One of the first true Action RPGs. In this game, you attempt to stop the events that sent the land into a deep war that nearly whiped out the planet from happening again, and you do this by taking the sword of the past champion, the Mana Sword, and attempting to stop the forces of darkness from removing the power of the elements and distroying the one true power keeping the planet alive, the Mana tree. The game is very colorful, cute, and action packed. You use the sword, and other weapons you pick up along the way to fight off a assortment of cute and creepy monsters, using weapons increases their level, which lets you charge them for powerful atacks. You eventualy work with two others, one who uses support magic, and one that uses attack magic. The game is fun to play and the various spots in the game each have their own feel and style. There is just one problem with the game, and thats the basic world set up. Its easy to get lost and sometimes its hard to know where you need to go next or how to get there. Rather then having a world map you can navigate, you use cannons to shoot yourself from one spot to anouther, and eventualy get a dragon to fly you around, but who can only drop you off in paticular areas. This aside, its a fun game to play and a great look at the start of Action RPGs.