Sword of Mana

To do: Get some proper-er formatting going on here. #Regional Differences? There's a Europe ROM separate from the USA/Australia ROM, both of which are English-only, Any differences? There are also Two more EU ROMS with language selections and they don't include English.

Sword of Mana is a heavily reimagined GBA remake of the first Seiken Densetsu game, with all references to Final Fantasy excised.

Debug Room#

Watch on YouTube

Contrary to what the YouTube video shows.

There are 4 Debug Rooms depending on what time of day it is.

Your time of day must match or the game will force you into the ID based on the time of day.

The rooms can be accessed more easily by modifying the Magic Rope destination at:

[0x029062] [0x2021062] [0x021062]

Change it to one of the following Room IDs:

• 0x037C
• 0x037D
• 0x037E
• 0x037F

Room ID 0x037C#

Morning — Party Organizing

• Hero (Top-Left) – Removes current partner.
• Party Circle – Talking to one of the 9 characters in the center sets them as your partner.
• Hero (Top-Right) – Displays dialogue:

 "Lester: Are you hurt?"
 "Hero: No, I'm fine. Thanks."
 "Devius: I'm glad my room could be of help."
 "Hero: No, it's we who can't thank you enough..."
 Sets a flag. If already set, only Lester’s first line appears.

• Hero (Bottom-Left) – Fills the Amigo list with Lv.99 Amigo data for both Hero and Heroine.

Room ID 0x037D#

Day — Player Progression

• Hero (Top-Left) – Sets all enemies killed to 998.
• Warbot – Gives 1 Bronze-tier of every weapon (except Sword and Staff) and unlocks them.
• Shade – Gives 1 Diamond Shield. Sets bit flags 4, 5, and 6 at:

 0x28D26 [0x0202D26]
 (Function unknown.)

• Lil'Cac – Sets player stats to:

 999 HP/MP
 255 POW/DEF/INT/MND/AGI
 98 in all weapon/spirit proficiencies

• Hero (Top-Right) – Zaps player, changes music, gives:

 10 of every Trait Coin
 Sets Aerolite, Stones, and Summon Cards to 1
 99 Bath Sets, Brownie Rings, and Bubu Worms

• Heroine – Removes party members and switches game mode to Heroine.
• Wisp – Gives all 8 Spirits and unlocks them for use.
• Nicollo – Gives 99 of every item (including unused ones) and 99,999 Lucre.
• Hero (Bottom-Right) – Sets player EXP to 9,999,999.

Room ID 0x037E#

Evening — Boss Testing (Battles may not trigger or may crash if already defeated on the save file.)

• Hero (Top-Left) – Nightmare Dreams.
• Ct. Lee – Vampire boss.
• Dudbear – Ankheg boss.
• Devius – Mindflayer boss.
• Lil'Cac – Displays:

 "Hero: We can get out if we break that window..."
 Likely sets a flag; no effect if already set.

• ??? – Jackal boss.
• Butler – Hydra boss.
• Medusa – Medusa boss.
• Hero (Bottom-Right) – Poison Vine boss.

Room ID 0x037F#

Night — Additional Boss Testing

• Hero – Garuda boss.
• Gnome – Full Metal Haggar boss.
• Undine – Kraken boss.
• Shade 1 – Golem boss.
• Julius 1 – Julius (Phase 1).
• Julius 2 – Julius (Phase 3).
• Dark Lord – Dark Lord boss.
• Salamand – Ifrit/Efflite boss.
• Shade 2 – Lich boss.
• Shade 3 – Giga Dragon boss.
• Julius 3 – Julius (Phase 2).

With 2 of the Debug interactions giving Shields and setting specific flags with unknown uses.

Unused Title Screen Options#

• Demo Game
• Passward (sic)
• Collaboration
• Multiplay
• 2Player Mode

Only the Amigo system was left active in the final game.

Unused 2 Player Mode#

Although 2PLAYER MODE does not appear in the finished game’s menus, it was fully implemented in the original ROM and later disabled.

A patch by illinx re-enables the hidden link-play option, restoring functional multiplayer and making 2PLAYER MODE visible on the main menu.

2 Player Mode Loading Screens#

With the option restored, the following loading screens can be seen in-game:

Unused Items#

Eggs#

In Legend of Mana, Monster Eggs could be captured and hatched to create a third party member to accompany you. Unused Egg items suggest that a similar Pet system was planned for Sword of Mana.

These eggs are not obtainable except through hacking, and can only be seen when selling items at a store. Here are their descriptions in-game, and their price.

A third party member slot goes unused in this game. Was it intended for the pet?

Unused Maps#

Special Maps#

Using Codebreaker 820003B4 XXXX will change the player's location. There exist special maps in the data, contains advertisements for the game's release.

• 0001=Path to Topple
• 088D=Special 1
• 0891=Special 2

Note: Some locations don't work properly outside of daytime; just a black screen. -1: Morning, +1: Evening, +2, Night

Unused Text#

Goremand (Deatheater in the JP version) disappears in a rather abrupt way towards the end of the game with no explanation. There is an unused dialogue for him that was even translated into English, that basically spoils the ending, so that's why it was cut.

Heroine: Eating... the souls... of the dead... to survive. How low can 
you go!? 

Goremand: Humans do the same thing. You're the chosen one who'll follow 
in the path of Mother Mana. 

Heroine: Mother...? Mana? 

Goremand: Pph, pph, pph. You still don't know? That Bogard can be a 
cruel man, can't he? Your whole family line was specially chosen among 
all the Mana Clan. You become a Mana tree in Sanctuary and supply the 
world with Mana power. 

Heroine: What? 

Goremand: Just as your mother, Mana, transformed herself into a Mana 
tree, so will you. That's how Mana power gets to humans. 

Hero: Don't be ridiculous! What a bunch of hooey! 

Goremand: I'm ridiculous and this is all hooey? Pfah! My work here is 
done. Time for me to make my exit. 

Hero: Don't listen to him! He's full of it! 

Heroine: Uh-huh... But... 

Hero: Cibba told us, right? A legend's a legend! 

Heroine: Mm-hmm... 

Hero: Legends, my eye! We'll bust them all! 

Heroine: You're right. And the Sword of Mana didn't shine, huh? It was 
all just a fairy tale. 

Hero: You got that right! I'll beat Julius whether a sword shines or 
not! And Heroine, I'm not letting anyone turn you into a tree! 

Heroine: Thanks, Hero... 

Hero: Let's bolt. 

Heroine: But... What if I... 

Hero: I said we bust legends! You better believe it! 

Heroine: Okay...

Regional Differences#

Title Screen#

Japan	US	Europe