SECRET OF MANA 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY - Happy Console Gamer 

I used to play Secret of Mana religiously with my best friend since we were really young. He passed away some years ago and I was given the game (it belonged to him) but not a day goes by where I don’t think about him, and itMe the one thing that I felt gave us the best memories together. The music truly is haunting for so many reasons, but I’m so glad Secret of Mana brought us together! Such a special game.

This is bringing back memories for me playing this game with my friends and my grandmother. We all helped each other if we got stuck & if we were having trouble with a boss, my grandmother loved playing RPGs in general and would have loved playing the remake, sadly she passed away in 2014 so i’ll be playing it in her memory on her birthday

This game was amazing at the time. Never forgot the feeling and music when you're approaching the ending.

I love how John is still that excited to talk about videogames after years of having his channel.

Shut out to Andrew for being in this episode so full of good ol memories, thanks Johnny!

Love these personal nostalgia episodes. Secret of Mana was a true classic.

IMO Secret Of Mana has the greatest OST of any Super Nintendo game, Even over incredible OSTs like Chrono Trigger, FFVI & Super Metroid. I think Secret Of Mana's soundtrack is one of the greatest of all time tbh. Absolutely mesmerizing, Love this game.

Oh so THIS was the game you were talking about on twitter lol, Secret of mana is my favorite game so this is much appreciated Johnny!

Man I love this channel so much. I don’t even okay half these games but it’s such a comforting place to be. Shout out to the goat Johnny

Thanks for pointing out the CLAYMATION, it really brought the characters to life in my imagination. The map too, I remember having the manual and map out as I played the game. Absolute classic, I was lucky enough to be 10 when it came out!

I played through Secret of Mana on my WII and i remember playing through it in winter time finishing the game on the new years after the clock struck midnight, this game always gives me chills with its somber and beautiful vibes its such a classic!

Honestly Secret Of Mana never did it that much for me but im glad to see people still appreciate it.

I Love how you brought Andrew in this episode the way you did! We need more of this!

This was a Christmas gift for us forever ago. I loved playing it, it was also funny when Santa and Rudolph appear in it haha. Amazing memories, such fun!

i dont believe i've ever left a comment on you channel, though it is among my favorite gaming related channels. however, i must say something for what is my favorite game of all time. The fact that 30 years have passed, in itself invokes so much in so many ways, but to remember the experience, the emotions, and the joy this game provided, is to literally be transported to a different world, a different time, both in reality and in the immersion that the game was able to achieve. thanks for your channel, and your fun energy

HAPPY 30TH ANNIVERSARY

My older brother imported both FFVI and Secret of Mana back in the day, I feel blessed this was a part of my childhood. Such a nostalgic masterpiece, every enemy, every location, every song and every plot twist. Absolute art!

Played it with my cousin back in the SNES days. Good times.

I was in Middle School when this came out and I had to save up for months to buy it. Once I did, I played it for months and months afterwards. I played it with all of my friends and actually beat it the first time with a good friend of mine playing. Even today at 42 years old hearing the soundtrack and playing the game takes me right back to the summer 1994. Love this game!

Secret of Mana is one of my favorite RPG! It was groundbraking at the time and it's still amazing today. Thanks to Collection of Mana, I discovered Seiken Densetsu 3 which I love even more!

Johnny, this was one of your best reviews to date! Andrew reporting from off location was a great addition. And idk what it was but when you opened that game box and showed the game I could actually smell the cart and the box as if I was home 30 years ago with my first copy of it. That game is truly an anchor in time to some great memories. Thanks.

30 years! Man! we're all getting old 😆

When I rode the dragon for the first time...I knew it was a game I was never going to forget

Always fun to see Andrew back on the show! I could listen to these gaming memory videos all day.

I actually think the graphics still looks great to this day.

