Shining Wisdom

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Shining Wisdom
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega (Japan, Europe), Working Designs (US)
Developer:
Sound driver: SCSP (1 track)
Genre: Action RPG[1], RPG[2]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP 		¥5,8005,800 GS-9057
Sega Rating: All Ages
Sega Saturn
US 		T-12702H
ESRB: Kids to Adults
Sega Saturn
EU 		MK81381-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Saturn
DE 		MK81381-50
USK: 0
Sega Saturn
UK 		£39.9939.99[4] MK81381-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Saturn
PL
Sega Saturn
AU 		FSHI08SSC
OFLC: G

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Shining Wisdom (シャイニング・ウィズダム) is a 1995 action RPG in Sega's Shining series of games for the Sega Saturn.

Production credits

Japanese version

(C)Sega 1995 (© SEGA 1995)

US version

  • Program: Yasuhiro Taguchi, Akiko Sato, Takeshi Nohara, P. E. Jareth Hein, Yutaka Yamamoto
  • Subscript: Hiroyuki Takahashi
  • English Translation: Victor Ireland, Kei Kuboki, P.E. Jareth Hein
  • Map Design: Shuji Shimizu, Ayumi Shindo, Tatsuya Niikura, Hiroyuki Takahashi
  • Character Design: Hiroshi Kajiyama
  • Map Graphics: Shigeki Kimura, Fumihide Aoki, Masayuki Hashimoto, Hiroto Nakashima, Ayumu Shindo, Keisuke Futami, Mieko Koguchi
  • Map Organization: Yusuke Sugimoto
  • Character Graphics & Movie: Tomoko Murakami, Junko Nakamura
  • Music: Motoaki Takenouchi
  • Sound Effects: Satoshi Murata
  • Game Manual: Don Shirley
  • Sales & Publicity: Kelly Knight, Matt Atwood
  • Lead Tester: Bonnie Shirley
  • Support: Shinobu Shindo
  • Map Illustration: Shin Yamanouchi
  • Directed by: Yasuhiro Taguchi
  • Produced by: Hiroyuki Takahashi
  • Special Thanks to: Camelot Co., Ltd., R.I.S. Co., Ltd., Rit's Co., Ltd., Treasure Co., Ltd., Cindy Ireland, Brodrico Suave, Jin Shimazaki, Shin Hamanaka
  • Created by: Sonic Co., Ltd.
© Sega 1995, 1996

Magazine articles

Main article: Shining Wisdom/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Next Generation (US) #18: "June 1996" (1996-05-21)
also published in:
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1995-09: "September 1995" (1995-08-08)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 [14]
91 [15]
80 [16]
80 №349, p32
60
95 [17]
92
90
81 №44, p53
83 №38 [1]
85
87 [18]
80 [19]
92 [20]
60
60 [21]
79 №80, p56
88 №51, p54/55
88 [22]
60 [23]
65 [24]
84 №87, p10
81
82 №3, p51
Sega Saturn
 80
Based on
24 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
CD Consoles (FR) PAL
40
[25]
Consoles News (FR) PAL
80
[14]
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
91
[26]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
87
[27]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
75
[4]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
55
[28]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
80
[29]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
60
[30]
Gambler (PL)
82
[31]
GameFan (US)
92
[17]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
75
[32]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
73
[33]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
65
[34]
GamesMaster (UK) NTSC-U
81
[35]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
81
[36]
Intelligent Gamer (US) NTSC-U
67
[37]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
89
[38]
Joypad (FR) PAL
87
[18]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
69
[39]
Maximum (UK)
75
[19]
Mega Force (FR) NTSC-J
87
[40]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
84
[41]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
61
[42]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
92
[43]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[44]
neXt Level (DE) PAL
60
[45]
Player One (FR)
60
[21]
Power Up! (UK)
83
[46]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
73
[47]
Sega News (CZ)
85
[48]
Sega News (CZ)
59
[48]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
79
[49]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
88
[50]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
88
[51]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
60
[52]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
65
[53]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
84
[54]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
80
[55]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
84
[56]
Última Generación (ES)
78
[57]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
81
[58]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
90
[59]
Sega Saturn
 76
Based on
42 reviews

Shining Wisdom

Saturn, JP
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Cover
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Spinecard
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Disc
Saturn, US
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Cover
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Disc
Shiningwisdom sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
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Cover
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Disc
Saturn, AU
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Cover
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Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
98,746,368 CD-ROM (EU) MK81381-50 V1.000
Sega Saturn
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
95,121,936 1995-07-19 CD-ROM (JP) GS-9057 V1.000
Sega Saturn
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
100,813,776 CD-ROM (US) T-12702H V1.000

External links

  • Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese): Saturn

References

  1. ↑ File:ShiningWisdom Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segasaturn/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-30 22:53)
  3. ↑ http://www.sega-saturn.com/saturn/other/june-n.htm (Wayback Machine: 1997-06-06 05:51)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Computer & Video Games, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-05-09), page 78
  5. ↑ GamePro, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 55
  6. ↑ Next Generation, "July 1996" (US; 1996-06-18), page 73
  7. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 45
  8. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 8 August 1996" (US; 1996-07-09), page 19
  9. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 47
  10. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 79
  11. ↑ Next Generation, "October 1996" (US; 1996-09-17), page 196
  12. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 75
  13. ↑ Game Informer, "October 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 7
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Consoles News, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 91
  15. ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 134/135 (134)
  16. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-05-09), page 78/79 (78)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 10: October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 18
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 94
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Maximum, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-03-29), page 150
  20. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-0x-xx), page 72-75 (72)
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Player One, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 126
  22. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-03-23), page 80/81 (80)
  23. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 164 (166)
  24. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 13 (15)
  25. ↑ CD Consoles, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 134
  26. ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 134
  27. ↑ Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 122
  28. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 24
  29. ↑ Famitsu, "1995-08-18,25" (JP; 1995-08-04), page 1
  30. ↑ Fun Generation, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 71
  31. ↑ Gambler, "10/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
  32. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 9: September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 22
  33. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 5 May 1996" (US; 1996-04-xx), page 61
  34. ↑ GamePro, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 98
  35. ↑ GamesMaster, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-06), page 53
  36. ↑ Game Informer, "June 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 42
  37. ↑ Intelligent Gamer, "June 1996" (US; 1996-05-27), page 86
  38. ↑ Joypad, "Octobre (Joypad International supplement)" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 24
  39. ↑ MAN!AC, "06/96" (DE; 1996-05-08), page 68
  40. ↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 100
  41. ↑ Mega Force, "Été 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 66
  42. ↑ Mega Fun, "07/96" (DE; 1996-06-19), page 70
  43. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-0x-xx), page 72
  44. ↑ Next Generation, "June 1996" (US; 1996-05-21), page 120
  45. ↑ neXt Level, "September 1996" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 79
  46. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, August 03, 1996" (UK; 1996-08-03), page 1
  47. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 November" (JP; 1995-10-07), page 76
  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 Sega News, "Prosinec 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 21
  49. ↑ Sega Power, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-05-09), page 56
  50. ↑ Sega Pro, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-10-05), page 54
  51. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-03-23), page 80
  52. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 166
  53. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15
  54. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "1 October 1996" (UK; 1996-09-18), page 10
  55. ↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue One" (UK; 1996-08-xx), page 30
  56. ↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 50
  57. ↑ Última Generación, "Febrero 1996" (ES; 1996-0x-xx), page 104
  58. ↑ Video Games, "9/96" (DE; 1996-08-28), page 90
  59. ↑ VideoGames, "July 1996" (US; 1996-06-18), page 73


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