Collector	Obtain all weapons.	No
	Spell Collector	Obtain all magic spells.	No
	Item Collector	Obtain at least one of all items.	No
	Armor Collector	Obtain all armor.	No
	Helm Collector	Obtain all helms.	No
	Shield Collector	Obtain all shields.	No

Reception

Reviews
Release	Reviewer, Publication	Score	Comment
PS Vita	Robert Ramsey, PushSquare	6/10	"The role-playing genre has come a long way since 1991, but that doesn't mean Adventures of Mana should be cast aside. The simplicity of its gameplay makes it a nice portable snack, and as a faithful remake of a Game Boy title, it's hard to fault – just don't expect to get too excited over this dusty old quest."
PS Vita	Kyle MacGregor Burleson, Destructoid	5/10	"It’s a serviceable retro-style action RPG that I enjoyed at times and barely tolerated at others. Unfortunately, I do not possess a great deal of nostalgia for the original game, and without rose-tinted memories, or much in the way of innovative upgrades, Adventures of Mana can feel incredibly backwards and decrepit."
PS Vita	GR Staff, GameRant	4/5	"Square Enix's 3D remastering of an old favorite hits the PS Vita, and Adventures of Mana shows that remaining faithful to the original is sometimes the best approach."
Aggregators
Compiler		Platform / Score
Metacritic		66

Gallery

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  Fuji

External links

• Adventures of Mana on the Final Fantasy Wiki

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