the series began with collaborations with "final fantasy" series called "final fantasy adventure" ("seiken densetsu" in japan and in europe called "mystic quest") on june 28, 1991. later after the first game was released, the "mana" series had a standalone unit with the second installment "secret of mana" that was released in 1993 for game boy. in 1995, their third installment, "trials of mana" was released on super nintendo entertainment system/super famicom, and at last "legend of mana" released on playstation. a remake of the original game, "sword of mana" (2003), was released for game boy advance. all of the main original series were role-playing games, though they included a wide variety of gameplay mechanics, and the stories of the games were connected only thematically.