History YMMV / TrialsOfMana

** Being hit with an attack which causes multiple effects... and not being able to do anything until you finish clicking through them. This can actually get you killed in some of the last battles.

** Being hit with an attack that causes multiple effects... and not being able to do anything until you finish clicking through them. This can actually get you killed in some of the last battles.

* SelfFanservice: In half the art Riesz's figure is shown to be on par with Angela's (who receives a startling low amount of fanart, contrast the similarly fanservicey Tifa).

* AuthorsSavingThrow: After the disappointment that was the remake of the [[VideoGame/SecretOfMana second game]], many fans rejoiced when Creator/SquareEnix announced a full-fledged remake of the third game built from the ground up instead of another ShotForShotRemake like the previous two games. And then it getting revealed alongside an English release of the ''original'' game, ensuring that English-speaking fans wouldn't "miss" anything from a more ambitious re-imagining of the game, just pushed things even further.

** Not just the boss themes; most of the soundtrack qualifies. While ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'' is usually regarded as Creator/HirokiKikuta's masterpiece, truthfully the music from this game isn't very far behind.

** The aptly named Death Machines and nigh unbeatable packs of multi-healing Silverwolves and can give the heroes a tough fight.

* EvenBetterSequel: To ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana''. The game improves on the previous game's graphics and mechanics, and manages a soundtrack of comparable brilliance with even more songs. It's also longer and far outstrips its predecessor in terms of replay value due to the fact that it takes at least three playthroughs to see even ''most'' of the game's content, and the presence of six playable characters and the class change system introduces literally thousands of possible final party combinations. Oh, and did we mention it features some of the absolute best sprite work on the SNES? There is a sizeable contingent of fans that regards this game as one of Square's finest achievements during the 16-bit era.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: ''Riesz''! When searching for any fan art of this game, expect to find more art of her than everyone else combined! (Her outfit in official art probably has something to do with it...) It could also be her status as the de facto badass of the game, given the fact that, in the day and age the game came out in Japan, [[GuysSmashGirlsShoot there weren't a lot of 'physical' female fighters]], and even less badass female royalty. Riesz really broke a lot of molds. Finally, the fact she shares what many consider to be the 'canon' story with Hawkeye helps. Her popularity was recognized during the E3 2019 Treehouse Live presentation for the 3D remake.

* GoddamnedBats:

** Polter Chests, one of the trap types, can be this early in the game. They have a ''ton'' of health, can be outright hard to hit, and can hit pretty hard in turn. And god forbid one drops a chest and you get stuck with ''another'' one...

* ScrappyMechanic: Being hit with an attack that causes multiple effects... and not being able to do anything until you finish clicking through them. This can actually get you killed in some of the last battles.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: After the disappointment that was the remake of the [[VideoGame/SecretOfMana second game]], many fans rejoiced when Creator/SquareEnix announced a full fledged remake of the third game built from the ground up instead of another ShotForShotRemake like the previous two games. And then it getting revealed alongside an English release of the ''original'' game, ensuring that English-speaking fans wouldn't "miss" anything from a more ambitious re-imagining of the game, just pushed things even further.

* EvenBetterSequel: To ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana''. The game improves on the previous game's graphics and mechanics, and manages a soundtrack of comparable brilliance with even more songs. It's also longer and far outstrips its predecessor in terms of replay value due to the fact that it takes at least three playthroughs to see even ''most'' of the game's content, and the presence of six playable characters and the class change system introduces literally thousands of possible final party combinations. Oh, and did we mention it features some of the absolute best sprite work on the SNES? There is a sizeable contingent of fans that regards this games as one of Square's finest achievements during the 16-bit era.

** Strangely enough, there's an X-rated magazine in Forcena's library. Read it with any of the characters and their reaction is: "... ... ... !!!". Except for Charlotte, that is -- read it with her and you get the more comical reaction of "... ... ... [[ChildrenAreInnocent ???]]"

** [[spoiler:Counter Magic or Matango Oils (which has the same magic effect)]] render most of Koren's spells useless. It's only a game breaker in that one fight, but it's still fun to see the self-proclaimed world's most powerful wizard be unable to do anything but hurt himself.

** Tossing a Dark-oriented Hawkeye and a Light-oriented Riesz (with Nightblade/Star Lancer being probably the most broken of the bunch) in the same party makes most of the game's second-half bosses a joke. Riesz can buff the party, while Hawkeye debuffs the bosses, effectively neutering their damage output. If the third character knows sabre magic, most boss fights will end in under a minute.