The memories... My brothers and I spent countless days on Secret of Mana. We each played a separate character and leveled them how we wanted them. To this very day, I'm almost always the "White Mage" type of player in co-op games because I was original saddled with playing as Primm (the girl with the healing and support magic). In FFXI and FFXIV, I was/am the White Mage. In The Division, I was the Reclaimer medic with Caduceus. In Div 2, I am the Future Initiative medic with Doctor Home. In Destiny 2, I am the Well Warlock with Lumina and healing grenades. And it all started here. I'm a lifelong fan of the Mana series, even before I knew it. A few years before this, Final Fantasy Adventure was my favorite game on Game Boy. To this day, its still one of my favorite things about the old brick. Seeing this video makes me sad that Adventures of Mana, the remake of FF Adventure, was never released outside of the PS Vita and mobile. Re-releasing that on Steam or physically is one way Square can get me to throw money at them. I love this series, but I LOVE Adventure of Mana.

Keep being awesome man!

Holy cow 30 years, it's hard to believe.

I'm 39 years old and i remember YET playing this game at a friends home during winter school vacation when i was around 10 years old- We played together in his room with blizzard outside. I never forgot this memory. We were so amazed by the game back then. This game was what introduce me to Squaresoft and FF7 later on.

I remember when it was released here in the states. My brother and I rented it at first and fell in love with it. We ended up getting a copy for Xmas that year. Between the co op and ost it has a special place in our hearts lol Hell I remember running out to get the strategy guide at software etc.

You know you had a happy childhood if this video made you cry.

Christmas '93, I remember my friend bringing this over to my house. He had already gotten to the final boss. He showed me that part of the game and the overworld with Flamie, and I was simply blown away. It quickly became one of my most-played SNES games, and I still revisit it at least once a year in some form or another. I can't say the story is amazing these days with how simple it's executed, but everything else is still top-notch in my book. And that soundtrack.. man, it's one of the best to me.

Wow, 30 years. That's incredible. I remember playing it with a friend back when it came out.

This game was my gateway drug to my love for RPG back in 1995. I remember beating this game together with my older brother. What a time!

I'm not used to these double dips each week, but I am here for it! I'll always sit down with more Johnny.

Secret of Mana was such a great game. I was really excited when Square came out with Secret of Evermore, which wasn't exactly the same, but was also a great game to play after I beat Mana.

I remember bringing my SNES to my parents cottage on summer vacation and bringing this new game called Secret of Mana and playing through it sp fast cuz it was so good and addicting! Probably summer 94, good memories!

Thank you for making this video John . Secret of Mana is a special game to me .

I had a good friend, who lived in apartments next to my neighborhood. We would get together and play Secret of Mana. It was so much fun to go through an RPG with a friend. I will always remember the fun we had going through the game together. I wish I knew where he was, or how he's doing these days. As so often happens, our paths took us in different directions over the years, and we lost touch. Nevertheless, I will always cherish that time we had, in the early 90's, playing this classic game.

Thanks for sharing these stories! This brought me back to the 90s and gaming with a long-lost friend. He introduced me to this one and others - FFVII, Diablo, Chrono Trigger...I remember riding the bus home and running across the street to his apartment as soon as possible to play games before his dad got home to play Command and Conquer 😂

Some games stand the test of time. Or age like a fine wine. There are very few titles like this one that delivers that energy. A moment in time, that is engaging every time you play

That music though. Some of those songs immediately take me back to that era. Those SNES rpgs all had some special vibes.

i still remember being 6 years old, waking up in the weekend early in the morning to go downstairs to play secret of mana. i couldn't understand english so i just played the beginning of the game. still this game was magical to me. and have beautifull memories of playing it. i would really like to see john do a let's play of an old school game like this.

One of my favorite games of all time. This game introduced me to RPGs and I thought it was amazing. I remember playing this game for hours and days trying to find every last item and secret.

