History VideoGame / ChildrenOfMana

It's also a very divisive game. It's not as overtly reviled as ''VideoGame/DawnOfMana'' or ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMana'', but many find the gameplay repetitive and boring. Basically, it's ''VideoGame/ShiningSoul'', set in the ''World of Mana''.

* IcePalace: The Ice Citadel of Lorimar

* DropTheHammer: One of the four weapon types, and Wanderer's WeaponOfChoice.

* EpicFlail: One of the four weapon types, and Poppen's WeaponOfChoice

* DropTheHammer: One of the four weapon types, and Wanderer's [[WeaponOfChoice Weapon of Choice]].

* EpicFlail: One of the four weapon types, and Poppen's [[WeaponOfChoice Weapon of Choice]]

%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

The story takes place when the [[WorldTree Mana Tree]] was newly created (making it the [[{{Prequel}} chronologically earliest game]] at the time of its release before it got a prequel of it's own in "VideoGame/DawnOfMana" a year later). After a crack appears in it, the nearby temple suddenly becomes infested with monsters. [[AllUpToYou After the player character clears out the temple]], they return to find that mysterious pillars of light have appeared in numerous different lands...

The story takes place ten years after "VideoGame/DawnOfMana" when the [[WorldTree Mana Tree]] was newly created (making it the [[{{Prequel}} second chronologically earliest game]] at the time of its release). After a crack appears in it, the nearby temple suddenly becomes infested with monsters. [[AllUpToYou After the player character clears out the temple]], they return to find that mysterious pillars of light have appeared in numerous different lands...

The story takes place when the [[WorldTree Mana Tree]] was newly created (making it the [[{{Prequel}} chronologically earliest game]] at the time of its release). After a crack appears in it, the nearby temple suddenly becomes infested with monsters. [[AllUpToYou After the player character clears out the temple]], they return to find that mysterious pillars of light have appeared in numerous different lands...

* Creator/KenjiIto: Composed part of the music.

* TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn: In the opening sequence.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: So, you beat the [[spoiler:Mana Storm, the Mana Surge is stopped]], so that's it, right? '''Wrong!'''

* DumbMuscle: Wanderer

* ItemCrafting: The gems

* KidHero: Ferrik, Poppen, and Tamber.
* LimitBreak: The Fury meter.

* SpikesOfDoom
* SquishyWizard: Poppen.
* StationaryBoss

* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: Acquired at the end of the ''first'' dungeon. For some reason, nobody thinks it'd be a good idea, to use the peerless holy sword to attack monsters with.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

* GameBreaker: The Mystery and Ultima weapons. These weapons are not obtainable by normal means.

* ContinuityNod: The "Benevodons" are actually the God-Beasts from ''VideoGame/SeikenDensetsu3'' in their normal non-rampaging states. they even have the same names.

It's also a [[LoveItOrHateIt very divisive game]]. It's not as overtly reviled as ''VideoGame/DawnOfMana'' or ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMana'', but many find the gameplay repetitive and boring. Basically, it's ''VideoGame/ShiningSoul'', set in the ''World of Mana''.

* PinballProjectile: Any enemy hit by the hammer will be knocked back and into nearby walls, taking damage with each hit. If that enemy hits another enemy, they both go flying. If a pinball enemy hits the player character, you become the projectile. Given how many other objects you need to hit with the hammer, it's a toss up whether you save time switching weapons every few seconds or just spending half of your time as a pinball.
* ShiftingSandLand: The Fiery Sands of Jadd

* SquishyWizard: Poppen

* SuperDickery: The opening scrawl says how this is the story of the one time the Sword of Mana was used against Mana.
* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: Acquired at the end of the ''first'' dungeon. For some reason, nobody thinks it'd be a good idea to use the peerless holy sword to attack monsters with.
** At least until the end of the Ice Citadel where, after defeating the last of the malevodons, the player character [[spoiler:attempts to use it to attack the Mana Lord, only to have the Sword of Mana turn on them, wound them, and enter his hands due to the increasing power of the Mana Surge overpowering the blade's own will]].

