History VideoGame / FinalFantasyAdventure

* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: While Watts is a bit more proactive than his brethren, he's no different (charging you for goods in the middle of the dungeon you agreed to help him with).

* InterchangeableAntimatterKeys
** Mattocks, used for clearing rocks, are similar, but the [[EpicFlail morningstar]] obtained late in the game makes them obsolete.

* PointOfNoReturn: Tower of Dime. Hint: stock up on keys before you go.
* RobotBuddy: Marcie, in the Tower of Dime.

* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: Watts might be the physical incarnation of this trope - see below.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Julius turns out to be the game's BigBad.]]

Originally a GaidenGame for the [[RunningGag pigs-flyingly popular]] ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series, it instead became the first game in the ''WorldOfMana'' series. This is why there are several elements of the former series (like chocobos, moogles, and a standard inventory system) present while several of the latter (cannon travel, mana spirits) are absent - many of the latter weren't actually introduced until ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana''.

It eventually received a VideoGameRemake as ''SwordOfMana'', with an updated story and updating the setting to remove the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' elements.

This game has examples of:

* NeverSayDie: Averted '''hard''' for a Nintendo game, a Game Boy game released in 1991 nonetheless (during the iron-fisted censorship happy era for Nintendo). Were Nintendo's censors' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar radars]] off or something?

Originally a GaidenGame for the [[RunningGag pigs-flyingly popular]] ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series, it instead became the first game in the ''WorldOfMana'' series. This is why there are several elements of the former series (like chocobos, moogles, and a standard inventory system) present while several of the latter (cannon travel, mana spirits) are absent - many of the latter weren't actually introduced until ''SecretOfMana''.

* ChargedAttack: There's a meter at the bottom of the screen that automatically charges; the amount of charge determines how much power your attack or spell has. Moreover, choosing to improve your Will score upon level up increases its speed - by the end of the game, the meter fills up so fast, your max charge attacks go from AwesomeButImpractical to AwesomeButPractical.

** [[spoiler: It is implied that the parents of the sequel, SecretofMana, are the hero and heroine of this game. However, in this game, the heroine became the Mana Tree before any serious relationship happened so how the birthing happened is anyone's guess]].

* EvilSorcerer: Julius

* TheVirus: Medusa's poison works like this... poor Amanda.

** ** [[spoiler: it is implied that the parents of the sequel, [[Secret of Mana]], are the hero and heroine of this game. However, in this game, the heroine became the Mana Tree before any serious relationship happened so how the birthing happened is anyone's guess]].

* ICannotSelfTerminate: Amanda can't while undergoing her curse... compounding the PlayerPunch below because ''you'' have to kill her.

* DroneJam: Averted, if an NPC is in your way, you can simply [[MurderIsTheBestSolution kill]] them

** Mattocks, used for clearing rocks, are similar, but the morningstar obtained late in the game makes them obsolete.

* FridgeHorror: The heroine is [[LastOfHisKind the sole surviving member of the Mana Tribe]] and the ''only one left'' eligible to become the Mana Tree. [[spoiler:She actually ''has'' to become the tree after the final battle, despite her falling in love with the hero]]. Keep in mind that the Mana Tree is the source of all peace and life in that world, and did I mention she's the last of her race?

** The map is on a grid, and eventually you can travel around on the sea when you get a chocobo. There is one(maybe more) square on the map in which there is no land at all, just sea. Do not save here and turn off the game, as when you start it back up, you can't start riding the chocobo, so there has to some land for you to stand on. Otherwise, the game will just crash and you have to restart your file.

* DroneJam: [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential Brutally]] averted, if an NPC is in your way, you can simply [[MurderIsTheBestSolution kill]] them

Originally a GaidenGame for the [[RunningGag pigs-flyingly popular]] ''FinalFantasy'' series, it instead became the first game in the ''WorldOfMana'' series. This is why there are several elements of the former series (like chocobos, moogles, and a standard inventory system) present while several of the latter (cannon travel, mana spirits) are absent - many of the latter weren't actually introduced until ''SecretOfMana''.

It eventually received a VideoGameRemake as ''SwordOfMana'', with an updated story and updating the setting to remove the ''FinalFantasy'' elements.

* DragonWithAnAgenda: Julius. [[spoiler: Eventually DragonAscendant.]]

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* {{Unwinnable}}: If you save and leave the game at certain points while out of keys, you can load and be stuck between two locked doors with no way out.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The hero, after losing just about everything, finally defeats Julius, but the Mana Tree dies after the battle. The heroine, as the sole surviving member of the Mana Tribe, must stay and become the new tree, and the hero is the sole Gemma Knight left to protect her. Sure the land is at peace, but remember, the heroine [[FridgeHorror is the only one left who can become the object that keeps the world stable.]] And all of this is set to possibly the saddest and most beautiful 8-bit music in existence. ''God damn.''

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The hero, after losing just about everything, finally defeats Julius, but the Mana Tree dies after the battle. The heroine, as the sole surviving member of the Mana Tribe, must stay and become the new tree, and the hero is the sole Gemma Knight left to protect her. Sure the land is at peace, but remember, the heroine [[FridgeHorror is the only one left who can become the object that keeps the world stable.]] ''Sadder still,'' the girl's mother (the previous tree) even ''urges'' her to love and live with the hero.]] And all of this is set to possibly the saddest and most beautiful 8-bit music in existence. ''God damn.''

* NiceHat: Since he's a monochrome PaletteSwap of the red mage from ''FinalFantasyIII'', the disguised Julius also has his famous Pimp Hat. Betrayal has never looked so stylin'.

It eventually received a VideoGameRemake as ''SwordOfMana'', with an updated story and updating the setting to remove the ''FinalFantasy'' elements. [[YourMileageMayVary This had mixed results]], particularly with the story changes.