Shining Soul

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JP

Shining Soul

System(s): Game Boy Advance

Publisher:

Atlus (US)

Sega (Japan, Europe)

Developer: Nex Entertainment

Distributor:

Infogrames (Europe)

Peripherals supported: Game Link Cable

Genre: RPG

Number of players: 1-4

Official in-game languages:

English

Deutsch

Français

Italiano

Español

日本語

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2002-03-28^[4]	¥5,800 (6,090)5,800 (6,090)^[4]	AGB-P-AHUJ AGB-AHUJ-JPN
JP (Okaidoku-ban)	2004-05-20^[4]	¥3,800 (3,990)3,800 (3,990)^[4]	AGB-P-AHUJ
JP (Value Selection)	2006-02-02^[5]	¥2,667 (2,800)2,667 (2,800)^[5]	AGB-P-AHUJ AGB-AHUJ-JPN-1
US	2003-09-23^[2]	$29.9929.99^[3]	AGB-P-AHUE AGB-AHUE-USA
DE	2003-03-07		AGB-P-AHUP AGB-AHUP-EUR
ES	2003-03-07		AGB-P-AHUP AGB-AHUP-EUR
FR	2003-03-07		AGB-P-AHUP AGB-AHUP-EUR
UK	2003-03-07	£29.9929.99^[1]	AGB-P-AHUP AGB-AHUP-EUR
FI	2003-03-07		AGB-P-AHUP AGB-AHUP-EUR
JP ▼	2016-02-17^[6]	¥650 (702)650 (702)^[6]	WUP-N-PC2J

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Shining Soul (シャイニング・ソウル) is an entry in the Shining series of games.

Digital manuals

Virtual Console manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Shining Soul/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Nintendo Power (US) #172: "October 2003" (2003-xx-xx)
also published in:

Nintendo Power (US) #173: "November 2003" (2003-1x-xx)^[7]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Advance (UK)

PAL

67

^[8]

big.N (DE)

PAL

80

^[9]

Cubezone (FR)

NTSC-J

85

^[10]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[11]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[12]

GMR (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[3]

NGC Magazine (UK)

PAL

67

^[13]

Nintendo Official Magazine (UK)

PAL

70

^[1]

Nintendo Power (US)

NTSC-U

82

^[14]

N-Zone (DE)

PAL

83

^[15]

	74
Based on 10 reviews

Shining Soul

Game Boy Advance, US
Cover
Cart

Game Boy Advance, EU
Cover
Cart

Game Boy Advance, JP
Cover
Cart

Game Boy Advance, JP (Okaidoku-ban)
Cover

Game Boy Advance, JP (Value Selection)
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	74b5d069
MD5	5931b0b58d9da9b9aa1f82d28643e2f2
SHA-1	6e80a65cca65236e405940c880b144d77f3f4f08

8MB

Cartridge (EU)

✔

CRC32	521450d1
MD5	0cb9989beb289f843cdb69bb0bd8c8be
SHA-1	5fe69468dc1ecd9fb40f0ab3ca361963006dbb02

8MB

Cartridge (JP)

?

CRC32	e95bba0c
MD5	d9b338efe2c15f9493ca0b28714a679b
SHA-1	14723ead8634959b4fad027d9618c0860b82ea67

8MB

Cartridge (US)

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Game Boy Advance
Nintendo catalogue pages: Game Boy Advance: JP, US; Wii U: JP