* ContinuityNod: The "Benevodons" are actually the God-Beasts from ''SeikenDensetsu3'' in their normal non-rampaging states. they even have the same names.

The story focuses on the WorldTree central in the shared settings: after a crack appears in it, the nearby temple suddenly becomes infested with monsters. [[AllUpToYou After the player character clears out the temple]], they return to find that mysterious pillars of light have appeared in numerous different lands...

It's also a [[LoveItOrHateIt very divisive game]]. It's not as overtly reviled as ''VideoGame/DawnOfMana'' or Heroes of Mana, but many find the gameplay repetitive and boring. Basically, it's ''VideoGame/ShiningSoul'', set in the ''World of Mana''.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: So, you beat the [[spoiler: Mana Storm, the Mana Surge is stopped]], so that's it, right? '''Wrong!'''
** Okay, but now you beat the [[spoiler: Mana Lord]], so that's ''gotta'' be the end! Well, it isn't.

* KenjiIto: Composed part of the music.

* MightyGlacier: Wanderer

* FragileSpeedster: Tamber

* GlobalAirship: You get it surprisingly early for a ''VideoGame/WorldOfMana'' game. This is mostly due to the world map being a glorified list of dungeons for you to enter, making the existence of a GlobalAirship at all a narrative device as opposed to a game design decision.

** At least until the end of the Ice Citadel where, after defeating the last of the malevodons, the player character [[spoiler:attempts to use it to attack the Mana Lord, only to have the Sword of Mana turn on them, wound them, and enter his hands due to the increasing power of the Mana Surge overpowering the blade's own will.

* DropTheHammer: One of the four weapon types.

* FusionDance: Forced on the Benevoldons/God-Beasts by the [[spoiler:Mana Lord]].

* IcePalace
* InterfaceSpoiler: Even before clearing the first dungeon, you can see that you have room for four seperate weapon types and room for a gem grid four times larger than what you start with.

* JackOfAllStats: Ferrik

* ShiftingSandLand: The Fiery Sands of Jadd(the fiery-ness is a result of close proximity to Xangar which embodies both wind and fire due to being the combined form of [[PlayingWithFire Xan Bie]] and [[BlowYouAway Dangaard]]).

* SquishyWizard: Poppen.

* SuperDickery: The opening scrawl says how this is the story of the one time the Mana Sword was used against Mana.

* ShiftingSandLand

Part of the ''[[WorldOfMana Mana]]'' series, released for the Nintendo DS in 2006.

It's also a [[LoveItOrHateIt very divisive game]]. It's not as overtly reviled as DawnOfMana or Heroes of Mana, but many find the gameplay repetitive and boring. Basically, it's ''VideoGame/ShiningSoul'', set in the ''WorldOfMana''.

* GlobalAirship: You get it surprisingly early for a WorldOfMana game. This is mostly due to the world map being a glorified list of dungeons for you to enter, making the existence of a GlobalAirship at all a narrative device as opposed to a game design decision.

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It's also a [[LoveItOrHateIt very divisive game]]. It's not as overtly reviled as DawnOfMana or Heroes of Mana, but many find the gameplay repetitive and boring. Basically, it's [[ShiningForce Shining Soul]], set in the WorldOfMana.

Like other games in the ''Mana'' series, it uses an action RPG formula. It uses a [[ThreeQuartersView top down perspective]] similar to the 2D ''[[TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]'' games, but with a heavier emphasis on combat, and a more defined system of giving you quests and sidequests. More RPG than Action if you will.

Like other games in the ''Mana'' series, it uses an Action RPG formula. It uses a [[ThreeQuartersView top down perspective]] similar to the 2D ''[[TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]'' games, but with a heavier emphasis on combat, and a more defined system of giving you quests and sidequests. More RPG than Action if you will.