Secret of Evermore

Secret of Evermore is an action role-playing game developed by Square. Unlike most Square games, it was developed and released outside Japan only. It was released in North America in 1995 and in Europe in 1996.

A spin-off?
Secret of Evermore is loosely related to the Mana/Seiken Densetsu series. The lead programmer declared in an interview: "We were, simply put, to make an American-flavored Secret-of-Mana-like game".

The fact that Secret of Evermore and Seiken Densetsu 3 were released at the same time and in completely separate regions is just coincidence, even if many fans supposed that the American title was a replacement for the Japanese one. In fact, Seiken Densetsu 3 was released exclusively in Japan mostly because of memory limitation of the SNES cartridge in North America and Europe; vice versa, Secret of Evermore was specifically conceived for a western audience.