Is there a way to “teleport” in the iPhone version of Secret of Mana?

Question

In the original SNES version of Secret of Mana, there was a really neat trick which allowed you to teleport your party to almost any other location in the game. By saving your gave in a very specific spot on the world map, switching to a different game (even a new game), getting to the location you wanted to teleport to, doing an in-game reset, and loading the original game, you would find your characters from the first game file at the location your second game was at when you performed the in-game reset.

I just tried on the iPhone version of Secret of Mana and this is not possible, because the island you have to land on to perform this trick has changed. It's shape is different and you can no longer land on it!

SNES Version screen capture:

IPhone version screen capture:

Is there a way to perform this teleport trick on the iPhone version of Secret of Mana?

Asked by Josh

Answer

Josh, it does not matter if you will argue to the death that this is a "feature" not a "bug", as it was clearly considered a bug by the developers. Also, from your description it really sounds like a bug to me personally.

Now, to adress your question itself: No, there is no known way to "teleport" your party like it was possible with that glitch.

Answered by Morothar

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Is there a 9th Sword orb in Secret of Mana?

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In the SNES game Secret of Mana, all the weapons seem to have 9 orbs, and thus 9 variations, except the Mana Sword. It doesn't seem possible to forge the Mana Sword more than 7 times, to get it to level 9. Is there a way to forge the 8th level sword, the Dragon Buster? And if so, what is the 9th sword?

Asked by Josh

Answer

In the standard gameplay, there is no 9th orb for the sword. I've placed the reason for this in the following spoiler block.

The final sword is the Mana Sword. You can only get it by casting the spell Mana Magic, which you get just before the final battle. It upgrades your sword to that level for the duration of the spell.

There is, however, a glitch that can let you use it normally. You can find this information in this other answer. ♪

Answered by Grace Note

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Spoiler: Is there a 9th Sword orb in Secret of Mana?

Question

In the SNES game Secret of Mana, all the weapons seem to have 9 orbs, and thus 9 variations, except the Mana Sword. It doesn't seem possible to forge the Mana Sword more than 7 times, to get it to level 9. Is there a way to forge the 8th level sword, the Dragon Buster? And if so, what is the 9th sword?

Answer

In the standard gameplay, there is no 9th orb for the sword. I've placed the reason for this in the following spoiler block.

The final sword is the Mana Sword. You can only get it by casting the spell Mana Magic, which you get just before the final battle. It upgrades your sword to that level for the duration of the spell.

There is, however, a glitch that can let you use it normally. You can find this information in this other answer. ♪

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