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Introduction SECTION 2 ............... Characters SECTION 3 .................... Story SECTION 4 ........... Basics of Play SECTION 5 .......... Getting Started SECTION 6 ........ Menu Translations SECTION 7 .......... "My Home" Guide SECTION 8 ................ Artifacts SECTION 9 ................. Landmake SECTION 10 .. Adventure Walkthroughs SECTION 11 ............... Abilities SECTION 12 .......... Special Skills SECTION 13 ................ Monsters SECTION 14 ................ Glossary SECTION 15 ................. Credits '-,-'-,-'-,-'-,------,-'-,-'-,-'-,-' GAME DATA ----------- Released(J): 7/15/99 Genre: Action RPG Length: Roughly 20 hours Players: 1-2 Memory Card Blocks: 2 Features: Pocket Station Combatible Analog Compatible Vibration Function Compatible |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||| To view this document ||| correctly you need to ||| have a computer that ||| can view Japanese ||| characters. If you do ||| not, then you can ||| download a convertor ||| at: http://www.njstar.com ---,,,-----------------------,,,--- SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION ---'''-----------------------'''--- Welcome to my Legend of Mana FAQ! I have always been a huge Mana series fan, so just had to make a FAQ for this great game. :) Anyways, for now I am covering the basics, but am in the process of getting a true walkthrough up, so look for that soon. Also, please inform me if anything in this FAQ is inaccurate, a lot of it is assumptions and guesswork for now until I learn more about this game. Coming soon to this FAQ: Item List Magic/Instrument List Weapon List More screen translations Character Descriptions Monster List !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! IMPORTANT !!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! In order to play the import of this game on modified PSXs ! or if you are using a Convertor, you need to input one of ! the following two gameshark codes: ! ! D0050ECA 1040 ! 80050ECA 1000 ! ! -or- ! ! D004FDE0 0EE8 ! 8004FDE0 17B0 ---,,,---------------------,,,--- SECTION 2: CHARACTERS ---'''---------------------'''--- THE HERO(Male - Female) : 主人公(男・女) ======================================== This is you. At the beginning of the game you can choose whether or not your character is male or female. -NPC Characters- These are characters that will join your party at times throughout your adventure. NIKITA : ニキータ ================= A strange fat cat/bunny like creature. Found in Domina. More info when my translation of his description is done. RYULI : 瑠璃 ============ A fighter found in Domina. More info coming soon. SHENSYUKI : 真珠姫 ================== Info coming soon. DANAY : ダナエ ============== Info coming soon. ETHKADY : エスカデ ================== Info coming soon. CORONA : コロナ =============== Info coming soon. BADO : バド =========== Info coming soon. SHERA : シェラ ============== Info coming soon. LARK : ラルク ============= Info coming soon. ELE : エレ ========== Info coming soon. -Sub-characters- These characters you will meet in your journey. SABOTEN-kun : サボテン君 ======================== A wierd plant hanging out in the Hero's house... YUKA-chan : ユカちゃん ====================== I don't have any clue what is up with this wierd looking bird in saggy pants. TEIPO : ティーポ ================ Info coming soon. NUVEL : ヌヴェル ================ Info coming soon. MARK : マーク ============= Info coming soon. RACHEL : レイチェル =================== Info coming soon. DETECTIVE BOID : ボイド警部 =========================== A police inspector who you meet in several cities. Wherever a crime is being commited, Boid will be there! WATTS : ワッツ ============== The dwarven blacksmith, that is a trademark for the Mana series, is back! He will help you make your own weapon and armor after you rescue him and find his hammer. MAILMAN PELICAN : 郵便ペリカン ============================== He will do things such as deliver monster Eggs to your house. BONVOYAGE : ボンボヤジ ====================== Info coming soon. DOYLE : ドゥエル ================ This odd little onion-capped man gives you information on how to play the game, and about various things. Of course its all in Japanese... ---,,,----------------,,,--- SECTION 3: STORY ---'''----------------'''--- Due to the fact I can not read fluent japanese, it will take me a while to get this section up. If you can help, please e-mail me at kmfdm@technonet.com! :) ---,,,-------------------------,,,--- SECTION 4: BASICS OF PLAY ---'''-------------------------'''--- Here I will quickly run down the basics of play, like the battle system, etc. LANDMAKE SYSTEM =============== The landmake system is really cool. It actually allows you to place dungeons and towns where you want to! To do so, you first collect special items called "Artifacts" that then create a certain structure such as a town, a cave, etc. You know when you get a new artifact whenever a little box pops up that says "AF: [artifact name]" in it. THE BATTLE SYSTEM ================= The battle system in this game is very similar to Seiken Densetsu 3, so those of you who have played it should have little trouble getting used to the new system. First off