** Hawkeye's "Ninja Master" class gains the ability to multi-target his Shuriken ability. This means you have a fast-casting ability that hits all enemies on the screen, does significant damage, knocks enemies back, and lowers their evasion. All for only 1 MP. Fans have dubbed it the "1 MP Wonder".

* ThatOneAttack: '''Ancient'''. Usable only by few end bosses (or Angela as Magus) it deals massive damage that can easily go over 300 even if you are protected by buffs and is one of the very few spells that pierces Counter Magic.

** All of the six exclusive dungeons (Glass Desert and Dragon's Hole, Cave of Darkness and Dark Castle, Jungle of Illusion and Mirage Palace) are ''very'' long, have very few recovery points and chuck DemonicSpiders every now and then on you, not to mention the BossRush inside of each.

** Near the end of the game, there are a number of enemies that are essentially the mook version of some of the playable characters' final classes, and each of them can utilize the tech that the player class has. For example, the Nightblade can use Split-Image Slice (like Hawkeye's Nightblade class), and the Bloody Wolf can use Suzaku Aerial (like Kevin's Dervish class). These techniques are full-screen and can easily wipe out the entire party if they are at low health. This is a significant contributor to why fans are so fond of the Star Lancer and Night Blade classes, as both have the ability to silence enemies, preventing these attacks from being used.
** The aptly named Death Machines and nigh unbeatable packs of multi-healing Silver Wolves and can give the heroes a tough fight.

** While Silver Wolves aren't terribly dangerous on their own, they just love to spam Heal Light, and also have a move that severely reduces your attack power. If you don't have a way to boost it back up and/or lower their defense, you're going to be fighting them for a long time. Or not, if there are [[DemonicSpiders Bloody Wolves]] around too.

** Near the end of the game, there are a number of enemies that are essentially the mook version of some of the playable characters' final classes, and each of them can utilize the tech that the player class has. For example, the Nightblade can use Split-Image Slice (like Hawkeye's Nightblade class), and the Bloody Wolf can use Suzaku Sky Dance (like Kevin's Dervish class). These techniques are full-screen and can easily wipe out the entire party if they are at low health. This is a significant contributor to why fans are so fond of the Star Lancer and Night Blade classes, as both have the ability to silence enemies, preventing these attacks from being used.

** Excepting stat buffs and debuffs, the StandardStatusEffects (specifically, Poison, [[BalefulPolymorph Moogle, Chibikko (shrink)]], [[TakenForGranite Petrification]], and Silence) don't stack with one another -- the most recent one takes precedence. During the course of the plot, you get an item called the Minor Mallet, which either inflicts or cures the Shrunken status on your party. So, if a party member gets hit with one of the other statuses, two hits from the hammer (once to Shrink them, and once to cure it) will get rid of it without having to use any status curing items or spells.
** It's not clear whether it's intentional or not, but the Tomatoman's anti-magic spell will, in addition to dispelling status buffs, cause enemies that absorb certain elements to no longer do that.

** Shadow Zeros copy your characters down to the last stat point, and they're affected by the same HealthDamageAsymmetry as your party, which lets them deal boss-killing damage to your party's still PC-level health. And it only gets worse if you used [[NoFairCheating cheats]] or LevelGrinding to strengthen your party past what they should have by then.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: ''Riesz''! When searching for any fan art of this game, expect to find more art of her than everyone else combined! (Her outfit in official art probably has something to do with it...) It could also be her status as the de facto badass of the game, given the fact that, in the day and age the game came out in Japan, [[GuysSmashGirlsShoot there weren't a lot of 'physical' female fighters]], and even less badass female royalty. Riesz really broke a lot of molds. Finally, the fact she shares what many consider to be the 'canon' story with Hawkeye helps.

* AntiClimaxBoss: The Dark Lich is the easiest of the final bosses owing mostly to the fact it's a slow moving wall of health that fires off spells on occasion, compared to the Archdemon or Dragon Emperor who pose more of a threat. Never mind the fact that one of the heroes who's linked to it storywise can gain an attack skill that outright does max damage to the boss.
* AuthorsSavingThrow: After the disappointment that was the remake of the [[VideoGame/SecretOfMana second game]], many fans rejoiced when Square-Enix announced a full fledged remake of the third game built from the ground up instead of another ShotForShotRemake like the previous two games. And then it getting revealed alongside an English release of the ''original'' game, ensuring that English-speaking fans wouldn't "miss" anything from a more ambitious re-imagining of the game, just pushed things even further.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Any of the many, many boss themes.