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Nintendo Official Magazine, "March 2003" (UK; 2003-02-14), page 80
↑ http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=1890 (Wayback Machine: 2003-10-11 11:30)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 GMR, "October 2003" (US; 2003-xx-xx), page 80
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 http://sega.jp/gba/shinsoul/ (Wayback Machine: 2006-06-14 07:46)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 http://shining-world.jp/portal/game/gba.shtml (Wayback Machine: 2018-09-09 15:04)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/20010000017087 (Wayback Machine: 2017-11-15 16:27)
↑ Nintendo Power, "November 2003" (US; 2003-1x-xx), page 161
↑ Advance, "Summer 2003" (UK; 2003-xx-xx), page 50
↑ big.N, "Oktober 2002" (DE; 2002-09-18), page 98
↑ Cubezone, "Juin 2002" (FR; 2002-xx-xx), page 98
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2003" (US; 2003-09-02), page 168
↑ GamePro, "October 2003" (US; 2003-09-02), page 66
↑ NGC Magazine, "March 2003" (UK; 2003-02-20), page 66
↑ Nintendo Power, "November 2003" (US; 2003-1x-xx), page 156
↑ N-Zone, "03/03" (DE; 2003-02-19), page 60

Shining Soul

Main page | Comparisons | Maps | Magazine articles | Reception

Books: Shining Soul Kanzen Kouryaku Guide (2002)

Shining series of games
	Shining in the Darkness (1991) \| Shining Force (1992) \| Shining Force II (1993)
	Shining Force Gaiden: Ensei Jashin no Kuni e (1992) \| Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya (1993) \| Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict (1995)
	Shining Force CD (1994)
	Shining Wisdom (1995) \| Shining the Holy Ark (1996) \| Shining Force III (Scenario 2, 3, Premium Disc) (1997-1998)
	Shining Soul (2002) \| Shining Soul II (2003) \| Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon (2004)
	Shining Tears (2004) \| Shining Force Neo (2005) \| Shining Force EXA (2007) \| Shining Wind (2007)
	Shining Road to the Force (2005) \| Shining Force Chronicle I (2005) \| Shining Force Chronicle II (2005) \| Shining Force Chronicle III (2006) \| Shining Road II (2006) \| Shining Wind X (2008) \| SFCE Tokei (2012)
	Shining Tears Material Collection (2006) \| Shining Wind Fan Fest (2009)
	Shining Force Feather (2009)
	Shining Force Cross (2009) \| Shining Force Cross Raid (2010) \| Shining Force Cross Elysion (2012) \| Shining Force Cross Exlesia (2013) \| Shining Force Cross Exlesia Zenith (2014) \| Blade Arcus from Shining (2014)
	Shining Hearts (2010) \| Shining Blade (2012) \| Shining Ark (2013)
	Shining Resonance (2014) \| Blade Arcus from Shining EX (2015)
	Blade Arcus from Shining EX (2015) \| Shining Resonance Refrain (2018)
	Shining Force Classics (2018) \| Shining Force: Hero of Light and Darkness (2022)
World
Strategy games: Gameplay \| Items \| Accessories \| Weapons \| Magic

Shining related media

Albums

Sound Story of Shining and the Darkness (1991) | Shining Force Special Sound CD (1992) | Symphonic Suite Shining Force II (1993) | Symphonic Suite the Another Story of Shining Force (1994) | Shining Wisdom (1995) | Shining the Holy Ark Original Soundtrack (1996) | Shining Force III Original Soundtrack (1998) | Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon Original Sound Tracks (2004) | Shining Tears (2004) | Shining Force Neo Music Collection (2005) | Shining Theme Music Shiro SAGISU Collection (2005) | Shining Tears Music Collection (2005) | Shining Force EXA Music Collection (2007) | Shining Wind Music Collection (2007) | Shining Tears X Wind Original Soundtrack (2007) | Shining Force Feather Soundtrack (2009) | Shining Hearts Kaizoku Hihou Fan Disc (2010) | Shining Force Cross Raid Original Sound Track (2011) | Shining Hearts Original Soundtrack (2011) | Shining Blade Haru no Shin Seikatsu Ouen Fan Disc (2012) | Shining Blade Character Song Album (2012) | Shining Ark Tenshi no Fandisc (2013) | Shining Force Cross Original Sound Track (2014) | Shining Resonance Music Collection (2015)

