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What was the game you were the most patient for? (lemmy.world)
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How long have you waited to get it? Was it worth it?

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[–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Secret of Mana 2, when I was a kid in the 90'. I knew back then it was released in Japan, and I was waiting for it in Europe. … and it never happened. 😂 I think I've seen they finally translated it recently, as a retrogame, but hey, my tastes and priorities changed a bit in 30 years.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    That's actually the third in the series (Seiken Densetsu 3) and also known as Trials of Mana, released in Japan in 1995. A fan translation was actually completed in 1999 and kinda big news so you could have played it way back then if you were able to run a ROM patch. But the official translation to English wasn't released until 2019.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    Oh yeah, indeed, there was Mystic Quest (the european name for the first game) before. Although, it was such a different beast it's only with Wikipedia later that I discovered the two games were related.

    A fan translation was actually completed in 1999 and kinda big news so you could have played it way back then if you were able to run a ROM patch

    Oh really? Nice, I missed that. But well, I didn't speak English either back then, so it probably wouldn't have helped. :)

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