* DemonicSpiders: Near the end of the game, there are a number of enemies that are essentially the mook version of some of the playable characters' final classes, and each of them can utilize the tech that the player class has. For example, the Nightblade can use Split-Image Slice (like Hawkeye's Nightblade class), and the Bloody Wolf can use Suzaku Sky Dance (like Kevin's Dervish class). These techniques are full-screen and can easily wipe out the entire party if they are at low health. This is a significant contributor to why fans are so fond of the Star Lancer and Night Blade classes, as both have the ability to silence enemies, preventing these attacks from being used.
** Others include the aptly named Death Machines and nigh unbeatable packs of multi-healing Silver Wolves.
** Shadow Zeros take the cake, though. They copy your characters down to the last stat point, and they're affected by the same HealthDamageAsymmetry as your party, which lets them deal boss-killing damage to your party's still PC-level health. And it only gets worse if you used [[NoFairCheating cheats]] or LevelGrinding to strengthen your party past what they should have by then.

** SelfFanservice: In half the art her figure is shown to be on par with Angela's (who recieves a startling low amount of fanart, contrast the similarly fanservicey Tifa)
* EvenBetterSequel: To ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana''. The game improves on the original game's graphics and mechanics, and manages a soundtrack of comparable brilliance with even more songs. It's also longer and far outstrips its predecessor in terms of replay value due to the fact that it takes at least three playthroughs to see even ''most'' of the game's content, and the presence of six playable characters and the class change system introduces literally thousands of possible final party combinations. Oh, and did we mention it features some of the absolute best sprite work on the SNES? There is a sizeable contingent of fans that regards this games as one of Square's finest achievements during the 16-bit era.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Trying to enter Duran's house with both Duran and Angela in the party grants you the following conversation (along these lines):
-->'''Duran:''' Let's skip this one house, it's mine. I promised not to return until [[spoiler:I defeated Koren]].
-->'''Angela:''' Aw, I wanted to see your room. But if you're hiding anything, like your [[PornStash porn collection]], I understand.

** Infiltrating the Corobokkle Village with Hawkeye.

** If Hawkeye is your main character, you'll get this speech upon [[spoiler: Trying to exit the Mana Holyland]]
--> '''Hawkeye:''' Deathjester! Are you the one who [[spoiler: abducted the faerie?]]
--> '''Deathjester:''' Oh, heavens no! If I had, I wouldn't be lollygagging around here! I'd be waiting behind you in ambush, preparing to take you with the element of surprise!
--> '''Hawkeye:''' Hmm, should we walk back out, come in again and pretend you're not here...?
** The Official Translation gives Carlie/Charlotte ElmerFuddSyndrome, and it is never not funny.

** There are some who consider Byzel's black market a GameBreaker itself, as the items purchasable potentially render many classes almost entirely redundant.
** Tossing a Dark-oriented Hawkeye and a Light-oriented Riesz(with Nightblade/Star Lancer being probably the most broken of the bunch) in the same party makes most of the game's second-half bosses a joke. Riesz can buff the party, while Hawkeye debuffs the bosses, effectively neutering their damage output. If the third character knows sabre magic, most boss fights will end in under a minute.

** Porobin Hoods. '''Dart!!!'''

** If you choose Charlotte or Kevin as the main character, much later in the game, you have Death Machines which almost always reduces the entire party's defense making even weak enemies dangerous and stronger ones downright mortal.

** Excepting stat buffs and debuffs, the StandardStatusEffects (specifically, Poison, [[BalefulPolymorph Moogle, Chibikko (shrink)]], [[TakenForGranite Petrification]], and Silence) don't stack with one another - the most recent one takes precedence. During the course of the plot, you get an item called the Chibikko Hammer, which either inflicts or cures the Chibikko status on your party. So, if a party member gets hit with one of the other statuses, two hits from the hammer (once to Chibikko them, and once to cure it) will get rid of it without having to use any status curing items or spells.
** It's not clear whether it's intentional or not, but the Evil Shaman's anti-magic spell will, in addition to dispelling status buffs, cause enemies that absorb certain elements to no longer do that.

* HolyShitQuotient: The game's sheer appearance in a Nintendo Direct at the time of E3 2019 shot its quotient up to unheard-of heights for the ''VideoGame/WorldOfMana'' franchise. Not only was the original game finally officially localized for English-speaking countries after spending over two decades with no word on it ever being officially released in English, the localized version would be released on the very day of the Direct as part of [[CompilationRerelease the Mana Collection]]. On top of that, a full-on 3D remake was announced in the same Direct that would also be localized.
* MisBlamed: No, the game was not [[NoExportForYou kept in Japan]] because of ''VideoGame/SecretOfEvermore'' - its late release date as well as the amount of [[GameBreakingBug work it would]] [[GoodBadBugs take to get the game ready]] for an international release would have been too costly to produce and likely put the game's release date well after the Nintendo 64 and Playstation were out.

