PixyJunket

http://www.gbacentral.net/games.php?id=645

I know SOMEBODY here will be happy..

sararekuforever

It's...

it's...

it's..

true..

true...

oh my...

Lowe..Hans..Lord Varios...all those characters from Shining Force I....

but a new character..named Coal..

and a card minigame

and better graphics..

this seems like a retelling of the legacy of great intention..

oh my...

[faints]

PixyJunket

I did the same thing when Metroid Zero Mission was announced.

Ginwen

Well, I'm not quite as happy as that, but pretty good news nonetheless.

Breakfast with Girls

I would prefer a new story and smaller character sprites (they're huge!), but it looks promising.

msdmoney

I enjoyed shining force on my game gear back in the day, maybe I will have to get a gba eventually.

A belated christmas gift for sarareku.

glassdragon

DAMN THEM!!!!!

Now i gotta buy a gameboy advance

FalconH10

one of my favorite games

Coal is what they named the main character.

Kinda sucks all those shots are from the second fight and first town. I can't wait to see more.

gcribbs

a must buy for me

Now I will need to get a gameboy sp to play it.

jrobinson

bugger, why couldn't they make a new game?

nickdawgy

Does Shining Force have anything to do with Shining in the Darkness for Genesis way back?

I did enjoy that game

jrobinson

the two were developed by the same development team? some cross over in appearance, but game play was different...

Shining Force is a strat-RPG.

PixyJunket

Yeah.. Shining in the Darkness is in the same "Series" per se.. but nothing similar about the games. Shining Soul on GBA is also part of it.. I think there's more but me no remember.

Breakfast with Girls

It's the first in the series.

Shining in the Darkness
Shining Force <-- Looks like this new game is a remake of this
Shining Force II
Shining Force III

There are a couple Game Gear games in there as well.

Shining Force II was the first RPG I ever played and it launched my interest in the genre. In other words, I suppose I'll be obligated to buy this.

PixyJunket

SHINING WISDOM for Saturn.. I knew I was forgetting one.

Ginwen

There's also a Sega CD Shining Force game (I know, because I own it).

Shining Through the Darkness is a total dungeon crawler game. Go to town, get some stuff, go in a dungeon. Totally unlike Shining Force (edit: It's still part of the series, sort of, but just unlike the other games).

dgmayor

does Shining the Holy Ark fit in there somewhere? Friend of mine had it on his saturn, another friend and I stole it from him and played it start to finish before he ever got a chance lol. He wasn't too happy

PixyJunket

Any game starting with Shining on a Sega system is in the "series".. Shining Force CD for Sega CD was the 2 Game Gear games remake.

nickdawgy

Sounds like a fun game

Breakfast with Girls

Shall I rattle off a complete list?

Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention
Shining Force Gaiden: Journey to the Land of the Dark God (20 years later)
Shining Force Gaiden II: The Dark God's Awakening
Shining Force Gaiden III: Final Conflict (a few years later)
Shining Force II: Seal of the Ancients (~50 years later)
Shining Wisdom (a few years later)
Shining in the Darkness (~25 years later)
Shining the Holy Ark ("many years")
Shining Force III
Shining Soul (dunno)
Shining Soul II (dunno)

All of these take place in the same universe and are part of one storyline. (I've listed them in order of the timeline.)

*Shining Force Gaiden I and II were collected in Shining Force CD. Shining Force Gaiden II was also released in the US under the title Sword of Hajya.

PixyJunket

If you like Strategy/RPG stuff you'll probably dig it. sarareku claims that Shining Force is the first strategy game ever created, however, it was released in 1992 and Nintendo had 2 games already, Famicom Wars in 1988 and Fire Emblem in 1991.. both of which have new versions on the GBA here.. so if you like Advance Wars or Fire Emblem.. it's the same style of game.

PixyJunket

Breakfast, don't forget Shining Force III was 3 games, only 1 of them released here.

I did not know about Sword of Hajya, nice bit of triva.

Ginwen

I never knew that...at least now I know I didn't miss out on those games.

Also, if you like Shining Force, the first Vandal Hearts on Playstation played fairly similarly to the Shining Force games (with the excellent edition of fountains of blood).

PixyJunket

Vandal Hearts kicked ass.

*slash*
*over exaggerated fountain of blood*
"I'm going to sit this one out!"

sararekuforever

See but here is the thing, Shining Force is the first strategy RPG brought to AMERICA. I was always well aware of Fire Emblem and have played that too [before the GBA release]

Either way, it is a shame that SF 3-2 AND 3-3 were not released..I have the Japanese ones but I can only read the menu's and battle screens and basic commands..not the story though..I know there is a translation but I don't want to ruin the experience by reading a printed text file every second

Shining the Holy Ark is part of the "Shining in the Darkness" series of Shining games,traditional RPG. STHA was incredible with its first person view, great 3d graphics, fun battle system, and good story,it was also the first RPG to involve pokemon style collecting.

Shining Wisdom and Shining Soul 1/2 are part of the action RPG series of Shining games, but Shining Wisdom is so way better, with more gameplay styles and better story and better graphics.