This game was everything back then! I got the collection and beat it again for the 3rd time. I always go back to it every several of years to bask in its glory.

this was the game that started the passion for me. i leveled all the characters to lvl 99, daydreamed i was the hero flying on flammie. the opening theme still gives me goosebumps

It’s still my favourite Square game, simply incredible at the time and another game I had to import from the states.

I’ve got that Nintendo Power as well and yeah it really covers a lot and hypes up that game. What a classic. 30 years on and we are still praising this epic game.

Into The Thick Of It is still my daily alarm sound to wake up. Anything more to add? Legendary.

It was the first time I stayed up for 3 days straight playing the game. Couldn't get enough.

3-Player Co-op was absolutely core memories for me.

Absolutely loved the Secret of Mana. I remember my uncle ordering it from a Radio Shack! Hooking up the adapter to play a 3-player action RPG was crazy at the time!

I love this game so much! it came out when I was 13 and I remember playing it so much! The story, the sprites the environments, t,he music, everything was just amazing. To this day Leave time for Love - Mana Fortress Theme is still my favorite song in the game

Back when this game first came out,me my mom and my brother beat this game together, it was something iwill never forget.

Secret of mana was the first RPG that ever drew me in and compelled me to play it more because of the real time combat and it's amazing soundtrack and the ring command system. I even have it on switch from the collection of mana bundle. This game brings back so many good memories.

Of course the music is some of the best of all time, but I love the sound design in this game too. The sound when you shoot the bow is maybe one of my favorite video game sounds ever

I LOVE the soundtrack and that neat instruction manual too.

One of my most loved games. Everything in this game was perfect, art, music, gameplay. In EU it came in this big box with a book.

Such a great video! I’ve always had Secret of Mana on my backlog and you just made me bump this all the way up lol. I was a bit young when this was released but I have always wanted to fully complete this game.

Holy shit...30 years...i still remember buying it at release ❤ its still one of my favorit games of all time. I still play it sometimes

I still have my copy from 1993. I remember saving for weeks to get it. Reading all the magazines I could get that had a few pages of information on it. Me and my friend did a similar thing to you and played multiplayer together as kids. I also loved the physical character models they made for the promotional art. The soundtrack brings back so many nostalgic feelings. It’s sad in a good sort of way. I miss those days. Great memories with this game.

Just playing this for the first time on my SNES Mini, enjoying so far!

Still my favorite game of all time

From 91-95 getting a SNES Squaresoft game was a Christmas event. Great times.

Such a great game Johnny! Love your stories filled with nostalgia.

The Secret of Mana is one of my favorite video games! Great video keep up the great work. 😃

This is my all time favorite SNES game, I had the multitap and 2 friends to play it with so kind of impossible to beat that experience. Love it!

The soundtrack is still one of gaming's finest - hard to imagine how they pulled that one off on the SNES sound chip.

The art direction, the gameplay feel and music are incredible to this day. Even Trials of Mana doing an excellent job modernizing Seiken Densetsu 3, it still doesn’t quite capture the same feel of the games of that era. Pretty awesome though anyway. I also love Chrono Trigger and think we should keep getting new instalments and versions from that series as well.

My older brother's mate somewhat randomly lent me this when I was about 8 years old - not expecting perhaps all that much from it, god damn I played the shit out of this game. I remember cheekily checking out his late-game save file for a couple of minutes just after I'd started and being blown away. The music in particular has stuck with me ever since and it's definitely near the upper echelons of my favourite ever games. An all time classic.

My fav show for years!

I remember borrowing my cousin's copy for extended amount of rime before finding a perfect copy in a thrift store for like 7 bucks. Complete with the guide we had in Europe. I love that game fondly. It single handedly started my love for action rpg. And rpg in general.

My brother and I didn’t get along too well, we weren’t that close but Secret of Mana changed that! We played it from opening to end and I have SO many good memories of that time and game! I would’ve been 12 and he was about 9 or 10 at that time. And you’re right easily one of the best OSTs on the SNES! The music just drips with personality. I still listen to it to this day and I’m 42! 😊👊😎

I feel old watching this lol. I was 16 the year it came out. Time goes so fast. Funny though, I never got very far in the game. I definitely need to play it to the end! Another great video Johnny! We share your passion sir!

