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  • This actually isn't a bad party. Not at all. It feels a bit strange having Duran play the role of healer. But Hawk's Jutsus work well in synergy both with Angela AND with Duran. But in a party like this I'd make Angela into a Grand Divina and crank her STR all the way up to 17, so she can do some physical fighting when she's trying to conserve MP.

    Either that or take the Rune Master since it's excellent on this storyline...

  • Oh yeah, I also prefer Ninja Master over Nightblade, so you can debuff all enemies simultaneously.

  • I'd have to say arch demon is the hardest out of all three final bosses.

  • song is obviously the oracle remixed

  • i dont know why, but somehow dark lich reminds me of thanatos and the dragon of the mana beast, the real villian is for me the dark prince

  • dare I say I enjoyed this more than Secret of Mana?? Just beat this like 10 minutes ago. So EPIC!! Dare I say fucking BEST GAME EVER. Wow, I'm kinda sad it's over :"(

  • @ghiblix2 That's nothing to do with Enix, rather both SquareSoft and Enix were masterful 'back in the day'. The merger revolved around SquareSoft management's changes to their selling approach.

  • I think this boss was the weakest. The strongest was the Archdemon, then the Dark Lich and finally the Dragon Emperor

    Anyway, with Secret of Mana 1 and Secret of Evermore, this was one the best RPGs ever made.

  • I know about the Dragon Emperor and the Archdemon, but what is the 3rd final boss?

  • @r4shka Dark Lich

  • It always puzzled me as to why a Light Dark class would have higher Spirit and stronger Holy magic than a Light Light class. Also the fact that she has Rainbow which consists of the "Basic 4" elements, but the Grand Divina is better at Basic 4 magic.

    I love the Archmage's sprite colors and the Rainbow spell is beautiful. Now if only she had an extra point in the Strength stats!

  • Dragon Emperor main danger is he has TWO massive damage spells.

    Flare AND Ancient.

    Dark Lich only uses Ancient, and I think Archdemon only has Catastrophe.

    Archdemon is better defensively, so he takes longer to kill though.

    Dark Lich....just sorta...floats there while you smack the hell out of him.

  • @SonofAbel Dark Lich also has Death Ecstasy which is just as powerful as Ancient. But he's still a piece of cake compared to the other two.

  • Why can't i fight this boss ?

    once i have arrived to his finale line, a cutscene with the weird turtle start and then the game black out.

    i know the cutscene isn't supposed to happen so how come ?

  • omg 5:07 similar like triforce

  • A giant wiggling sneak head, breakdancing sprites, and inventory screen after inventory screen...

  • @bulbinking ...making up one of the most amazing games you will ever see or play ;)

  • First time I get to fight Dragon Emperor I didn't get the 3rd classes, mainly because I had no freaking clue of how, and he didn't stop throwing high level spells at me.

    I did win, but wasting every single recovery item and almost all of Carlie's MP... It was the best battle of the game, though.

  • How do you switch beetwen characters so fast? When I usa an item - let's say round drop I can't do anything (attack or something, surely can't open item menu) until round drop is used. How?!

  • @SpekkioRoach You have someone else throw the round drop.

  • it was in my experience that the damage specialists like Hawk and Angela are best suited for the dark/dark class, Duran has better healing power as his light/light class.

    so keep Duran spamming heals, Angela spamming spells, and Hawk unloading, that works for me, though you're best making sure you have at least one healer in your roster, the first time I played I had all damage dealers, and I ended up using my items too quickly, beat the final boss just barely.

  • @RAPTOR948 I usually make my Duran a Swordmaster, just because of the elemental imbue spells that he can possess, that or a Duelist, because of a high damage output. I've found Hawk to be best as a Master Ninja, because of a high damage output and a very powerful tech attack (I've leveled every single character to maximum form, beat all 3 final bosses and obtained all final level equipment for all characters). Kevin as a Death Hand class is the most solid choice for a damage role.

  • angela sure knows how to vibrate her staff O_O

  • isn't this overleveled ?

