Final Fantasy Adventure, known in Europe as Mystic Quest and originally released in Japan as Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden, is a Final Fantasy spinoff and the first game in the Mana series. Released in 1991 on the original Game Boy, its gameplay is roughly similar to that of the original The Legend of Zelda game, but with the addition of role-playing statistical elements.
The story follows the hero and the young heroine as they attempt to...
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Final Fantasy Adventure, known in Europe as Mystic Quest and originally released in Japan as Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden, is a Final Fantasy spinoff and the first game in the Mana series. Released in 1991 on the original Game Boy, its gameplay is roughly similar to that of the original The Legend of Zelda game, but with the addition of role-playing statistical elements.
The story follows the hero and the young heroine as they attempt to thwart the Dark Lord of Glaive (Shadow Knight in the Japanese version) and his sorcerer assistant Julius from destroying the Tree of Mana and dooming their world. The game was met with generally positive reviews, noting its strong story but faulting its shaky dialogue, possibly due to the English translation.
The gameplay is similar to the original Legend of Zelda for the NES: the world is viewed from a top-down camera angle, it is divided up into many different squares that can fit on the screen, and the main character can move up, down,...
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