History VideoGame / LegendOfMana

* HideYourLesbians: Alexandra gets hit with this hard. The manga made the male Alex to be Alexandra's true form, with with "Sandra" being [[CreepyCrossdresser a disguise]], to make her BodyguardCrush on Florina more "acceptable." The Ultimania guide on the other hand lists the identities and genders of all the Jumi within the game (and a few that were removed). Alexandra is the only one listed Male/Female, as in BOTH. One is not a disguise for the other, as Alexandra actually changes forms; Alex is male and Sandra is female, possibly alluding to how alexandrite (the stone) changes color depending on the kind of light it's in. The remake makes it clear that Alexandra considers Sandra her true form.

* KillEmAll: Can potentially happen with the [[spoiler:Heaven's Gate]] arc. At one point you must choose between [[spoiler:Escad and Daena]] in a fight to the death. Whoever you side against will die, and if you try to take a third option one of them will turn on you. If you side with [[spoiler:Escad]], then leave [[spoiler:him]] out of the party when you tackle the final dungeon, right as you reach [[spoiler:Irwin]], you will witness him blow up [[spoiler:Escad]]. Then you kill [[spoiler:Irwin]] and [[spoiler:Matilda]] always dies of old age regardless of what choices you made, meaning all the main characters from that arc will be dead.

* ShesGotLegs: Sandra. In one mission you run across a non-hostile Mad Mallard who gushes over them.

An [[AnimeOfTheGame anime adaptation of the game]], titled ''Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal'', had started airing on October 8, 2022. It centers around one of the game's {{story arc}}s about the Jumi. Website/{{Crunchyroll}} had licensed the series for everywhere except in Asia, where Muse Communication licensed the series.

* ItemCrafting: You can create your own weapons (and via lots of farming and tempering, make [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity +1 Swords]], Spears, Bows, or whatever your WeaponOfChoice is) and build your own robot golem to aid you in battle (and using those Infinity +1 Swords as ingredients, turn it into an unstoppable death machine).

* WeaponOfChoice: At the beginning of the game, you have to choose a starter weapon -- and you have a lot of weapons to choose from. You can choose between [[HeroesPreferSwords 1H swords]], [[{{BFS}} 2H swords]], Daggers, 1H Axes and 2H axes, [[PowerFist Gloves]], [[BladeOnAStick Spears]], [[DropTheHammer Hammers]], [[TheStraightAndArrowPath Bows]], Flails, and staves. Though starting with any particular weapon does not lock you into only using that weapon. There's even an Achievement in the remake for getting every entry in your encyclopedia, which will require at least some time using every weapon.

* WeaponOfChoice: At the beginning of the game, you have to choose a starter weapon -- and you have a lot of weapons to choose from. You can choose between [[HeroesPreferSwords 1H swords]], [[{{BFS}} 2H swords]], Daggers, 1H Axes and 2H axes, [[PowerFist Gloves]], [[BladeOnAStick Spears]], [[DropTheHammer Hammers]], [[TheStraightAndArrowPath Bows]], [[FightingWithChucks Flails]], and staves. Though starting with any particular weapon does not lock you into only using that weapon. There's even an Achievement in the remake for getting every entry in your encyclopedia, which will require at least some time using every weapon.

* NintendoHard: While the default difficulty tends to be on the easier side, the higher difficulty levels unlocked in NewGamePlus are anything but. Try fighting Boreal Hound, Orc, or Tropicallo on No Future Mode.

* WeaponOfChoice: At the beginning of the game, you have to choose a starter weapon - and you have a lot of weapons to choose from. You can choose between [[HeroesPreferSwords 1H swords]], [[{{BFS}} 2H swords]], Daggers, [[AnAxToGrind 1H Axes and 2H axes]], [[PowerFist Gloves]], [[BladeOnAStick Spears]], [[DropTheHammer Hammers]], [[TheStraightAndArrowPath Bows]], [[FightingWithChucks Flails]], and staves. Though starting with any particular weapon does not lock you into only using that weapon. There's even an Achievement in the remake for getting every entry in your encyclopedia, which will require at least some time using every weapon.