  • @strouze I think not.

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  • @PsychoBurgundy2 I had great hopes for the NDS. but it looks like SE totally forgot this game. Probably one of the best rpgs for SNES. [ 1)CT 2) SD3 3)SoM for me ]

  • @PsychoBurgundy2 i agree with you, but don't forget they are called squarenix... they are tard now. maybe 10 years ago.

  • why is it called Seiken Densetsu 3? I cant even find parts 1-2 so whay was it called that? this is just Secret of Mana 2 right?

  • @GANTZ100pts Seiken Densetsu 1 is called Sword of Mana in the remake, but originally it was release as a final fantasy title, Secret of Mana is Seiken Densetsu 2, then came this one

  • Power up on Angela? What for?

  • This music is just sooooooo cool. Love it! <3

  • why is the game using english?

  • @ghiblix2

    Actually, one of the reasons the game never came stateside (in spite of plans to do so) was because there were numerous bugs that strongly affected the game balance, although they did not make the game unplayable. The annoyance of these bugs was compounded by the same reason the game was able to overcome the SNES' graphical limitations: the game's data was heavily compressed. This compression made it difficult to fix anything, so they ended up canning the English translation.

  • im liking the music :D

  • Does anyone know of similar games to this? A sort of 2d action rpg?

  • How about they remake this game and bring it to America for PSN and XBLA? Sounds good? i mean, the kids could really see a glimpse of the golden age of RPGs. Not to say that the RPGs that are out now are rubbish, but this is good compared to the stuff Square brought out with Enix.

  • @HurricaneSaku I am pretty sure that's a good idea. But I doubt it will happen... I always wished to let it happened.

  • @ghiblix2 I wouldn't blame you if you dislike Square-Enix. In my opinion, Squaresoft is better than Square-Enix. Squaresoft creates a unique video games in the 90s. RIght now, Square-Enix makes crappy video games or such. I like this game first and the second is Chrono Trigger.

  • 'saint' beam from the dragon?

    the dragon is evil, why name one of its skill 'saint' lol

    it's a bad dragon !!

  • @Parkjisung91 Kind of odd, yeah, but seeing as the Dragon has gained skills from the Sword of Mana, it's not that weird

  • lol? why it was so bad to combine square and enix? seiken densetsu 3 sux, u see, u can only spam, theres no fun in the KS....

    look @ FF, then u can say that they only do sh1t or not xD

  • @BurialRabbit you DO realize that this game AND FF were both produced by squaresoft before the merger with enix, ya? and that the merger took place in 2003, the same year as final fantast 11 was released (enix had nothing to do with the planning). and what good games have square enix come out with since 2003? final fantasy X-2? the only games that have been successful since the merger have been kingdom hearts (square 2002, before merger) and remakes of old squaresoft titles. see a pattern?

  • @BurialRabbit final fantasy is the same shit mixed over and over but with more 0es.

  • @ghiblix2

    You also gotta remember that Sqaure basically destroyed itself financially making The Spirits within and when Sony was about to swoop in and take them over (because one of their biggest debtors was Sony), another Debtor, Enix said "We'll take you over so you can make more shitty games for other platforms." That allowed them to make stuff like Crystal Chronicles and shit for Nintendo. Had Sony taken them over, CC would never have happened (or only have been a PS2 exclusive).

  • Having hard time to kill the god-beasts. But it's my fav rpg game of all time.

  • @ghiblix2

    Enix wasn't any part of that. I coudl say the same thing abotu Square adding all those crazy graphics to Dragon Quest just to up sales. They both equally screwed each other in that deal. Now, they are trying to ruin Estopolis.

  • wow. i've never heard of this. thanks for letting me see what i've missed.

  • @ghiblix2

    *Pops in FF13*

    Me: WTF is this shiz?!

  • @ghiblix2 Today S-E now has an audience, and I think that now S-E thinks that they need to 'perform' for that audience, and all you get is a craptastic load of fine visuals, flashy characters, and a title that basically says:

    "Hey, remember me from 15 years ago when I was actually good? Want to see if I'm still good today?"

