Shining Force III
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| System(s): Sega Saturn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: Sega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Developer: Sonic! Software Planning, Camelot Software Planning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sound driver: SCSP (1 track) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peripherals supported: 3D Control Pad, Saturn Backup Memory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre: Simulation RPG[1], RPG[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shining Force III, known as Shining Force III Scenario 1: Outo no Kyoshin (シャイニング・フォースⅢ シナリオ１ 王都の巨神) in Japan is a Sega Saturn RPG and a direct sequel to Shining Force II, both being part of the Shining series of games.
Contents
History
Shining Force III, in its Western form, is only one third of the overall Shining Force III story. In Japan, the game was split into three parts (or "scenarios") - Shining Force III Scenario 1: Outo no Kyoshin, Shining Force III Scenario 2: Nerawareta Miko and Shining Force III Scenario 3: Hyouheki no Jashinguu, however in the west, the two latter scenarios were not released, and the subtitle of the first was removed. This can lead to some confusion, as the name Shining Force III can mean both the collection of the three Shining Force III scenarios, and just Outo no Kyoshin.
The trilogy constitutes the last games developed by Sonic! Software Planning before its merger with Camelot Software Planning, who served as co-developer.
Versions
Localised names
| Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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| English | Shining Force III | Shining Force III |
| English (US) | Shining Force III | Shining Force III |
| Japanese | シャイニング・フォースⅢ シナリオ１ 王都の巨神 | Shining Force III Scenario 1: Outo no Kyoshin |
Production credits
Staff
- Story & Subscript: Hiroyuki Takahashi
Game Design:
- Main: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shugo Takahashi
- Maps & Events: Shuji Shimizu, Ayumu Shindo, Daisuke Takagi
- Battles: Shugo Takahashi
- Parameters: Yuusuke Sugimoto, Kozue Akazi
Program:
- Main: Yasuhiro Taguchi
- 3D Animation System: P. E. Jareth Hein
- Events: Takeshi Nohara, Akiko Sato, Yasuhiro Matsumoto, Kaoru Shimada, Norio Shimizu
- Battle Scene: Yutaka Yamamoto
- Ai: Kenji Numaya
- DSP and Special Effects: Haruki Kodera
- Character Design: Shin Yamanouchi, Hiroshi Kajiyama
Graphics:
- Maps: Mitsuru Fukumoto, Keisuke Futami, Mitsumasa Muraishi, Junichi Ochiai, Hidetoshi Sakamoto, Kanako Horiguchi, Atsuhito Sakota
- Battle Characters: Fumihide Aoki, Hiroto Nakashima, Shigeki Kimura, Masayuki Hashimoto, Toshiaki Tanaka
- Battle BGs: Hiroshi Kaziyama, Tomonori Shinjo
- Map Characters: Junko Nakamura, Mieko Koguchi, Toshiaki Tanaka, Keisuke Futami
- Windows: Junichi Ochiai, Kanako Horiguchi, Shigeki Kimura, Ayumu Shindo
Voices:
- Production: Toshio Furuichi
- Talent: Ai Maeda, Hidenao Horie, Kaneto Shiozawa, Kazunari Tanaka, Makiko Ohmoto, Masaya Takatsuka, Naoki Imamura, Ryotaro Okiayu, Yuriko Yamamoto
- Opening CG Animation: Links Corporation
- Direction: Yoshihisa Hirano
- Production: Kazuyuki Haneda
- Art Direction: Takashi Ui, Robot Communications, Inc.
- Storyboard Art: Keiichiro Mochizuki
- Animation Main: Miki Sato
- Animation: Keiichi Abe, Tsuyoshi Kobori, Masashi Watanabe
- Animation Assist: Megumi Ishizaka, Kenji Oyama, Hideki Kuraku, Miki Gunjikake
- CG Movie Sound Effects: Kazuyoshi Senzaki
- All Music: Motoi Sakuraba
- Music Guest: Takeo Shimoda
- Sound Effects: Satoshi Murata, Masato Maekawa
- Sound Direction: Masaaki Uno, Yasuhiro Taguchi
- Promotion Video: Atsushi Ohara, Atsushi Fujimoto, Kouichi Imazeki, Shintaro Kouno, Hiroki Touchi
- Manuals: Studio Peace
- Publicity: Tadashi Takezaki, Yasushi Nagumo
- Publicity Arrangement: Masaaki Uno
- Support: Daisaku Ikejiri
- All Illustrations: Shin Yamanouchi, Hiroshi Kajiyama
- Special thanks to: R.I.S. Co., Ltd., Treasure Co., Ltd., Links Corporation, Atsumik Corporation, Musical Station Corp., Aoni Production, Hiromi Kobayashi, Takashi Kitamura, Takafumi Fukui
- Direction Assist: Yusuke Sugimoto, Shuji Shimizu
- Direction: Yasuhiro Taguchi
- Production Assist: Shugo Takahashi
- Production: Hiroyuki Takahashi
- Created by: Camelot Co., Ltd., Sonic Co., Ltd.
