 Secret of Mana , originally released in Japan as Seiken Densetsu 2 ( 聖剣伝説2 , lit . " Legend of the Sacred Sword 2 " ) , is a 1993 action role @-@ playing game developed and published by Square ( now Square Enix ) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System . It is the sequel to the 1991 game Seiken Densetsu , released in North America as Final Fantasy Adventure . The game was designed by Koichi Ishii , with character designs by Akira Toriyama and music composed by Hiroki Kikuta . The game was released in Japan on December 17, 1993, in North America