    Me: "OH! S-E! I remember ya! Didn't you make Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, FF 6,7,8, & 9 with Square, and Dragon Warrior/Quest with Enix! This should be good!"

  • CMON DURAN AVENGE YOUR FATHER!!!!

  • u should choose the grapler one instead of hawk

  • I remeber playing this game back in 1998, on a computer, good times.

  • My team was Kevin=death hand=overpowered. Duran=Swordmaster=pretty good. Carlie=Evil shaman=useless.

  • @MrJerkkeri carlie is the great healer with fucking good spells.

    I bet you spammed heal light like crazy and never even cared. She's very good at what she does, which is in fact healing.

  • @ChronoPhoenix Yeah, she has good healing spells, but his attack/summoning spells are poor, so i made a mistake when i choose her class change. Usually my team is:Kevin, Hawk & Duran/Lise, and the boss battles will be over in no time with prober use of sword magic and status boost...

  • I don't recommend hawk like light class char it's a bit useless better for him Ninja Master or Nightblade. For Duran classes like Swordmaster (Vacuum Sword), Paladin(Flashing Sword), Duelist (Eruption Sword). Kevin Death Hand (with Seiyruu death fist), Warrior Monk, God Hand (Byakako Shockwave). Carlie: Bishop, Necromancer. Lise: Fenrir Knight, Dragon Master. Angela: Grand Diviner, Magus (Ancient), Rune Master (Death Spell). Hawk Ninja Master Nightblade

  • duran/angela dragon emperor, hawk/lise archdemon, kevin/carlie Dark Lich

  • Where can I found the "Wolf Devil Oil" ?

  • hey i actually managed to win this game to. i was so happy. then my save got deleted:( and i lost this game and never found it again

  • heyyyyy i picked those characters with duran storyline

  • Only ever played this on a ROM and never actually beat it. Is it the same final boss no matter what people you choose?

    My main person was the thief guy. My second was the sword guy, and my third was the spear girl.

    (It's been almost ten years since I played so that's all I remember)

  • hawk (theif) always get archdemon(hardest boss)

  • to all who read this, I need some input...I've started a new game on Secret of Mana 2, and I'm using Hawk, Duran and Kevin; however I can't decide what classes I should make then...can anyone tell me some class combinations that would be good and would work well together?

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  • Hawk-Nightblade Kevin-Death Hand if you want power God Hand if you want pressure point :} Duran- Swordmaster for all saber *needed for final boss

  • @cloudmaster220 it's funny you mention that combination, that's what I did for my first run-through with Hawk, Duran, and Kevin (I had Kevin as a god-hand) great combination, I loved it. but I already made my final class changes...I made Duran a Paladin, Kevin a Dervish, and Hawk a Wanderer. Thanks anyway though =D

  • @InsaneDrunkenAngel well, a nice composition would be having a debuffer (- enemies) and a buffer (+ allies) and an huge dmg dealer. This sounds sexy.

    So I would choose the Ninja Master (great spells with great debuffs, very very good)

    and the Sword Master (choosing the opposite element is always a great buff. ) Give those advantages to Kevin in his most gruesome form, The Death Hand, can snuff away anyone.

  • Damn just thinking about this game gives me a huge stiffy. This game rules! Way better than the first Secret of Mana.

  • Possibly one of the most beautiful pixel games of ALL TIME.

  • in my team i had duran as main ,lise and hawk but i guess i should have had an mage or something like that but i like these 3 the most.

  • well to be fair hawk can EASILY play the role of an offensive magic user so I would say that's a pretty good combination

  • probably but it was kinda more of my own preference as to characters i guess in regards of story and design.

  • Kevin was a freakin beast in this game. I mean that damage output during the werewolf form...

  • 00:53

    TASTE THE RAINBOW, BITCH!^^

    but I think your team is weird.

    Duran as Lord can only use 1 usefull spell (heal light) and I'm not sure if he can use it on the whole party.

