A fun game, but it lacks real Mana power.
User Rating: 6.8 | Seiken Densetsu DS: Children of Mana DS
I wasn't sure what to expect with this game. What I didn't get was a Secret of Mana type game. You have a hometown, get a quest/sidequest from there, and then choose your destination and you are magically there. Then you fight within a dungeon, finish your quest, and you go back to your hometown. The game could have been better with a worldmap to allow for wandering. The magic system was lame as well. You can only use one out of eight magic classes and if you level up your magic, your physical attacks will suffer greatly. I only played the game through with one character, and you are given the option of 4, I can only assume each is slightly different and it wouldn't change the game much. Despite all its problems, it took me a decent amount of time to beat and was fun enough that I didn't put it down. If you are looking for a great game, this isn't it, but its fun enough to play if you are a fan of the series.
