STP: "In a sure sign that the gulf between Eastern and Western handheld gaming is closing, the Chinese mobile game Mana Chronicles has just arrived on our iPhones. It's interesting to us that a typical mobile game from China can be good, but still not great, when compared to other App Store fare."
Android Rundown - When I first saw Mana Chronicles, I jumped at the opportunity to review it. A 2D, hack & slash adventure set in a fantasy world seemed like just the kind of old-school gaming I could sink my teeth into. Unfortunately, before long, I wanted to spit it back out. What went wrong?
Pocket Gamer - They say a rose by any other name is still a rose (Do they? - ed). Does the same thing apply when it comes to dated button-mashing beat-‘em-ups?
Somewhere along the line, Mana Chronicles has been afforded the lofty title of 'action-RPG,' which puts it in the same Android-based company as Zenonia and Dungeon Hunter.
RPGFan writes: "While we still may be in the dark regarding Square Enix's plans for Secret of Mana on iOS, there's at least another game with "Mana" in its name coming - and soon. Mana Chronicles was originally released in China for mobile devices, and Spearhead Entertainment has ported the game to run on the iPhone and iPod touch, and of course, translated the game to English."
