The Let's Play Archive

Secret of Mana

by Ryushikaze, QB

Part 36: Take the Old Lady as a Human Shield!

Miz Kriss, you should be proud that your name inspired revolution across this fictional land! Take up arms and fight!

Critic of the Dawn posted:

I played this game to death as a kid myself.

Regarding that wonderful bug you found, I am pretty sure that it probably is exclusive to multiplayer. My theory is that being frostied temporarily disables player 1's inputs, and when you enter a cutscene the game needs input from player 1 to continue. This actually can't happen in single player, as your inputs are disabled when you are frostied so you can't actually transition between maps.

Also, I may have giggled just a bit at the following:

Oh look, an inn!
Good, we need to rest. Don't save though! It's not like anything is going to go horribly horribly wrong!

soon...



later...

I sure am glad we got past that sewer level without the game collapsing spectacularly this time!
Yeah, that was a huge pain, especially having to re-purchase and equip all that gear!
Check out this expensive tiger stuff which we have to sell all our old stuff to even afford!
Hey, cool! Oh look, an inn!
No time for that! Dungeon NOW! It's not like anything is going to go horribly horribly wrong... again!

You may rest easy, Critic, for indeed, nothing goes horribly wrong this episode! We retreat to take better stock of our situation and improve our chances of survival. You know, with supplies.

Episode 35 - Take the Old Lady as a Human Shield!