Manawave

MANAWAVE マナウェーブ by Natsukashii 懐かしい. "When I listened to Manawave, it just felt good... straightforward, sincere, and pure... it made my heart jump." - Hiroki Kikuta (Composer, Secret of Mana)"The music is very nice." - Ms. Isono (Widow, Hiroo Isono [Artist, Secret of Mana & Manawave])  It's 1993. 3 years into the 16-bit era, Squaresoft releases Secret of Mana for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Mana is a top-down multiplayer action role-playing game, offering a distinct, vibrant art style, strategic real-time battle system, and memorable soundtrack, all encapsulated in a high-fantasy world driven by themes of magic, nature, and life-giving "mana". A young Natsukashii is taken in by its vivid colors, animated characters, and engaging gameplay... but its rich, varied soundtrack by Hiroki Kikuta leaves the strongest impression. As he plays, Natsukashii often places his character standing in Mana's world in order to listen to the looping themes again and again, filling his yo