Audiobooks

Shining Tears Drama CD Vol. 1 Dark Side: Memories and departure (2006) | Shining Tears Drama CD Vol. 2 Light Side: Yuushatei Hanjouki (2006) | Shining Wind Drama CD Vol. 1 (2007) | Shining Wind Drama CD Vol. 2 (2008) | Shining Force EXA Drama CD (2008) | Shining Wind Drama CD Vol. 3 (2008) | Shining Wind Drama CD Vol. 4 (2009) | Drama CD Shining Force Feather (2009) | Drama CD Shining Hearts (2011)

Books
Guide book: Shining and the Darkness Koushiki Guide Book (1991) \| Shining Force Kanzen Kouryaku Guide (1992) \| Shining Force Battle Guide (1993) \| Shining Force II: Inishie no Fuuin Game Guide Book (1993) \| Shining Force CD Koushiki Guide Book (1994) \| Shining Wisdom Koushiki Guide Book (1995) \| Shining the Holy Ark Koushiki Guide Book (1996) \| Shining Force III Scenario 1: Outo no Kyoshin Official Guide (1997) \| Shining Force III Scenario 1: Outo no Kyoshin Perfect Navi (1998) \| Shining Force III Scenario 2: Nerawareta Miko Official Guide (1998) \| Shining Force III Scenario 2: Nerawareta Miko Perfect Navi (1998) \| Shining Force III Scenario 3: Hyouheki no Jashinguu Perfect Navi (1998) \| Shining Force III Koushiki Settei Shiryoushuu (1999) \| Shining Soul Kanzen Kouryaku Guide (2002) \| Shining Force: Kuroki Ryuu no Fukkatsu Final Complete Guide (2004) \| Shining Tears Final Complete Guide (2004) \| Shining Tears Saikyou Kishidan Ikusei Guide (2004) \| Shining Tears Official Strategy Guide (2005) \| Shining Force Neo Force Master Ikusei Guide (2005) \| Shining Force Neo Final Complete Guide (2005) \| Shining Force Neo Official Strategy Guide (2005) \| Shining Force EXA: The Master Guide‎ (2007) \| Shining Force EXA Official Strategy Guide (2007) \| Shining Force EXA Final Complete Guide (2007) \| Shining Wind Saisoku Guide Book (2007) \| Shining Wind Final Complete Guide (2007) \| Shining Tears X Wind Original Soundtrack (2007) \| Shining Force Feather: The Master Guide‎ (2009) \| Shining Force Feather Complete Guide (2009) \| Shining Hearts Saisoku Guide Book (2010) \| Shining Hearts Complete Guide (2011) \| Shining Force Cross Raid Guide Book 1st (2011) \| Shining Force Cross Raid Guide Book 2nd (2011) \| Shining Blade First Blader's Guide (2012) \| Shining Blade Complete Guide (2012) \| Shining Force Cross Settei Shiryoushuu (2012) \| Shining Ark Complete Guide (2013) \| Shining Blade & Ark Visual Settei Shiryoushuu (2013)
Art book: Works for Shining the Holy Ark (1996) \| Shining Force III Koushiki Settei Shiryoushuu (1999) \| Shining Force EXA Visual Settei Shiryoushuu (2007) \| Shining Force Feather Visual Settei Shiryoushuu (2009) \| Shining Hearts Visual Settei Shiryoushuu (2011)
Unsorted: Shining and the Darkness Kouryakuhon (xxxx) \| Shining Force: Kamigami no Isan Hisshou Kouryaku-hou (xxxx) \| Shining Force Kouryaku no Tebiki (xxxx) \| Shining Force II Inishie no Fuuin Hisshou Kouryaku-hou (xxxx) \| Shining Force II Inishie no Fuuin Kouryaku no Tebiki (xxxx) \| Shining Force Gaiden Final Conflict Hisshou Kouryaku-hou (xxxx) \| Shining Force Gaiden & Gaiden II Hisshou Kouryaku-hou (xxxx) \| Tony's Artworks from Shining Worlds (xxxx)

Film
Shining Tears X Wind (2007) \| Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan (2010)

Toys
Weiß Schwarz Shining Force EXA TCG (2009)

[:File:NOM_UK_126.pdf_p80-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Nintendo Official Magazine, "March 2003" (UK; 2003-02-14), page 80

