Ahhh, the famous Seiken Densetsu 3. Calling this game “Secret of Mana 2″ in front of the romhacking “scene” elite will earn you a quick correction, let me tell you something. Just think, all the newbies just take it for granted that SD3 is in English. You guys didn't have to endure the sheer pain that came before. The dull, empty void. Such is the way of all translations, I suppose.

So yeah, this is Seiken Densetsu 3, which is (still) to date the only game in the series to not make it overseas. It's a damned shame too, because this installment is unquestionably the best. Sure, Secret of Mana may give it some competition, but I couldn't stand SoM for some reason. And the less said about Sword of Mana the better.

SD3 uses the old Squaresoft crutch of multiple playable characters within the same timeframe (see: Rudra, RS3). The whole “see the same events from a different perspective” thing works out really well here, it turns out. I seem to say that about every game, though. As far as gameplay, if you've played Secret of Mana you know what to expect. If you've played the others in the series, like Legend of Mana or Final Fantasy Adventure… well, you still know what to expect: run around and hit things with your sword. In realtime. It's like Zelda, Squareified, for a complete lack of a better comparison.

Hiroki Kikuta returns (I think) to compose the music in SD3. The end result is gorgeous. The game comes highly recommended, but play the game for its music, if nothing else.

Took me a while to find this. This patch is for JP-ES.

If you are looking for EN-ES: http://magno.romhackhispano.org/archivos/SoM2_Eng-Esp.zip

Problems? I translated this from the site via google, but it makes enough sense to me.

This patch has been applied to two different versions of the ROM (each patch each ROM): firstly, the patch labeled JP applies to the Japanese version of the Mana 3 Rom version in NTSC and without header . This ROM has a valid checksum (CRC32) 0×863ED0B8 valid and a final size of 4,194,304 bytes. Secondly, the patch labeled IN applies to the ROM in English with the final patch (version 1.01) from Neill Corlett. This is CRC32 0×7DBDE871 ROM and a final size of 4,194,304 bytes.

If your ROM does not have that size, but its size is 4,194,816 bytes, which means header and has to be removed before applying the patch. This is done by downloading the utility SNESTool, run on your computer and choosing the option “Delete Header.” In the navigator on the left of the programme observed that it may desplazaros through folders of your hard drive in search of the ROM and select it with INTRO. After this process, the ROM and will be ready for patching.