History VideoGame / FinalFantasyAdventure

It was eventually [[VideoGameRemake remade]] thrice -- the first as ''VideoGame/SwordOfMana'' for the Platform/GameBoyAdvance in 2003 to retroactively remove the ''Final Fantasy'' elements and make it more in line with the original game's immediate sequels, and the second in 2006 much more faithfully for mobile phones [[NoExportForYou (but only in Japan)]]. A third remake was released in 2016 for [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]], [[UsefulNotes/AndroidGames Android]] and UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita for the series' 25th Anniversary. This 3D version includes minor gameplay updates from ''Sword of Mana'' and is [[MarketBasedTitle retitled]] ''Adventures of Mana'' in Western markets, but is otherwise far closer to the original game, taking fewer liberties than ''Sword of Mana''.

* AmbiguousGender: For some reason, the citizens of Ish refer to the Chocobo as female in ''Adventures of Mana'', although the local, friendly MadScientist and the hero both refer to it as male. This [[InconsistentDub inconsistency]] didn't exist in the original text. Until the UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita release, where the chocobo is consistently referred to as female.

* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: Occurs shortly before finding the Chocobo egg. Wolves are all lined up in front of the player when you enter the screen? Check. The latest and strongest weapon has a full-screen range when [[ChargedAttack charged up]]? Check. Wolves [[RespawningEnemy instantly respawn]] upon leaving the screen? Check.

Originally a GaidenGame on the UsefulNotes/GameBoy for the [[RunningGag pigs-flyingly popular]] ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series, it instead became the first game in the ''[[VideoGame/WorldOfMana Mana]]'' series. This is why there are several elements of the former series (like Chocobos, Moogles, and a standard inventory system) present, while several of the latter (Cannon Travel, Mana Spirits) are absent -- many of the latter weren't actually introduced until ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'', when the series split from the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise.

It was eventually [[VideoGameRemake remade]] thrice -- the first as ''VideoGame/SwordOfMana'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance in 2003 to retroactively remove the ''Final Fantasy'' elements and make it more in line with the original game's immediate sequels, and the second in 2006 much more faithfully for mobile phones [[NoExportForYou (but only in Japan)]]. A third remake was released in 2016 for [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]], [[UsefulNotes/AndroidGames Android]] and UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita for the series' 25th Anniversary. This 3D version includes minor gameplay updates from ''Sword of Mana'' and is [[MarketBasedTitle retitled]] ''Adventures of Mana'' in Western markets, but is otherwise far closer to the original game, taking fewer liberties than ''Sword of Mana''.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: {{Excalibur}}/Xcalibur (the Mana Sword), given to you about four screens before your final showdown with [[spoiler:Julius]].

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Certain names were given different spellings or were retranslated between ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' and ''Adventures of Mana'', such as Iflyte to Ifrit and Marcie to Marcy.

* NiceHat: Since he's a monochrome PaletteSwap of the [[TheRedMage Red Mage]] from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'', the disguised [[spoiler:Julius]] also has his famous [[PimpDuds Pimp Hat]]. Betrayal has never looked so stylin'.

** [[spoiler:The hero, after losing just about everything, finally defeats Julius, but the Mana Tree is destroyed after the battle. The heroine, as the sole surviving member of the Mana Tribe, must stay and become the new tree, and the hero is the sole Gemma Knight left to protect her. Sure, the land is at peace, but remember, the heroine is the only one left who can become the object that keeps the world stable.]] And all of this is set to possibly the saddest and most beautiful 8-bit music in existence. ''Goddamn.'' A glimmer of hope appears at the very end of the credits, though, with a shot of [[spoiler:the seedling of the new Tree]].

** One of the developers' countermeasures against becoming unwinnable is inconvenient in its own right: you can't get rid of the basic sickle or chain whip. This ensures that they'll be available to solve puzzles, but when you find much stronger versions of them, like the Flame Whip, it's rather unfortunate to have your limited inventory space cluttered up with the obsolete versions.

** Yes, it is somehow possible to save your game with 1 HP and being poisoned. You reload the game and end up dying, with no other remedy other than to restart your game.
** Saving while riding Chocobot on a screen with only water and then dying or turning off the game. Since you always start the game dismounted, the game will crash if you try to load from here as there is nowhere for the player character to stand.

%%* ChainReactionDestruction: The first thing you fight, dies in that way.

* {{Unwinnable}}:

* TheProfessor: Von Boyage, who reappears in ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'' but is given a completely different role in ''VideoGame/SwordOfMana'' (since his main accomplishment in the original game's storyline is the [[{{Cyborg}} Chocobot]]; he maintains a cannon travel system in ''Sword of Mana'', akin to the ones in ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'' and ''Trials of Mana''), is known as a professor in the English translation of ''Adventures of Mana'' (which unintentionally makes Marcie's [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep reference]] to her creator confusing). In the English translation of ''Final Fantasy Adventure'', he was known as [[UnfortunateNames Dr. Bowow]], while he's called Professor Bomb in the English translation of ''VideoGame/SwordOfMana''.