* WeaponOfChoice: At the beginning of the game, you have to choose a starter weapon - and you have a lot of weapons to choose from. You can choose between [[HeroesPreferSwords 1H swords]], [[{{BFS}} 2H swords]], [[DeviousDaggers Daggers]], [[AnAxToGrind 1H Axes and 2H axes]], [[PowerFist Gloves]], [[BladeOnAStick Spears]], [[DropTheHammer Hammers]], [[TheStraightAndArrowPath Bows]], [[FightingWithChucks Flails]], and staves. Though starting with any particular weapon does not lock you into only using that weapon. There's even an Achievement in the remake for getting every entry in your encyclopedia, which will require at least some time using every weapon.

* NintendoHard: Seriously. Yeah, the game got blasted for its ease. That's regular difficulty we're talking about. Try fighting Boreal Hound, Orc, or Tropicallo on No Future Mode.

* KnightTemplar: Lady Blackpearl.

* NintendoHard: Seriously. Yeah, the game got blasted for its ease. That's regular difficulty we're talking about. Try fighting Boreal Hound or Orc on No Future Mode.

* AfterTheEnd: At the start of the game, Fa'Diel is nothing but a desert wasteland, and the opening narration [[spoiler:suggests that the world's civilizations destroyed each other in pointless wars to possess the remnants of Mana power that remained in artifacts. The player's actions can be seen as rebuilding Fa'Diel by planting the artifacts.]]

An anime adaptation of the game, titled ''Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal'', had started airing on October 8, 2022. It centers around one of the game's {{story arc}}s about the Jumi. Website/{{Crunchyroll}} had licensed the series for everywhere except in Asia, where Muse Communication licensed the series.

An anime adaptation of the game, titled ''Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal'', had started airing on October 8, 2022. It centers around one of the game's {{story arc}}s about the Jumi. Crunchyroll had licensed the series for everywhere except in Asia, where Muse Communication licensed the series.

* ShiftingSandLand: The Duma Desert is... pretty much your standard videogame desert.

On June 2021, Square-Enix and Warner Bros. Japan announced an anime adaptation of the game, titled ''Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal''. It is slated to air sometime in 2022, and will center around one of the game's {{story arc}}s about the Jumi.

* TechTree: New ability and super-moves are learned from old ones.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Talking to the {{{Non Player Character}}s give you lots of hints about what's going on, and a lot of your cactus' apparent non-sequitors that it makes post-mission only make sense in retrospect. [[spoiler:"Seventh is Girl"]] (said at the end of "The Six Wisdoms" quest), for example, refers to [[spoiler: Matilda]], who takes the previously vacant seat of the Seventh Wisdom after [[spoiler:she]] dies.

* BetterOffSold: The vast amounts of random junk that drops, including weapons, armor and relics, can be used in the labyrinthine crafting system. Even then, however, most of it isn't useful for anything and is better off sold.

* InformedAttribute: The Six Wisdoms are described as almost omniscient entities with powers beyond normal creatures and second only to the Goddess of Mana herself. They are even featured prominently in the remake opening cinematic. In spite of this, only Selva and Pokiehl are shown to do anything remotely superhuman or even "wise" for that matter. Gaeus and Tote only dedicate themselves to give [[IceCreamKoan enigmatic one liners]], Rosiotti just sits on his throne doing nothing (even falling asleep in the middle of an important discussion), and Olbohn who's supposed to be Archdemon of the underworld has been usurped by Drakonis. The fact that [[spoiler:Matilda]], of all people, who makes stupid decisions one after another and has allowed the world to be brought to the brink of ruin because of poor sense of logic, is somehow chosen as the seventh wisdom goes to show how "good" these folks really are at their role.

