Considering this came out on the Game Boy and was the start of the Mana series, I was pleasantly surprised with how solid it was overall. It doesn’t do anything amazing by today’s standards, but it doesn’t stumble very often either. Most of the time, I figured out where I needed to go. The combat also felt good and I was not expecting the ending to be so bittersweet. The music was surprisingly charming given the sound limitations. If you get the Mana collection on Switch, I recommend playing this first so you can appreciate the improvements made in the later games.