Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1823 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Square Enix
• Released on: 2007-09-13
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Platform: Nintendo DS

Customer Reviews

OK, Could Of Been Better Though
I've always been a fan of Square-Enix RPG's what with the Final Fantasy and Star Ocean series' which have always sustained my fantasy adventurer side. With the Mana series It's always been a bit of a hit and miss, the first Mana game I ever played was the PS1 classic Legend Of Mana it was a beautiful game with its hand painted-looking scenery and a hoard of colourful characters. Heroes of Mana for me just falls short, it does again have a whole host of cool,funny characters but the main flaw of this is the gameplay, the real-time strategy could have been developed a bit better, as someone has already said the fights can be very slow, almost unbearable. Alot of the elements of the game reminded me of Command & Conquer with the resourse gathering, but with Rabite's instead (which is actually quite cute).The good points are that the story is very solid and the dialogue is outstanding, but I wouldn't go any further than that.I do recommend this game to the hardcore 'Mana' fans but for anyone else I'd give this one a miss and opt for Children of Mana instead.

Graphics: 4/10

Story: 9/10

Gameplay: 3/10

Extras: 4/10

Heroes of Mana DS
I bought this game because I normally enjoy the Mana RPGs and did not realise this one was different- it wasn't very obvious from the "blurb". If your reason for considering this game is the same as mine you may want to think again. This is a strategy game involving the gathering of resources, building and deployment of gatherer and fighter units, etc. I found it painfully slow and laborious, despite the story and varying characters. This may well be my own fault, since the game was not what I'd expected, however I would advise you to think carefully unless you're a fan of this genre- and maybe even then!

Amazing Fantasy game!
this game is a amazing i spent 4 hours playing this when i first got it. it lets your mind run riot in a huge game of fantasy and adventure very like final fantasy 3 it spands many charecters in the game.