Secret of Mana - Landing zones explanation

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United States Erifellen
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Published on ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyCi-yQDrtU


Game:
Secret of Mana (1993)
Duration: 18:39
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Photosensitivity warning: The game uses a strobe effect when landing on the Mana Fortress early! Use caution around 11:42 to 11:49 and 12:17 to 12:23.

I got curious about how the game decides where you end up when you land Flammie, and this demonstrates some of the more interesting results. The later parts of the video use a modified copy of the game that allows landing on virtually any tile, so we can see where a number of landing zones that would normally be unusable go.

00:00 - Overview
02:54 - Strange desert landing zone
03:55 - Ice Country zoning oddity
05:55 - But what if you could land anywhere?
06:45 - Upper Land forest zones
08:10 - Northtown infests the continent?
09:26 - Shortcut to the sage
11:24 - Mana Fortress zones
14:23 - Strange desert zone explained
16:13 - There's only one Wood Temple (Tree Palace) exterior
17:12 - And only one Mana Holyland (Pureland) landing spot!

Peninsula of Power explanation: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Peninsula_of_Power

I've posted charts of all the landing zones on my website as part of an update that occurred after initially posting this video. Link: http://kwhazit.infinityfreeapp.com/trans/sd2/landing.html

The map comparison screenshots seen towards the end of the video were taken in Mop's Secret of Mana Editor, which I also used to check landing zone data ahead of time. Though still incomplete and apparently not currently in active development, the editor remains available at: https://somedit.blogspot.com/



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