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Final Fantasy Adventure

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Final Fantasy Adventure
Final Fantasy Adventure box art.jpg
Developer Square
Publisher Square
Sunsoft (Game Boy re-release)
Platforms Game Boy
Softbank 3G
i-Mode
EZweb
Release date Game Boy:
Japan June 28, 1991
USA November 1991[1]
Europe 1993
USA April 1998[2]
Genre Action role-playing
Rating(s) N/A
Mode(s) Single player
Media Cartridge (Game Boy)
Digital (subsequent releases)

Final Fantasy Adventure, also known by its Japanese title Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden (or Seiken Densetsu), is the first installment of the Mana series. It was originally released for the Game Boy in 1991 in Japan and North America and then in 1993 in Europe with the title Mystic Quest, which was one of the first Final Fantasy games to release there, the other being Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. In 1998, Final Fantasy Adventure was re-released in North America by Sunsoft.

Final Fantasy Adventure features gameplay roughly similar to that of the original The Legend of Zelda, but with the inclusion of basic role-playing statistical elements. The game was a spinoff of the Final Fantasy franchise and featured some of its recurring elements, such as a Chocobo. Ever since the release of the second Mana title, Secret of Mana, the Mana series disconnected itself from the overall Final Fantasy franchise.

Final Fantasy Adventure's North American box art and logo were both designed after that of Final Fantasy Legend II and Final Fantasy Legend III's. Both the North American and European box covers have a green background.

In 2003, a remake, Sword of Mana, was released for the Game Boy Advance. Its plot is a retelling of Final Fantasy Adventure's, and a lot of its gameplay was changed, including the removal of Final Fantasy-related elements. In 2006, Final Fantasy Adventure was remade for the Softbank 3G and i-Mode services for Japanese mobile phones and then for the EZweb service in February 2007. The Final Fantasy-related features were reinstated in all three versions, which have graphics on par with Sword of Mana. In 2016, a 3D remake of Final Fantasy Adventure, titled Adventures of Mana, was released for iOS, Android, and PlayStation Vita. Like the mobile releases, Adventures of Mana also has the Final Fantasy-related elements intact.

In 2017, a port of Final Fantasy Adventure was released as a part of the Collection of Mana compilation for the Nintendo Switch in Japan. In 2019, the compilation was released in other countries, making it the first time when the original Final Fantasy Adventure was reissued outside of Japan.

Story

The story follows the hero and the young heroine as 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.

External links

References

  1. ^ Game Boy (original) Games (PDF). Nintendo.com (Wayback Machine)
  2. ^ Sunsoft to Rerelease Square Game Boy Games. RPGamer (Wayback Machine). Published January 24, 1998
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