A Needlessly Historical Look at Sword of Mana

"Where did ya come from, where did ya go?" Sword of Mana is a really interesting game in the Seiken Densetsu lineage, specifically for learning from its predecessors, trying new things, and functioning more than adequately as a GBA action rpg. Its aesthetics, gameplay, and story are all relevant to the Mana series writ-large, so we're inquiring further, more than I usually do, into the history of Mana. Also I talk about Hiro Isono, Romantic era art and other fun stuff. I never really got over Mana, and way back when I covered the games I totally ignored Sword of Mana. It fell through the cracks, so I dredged the thing back up. This is a much more "mature" and "sensible" look at the Mana games for the crymads that hate when I take my pitch up a notch and have a giggle. Try screaming sometime, you know, Patrick said it best and he was right. No need to tearfully whine about "thuh yoochewber" when you're having a bad day, take that crap to league of legends. You know who you are. If you'd like to help support the show, find me at this link: https://www.patreon.com/kbash?fan_lan... Affiliate link: Check out Total Play, a gaming retailer near me @ totalplay.ca/discount/KBASH Enter Discount " KBASH " at checkout for 10% your order. Good until December 2022! *note that I'm not changing my thumbnail structure, I just couldn't make my style work with what I was trying to convey about the video being different, so I experimented with something more conventional. Back on my usual grind soon - see ya then 0:00 Historicizing About Mana 09:34 Intro to Sword 13:12 Mana's Aesthetics 19:38 Talkin' Gameplay 27:07 Sword Story 41:44 Finisher #seikendensetsu #mana #kbash