Shining Force II

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Shining Force II
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console, Steam
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: RPG (JP game box), Simulation[1]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥8,8008,800 G-5521
Sega Mega Drive
US 		1315
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		1315-50
Sega Mega Drive
PT 		MDJ1315
Sega Mega Drive
AU 		$105.95105.95[4]
Sega Mega Drive
BR 		046510
Sega Mega Drive
KR 		GM93044JG
Wii Virtual Console
JP ▼ 		700pts700
Wii Virtual Console
US ▼ 		800pts800
Wii Virtual Console
EU ▼ 		800pts800
CERO
Missing Parameter!

Shining Force II, known as Shining Force II: Inishie no Fuuin (シャイニング・フォースII 古えの封印) in Japan, a sequel to Shining Force. It was released in Japan for the Sega Mega Drive in 1993, before seeing overseas releases in the following year.

Despite a multilingual cover and manual in PAL regions, Shining Force II is only thought to have been translated from its original Japanese incarnation into English. The English script, like many RPGs of the era has many inaccuracies and continuity issues with other Shining games, being said to drastically alter plots from Shining in the Darkness and Shining Force in the process.

History

Development

Despite being preceeded by hits such as Shining in the Darkness and the original Shining Force, Sega remained reluctant to back development on Shining Force II, giving it the same limited budget as previous entries in the series and indirectly threatening the break-up of Sonic! Software Planning should the game not deliever as hoped. This put enormous pressure on Hiroyuki Takahashi and his team, many of whom dropped out before production of the game.

Shining Force II has been quoted as being "experimental", with a greater emphasis on RPG and story elements than its immediate predecessors.

Legacy

Shining Force II is amongst the most successful Mega Drive games in Japan, though also garnered some popularity in North America and Europe. It has since been released as part of the Wii's Virtual Console service and through numerous compilations.

Comic adaptation

Sonic the Comic included "Shining Force" comics strips. The plot followed Shining Force 2 heroes trying to stop followers of Zeon from bringing demon into their world. The comics also brought Max in, the hero of the first Shining Force. The single story arc was called "The Curse of Zeon" (issue #73 to issue #78). It was the last big (6-7 issues) non-Sonic story arc featured in Sonic the Comic, not counting short Decap Attack stories.

Production credits

Japanese version

Shining Force II Staff
  • Program: Yasuhiro Taguchi, Shugo Takahashi, Haruki Kodera, Kenji Numaya, Yutaka Yamamoto, Tsukasa Tanaka
  • Subscript: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Ritsuko Hasasue, Shuji Shimizu
  • Map Design: Ritsuko Hisasue, Shuji Shimizu, Tatsuya Niikura
  • Character Design: Suezen
  • Graphic: Fumihide Aoki, Masayuki Hashimoto
  • Music Compose: Motoaki Takenouchi
  • Sound Effects: Dogen Shibuya, Enzan Shibuya
  • Manual: Naoko Okada, Riko Kushida, Masayo Umetsu, Junko Mikami
  • Special Thanks to: Winds Co., Ltd., R.I.S. Co., Ltd., Rit's Co., Chaki, Hiroshi Kajiyama, Satoshi Tezuka, Minoru Yasuda, Akira Takahashi, Satomi Yokose, Daichan Ikejiri
  • Directerd (sic) by: Shugo Takahashi, Yasuhiro Taguchi
  • Produced by: Hiroyuki Takahashi
  • Created by: Sonic Co., Ltd.
  • © Sega 1993
Source:
In-game credits

English version

Shining Force II Staff
  • Programmers: Yasuhiro Taguchi, Shugo Takahashi, Haruki Kodera, Kenji Numaya, Yutaka Yamamoto, Tsukasa Tanaka
  • Subscript: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Ritsuko Hasasue, Shuji Shimizu
  • Map Design: Ritsuko Hasasue, Shuji Shimizu, Tatsuya Niikura
  • Character Design: Suezen
  • Graphics: Fumihide Aoki, Masayuki Hashimoto
  • Music Composer: Motoaki Takenouchi
  • Sound Effects: Dogen Shibuya, Enzan Shibuya
  • Manual: Naoko Okada, Riko Kushida, Masayo Umetsu, Junko Mikami
  • Special Thanks to: Winds Co., Ltd., R.I.S. Co., Ltd., Rit's Co., Chaki, Hiroshi Kajiyama, Satoshi Tezuka, Minoru Yasuda, Akira Takahashi, Satomi Yokose, Daichan Ikejiri
  • Directed by: Shugo Takahashi, Yasuhiro Taguchi
  • Produced by: Hiroyuki Takahashi
SOA Staff
  • © 1994 Sega
Source:
In-game credits

Promotional material

  • JP TV advert

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Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #21: "October/November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:
  • EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)[5]
  • Sega Visions (US) #22: "December/January 1994/1995" (1994-xx-xx)[6]
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Digital manuals