- (C)Sega Enterprises, Ltd.,1992, 1993, 1997
Product Development
- Producer: Keith Palmer
- Text Editors: Amy Albertson, Jeff B. Junio, Dennis Lee, Dermot Lyons
- Lead Tester: Jeff B. Junio
- Assistant Lead Tester: Dennis Lee
- Testers: Amy Albertson, John Amirkhan, Bill Beach, Sean Doidge, Howard Gipson, Chris Lucich, Mike McCollum, Matt Underwood, Fernando Valderrama
Marketing
- Product Manager: Andrew Stein
- Senior Marketing Coordinator: Undyne Stafford
- Manual: Doug Sipp
Special Thanks
- Sandy Castagnola, Sean Doidge, James Faison, Eric Hammond, Sheri Hockaday, Jason Kuo, Lisa Martinez, Katherine Maury, Mike McCollum, Jon Orantes, Barbara Phillips, Shinobu Shindo, Jin Shimazaki, Owen Stein, Dan Stevens, Kitt Vercelli, Terry, Randall, Shane and all Saturn Fans
Magazine articles
- Main article: Shining Force III/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
PDF
JP flyer 1
PDF
JP flyer 2
JP CM
Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #104: "March 1998" (1998-0x-xx)
also published in:
also published in:
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #105: "April 1998" (1998-0x-xx)[14]
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #106: "May 1998" (1998-0x-xx)[15]
Artwork
Cover
Synbios
Synbios
Synbios
Synbios
Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: Shining Force III/Technical information.
References
- ↑ File:SFIII Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segasaturn/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-30 22:53)
- ↑ File:ShiningForceIIIS1 Saturn JP Flyer.pdf
- ↑ File:ShiningForceIII Saturn JP Flyer.pdf
- ↑ http://riehlspot.simplenet.com/vgame/new/saturn.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-02-21 17:22)
- ↑ http://www.cyberdrive.net/%7Egskalba/Releases1998.htm (Wayback Machine: 1998-12-06 05:03)
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/w9uSEIZ_EnU/m/FKgv2FrfN2sJ
- ↑ Press release: 1998-05-28: Gamers Determine Destiny or Death in Shining Force 3 for Sega Saturn!
- ↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1998-07-13), page 20
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Computer & Video Games, "August 1998" (UK; 1998-07-15), page 69
- ↑ File:Shining Force III Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Shiningforceiii sat us manual.pdf, page 26
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 27
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 123
- ↑ Consoles +, "Juin 1998" (FR; 1998-0x-xx), page 126
- ↑ Consoles +, "Février 1998" (FR; 1998-0x-xx), page 116
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 150
- ↑ Famitsu, "1997-12-19" (JP; 1997-12-05), page 1
- ↑ GamePro, "October 1998" (US; 1998-xx-xx), page 202
- ↑ Game Informer, "September 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 68
- ↑ Gamers' Republic, "June 1998" (US; 1998-05-xx), page 76
- ↑ Joypad, "Février 1998" (FR; 1998-xx-xx), page 74
- ↑ MAN!AC, "08/98" (DE; 1998-07-01), page 78
- ↑ Mega Console, "Febbraio 1998" (IT; 1998-xx-xx), page 72
- ↑ Neo, "Październik 1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 19
- ↑ Neo Plus, "Wrzesień 1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 69
- ↑ Next Generation, "April 1998" (US; 1998-03-17), page 104
- ↑ neXt Level, "Juli 1998" (DE; 1998-06-19), page 62
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 24" (JP; 1997-12-12), page 184
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 3" (JP; 1998-01-30), page 73
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "April 1998" (DE; 1998-03-11), page 32
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "September 1998" (DE; 1998-08-05), page 14
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1998" (UK; 1998-06-17), page 56
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 10
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-44 (1997-12-19)" (JP; 1997-12-05), page 207
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