** Bill and Ben, Ludgar, and Darkshine Knight all qualify. To put it in perspective, Darkshine Knight will counter offensive magic (and conveniently enough, one of the two who have to fight him is a mage) with a full-party hitting attack. He can also pull them off without getting provoked. Two of these in a row ''will'' destroy your party unless you're over-leveled.
** Lugar during the first visit to Moonreading Tower may come as a nasty surprise to players who likes to abuse Level 2 Techs. He reacts to these techs with one of his own and once he closes to death [[TurnsRed he starts using all-party variations of said attacks]] and potentially in succession if the player is careless meaning he can cause a party wipe faster than a recovery item can be thrown.
** Dolan and Zable Fahr are considered the most difficult of the eight God-Beasts. The former because aside from his all-round power, has a strong attack the temporarily reduces the party's max HP in addition to inflicting massive damage. With the latter, it has really strong attacks in addition to hitting the party with de-buff spells, and has the instant death spell that will kill a party member they are at a lower level than it, and odds are they will be. Thankfully, Zable Fahr has fairly low HP. Even the final class change of the game comes right before the battle, Zable Fahr is still regarded as the hardest of the God-Beasts.
** [[spoiler:Heath]]. Oh damn, '''[[spoiler:Heath]]''' is a nightmare! Most fans agree that even if the Dark Lich is the easiest FinalBoss, he's got the hardest penultimate boss. Not only is he a cross-class cleric/mage, he has improbable amounts of health, he knows debuff spells against your entire party which render your fighters invalid, can heal and knows all darkness spells, all light spells ''and'' three of the four possible summons for Riesz, which are all party-wide heavy damage in addition to inflicting mute (Marduke), poison (Jormungand), or Chibikko (Freya). That is why it is commonly advised against choosing Charlotte or Kevin as the main hero just because of how hard this one fight is.
** Koren can be made a joke by using a gimmick[[note]]Using Matango Oil or Hawkeye's magic (as Wanderer) Counter Magic will render 90% of his spells useless.[[/note]], but chances are you won't know that and will be bombarded by several magic spells with varying degrees of power cast from a ''very'' swift magician that uses FlashStep to get away from you all the time and can take inordinate amounts of punishment.
* ThatOneLevel: Moonreading Tower. It doesn't help that [[ThatOneBoss the boss of it is pretty damn hard]].

* AntiClimaxBoss: The Dark Lich is the easiest of the final bosses owing mostly to the fact it's a slow moving wall of health that fires off spells on occasion, compared to the Archdemon or Dragon Emperor who pose more of a threat.

* FanNickname: Any team that doesn't include any healing ability is referred to as a "suicide team," because any mistake can lead to a party wipe. [[DifficultButAwesome They're also tremendously fun to play]], because a lack of healing (usually through taking Dark classes) also means a lot of debuff spells and high damage output, leading to quick deaths both ways.

** Bill and Ben, Lugar, and Darkshine Knight all qualify. To put it in perspective, Darkshine Knight will counter offensive magic (and conveniently enough, one of the two who have to fight him is a mage) with a full-party hitting attack. He can also pull them off without getting provoked. Two of these in a row ''will'' destroy your party unless you're over-leveled.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: After the disappointment that was the remake of the [[VideoGame/SecretOfMana second game]], many fans rejoiced when Square-Enix announced a full fledged remake of the third game built from the ground up instead of another ShotForShotRemake like the previous two games. And then it getting revealed alongside an English release of the ''original'' game, ensuring that English-speaking fans wouldn't "miss" anything from a more ambitious re-imagining of the game.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: After the disappointment that was the remake of the [[VideoGame/SecretOfMana second game]], many fans rejoiced when Square-Enix announced a full fledged remake of the third game built from the ground up instead of another ShotForShotRemake like the previous two games.

* HolyShitQuotient: The game's sheer appearance at a Nintendo Direct at E3 2019 shot its quotient up to unheard-of heights for the ''VideoGame/WorldOfMana'' franchise. Not only was the original game finally officially localized for English-speaking countries after spending over two decades with no word on it ever being officially released in English, a full-on 3D remake was announced in the same Direct that would also be localized.