VC Tuesday: Mana the Hour
Two legends are out on Japan's Virtual Console today, at least according to their titles (Densetsu translates as legend): the first is definitely legendary by game standards, is one of the best SNES games, and, now that it's out in Japan, may become the target of American and European VC dreams: Seiken Densetsu 2 (Legend of the Holy Sword 2), also known as Secret of Mana, Square's beloved three-player action-RPG. The second "legend" is, uh, a Fist of the North Star brawler, the sequel to the game we know as Black Belt, and a game which similarly had its license stripped out for American release. There's also a PC Engine shmup from Namco, but you're not paying attention to this paragraph because the one above it mentions Secret of Mana. Really, anything could go here and nobody would notice. You know what I miss? Popples. Not enough toys collapse.
- Seiken Densetsu 2 (Secret of Mana) (Super Famicom, 1-3 players, 800 Wii Points)
- Hokuto no Ken: Shin Seikimatsu Kyuuseishu Densetsu (Last Battle) (Mega Drive, 1 player, 700 Wii Points)
- Final Blaster (PC Engine, 1 player, 600 Wii Points)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Roddie @ Sep 9th 2008 9:19AM
Beautiful boxart.
Gewurztraminer says: Shinkuu Gadouken! @ Sep 9th 2008 7:29PM
I used to have a fold-out poster of that image (minus the Japanese text) from Nintendo Power. One of the more powerful pieces of game art as far as games I've played goes.
[Back when the publisher provided such frivolities]
evilfoxhound @ Sep 9th 2008 9:29AM
Wah-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-taaaaaa!
You're already dead.
SuburbGuerrilla @ Sep 9th 2008 9:37AM
I just got a boner!
Seriously though, call me when this comes out state-side
MuckyMann @ Sep 9th 2008 12:07PM
I never understood why there was never a true sequel to this game released in North America, and all those roguelikes, or dungeon crawlers or, cooking games, etc. with the word mana in them don't count.
ryan @ Sep 9th 2008 1:09PM
the best part of the entry is that i totally DID skip the last paragraph until I saw the hyperlink for popples.
Avoli @ Sep 9th 2008 1:40PM
I loved Popples. Also, I would have bolded SoM in the second paragraph tricking people into reading it all.