the battle controls are as follows: Circle - Quick Attack Triangle - Power Attack X - Ability 1 Square - Ability 2 R1 - Skill or Magic 1 R2 - Skill or Magic 2 L1 - Skill or Magic 3 L2 - Skill or Magic 4 Before battle you assign up to two abilities such as jump, dash, counter, and more to the "X" and "Square" buttons. You also assign special attacks to the top buttons(not the exact same, but similar in idea to the Tales of Destiny skill system). During battle you can use the two standard attacks(Circle and Triangle) as much as you want. Circle is faster but does less damage, and Triangle does more damage but has a long recovery time. The two abilities can also be used as much as you want. Skills, however, can not be used whenever. In order to be able to use a skill you must first build up the bar beneath your life, which is done by attacking an enemy. When the bar is up, just press the button and you use that skill! Also, this game has a great feature. If you die you don't need any item to bring you back, your character will simply gain back life over time till he/she wakes back up. Unfourtunatly your other character(s) can not die before you do, or else you lose(I assume). Whenever you kill an enemy, you will notice one of four types of items dropped by them. The little crystals give you experience, the bags give you an item, coins give you Luc(money), and candy or chocolate gives you back life. MAGIC ===== The way you use magic in this game is a little wierd, but a huge improvement of the long delay spell casting of the previous Mana games. First off, in order to use magic, you need to get an instrument. Each instrument will cast a different spell. You can get instruments from two ways; Stores in the cities, or making an instrument in "My Home". To equip a spell, go to the Skills page and choose one of the top buttons. Then, choose the second option, the one below what you would choose if you wanted to equip a Special Skill. Then, simply choose the Instrument from the list! During battle, press and hold the top button for the spell to let it charge. Each spell works slightly differently. For example, some that I've seen allow you to target the attack area by moving around the little wire frame and then releasing the top button. Others will work in a radius around you, and some will work in a fixed portion of the screen(such as the center). As far as I can tell you have infinite uses of every spell. ELEMENTALS ========== Throughout the game you may have encounters with the elementals in the various dungeons. What you have to do with them, is play them a song to get them to come towards you, then they will give you items like coins for instrument making. It seems to be random which elemental appears when you enter the screen. Also, note that after you get the items from the elemental once in a certain location, you can't find any elementals at that location any more. I will have more info on this such as translations in the next update. ---,,,--------------------------,,,--- SECTION 5: GETTING STARTED ---'''--------------------------'''--- When you first start a game you have a number of choices to make, the first of which is the sex of your main character. The left picture is male, the right picture female. I am currently unaware if this makes a difference in the course of the game being I have not had time to play through as either, much less both, sexes yet. The second choice you make is your weapon. In order the list is: 短剣・Short Sword 片手剣・One-Handed Sword 片手斧・One-Handed Axe 大剣・Large Sword バトルアックス・Battle Axe バトルハンマー・Battle Hammer 槍・Spear ロッド・Rod グラブ・Glove ヌンチャク・Nunchucks 弓・Bow Following your weapon, you get to choose your name(obviously). Most people will want to use the english character set which is represented on the left by the "A"(again, obviously). Next you choose the "Play Area". I am not really sure what effect this has on the game, so just choose any area you want for now. I will try to get more info on this in the upcoming versions of this FAQ. Now it is time to place the "Post" artifact which turns into your house(called "My Home"). Simply choose a location to place it in the "Play Area" you choose. After it is created simply enter it with the Circle button to see the opening movie role! :) And fear not, a true walkthrough is coming soon, this is just to help people get started in this great game while I am working on the walkthrough! ---,,,----------------------------,,,--- SECTION 6: MENU TRANSLATIONS ---'''----------------------------'''--- STORE TRANSLATIONS ================== Buy Sell Cancel HOTEL/STATUE TRANSLATIONS ================== Save 2P Control Mode (Auto Mode / Control Mode) Cancel Yeah, I know this isn't very much, but I am going to get every single thing I can up as soon as possible. ---,,,--------------------------,,,--- SECTION 7: "MY HOME" GUIDE ---'''--------------------------'''--- THE LIBRARY ========== The libary is for getting a comprehensive list of more or less everything you have seen in the game so far. Option Translations soon. RAISING A PET ============= Raising a pet can be hard work, and requires a lot of your time and care. Wait a second... what am I saying? This