@kenji
It was too buggy to pass Nintendo of America's standards.
@Starboy91
If like the first SOM I'd go with SD3 first if you don't mind emulating. A rom with an english patch already on it isn't that hard to find.

I've beaten this game with a Angela/Duran/Reitz party but never beat the first Secret Of Mana and I found it not a challenge at all. Like most RPGs if you level grind long enough you can breeze through the game. I think a combination of a compilation SD1-3 for the DS would be awesome with the original gameboy version of SD1 as a unlockable if you beat one of the games.