    Angela as an Arch Mage is a good choice

    but I'm also unsure of Hawk's qualitys as a Nightblade...

    that was your team, right?

  • actually, that the only thing about the Lord, he can multitarget the spells

    and hawk as a NightBlade is amazing to reduce boss stats (including his HP for a quicker victory)

  • He can MT it, and the Paladin can't so I think Lord was a good choice. I'm using the same characters as him, only I'm going for Grand Divina and Rogue with the Lord, because the Grand Divina has a cooler spell (I think) than her other classes, and the Rogue has INSANE vitality... I have to say, I'm not a fan of the Nightblade =S. I just can't really find a use for his Jutsus. I'm more of a fan of stat ups than stat downs, and I prefer single techs over MT so...

  • Well, I like a combo of both. In my team I have Hawk as Master Ninja Angela as... something on the dark side (didn't play in a long time now so I forgot, but I think it was Magus) and Lise as a Valkyrie.

    So I can both stat up my team, and stat down my opponents. Realy usefull.^^

    I'm aiming for the Archdemon by the way.

  • @kauyun You can target all with heal-light, it's the big advantage of Lord(Duran's best healing class, very decent), and magic circle's not too bad for a single-target attack. Nightblade is nice, deadly weapon for a solid opener and lots of little ninja tricks(Including multi-target 'spells').. with split-image slice being a great AoE tech and general solid attack power.... but then, most teams are pretty decent in SD3.

  • @kauyun I know this is way overdue, since your comment was made over a year ago. You have Hawk as Nightblade because he can use Deadly Weapon, which lowers the enemy's Maximum HP by 5% everytime, up to a maximum of 5 uses, after which, it no longer does anything. It works on Dragon Emperor and Arch Demon, but not on Dark Lich. As for the others, i barely ever use Angela, so i am unsure of her class (Kevin is my usual P1 choice), you take Duran as Lord because he has amazing tanking properties.

  • @Gigameth89

    well, at least someone answered my comment that alone makes me happy, especialy after a year^^

    however, I gotta say: it's propably not the team I would take, 'BUT' your explanation is solid and i can't arcue with it.

  • @kauyun Don't worry. It's not the team i'd take either. Duran is far too slow for my liking. My usual team is Kevin (Death Hand), Lise (Star Lancer) and Hawk (Master Ninja). Just because that team deals so much damage, I can kill anything before the Poto oils run dry, lol.

  • @Gigameth89 My team was different. I controlled Lise and had her go pure dark, then had Carlie go pure light, and I forget what I did for Kevin. (It's been years since I played it; she gets stat-up abilities if Lise goes pure light, right?)

  • @kauyun I think that's correct. Lord can multitarget Heal Light, and it's always recommended to have a healer on your team, and he also has Tinkle Rain, which is useful too. You only have 9 Poto Oils, which I don't think is enough; you need a healer on your team too.

    Arch Mage is always a good choice, but it doesn't fit well with Hawk's dark classes (both specialize in elemental damage)

    Though I have to say Nightblade is quite good. He can't multitarget Jutsus but has unique skills.

  • @kauyun Try out Angela/Lise/Carli all Ligh+Ligh.

  • wow the music sounds so familiar to secret of mana (seiken densetsu 2)'s final boss battle with thanatos

  • how can i get the wolf devil oil.

  • my first team was

    Duran=Paladin

    Angela=Magus

    Kevin=Death Hand

  • With Duran as main character I'd go with something like this

    Duran : Paladin or lord if you really care for MT heal but then you miss the full screen tech

    Hawk : Ninja Master

    Lise : Star Lancer

    That's quite an awesome setup cause you get the ability to buff up your party while casting stats-down with Hawk jutsus in a short time. I don't like using dragon scale, it's annoyingly fastidious.

    Or you could drop Kevin in and have him choose something like God Hand, and Duran as Duelist.

  • What system is this for?

  • SNES

  • More like Super Famicom, since this game never came stateside.