has got to be the easiest monster raising I have ever seen. Simply feed the lil' thing, wait till it hatches, then take it out fighting. Just be sure you don't sell it like I accidently did my first monster. ^_^ (lil anime eyes!) Option Translations soon. WEAPON CREATION =============== After rescuing Watts and giving him back his hammer, he will show you how to make your own Weapons. The weapon creation room is in the back building on the path to the upper left of your house. Option Translations soon. INSTRUMENT CREATION =================== Like Weapon making, you can also create your own Instruments to cast magic spells. Option Translations soon. THE TRENT ========= The trent lets you grow various fruits and vegetables for purposes such as Monster catching and raising. Option Translations soon. ---,,,--------------------,,,--- SECTION 8: ARTIFACTS ---'''--------------------'''--- This is a list of artifacts I have found, in order that they are listed in the "My Home" library. Locations where they can be found will be assembled when I start my walkthrough. Also, note that some of the exact translations I could not find, so I gave them what would probably be the actual translation in English. NOTE: I have everything through #21, but I am still translating them. I will have everything by the next update hopefully. Artifact Name | Japanese | Creates... | Found... ---------------------|--------------|-------------------------|---------------- 1. Post | ポスト | My Home | Start with it. 2. Building Block City | 積み木の町 | City of Domina | Outside "My Home". 3. Wheel | 車輪 | Ryuon Highway | - 4. Hisui Egg | ヒスイの卵 | Mekipu Cave | - 5. Stone Eyeball | 石の目玉 | Kiruma Lake | - 6. Flame | 炎 | Gato City | - 7. ??? King Medal | ？王のメダル | Jungle | - 8. Firefly Sack Lamp | 蛍袋のランプ | Moon Night City of Roar | - 9. Sand Bara | 砂バラ | Dyuma Desert | - 10. ??? | ??? | ??? | - 11. ??? | ??? | ??? | - 12. ??? | ??? | ??? | - 13. ?? Doll | ？れた人形 | Trash Mountain | - 14. ??? | ??? | ??? | - 15. Sabita Ikari | さびたイカリ | Porpota Port City | - 16. ??? | ??? | ??? | - 17. ??? | ??? | ??? | - 18. ??? | ??? | ??? | - 19. ??? | ??? | ??? | - 20. ?? Kagi Claw | 海？のカギ爪 | Ocean Ship Bald | - 21. Frozen Spirit | とけない心 | Ferg Snow Prairie | - 22. ? | ? | ? | ? 23. ? | ? | ? | ? 24. ? | ? | ? | ? 25. ? | ? | ? | ? 26. ? | ? | ? | ? ---,,,-------------------,,,--- SECTION 9: LANDMAKE ---'''-------------------'''--- This is a quick list of all the dungeons and towns in the game that I have gotten to, and will soon include which missions they are used for. ______________________ | My Home - マイホーム | |------------------------------------------------------- | (Post) | - This is your base of operations in the game, and you | can do a number of cool things such as raising pets, | growing fruit, and more. | _____________________________ | City of Domina - ドミナの町 | |------------------------------------------------------- | (Building Block City) | - This is the first town in the game. You meet several | people here first, including the NPCs Nikita and | Ryuli. | | WEAPON STORE | Price | Comments | -------------------|---------|---------- | | MAGIC STORE | Price | Comments | -------------------|---------|---------- | ______________________________ | Ryuon Highway - リュオン街道 | |------------------------------------------------------- | (Wheel) | | Adventures: Nikita's Trade Route, "The Trent Quest" | | - Welcome to the Ryuon Highway, a trade route Nikita | is looking to setup to bring in more profit. There | are two things of note here. One is the Poron | Hideout, the other is Gaia(the big stone guy). To | get to the Poron Hideout go until you hit the | crossroads, and go down. Keep going till you see a | path branch downwards and run into a big hippo. Talk | to the large pink hippo, and he will teleport you to | the entrance. Now, leave and re-enter the stage, and | the Hippo should be at the entrance. Talk to him to | get teleported back to the place he originally was, | only this time he won't be there. Go down the now | vacated path and you will soon reach the treasure | filled Poron Hideout! | | Also, after you beat the Nikita's Trade Route | mission, go back to where the Mantis Ant was to | have a run-in with an elemental. See "Basics of | Play" section for what to do with them. | ---,,,----------------------------------,,,--- SECTION 10: ADVENTURE WALKTHROUGHS ---'''----------------------------------'''--- These are the different missions you can go through in the game, some are required to continue forward, some are not. Also, being this is still an early version of the FAQ, I am getting the basic missions and some of the easier later ones(ie. Watt's Hammer) up first. As I am getting closer to finished with some of the other sections of this FAQ, this part should grow faster. Nikita's Trade Route(ニキータ商道い中) ====================================== Talk to everyone in Teipo's house in Domina. Then go talk to Nikita in the section of Domina above the starting one, and answer "No"(second choice) then "Yes"(first choice) and the adventure begins for real. Now go back to Teipo's house and talk to him to get the "Wheel" artifact. Now return to the Overland map and