Always nice to see Andrew again👍👍

Whoa. 30 years. My brother bought this game back in 1993. I remember joining in to play as the girl.

One of my favourite childhood games and JRPG ever. I totally forgot about the mini map/poster included with the game. Thanks for covering Johnny and bringing back the good times I had with this amazing game.

It was such a flashback watching you reopen the box! I have such tender memories of reading over the instructional manual so seeing it again brought me back 😊

I ordered this game from Funcoland mail order after the N64 was already out for several years. I loved it immediately. I know that some people hate on Secret of Evermore, but I love that game too.

30 years... amazing right... I had it Imported to The Netherlands... My mother loved it too. Good times. Music still gives me nostalgic feelings too.

I remember writing to the address in the manual thinking that it was some kind of help network. I was stuck on the sandship and couldn't differentiate a doorway to some of the other walls. What I got back was a great letter and a teaser to the then in development Secret of Evermore. It was such a wonderful memory to have such a response and it makes me sad that the US branch of Squaresoft was shut down.

Still remember getting this game when I was ten back in 1993 because a good friend of mine had it. One of those days where my mom allowed me to pick one game while we were out and about. So many memories of a great game with music that will carry on its legacy to the end of time!

So glad I played this game when it came out. Loved it as a teen.

Greatest box art of all time

Just started playing Final Fantasy Adventure and in the beginning they mention mana alot and so based off the game play and story I knew it was part of the series cool stuff.

This game was my everything! I LOVE THIS GAME!!!

Finishing this game with some old high school friends is one of my favorite gaming memories. Funny how it was one of the first multiplayer rpgs and games like Baldur’s Gate 3 are very popular. Very historic game

Oh my oh my 30 years! I loved it

Nothing better than Spell-locking the bosses

Secret of Mana will always have an extremely special place in my heart. I love that game so much. I remember getting to the Mana Fortress and fighting the Mana Beast and not wanting to beat it (not for the obvious reasons that I won’t spoil here) but because I didn’t want the adventure to end. It took me awhile to beat the game and let it go. I would alternate playing it with my two younger brothers or my best friend at the time. It was a special game for me.

The soundtrack of Secret of mana is one of the best. Into the Thick of It has been played by the biggest symphonies in the world.

Thanks for covering my favourite game of all time. Bought the game from my local video rental store back in 93 and still have the receipt! I would love to see your take on Soul Blazer as well! Similar style game that came out a year before Secret of Mana.

Time just disappeared when my brother and I played this game growing up.

First RPG I bought with my own money when I was 12 :)....I still have my copy. One of the best games I ever played. I remember waking up at 5 am without my parents noticing to play it before school

I have the box on my computer desk! My favorite game of all time when I was younger. It introduced me to RPG's. Still remember the areas I used to level for hours on end and just listen to the music, like ice country.The games I favor today have the stamina bar, derived from secret of mana, like bloodborne. All time great game for sure.

This one has a very special place in my heart. My first foray into the RPG genre and a prelude to other classics like Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger. As for the game itself, I loved everything about it: gameplay, graphics, insane cannon travel, ring menu, multiplayer option, you name it. It was easy to pick up, but certainly no pushover. And with so many places to visit and things to do, it took a while to complete too. And yes, the soundtrack is pure magic. Already looking forward to your FFVI and Chrono Trigger retrospectives. 😉

Still one of the best games intros ever

I remember getting Secret of Mana and Lunar the Silver Star the Christmas after my parents divorced. Very bittersweet memories, to say the least.

Secret of Mana is one of those pillars of my youth. A reason I'm a gamer today. Up there with A Link to the Past, Star Tropics and even Final Fantasy Mystic Quest! Gaming is fun!

The music oh the music. I could listen to it on a loop