Heroes of Mana DS
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  • Summary: Breathing new life into the vaunted Mana franchise, Heroes of Mana takes the series into an entirely new dimension. Generals plan, plot and strategize their way to victory on the battlefield. Command an army of heroes, creatures and beloved rabites with the use of the Nintendo DS Touch Screen, and experience an all-new perspective on the ever-evolving battle for the Mana Tree. Skilled players can see how they rank among other players around the world through the Nintendo Wi-Fi ranking system. [Square Enix]… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 32
  3. Negative: 4 out of 32
  1. Play Magazine
    85
    Heroes will go down as the game that got me into real-time strategy. [Aug 2007, p.72]
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  2. Cheat Code Central
    74
    The game has an excellent storyline, spanning a lengthy quest set in the Mana realm, and up to 40 bonus maps can be unlocked.
  3. GameZone
    74
    Heroes of Mana shows that it is possible to have an RTS game work on the Nintendo DS and remain fun. The main problem with this game is the dumb AI and very slow-paced gameplay.
  4. RPG Fan
    46
    Let this game serve as a warning to Square Enix: we don't want an RTS for the Mana series. And even if we did, we would only want it if the game wasn't broken from start to finish.

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  1. DrewF.
    7
    Not sure why this game is getting so trashed. It's actually a pretty good attempt at an RTS on the DS. Yes there is a minor pathfinding issue (two units cannot occupy the same space at the same time, so sometimes this forces the odd unit to take a RIDICULOUS path to get from one point to the other, and more often then not results in that unit dying), but once you adjust to it it's not that troublesome. If you're an RTS fan, you may want to bump this rating up to an 8. I've been having alot of fun with the game, and it takes ALOT for me to stick with a game all the way thru to the end, lately.… Expand

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