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20031011113005.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.com.2Fgames.2Fgamepage.2Fgamepage_main.jsp.3FgameId.3D1890-2] ttp://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=1890 (Wayback Machine: 2003-10-11 11:30)

[:File:GMR_US_09.pdf_p80-3] 3.0 ^3.1 GMR, "October 2003" (US; 2003-xx-xx), page 80

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20060614074610.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fgba.2Fshinsoul.2F-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 http://sega.jp/gba/shinsoul/ (Wayback Machine: 2006-06-14 07:46)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20180909150448.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fshining-world.jp.2Fportal.2Fgame.2Fgba.shtml-5] 5.0 ^5.1 http://shining-world.jp/portal/game/gba.shtml (Wayback Machine: 2018-09-09 15:04)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20171115162752.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.co.jp.2Ftitles.2F20010000017087-6] 6.0 ^6.1 https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/20010000017087 (Wayback Machine: 2017-11-15 16:27)

[:File:NintendoPower_US_173.pdf_p161-7] Nintendo Power, "November 2003" (US; 2003-1x-xx), page 161

[:File:Advance_UK_04.pdf_p50-8] Advance, "Summer 2003" (UK; 2003-xx-xx), page 50

[:File:BigN_DE_2002-10.pdf_p98-9] big.N, "Oktober 2002" (DE; 2002-09-18), page 98

[:File:Cubezone_FR_04.pdf_p98-10] Cubezone, "Juin 2002" (FR; 2002-xx-xx), page 98

[:File:EGM_US_171.pdf_p168-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2003" (US; 2003-09-02), page 168

[:File:GamePro_US_181.pdf_p66-12] GamePro, "October 2003" (US; 2003-09-02), page 66

[:File:NGCMagazine_UK_078.pdf_p66-13] NGC Magazine, "March 2003" (UK; 2003-02-20), page 66

[:File:NintendoPower_US_173.pdf_p156-14] Nintendo Power, "November 2003" (US; 2003-1x-xx), page 156

[:File:NZone_DE_2003-03.pdf_p60-15] N-Zone, "03/03" (DE; 2003-02-19), page 60

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Shining series of games
	Shining in the Darkness (1991) \| Shining Force (1992) \| Shining Force II (1993)
	Shining Force Gaiden: Ensei Jashin no Kuni e (1992) \| Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya (1993) \| Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict (1995)
	Shining Force CD (1994)
	Shining Wisdom (1995) \| Shining the Holy Ark (1996) \| Shining Force III (Scenario 2, 3, Premium Disc) (1997-1998)
	Shining Soul (2002) \| Shining Soul II (2003) \| Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon (2004)
	Shining Tears (2004) \| Shining Force Neo (2005) \| Shining Force EXA (2007) \| Shining Wind (2007)
	Shining Road to the Force (2005) \| Shining Force Chronicle I (2005) \| Shining Force Chronicle II (2005) \| Shining Force Chronicle III (2006) \| Shining Road II (2006) \| Shining Wind X (2008) \| SFCE Tokei (2012)
	Shining Tears Material Collection (2006) \| Shining Wind Fan Fest (2009)
	Shining Force Feather (2009)
	Shining Force Cross (2009) \| Shining Force Cross Raid (2010) \| Shining Force Cross Elysion (2012) \| Shining Force Cross Exlesia (2013) \| Shining Force Cross Exlesia Zenith (2014) \| Blade Arcus from Shining (2014)
	Shining Hearts (2010) \| Shining Blade (2012) \| Shining Ark (2013)
	Shining Resonance (2014) \| Blade Arcus from Shining EX (2015)
	Blade Arcus from Shining EX (2015) \| Shining Resonance Refrain (2018)
	Shining Force Classics (2018) \| Shining Force: Hero of Light and Darkness (2022)
World
Strategy games: Gameplay \| Items \| Accessories \| Weapons \| Magic

Shining Soul

From Sega Retro

Contents

Digital manuals

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References