Children of Mana - Reception

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
Aggregator Score
GameRankings 67%
Metacritic 65 of 100
Review scores
Publication Score
1UP.com 60 of 100
Famitsu 36 of 40
GamePro 4.0 of 5
GameSpot 58 of 100
GameSpy 2.5 of 5
IGN 8.0 of 10
Nintendo Power 6.5 of 10
Official Nintendo Magazine 79 of 100

Seiken Densetsu DS: Children of Mana sold near 103,000 units on its first 3 days on sale in Japan (between March 2 and March 5). As of November 2008, the game has sold over 281,000 copies in that region. In Japan, Children of Mana received an impressive score of 36/40 (individual reviews: 10/10/8/8) from Famitsu.

As for the reviews abroad, Children of Mana has been met with relatively mediocre response. Some reviewers thought that the game was a boring hack-and-slash, such as Nintendo Power (which gave it a 6.5), while others have given it higher praise, such as an 8.0 from IGN, though their review of the UK version gives the game 6.8.

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