Though Square never brought Seiken Densetsu 3, Secret of Mana's sequel (which itself was a follow-up to Final Fantasy Adventure), to the states, a fan translation project provided gamers with a localization ROM patch in 2000, five years after its release in Japan. Even with just an unofficial translation, the cooperative ARPG is widely acclaimed by those who've played it, some even claiming it as the Mana series' apex.
As fun as Seiken Densetsu 3 is, the Super Nintendo experience just doesn't seem "authentic" unless you're playing the game with the original rounded controllers on hardware yellowed with age. This auction on eBay plays on that sentiment, offering up a "Secret of Mana 2" set which includes the patched game on an SNES cart, a mocked-up box, and an English-translated instruction booklet.
Everything about its production screams "bootleg," and counterfeit releases like these can never be trusted for their quality or reliability, but that hasn't stopped bidders from running its auction price up to $300 with 15 hours still left on the clock!
[Via GameSniped]
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9-18-2007 @ 7:35PM
gajolo said...
Nsider, the Nintendo forums, was closed. I'm TOAD_DS from there, incase anyone from Nsider reads this.
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9-18-2007 @ 9:46PM
Michael said...
I can't believe they close the nsider forums... Not that I used them.
But I can't believe that "official" resource is gone...
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9-18-2007 @ 11:07PM
Hollywood Ron said...
If they release an English translation for the virtual console, I'll be the happiest person alive. SD3 is one of my favorite games ever.
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9-19-2007 @ 12:18AM
Capn Safety said...
If you take a look at the back of the boxart, there is a notice that says it only works with a pal system, not US or Famicom(obviously).
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9-19-2007 @ 12:29AM
Ruben said...
"6 playables characters"
"1up to 2 players"
Wow, Chinese knockoff much?
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9-19-2007 @ 12:50AM
swordofyosho said...
You guys wanna know how to do it? its pretty easy if you have soldering skills and also an eprom programmer.. which I don't..
http://snesdev.romhack.de/som2.htm
will someone make me one please?
:)
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9-19-2007 @ 5:33AM
stummies said...
Oh, how I want it :(
Feel the yearn.
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9-20-2007 @ 1:45AM
romosome said...
Yes, but does it have the 3-player patch?
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11-25-2007 @ 11:05AM
SD3_Fan said...
Instead of "Secret of Evermore," Square -SHOULD'VE- given us SEIKEN DENSETSU 3 (Secret of Mana 2). SoE only bears resemblance to SoM because of the Ring Menu, aside from that they're UNRELATED. Its original title was just "Evermore" but they decided to put "Secret Of" in it to attatch it to a popular franchise, much the way they'd done by calling the first Seiken on the B&W Gameboy "Final Fantasy Adventure" but with Wii's Virtual Console, perhaps now this injustice can be resolved... go to Wii Forum and POST!
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