Do I need to play other mana games

[Outsider]

to understand plot and setting of this one?

[Midas]

No. All the Mana games are completely separate stories in separate worlds. They just all share common themes like the mana tree, the sword of mana, the elementals, etc.

[The Kernel]

Originally posted by Midas:

No. All the Mana games are completely separate stories in separate worlds. They just all share common themes like the mana tree, the sword of mana, the elementals, etc.

no the mana series are in the same world but hundreds to thousands of years apart, check into echo's in the mana series to learn more

[Justiciar-]

Yes. You must play the 1st and 2nd Mana games to understand anything in this crazy world.

[tap and die]

Game was designed to be played by everyone, especially children. A 5 year old from the get-go can jump straight into this game and understand the plot.

[jigglysaint]

Originally posted by tap and die:

Game was designed to be played by everyone, especially children. A 5 year old from the get-go can jump straight into this game and understand the plot.

I mean you can even play as the 5 year old with 5 year old understanding(yeah I know she's 15).

[Lord Doober De La Goober MXI]

this game had one direct prequel , WHICH YOU SHOULD NEVER EVER PLAY

Seriously, it supposedly takes place like 19 years before the events of this, and it wasn't UNTIL I beaten the game did I realized it, that how bad / insane the story line was

just treat this like you would any Final fantasy game and you'll be good

[Shuichi Niwa]

Actually, this game's story takes place before Mana 1 and 2, kind of like a Mana 0 feeling.

[J]

No. The Mana series takes place in the same universe, but the plots do no connect in a way that makes playing previous games mandatory. The plots are all sort-of the same anyway, as the Mana universe has a cyclical history.

[Zunnoab #931]

I hate to burst everyone's bubble but they don't all take place in the same universe. As people said, this game does have a prequel though.

http://shmuplations.com/seikendensetsu3/

—Are there any connections between Seiken Densetsu 3 and Secret of Mana…?
Tanaka: SD3 takes place in a completely unrelated world from Secret of Mana. It’s similar to how each Final Fantasy game changes everything but always keeps the crystals. However, our overall mindset—how we think about the games—is something we’ve carried over to this sequel, including our underlying ideas about mana. It’s similar to the first Seiken Densetsu game, maybe. The mana tree and the mana sword, which have been important throughout the series, again make an appearance here.

Also, random factoid from that same interview:

—Speaking of Charlotte, where did you come up with that unique way of speaking she has, where she ends everything with “dechi”. 1
Ishii: There’s already so many characters that say “dechuu”, so we went with “dechi” instead. Of course if you heard a real kid talk like that, you’d probably think there was something wrong in the head with them.

So yeah, "you'd probably think there was something wrong in the head with them" is pretty accurately localized...

[The Kernel]

Originally posted by Zunnoab #931:

I hate to burst everyone's bubble but they don't all take place in the same universe. As people said, this game does have a prequel though.

http://shmuplations.com/seikendensetsu3/

—Are there any connections between Seiken Densetsu 3 and Secret of Mana…?
Tanaka: SD3 takes place in a completely unrelated world from Secret of Mana. It’s similar to how each Final Fantasy game changes everything but always keeps the crystals. However, our overall mindset—how we think about the games—is something we’ve carried over to this sequel, including our underlying ideas about mana. It’s similar to the first Seiken Densetsu game, maybe. The mana tree and the mana sword, which have been important throughout the series, again make an appearance here.

Also, random factoid from that same interview:

—Speaking of Charlotte, where did you come up with that unique way of speaking she has, where she ends everything with “dechi”. 1
Ishii: There’s already so many characters that say “dechuu”, so we went with “dechi” instead. Of course if you heard a real kid talk like that, you’d probably think there was something wrong in the head with them.

So yeah, "you'd probably think there was something wrong in the head with them" is pretty accurately localized...

you are wrong bro

[Zunnoab #931]

Originally posted by H1N1:

Originally posted by Zunnoab #931:

I hate to burst everyone's bubble but they don't all take place in the same universe. As people said, this game does have a prequel though.

http://shmuplations.com/seikendensetsu3/



Also, random factoid from that same interview:

So yeah, "you'd probably think there was something wrong in the head with them" is pretty accurately localized...

you are wrong bro

That is literally from the people that made Seiken Densetsu 3.

[Midas]

Originally posted by H1N1:

Originally posted by Midas:

No. All the Mana games are completely separate stories in separate worlds. They just all share common themes like the mana tree, the sword of mana, the elementals, etc.

no the mana series are in the same world but hundreds to thousands of years apart, check into echo's in the mana series to learn more

Nah. I'd buy that if the maps looked even remotely the same. MILLIONS of years doesn't change a world that much. They're just similar worlds.

[Mighty Chonker]

Originally posted by Lord Doober De La Goober MXI:

this game had one direct prequel , WHICH YOU SHOULD NEVER EVER PLAY

Seriously, it supposedly takes place like 19 years before the events of this, and it wasn't UNTIL I beaten the game did I realized it, that how bad / insane the story line was

just treat this like you would any Final fantasy game and you'll be good

Final Fantasy games aren't all separate stories. X and X-2 are one example. The XII Trilogy is another. Some of the older games have also been given sequels (though they aren't very good... like FFIV:The After Years).

[DragonBaldee]

Originally posted by Mighty Chonker:

Originally posted by Lord Doober De La Goober MXI:

this game had one direct prequel , WHICH YOU SHOULD NEVER EVER PLAY

Seriously, it supposedly takes place like 19 years before the events of this, and it wasn't UNTIL I beaten the game did I realized it, that how bad / insane the story line was

just treat this like you would any Final fantasy game and you'll be good

Final Fantasy games aren't all separate stories. X and X-2 are one example. The XII Trilogy is another. Some of the older games have also been given sequels (though they aren't very good... like FFIV:The After Years).

I think we should all treat those games the way Marvel treats their alternate timelines. For example if you loved FF X and FF X-2 and after finding out that they were really prequels did it for you then its canon like X-Men Days of Future Past.

If on the other hand if you hated FF X and FFX-2 AND hated the fact that it shares the same Planet as FF7 then just stay that FF 7 was an alternate timeline of the FFX Universe like X-Men 3: The Last Stand.

[Lord Doober De La Goober MXI]

Originally posted by Mighty Chonker:

Originally posted by Lord Doober De La Goober MXI:

this game had one direct prequel , WHICH YOU SHOULD NEVER EVER PLAY

Seriously, it supposedly takes place like 19 years before the events of this, and it wasn't UNTIL I beaten the game did I realized it, that how bad / insane the story line was

just treat this like you would any Final fantasy game and you'll be good

Final Fantasy games aren't all separate stories. X and X-2 are one example. The XII Trilogy is another. Some of the older games have also been given sequels (though they aren't very good... like FFIV:The After Years).

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I know you know I meant in terms of the differences in numerals.