If you’re a child of the 90s and grew up on Nintendo video games, then this “old new” game on Android will thrill you. Secret of Mana is back in all its 16-bit glory and this time you can play it on any Android mobile device. Nostalgia seems to be the theme for a lot of pop culture these past few months (maybe years!) and you will definitely feel that as you play this old fashioned Super Nintendo game.
“Good and evil battle for a young warrior’s heart,” says the RPG favorite and it is as simple and as complicated as that, both story-wise and with the gameplay as well. You will play the protagonist Randi, who together with his two companions Primm and Popoi travel around the world and eventually fight the empire who is trying to control the mystical force known as Mana. You will meet the eight elementals that are part of the life force of Mana. You’ll get a Zelda-like top down-view, real-time battle systems, 360-degree character movement in this game.
One of the gaming innovations that Mana brought before was the use of the Ring Command menu system, where you can click it in the middle of a game and you can change weapons, use your existing items, and change settings, without having to exit or even switch the screen. Of course you don’t expect state-of-the-art hi-res visuals here, since the point is to have a nostalgic feel and so it remains 16-bit, but slightly enhanced to match the current display of gadgets.
If you don’t like paying a lot of money for games, then you’ll probably want to skip this one. You have to pay a relatively larger amount to be able to relive your childhood or even just discover what the fuss is all about. You can buy the game from the Google Play Store for $9.00.
you link to this article instead of the google play store? fuck you.