  • Steam manual

Artwork

  • ShiningForceII Art 1.jpg

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
95
85 №5, p14
97 №28, p134[7]
92 №25, p40-43
87 №10/94, p88/89[8]
91 №23, p72-75[9]
90 №48, p128/129
90 №9, p96
90 №59, p64/65
88 №37, p60/61
91 №6/94, p26/27[10]
75 №29, p10/11
82 №12/94, p101[11]
Sega Mega Drive
 89
Based on
13 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
95
[12]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
80
[13]
Cool Gamer (RU)
80
[14]
Digitiser (UK) PAL
90
[15]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
58
[16]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
68
[17]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
80
[18]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
95
[19]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
60
[20]
Gamer (GR)
96
[21]
Gamestar (AU)
80
[4]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
85
[22]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
69
[23]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
70
[24]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
97
[7]
Joypad (FR) PAL
91
[25]
Mega (UK) PAL
92
[26]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
89
[27]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
87
[8]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
71
[28]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
91
[9]
Player One (FR)
90
[29]
Play Time (DE)
87
[30]
Power Unlimited (NL)
79
[31]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
92
[32]
Sega Power (UK)
90
[33]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
88
[34]
Sega Force (SE)
91
[10]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
84
[35]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
75
[36]
Todo Sega (ES)
91
[37]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
88
[38]
Video Games (DE) PAL
82
[39]
Sega Mega Drive
 84
Based on
33 reviews

Shining Force II

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Shining Force II MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart
Shiningforceii md jp manual.pdf
Manual
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Map
Mega Drive, BR
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Cover
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Cart
Shiningforceii md br manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, KR
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Cover
ShiningForceII MD KR cart.jpg
Cart

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/md/soft.html (Wayback Machine)
  2. ↑ File:SonicTimes US 1994-10.pdf, page 8
  3. ↑ File:CVG UK 155.pdf, page 83
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:Gamestar AU 09.pdf, page 70 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Gamestar AU 09.pdf_p70" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ EGM², "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 121
  6. ↑ Sega Visions, "December/January 1994/1995" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 85
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 File:Joypad FR 028.pdf, page 134 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 028.pdf_p134" defined multiple times with different content
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 File:MegaFun DE 1994-10.pdf, page 55 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaFun DE 1994-10.pdf_p55" defined multiple times with different content
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 File:MeanMachinesSega23UK.pdf, page 72 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega23UK.pdf_p72" defined multiple times with different content
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 File:SegaForce SE 1994 06.pdf, page 26 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce SE 1994 06.pdf_p26" defined multiple times with different content
  11. ↑ File:VideoGames DE 1994-12.pdf, page 97
  12. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 205
  13. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-08), page 24
  14. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 185
  15. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-11-18)
  16. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 152
  17. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 36
  18. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 278
  19. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 8 August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 48
  20. ↑ GamePro, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 124
  21. ↑ Gamer, "Ianouários 1995" (GR; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
  22. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 14
  23. ↑ Game Informer, "September/October 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 8
  24. ↑ Hippon Super, "November 1993" (JP; 1993-10-02), page 41
  25. ↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 108
  26. ↑ Mega, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 40
  27. ↑ Mega Force, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 44
  28. ↑ Mega Play, "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 62
  29. ↑ Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 128
  30. ↑ Play Time, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-05), page 96
  31. ↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 3, Februari 1995" (NL; 1995-01-25), page 48
  32. ↑ Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 92
  33. ↑ Sega Power, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-01), page 64
  34. ↑ Sega Pro, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-08), page 60
  35. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  36. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "July 8th 1994" (UK; 1994-06-25), page 10
  37. ↑ Todo Sega, "Septiembre 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 54
  38. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 23
  39. ↑ Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 101



Shining series of games
Sega Mega Drive
 Shining in the Darkness (1991) | Shining Force (1992) | Shining Force II (1993)
Sega Game Gear
 Shining Force Gaiden: Ensei Jashin no Kuni e (1992) | Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya (1993) | Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict (1995)
Sega Mega-CD
 Shining Force CD (1994)
Sega Saturn
 Shining Wisdom (1995) | Shining the Holy Ark (1996) | Shining Force III (Scenario 2, 3, Premium Disc) (1997-1998)
Game Boy Advance
 Shining Soul (2002) | Shining Soul II (2003) | Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon (2004)
Sony PlayStation 2
 Shining Tears (2004) | Shining Force Neo (2005) | Shining Force EXA (2007) | Shining Wind (2007)
Mobile phone
 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)
Windows PC
 Shining Tears Material Collection (2006) | Shining Wind Fan Fest (2009)
Nintendo DS
 Shining Force Feather (2009)
Arcade
 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)
Sony PlayStation Portable
 Shining Hearts (2010) | Shining Blade (2012) | Shining Ark (2013)
Sony PlayStation 3
 Shining Resonance (2014) | Blade Arcus from Shining EX (2015)
Sony PlayStation 4
 Blade Arcus from Shining EX (2015) | Shining Resonance Refrain (2018)
iOS
Google Android OS
 Shining Force Classics (2018) | Shining Force: Hero of Light and Darkness (2022)
World
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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)
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Film
Shining Tears X Wind (2007) | Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan (2010)
Toys
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