place the wheel to create "Ryuon Highway". Enter. At the beginning Doyle will explain the game system to you, but as it is in Japanese it is useless to most of you reading this. Keep going forward until you reach the crossroads. Talk to Danay, and then go through the top path and continue till you get to the end and the MANTIS ANT boss. After you beat him you get the "??? King's Medal" and "Flame" artifacts. The Pet Pasture(ペット牧場) =========================== Go to the very upper left of Domina, and you will meet Doyle, he will talk to you and you should Answer "3" until he gives you items(food stuff). Now its time for you to capture your first pet! I'm not really sure how this works exactly, but the gist of it is to lure the monster in the egg to the food and then capture him. There are monster eggs all over the place in different dungeons. The ones I have found are at, Ryuon Highway, the beach stage and the mist covered mountain area(in addition to this one in Domina of course). "THE TRENT QUEST"(Real name not translated yet) =============================================== Go to "Ryuon Highway" and go to the crossroads and head down. Keep going till you reach the big dragon-like head in the side of the mountain, named Gaia, and talk to him. Answer the first question "Yes"(option 1), then ask him both the top two questions(you will have to step into his hand again to ask him the second question). Then leave Ryuon Highway and go to "My Home" and go to the left of the two paths leading down. Here a bunch of plant monsters should challenge you, and after you beat them, you free the Trent! Watt's Hammer( ============= After you rescue Watts, talk to him and he will tell you he can't find his hammer. Now, its your responsibility to go and find it for him. Well, fortunatly this is extremely easy. Simply go to the front of the cave two screens back and look at the sign, and one of the little bears will run out and carry you to their hideout. And guess what? Watt's Hammer is sitting at the top of their little hideout! Simply pick it up, then work your way back up to Watts and hand it over. Now head back to "My Home" and go in the building in the back, and Watts will barge out, and thus begins your lessons on making your own weapons! ---,,,---------------------,,,--- SECTION 11: ABILITIES ---'''---------------------'''--- These are some of the abilities you can get in the game. The abilities listed to the right of some names in "[" "]" are other abilities required to earn that ability. 1. Jump(ジャンプ)- = A simple jump in battle. 2. Gaurd(ガード)- = Block and take less damage. 3. Dash(ダッシュ)- = A quick dash forward. 4. Back Dash(バックダッシュ)- = A quick dash backwards. 5. Shagamu(しゃがむ)- = Hold down the button to heal yourself. 6. Push(プッシュ)- 7. Apeal(?)(アピール)- = A short combo attack. 8. Rotation(回転)- = Rapidly press the button to spin around, and press the quick attack button as well to spin and attack. 12. Front Roll(前転)- [Dash, Jump] = A quick roll forward. 13. Back Roll(バク転)- [Back Dash, Jump] = A quick roll backwards. 14. Back Jump(バク宙)- [High Jump, Back Roll] = A quick jump backwards. 15. Moonsault(ムーンサルト)- [High Jump, Front Roll] = This is a cool move. Essentiall you just jump, but you also turn around in mid air so when you land you will be facing the opponent! 16. High Jump(ハイジャンプ)- [Shagamu, Jump] = A much higher jump than the original. 19. Counter(カウンター)- [Gaurd] = If the enemy attacks you while doing the counter you attack them back and take no damage yourself. 20. Jolt(ジョルト)- [Counter] = Same as counter, but stronger. 21. Challenge (挑？)- [Back Dash, Appeal] = You whistle and taunt the opponent. As far as I can tell, all this move does is lure the enemy toward you. 24. Gaurd Dash(ガードダッシュ)- [Gaurd, Dash] = You dash forward blocking, as the name implies a combonation of Dash and Gaurd. 25. Sliding(スライディング)- [Shagamu, Dash] = You slide forward and trip up the enemy. ---,,,--------------------------,,,--- SECTION 12: SPECIAL SKILLS ---'''--------------------------'''--- Coming Soon. ---,,,--------------------,,,--- SECTION 13: MONSTERS ---'''--------------------'''--- Coming Soon. ---,,,--------------------,,,--- SECTION 14: GLOSSARY ---'''--------------------'''--- A brief list of terms found in the Mana world... and as with all other parts of this FAQ, more coming soon. Artifact - Used to create a structure/area in the Landmake map. Aura - The Elemental of ???. Dryad - The Elemental of the Forest(wood). Gnome - The Elemental of Earth. Luc - The currency of this world. Jin - The Elemental of Wind. Mana - Magic, Nature, etc. Salamander - The Elemental of Fire. Shade - The Elemental of Shadow. Undine - The Elemental of Water. Will-o-wisp - The Elemental of Light. ---,,,-------------------,,,--- SECTION 15: CREDITS ---'''-------------------'''--- FAQ Author: Faust(kmfdm@technonet.com) Demonicus - Various. Mainly stuff such as playing while I'm writing stuff for the walkthrough. Please feel free to contribute something to this FAQ! This is a very complicated game and I have no clue what is going on half the time! ;p You can find the most updated versions of this FAQ at: http://www.technonet.com/~kmfdm http://www.gamefaqs.com/