* InformedAttribute: The Six Wisdoms are described as almost omniscient entities with powers beyond normal creatures and second only to the Goddess of Mana herself. They are even featured prominently in the remake opening cinematic. In spite of this, only Selva and Pokiehl are shown to do anything remotely superhuman or even "wise" for that matter. Gaeus and Tote only dedicate themselves to give [[IceCreamKoan enigmatic one liners]], Rosiotti just sits on his throne doing nothing (even falling asleep in the middle of an important discussion), and Olbohn who's supposed to be Archdemon of the underworld has been usurped by Drakonis. The fact that [[spoiler:Matilda]], of all people, who makes stupid decisions one after another and has allowed the world to be brought to the brink of collapse because of her ridiculous logic, is somehow chosen as the seventh wisdom goes to show how "good" these folks really are at their role.

* InformedAttribute: The Six Wisdoms are described as almost omniscient entities with powers beyond normal creatures and second only to the Goddess of Mana herself. They are even featured prominently in the remake opening cinematic. In spite of this, only Selva and Pokiehl are shown to do anything remotely superhuman or even "wise" for that matter. Gaeus and Tote only dedicate themselves to give [[IceCreamKoan enigmatic one liners]], Rosiotti just sits on his throne doing nothing (even falling asleep in the middle of an important discussion), and Olbohn who's supposed to be Archdemon of the underworld has been usurped by Drakonis. The fact that [[spoiler:Matilda]], of all people, who makes stupid decisions one after another and has allowed the world to be brought to the brink of collapse, is somehow chosen to be the seventh wisdom goes to show how "good" these folks really are at their role.

* InformedAttribute: The Six Wisdoms are described as almost omniscient entities with powers beyond normal creatures and second only to the Goddess of Mana herself. They are even featured prominently in the remake opening cinematic. In spite of this, only Selva and Pokiehl are shown to do anything remotely superhuman or even wise for that matter. Gaeus and Tote only dedicate themselves to give [[IceCreamKoan enigmatic one liners]], Rosiotti just sits on his throne (even falling asleep in the middle of an important discussion), and Olbohn who's supposed to be Archdemon of the underworld has been usurped by Drakonis. The fact that [[spoiler:Matilda]], of all people, who's been making stupid decisions one after another and bringing the world closer and closer to collapse, somehow gets chosen to be the seventh wisdom goes to show how "good" these people are at their role.

* AdvertisedExtra: The Six Wisdoms are described as almost omniscient entities with powers beyond normal creatures and second only to the Goddess of Mana herself. They are even featured prominently in the remake opening cinematic. In spite of this, only Selva and Pokiehl are shown to do anything remotely superhuman or even wise for that matter. Gaeus and Tote only dedicate themselves to give [[IceCreamKoan enigmatic one liners]], Rosiotti just sits in his throne (even falling asleep in the middle of an important discussion), and Olbohn who's supposed to be Archdemon of the underworld has been usurped by Drakonis. [[spoiler: The fact that Matilda]] who has been making stupid decisions one after another and bringing the world closer and closer to collapse is chosen as the seventh wisdom goes to show how good they are at their role.

** Lumina only has about half a dozen inhabited buildings. When the empire soldiers invade it trying to find Monique's shop they realize that all the buildings with doors you can't open are actually uninhabited. They wonder out loud [[SelfDeprecatingHumor who the hell designed this place.]]

* WeaponOfChoice: At the beginning of the game, you have to choose a starter weapon - and you have a lot of weapons to choose from. You can choose between [[HeroesPreferSwords 1H swords]], [[{{BFS}} 2H swords]], [[DeviousDaggers Daggers]], [[AnAxToGrind 1H Axes and 2H axes]], [[PowerFist Gloves]], [[BladeOnAStick Spears]], [[DropTheHammer Hammers]], [[TheStraightAndArrowPath Bows]], [[FightingWithChucks Flails]], and [[SimpleStaff Staves]]. Though starting with any particular weapon does not lock you into only using that weapon. There's even an Achievement in the remake for getting every entry in your encyclopedia, which will require at least some time using every weapon.

* NiceHat: The male protagonist's red floppy hat.

* PurelyAestheticGender: All that differs whether you play a male or female character is whether your male character's NiceHat or female character's ImprobableHairstyle is mentioned in dialogue.