History YMMV / SecretOfMana

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: ''Secret of Mana'' is considered a {{cult classic}} in many PAL regions (Europe and Oceania) and is usually ranked high on lists of top [=RPGs=], [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] games, and even all-time video games. For starters, very few SNES [=RPGs=] were ever localized in Europe due to high translation costs (which also unfortunately excluded Australia who only got a handful of titles such as ''VideoGame/{{Terranigma}}''). Some of the most highly-regarded SNES games of all times like ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'', ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', or ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' were never released in Europe at all until some eventual ports, remakes, or UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole re-releases, but most remained untranslated. For the occasion, the game received a sizeable marketing push from Nintendo for these regions and was sometimes even bundled with a full strategy guide. The translations are also fondly remembered for their [[ComicalTranslation wackiness]] and numerous {{Woolseyism}}s such as Claude M. Moyse's German translation or Véronique Chantel's French translation ([[MemeticMutation "Liévro se fait rosser"]] [[note]]"Rabite is getting wallopped", which is the French script's unusual way to describe {{Critical Hit}}s[[/note]]).

* MemeticMutation: Courtesy of a mishearing of Primm's English line of, "Healing power of Undine!" in the remake, "Healing power of Undies!" is taking hold among the fandom.

* HypeBacklash: The game has received a noticeable amount of criticism over the years for having aged rather poorly, and that all the [[OnceOriginalNowCommon industry-defining features]] it brought do not excuse the quantity of {{Scrappy Mechanic}}s that plague the game. Even the art and music, easily the most universally praised aspects of the game, have [[OvershadowedByAwesome suffered from the comparaison]] with its previously obscure sequel ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'' when it was made more easily accessible to a general audience decades later. Some would go as far as to argue that it is even worst in retrospect than ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyAdventure'' which has a more limited by tighter gameplay loop.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For how iconic the French translation was with gamers at the time, almost none of the names introduced in ''Secret'' were carried over in the following ''Mana'' games.[[note]]Only the names of the Spirits survived, which is curious considering the wild DubNameChange for Salamander (Athanor) and the fact that they still use the literal {{Woolseyism}}s for Sylphide and Lumina when the English version now use the more accurate Jinn and Wisp respectively. Also note that the translation itself took nothing from ''Mystic Quest'' though there was almost nothing to carry over anyway.[[/note]] The next game in the series to receive a French translation was ''VideoGame/SwordOfMana'' a decade later which introduced brand new naming conventions for enemies, items, and miscellaneous that [[CharacterizationMarchesOn carry over to this day]], including both the IOS port and 3D remake of ''Secret'' with a redone and more faithful localization (and an unavoidable BrokenBase). Interestingly enough, ''Collection of Mana'' features Véronique Chantel's original translation since it is simply an emulated SNES rom and Square-Enix likely judged pointless to rework it when they already had their hands full with localizing ''Trials'', with only slight alterations done to remove some goofy and copyrighted references from the script (most notably Sheex and Fanha, who were originally renamed "[[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Schwarzy]]" and "[[Creator/SylvesterStallone Rambo]]"). This makes the French ''Collection of Mana'' quite an InconsistentDub between the poorly translated ''Mystic Quest'', the old-school ''Secret of Mana'', and the brand-new ''Trials of Mana'' with the regular naming conventions.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For how iconic the French translation was with gamers at the time, none of the names introduced in ''Secret'' were carried over in the following ''Mana'' games.[[note]]The translation itself took nothing from ''Mystic Quest'' though there was almost nothing to carry over anyway.[[/note]] The next game in the series to receive a French translation was ''VideoGame/SwordOfMana'' a decade later which introduced brand new naming conventions for enemies, items, and miscellaneous that [[CharacterizationMarchesOn carry over to this day]], including both the IOS port and 3D remake of ''Secret'' with a redone and more faithful localization (and an unavoidable BrokenBase). Interestingly enough, ''Collection of Mana'' features Véronique Chantel's original translation since it is simply an emulated SNES rom and Square-Enix likely judged pointless to rework it when they already had their hands full with localizing ''Trials'', with only slight alterations done to remove some goofy and copyrighted references from the script (most notably Sheex and Fanha, who were originally renamed "[[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Schwarzy]]" and "[[Creator/SylvesterStallone Rambo]]"). This makes the French ''Collection of Mana'' quite an InconsistentDub between the poorly translated ''Mystic Quest'', the old-school ''Secret of Mana'', and the brand-new ''Trials of Mana'' with the regular naming conventions.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For how iconic the French translation was with gamers at the time, none of the names introduced in ''Secret'' were carried over in the following ''Mana'' games.[[note]]The translation itself took nothing from ''Mystic Quest'' though there was almost nothing to carry over anyway.[[/note]] The next game in the series to receive a French translation was ''VideoGame/SwordOfMana'' a decade later which introduced brand new naming conventions for enemies, items, and miscellaneous that carry over to this day, including both the IOS port and 3D remake of ''Secret'' with a redone and more faithful localization (and an unavoidable BrokenBase). Interestingly enough, ''Collection of Mana'' features Véronique Chantel's original translation since it is simply an emulated SNES rom and Square-Enix likely judged pointless to rework it when they already had their hands full with localizing ''Trials'', with only slight alterations done to remove some goofy and copyrighted references from the script. This makes the French ''Collection of Mana'' quite an InconsistentDub between the poorly translated ''Mystic Quest'', the old-school ''Secret of Mana'', and the brand-new ''Trials of Mana'' with the regular naming conventions.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: ''Secret of Mana'' is considered a {{cult classic}} in many PAL regions (Europe and Oceania) and is usually ranked high on lists of top [=RPGs=], [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] games, and even all-time video games. For starters, very few SNES [=RPGs=] were ever localized in Europe due to high translation costs (which also unfortunately excluded Australia who only got a handful of titles such as ''VideoGame/{{Terranigma}}''). Some of the most highly-regarded SNES games of all times like ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'', ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', or ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' were never released in Europe at all until some eventual ports, remakes, or UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole re-releases, but most remained untranslated. For the occasion, the game received a sizeable marketing push from Nintendo for these regions and was sometimes even bundled with a full strategy guide. The translations are also fondly remembered for their [[ComicalTranslation wackiness]] and numerous {{Woolseyism}}s such as Claude M. Moyse's German translation or Véronique Chantel's French translation ([[MemeticMutation "Liévro se fait rosser"]] [[note]]"Rabite is getting wallopped", which is the French script's unusual way to describe CriticalHit[[/note]]).