Secret of Mana Plus (SNES) Romhack

Classic Secret of Mana but longer!

Have you ever felt like some parts of Secret of Mana were a little rushed? Well, Secret of Mana Plus intends to correct it by adding new content to the original game.

The extended/added chapters are:

The Wind Palace: explore this new dungeon and stop the Empire invasion.
The Empire overworld: travel between Southtown and Northtown on a dangerous new road.
The Gold Tower: face extra adversities to obtain the key and climb the added levels.
The Moon Palace: a mysterious presence awaits you in the new depths of this eerie place.
Weapon orbs side quests: 8 new weapon orbs have been hidden throughout the world for more powerful weapons.

These new adventures feature:

Additionnal monsters and bosses: new versions of vanilla enemies with their own stats/spells/colors…
Cutscenes: The new maps are integrated into the main story and add new plot points through numerous cutscenes.

Besides this additional content, the core game remains unchanged.

This hack also includes enhancement hacks by other talented creators:

Max consumable count increased from 4 to 7 (by Moppleton)
Allow allies to leave the edge of the screen (by Moppleton and zhaDe)
Elemental melee damage and enemy species damage(by Moppleton)
Spell grinding speed-up hack (x2) (by Kethinov)
Improved screen scrolling for better visibility when moving around (by Binarynova, zhaDe and Queue)
Kettle Kin chainsaw restoration (by Queue)
Title screen image restoration (by Queue)
(see read me for description)

2.01: Empty equipment menus will no longer display for helmets/body armor/rings.
2.02: Fixed Neko’s GP window in Ice Country. Fixed 2 soldiers missing in a new cutscene of the Empire.
2.03: Fixed an issue that could steal a sword orb from you. Minor fix on a custom map.
2.04: Fixed a boss not appearing sometimes. Fixed Water Thug’s palette. Made some side quests a bit smoother.

Hashes:

Database match: Secret of Mana (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210222-050638)
File/ROM SHA-1: 8133041A363E3CC68CEDEF40B49B6D20D03C505D
File/ROM CRC32: D0176B24

Staff/Credits:

Tomm for the Main hacking.
TheCrashTestGenius for the Hack’s script improvement and testing.
smKer for Map editing tool creation.
Ace_Aileron for beta testing.

Relevant link: https://hackofmana.com/

File download:

Help about patching:

Most of the files you're about to download need to be applied to your game. Here is a list of utilities that allow you to do this:

Online Patcher: Marc Roblero's online patcher. Works with many different file types.
Floating IPS: NWell-known patcher for applying IPS and BPS files.
Delta Patcher: Used to apply xDelta files.
More Patchers

On most files, you can also press “Patch It”, to apply the patch without downloading the file.

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hirschlord

1 month ago

can you write the version number in the intro picture please ?

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Tomm

30 days ago

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I might be able to. It is a bit tricky to modify. Otherwise I’ll write it on the next screen instead, starting next version.

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Reviews:

Profoundly Inspired Adaption to My Favorite Game of All Time

Written by: jay33 - February 2, 2025

Having been a fan of this game for over 30 years, this hack was too good to be true for me. It was pure magic to play these new parts of the game, and they really enhanced the experience for me! So, thanks so much to the makers of Secret of Mana Plus! This is the version I'll be coming to for all my future playthroughs.

Why was this hack so great? Looking down on the Mana world from the aerial Flammie perspective, I always felt like there had to be so much more in that vast map than the game would actually let you explore. As a kid, I always went off to challenge the Mana Fortress in the last chapter of the game almost begrudgingly: I just felt as Square had designed this perfect RPG world what it just let us scratch the surface of. That is, as much as I loved it, it just seemed like the game somehow never fully reached its potential to allow for the complete immersion that world was capable of delivering. So, this concept of SOM Plus was really exciting to me, but I was afraid the added stuff would seem garish or tacked on. Maybe even had ungodly choices of music like Megaman X soundtracks or Donkey Kong Country (Don't get me wrong, I love those soundtracks in their own right, but I can never understand how certain great hacks can destroy the feel of their game with some of these surprise, completely out of place homage tracks IMO). So, in short, I was so relieved that not only were there not painfully bad creative choices like that, but the added content was REALLY, REALLY good. Like every new word expanding aspect of the game could easily have been something released as the "lost uncut version of SOM" to which I think anyone who loves the game would have been like, "why did they cut that?! That part worked so well and added that needed atmosphere and depth that you felt like was there in the game all along but somehow locked away and inaccessible". I don't want to go into specific detail because the surprise and novelty of this new material is partly what made it so magical to me.

So, thanks again for helping realize that childhood dream of mine in these wonderful new layers to that world. I always felt like there was no other world quite like it in all of video games. Long Live Secret of Mana Plus!!"