Secret of Mana 2

The story takes place in a fictional world where Mana represents an ethereal, but finite, energy source. Some time in the past, the Mana Goddess created the game's world by forging the powerful Sword of Mana and defeating eight "God-Beasts" with it, sealing them within eight Mana Stones, before turning herself into the Mana Tree and falling asleep. The game is set at a time when Mana starts to fade and peace has ended, as several people plot to unleash the God-Beasts from the stones so as to gain ultimate power, politically and magically. The game is not a direct sequel to the events in Secret of Mana; according to series creator Koichi Ishii, the Mana games do not take place in exactly the same world, and characters or elements who appear in different games are best considered alternate versions of each other; instead, the connections between each title are more abstract than story-based, linked only on the karmic level.