  • use a program called Zsnes and DoperomsDOTcom zsnes to play doperoms to download

    i suggest looking for a tutorial up on youtube if you dont know what to do

  • ye same for me.  took me a while to get the swordmaster. great game

  • wow this boss is hard to beat i die everytime

  • have to play as duran or certain party members to have different boss battles and places to go, you shoudl look it up

  • Is this game 3 player using the attachment that allows 3 controller ports on the SNES?

  • hey that is a good question,that will be awsome

  • Actually I just figured out it is on an emulator using a patch.

  • i see were lookin ahead of where we are, and this person is using the same people as us

  • Yeah but his Duran is a lord, his Angela is an Archmage, and his Hawk is a Nightblade.

  • woh what class is this duran? o_o how to get him?

  • Its the Lord class. You get to this class through the knight (AKA "light side").

  • what "light side" means

  • Well, I read about class changing from some web manual. It described the knight class as part the light side and the gladiator class as part of the dark side.

  • I love the music!

    And these old games are the best! Secret of Mana rulez!

  • how many final bosses does this game have?!

  • 3. Three sets of:

    A) Pre-final dungeon (Jungle of Illusion, Glass Desert, Dark Cave)

    B) Storyline antagonist #1 (DeathJester, DarkKnight, Jagan)

    C) Main final dungeon (Mirage Palace, Dragon's Hole, Dark Castle)

    D) Storyline antagonist #2 (Heath, Koren, Bigieu)

    E) Main villain, final battle (Dark Lich, Dragon Emperor, ArchDemon)

  • Dragon Emperor definately hardest final boss. Archmage not a good class to use against him as he's very light resistant unlike most evil bosses toward the end.

    N/m forgot Arch Mage can utilize Rune books as Death Spell..What cheap ass Book of Rune combo lol!!

    Death Spell..Death Spell..Death Spell..Death Spell..Death Spell :P

  • LOL this boss is in brutal mario

    (Super mario world hack)

  • this and a slew of others from SOM2/SD3 (ex. Lightgazer, Zable Fahr, Xan Bie, Archdemon)

  • Best game ever and ever ! :D

  • My team was:

    Duran (Swordmaster)

    Carlie (Necromancer)

    Lise (Fenrir Knight)

    Duran uses Leaf Saber to keep everyone's MP, Carlie Black Curse to lower D.Emperor damage and Lise Protect Down to raise damage, also use Drake's Scale to make damage even bigger and have some Mama Poto oil in case of D.Emperor use Prisoner.

    Re-use Black Curse and Protect Down when he buffs himself near the battle's end.

    Simple, but useful tactic. I killed him in 6~8 minutes with all characters at Lv.58.

  • i just beat this guy on my game, and i was lvl 42, took me a long ass time tho, a really long time

  • Umm...this music is epic. Who composed it?

  • i think it was the same guy who did the previous game in the series -- Hiroki Kikuta

  • well yea it looks ok but looks dont mean a thing the combat sux in my opinion tht is i just really couldnt get into this game

  • This game is pretty good, although the combat system started to bore me really quickly. And how much is a game where combat is common really worth when the combat system is boring? ;P

    I did manage to complete all 3 questlines, though. But just because I found the story/stories to be interesting.

  • I lol'd. But it's so true. I find myself going back to these gems whenever I want to play a quality rpg.

  • i prefer seiken densetsu 2.

  • so do i. its got a better magic system.

  • It's kinda disappointing compared to the greatness of the first one although almost every RPG has it's positives and negative points that no other RPGs have (like this one has the class change and different storyline depending on what toons you pick MAIN AND ALTERNATE).

    Also depends on who you get, if you get all melee guys of course it's gonna be sucky and easy.

  • Bleh, this guy tore my asshole inside out.

  • This game was just weird, perfered regular Secret of Mana.

  • just a NOOB question

    what was seiken densetsu for?

    nes? snes?

    yes im a noob i know i know D:

  • the particular one is for SNES :-)

  • What were your final classes and levels?

