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    I started playing this tonight. It's a pretty damn solid title and I love how it plays like Secret of Mana! Any advice for building my attributes when I level up?
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    Wait a minute, I thought this game was a Mana game in Japan...


    brb...

    Okay, I was close... Final Fantasy Adventure on Wikipedia

    anyway... I'd love to help you out, but I last played this game back when it was first released, on my original Game Boy - God, it's no wonder I'm nearly blind! Anyway, I do remember that it was damned good fun and a hell of a challenge, but I don't know if the "challenge" part wasn't just a product of my inexperience with this type of game back then, or if it really was particularly hard. I seem to remember thinking it wasn't quite as hard as FFI on the NES, but what is?

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    Really, there's only two tips to keep in mind as far as levelling goes:
    -Don't try to to level up everything evenly.
    -All bosses can easily be defeated using just weapons and no magic.
    Just keep that in mind and you'll do fine, regardless of what choices you make.

    Also note that Sword of Mana is supposedly a GBA remake of this game, but it seems a lot of people didn't like it.

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    I'm not so in to the Mana series but I AM playing through Final Fantasy Legend.


    ...not that it has anything to do with your topic. Except, you know, neither are actually Final Fantasy games. :P

    I liked Sword of Mana though. Not sure what everyone's complaint was about there. But then again I also liked Legend of Mana and that was widely disliked too. People are weird.

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    I'm having a blast with this game! Just entering the cave to fight the metal crab presently. Been spending time building my levels now and then in the areas where the 4 werewolves lurk. Mainly building up Power and Wisdom attributes.

    I have to say, this is a damn fine title! only thing I don't like is the off hit detection, like when you're getting hit by enemies or projectiles and loosing HP before you get a chance to react (ie, fighting Black Mages and their spells).

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    how diffrent is Sword of Mana from the origional FFA? is it a fairly straight remake or can it almost be considered a totally seperate game?

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    This is quite possibly my favorite game for the GB, I was stuck on the damn palm tree riddle for years until someone in school told me what to do.

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    Just beat it tonight. Sad ending is sad.

    Pretty solid port by Square. Graphics and sound are up to their standards, even for a GB title. I didn't like the wacky hit detection but I worked around it. After getting above level 48-49, I started building only my Power and at times Stamina so I can make stronger attacks and build up my HP. Julius was an interesting final boss- his third form was a pain in the ass. In all this was a solid game and I really had flashbacks of playing Secret of Mana with this one and I can see where many things from SoM came from! 4 1/2 stars.
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    The one main tip for this game:
    -Only put points into Stamina. Stamina naturally increases based on the other stats. Doing it the other way around is what makes it possible to beat the final boss at level 45.

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    This is quite possibly my favorite game for the GB, I was stuck on the damn palm tree riddle for years until someone in school told me what to do.
    Same here. Except I spent the time wandering around killing random monsters. By the time I figured it out (via a reply letter from Square), my level was up in the low seventies.

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    Julius's third form? Isn't that when you can just keep using ASK over and over again to refill your HP?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jorpho View Post
    Julius's third form? Isn't that when you can just keep using ASK over and over again to refill your HP?
    3rd form is when his face and arms appear all over the screen and shooting spells at you. Only time at the end of the game you have the Girl who can refill your HP (and you'll need to!) with ASK.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Daria View Post
    I'm not so in to the Mana series but I AM playing through Final Fantasy Legend.


    ...not that it has anything to do with your topic. Except, you know, neither are actually Final Fantasy games. :P

    I liked Sword of Mana though. Not sure what everyone's complaint was about there. But then again I also liked Legend of Mana and that was widely disliked too. People are weird.
    k, so you have the Girl from Secret of Mana in your sig, and you liked Sword of Mana and Legend of Mana. But you don't like the Mana series. Well, I understand perfectly now.

    LoM was pretty great though. Aside from a couple of complaints, I enjoyed it enough to play through it many times over.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kainemaxwell View Post
    3rd form is when his face and arms appear all over the screen and shooting spells at you. Only time at the end of the game you have the Girl who can refill your HP (and you'll need to!) with ASK.
    Not that it really matters. Unless you put everything in defense or stamina, each of his attacks does more damage than the girl can heal in a given moment. Hell, even if you did do a pure defense game, you'd be boned, as you're max HP would be too low.

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