Reception
Final Fantasy Adventure was featured in Nintendo Power when it was re-released in the United States. IGN gave the Game Boy re-release version a score of 9.0/10, noting its strong story, graphics, and music, but cited weak dialogue. They additionally praised the game's puzzle elements as innovative and drew comparisons to The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, though noted that its role-playing gameplay did not blend well with its action-oriented nature.
The game as been perceived very positively in the years following its initial release. GameDaily named it alongside the related Game Boy Final Fantasy titles as definitive games for the system, describing it as providing "hours of role-playing excitement, whether you were waiting in a dentist's office or on the way to Grandma's house." The sentiment was shared by gaming magazine Pocket Games, which ranked the titles together 8th out of the Top 50 games for the Game Boy, stating "every game in the series is a sprawling classic with well written scripts and solid characters." Kotaku praised the original release of the game as a "really great action-RPG". 1UP.com called the game ambitious for its time, and represented an evolution of the overhead perspective action adventure genre. They also rated the game as "Worth It!" in terms of buying and enjoying the original game in 2007, and noted it as the origins of the Mana series many unique gameplay features. GamesRadar named it the 13th best Game Boy game ever made, citing its interesting leveling system and large number of collectible items making up for a poor English translation. Game Informer also praised the original Mana games leveling system, though it did also call a "simplistic" title in comparison to its sequels.
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