  • Classes Look like Duran: Lord, Hawk: Nightblade, and Angela: The light-dark class (forget its name)

  • If Sieken Densetsu 3 were a 3-D game, then some should give the Dragon Emperor audible thunderous footsteps, if did any moving around, here all he moves is head.

    Do the Dark Lich and the Dragon Emperor do anything when the music changes?

  • does anyone know that when you use a characters magic and then use another characters magic, the casting time just halves down, kills some time if you do that, anyway i beat this game a long time ago

  • anyone know how i can get my hands on a snes version with english text.

    terranigma, star ocean.

    i will purchase these if you know how to change the text.

  • Uh, almost all SNES games are translated in english by now. Terranigma was released in Europe from the start, and Star Ocean has been translated. Just go around and search.

  • Secret of Mana 1 and 2 are the best, I hate how they killed this awesome serie today =\

  • i always powned bosses like at 4:07

  • Epic last hit. Everyone is critical health, and a special finishes the job.

  • I don't blame you for using the books of rune. That phase of the fight can turn ugly real fast.

  • Damn. Now I feel like playing this game again.  I remember playing with my brother a long time ago... Duran, Angela, and Carlie. The music in the second part of this battle is incredible.

  • haha hey that's the characters i used on my first completion of this game

  • So what this video is saying is that I may as well actually BEAT SD3?

  • i loved SoE! xD

    i also loved illusion of gaia / time..

  • Will these games ever come out on the DS or xbox live arcade?

  • no i wish they would i think games like crash and Legend of mana are coming out in 3D and much more worst playing, its like a completely different game

  • I love this game!!! Together with Tales of Phantasia, Lufia 2, Chronotrigger and Breath of Fire 2 (well, these games are the ones I've only played).

    :D

  • AWESOME game, clasics never die.

  • Greatest action rpg ever, and one of the greatest games ever.

  • A really great game and i hate the new characters on sword of mana but the graphics are great

  • This game looks funny o.o...

    I wanna try it...

  • whoa, intense menu-clickan games

  • The second part of the music is called The Sacrifice, Part 2.

  • Actually, that is incorrect. It's The Sacrifice, Part 3. :)

  • #2 plays in beginning #3 at the end. They shoulda just used #3 through-out the whole thing since #2 is so fuckin boring and used for half the bosses in the game.

  • @FaytLinegod This battle involves both Sacrifice part 2 and 3 in actual fact. The music before the battle (before this video) is Sacrifice part 1, the video starts with Sacrifice 2 and Sacrifice part 3 come in at 3°33°.

  • the music is pretty good

  • the begging music it's kind of crappy

    the second one totally owns,

    great videa also the game it's one of tha best Rpg eva

  • who wants to play this game netplay pm me

  • what u using zsnes?

  • yes

  • maybe i will play with you

  • you got msn?

  • not yet but i will get soon. im too lazy to make :D

  • im gonna start playing this game on my Psp right when i finish secreat of mana

  • i defeated the dark prince wit hawk as main and dragon emperor as duran main but never got to the masked mage as kevin .

  • To fight the Dragon Emperor as the final boss, your main character must be Angela or Duran.

  • An all guy team for total Full Screen Tech ownage at the end:

    Duran - Duelist (

    Kevin - God Hand (with single target heal Heal)

    Hawk - Nightblade

  • What emulator is this played on? ZNES?

  • Damn this game looks solid..

  • Damn, D. Emp didn't even have the chance to cast flare. haha

  • THIS GAME IS FRIKIN AWESOME!!!download an emulater because then you get the game for free and you get english!!!

  • People ask for hands down the best team?

    Hawk: Nightblade

    Lise: Star Lancer

    Kevin: God Hand

    Stats down the boss

    Stats up the party

    Pressure point on Kevin's Wolf Form

    And if you'd like, buy some saber claws from the black market.

    Commence kicking the crap out of everything on-screen. I used this party to fight the Dark prince archdemon and all I remember was Bigieu doing all of 2 damage with her big special attacks since the stats discrepancy was that high. Dark prince went down in a flash

  • is this game in english????