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Shining Force II (GEN)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Role-playing/Strategy RPG

ESRB RATING

DEVELOPER

Sonic Software Planning

PUBLISHER

Sega of America, Inc.

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

Wii

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

PLAYING AS #USES

Hero 10
bowie 5
Kazin 1

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

Epic Adventure 15
Save the World 10

DESCRIPTION

Deep within a long forgotten place lies a jewel of great power, one that has been untouched for centuries. A mischievous thief named Slade had heard about such a jewel, but he was only concerned about its monetary value. After all, such a large stone must be worth a small fortune! So he brought along two cohorts to find this mysterious treasure and wrest it from its binding. Being the persistent fellow that he is, he succeeded.

After some serious tugging, the jewel finally broke apart from the wall holding it in place. Yet instead of just falling to the floor, it flew across the room with such a force that it nearly crushed Slade and his friends. If that wasn't bad enough, an eerie glow emerged from the spot where the jewel once appeared — something has awakened!

Now an ancient force has been freed from its long slumber, and the land of Rune is once again in danger. You are the wizard Astral's finest student on the last day of school. Your task in the "vacation" that follows is one of utmost importance. It appears that two jewels were used to bind the evil force, a creature named Zeon, in a place called the Ancient Tower. You and your team must find these Stones of Light and Dark so that peace can return to Rune.

To begin, name yourself as leader of the Shining Force team by entering up to eleven characters (the default name is Bowie). Play involves traveling from town to town from an overhead view of the world; talking with characters; visiting shops to purchase, sell or repair items; entering abbeys to cure, raise or promote characters in your party; and preparing for inevitable combat.

As in the original Shining Force, combat involves first moving characters from a top-down view of the battlefield (taking into account each character's movement points as well as the terrain), and attacking if he or she is in range of the enemy. The screen will then change to a view behind your character in the foreground, while the enemy appears in the background. During battle, players can use available items or magic spells to help tip the scales in their favor.

Over twenty characters are available at certain points during the game, and you'll be able to choose eleven of them to form your party. Among the different classes you'll encounter are birdmen, ninjas, archers, wolfmen, robots, rangers, master monks and golems. Each character can use certain types of weapons, the nature of which depends on his or her class. These weapons fall into seven different categories: arrows, spears and lances, axes, rods and magical weapons, knives and ninja blades, swords, and hand-to-hand weapons (gloves, rings and knuckles).

Key members of the Shining Force team include Jaha, a powerful dwarf; Chester, a spear-throwing centaur; Sarah, an Elven Priestess; Kazin, a powerful mage; Slade, a giant rat and master thief; Ash, one of the last phoenixes in the world; and May, a young centaur who is an expert with the bow. Game options include speeding up or slowing down message speed (with one being the slowest and four being the fastest) and saving up to two games in progress via battery backup. Find the right combination of adventurers and vanquish Zeon once and for all! ~ Scott Alan Marriott, All Game Guide

Shining Force II (GEN)

GENRE/STYLE:

Role-playing/Strategy RPG
TOP TRAITS:

Epic Adventure, Strategy RPG, Epic fantasy
DESCRIPTION:

Deep within a long forgotten place lies a jewel of great power, one that has been untouched for centuries. A mischiev... more

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followers 1

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Fallout2Forever played Shining Force II on 09/NOV/09

“I finally realized why Bowie had no egress spell when Kazin learned a Frost spell. I had been playing an extremely hard mod of the game known as challenge mode. I restarted(still on the hardest...”

created 11/NOV/2009

Serthy was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I love this game.........i love this series. Still have my original copy”

Fallout2Forever played Shining Force II on 08/NOV/09

“It took a couple tries, but I eventually beat the 2nd of the 2 battles you have to fight to get back to granseal. Got the useless tortoise ally, and from there I made it to the underground part of...”

created 09/NOV/2009

40b Shining Force II Slade has joined you!

“This rat is awesome after his promotion, but right now, he's very disappointing.”

Added by: Fallout2Forever
Date: 08/NOV/2009
Views: 278
Votes: 0

created 08/NOV/2009

40a Shining Force II We got the jewel!

“The Jewel of Light is mine!”

Added by: Fallout2Forever
Date: 08/NOV/2009
Views: 126
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created 08/NOV/2009

B5i Shining Force II Boss Galam Knight Stat Screen

“The stats of the first boss. Kinda disappointing!”

Added by: Fallout2Forever
Date: 08/NOV/2009
Views: 147
Votes: 0

created 08/NOV/2009

B5h Shining Force II Boss Galam Knight Goes Down

“The leader of the shining force takes down the games first minor boss type character, How fitting!”

Added by: Fallout2Forever
Date: 08/NOV/2009
Views: 291
Votes: 0

created 08/NOV/2009

B5f Shining Force II Galam Soldier stat screen

“The stat screen ofa very bland tank.”

Added by: Fallout2Forever
Date: 08/NOV/2009
Views: 141
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created 08/NOV/2009

B5e Shining Force II Galam Archer Stat Screen

“The stat screen of the annoying ranged attacker.”

Added by: Fallout2Forever
Date: 08/NOV/2009
Views: 238
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created 08/NOV/2009

B5d Shining Force II Go Kazin!

“This is one of rare times where Kazin is actually able to kill an enemy with his staff, which is awesome!”

Added by: Fallout2Forever
Date: 08/NOV/2009
Views: 432
Votes: 0

created 08/NOV/2009

B5c Shining Force II The tanks has no protection against magic!

“Like in many rpgs, mage's don't need worry about the defense against tanks, which is bad for out little dwarf!”

Added by: Fallout2Forever
Date: 08/NOV/2009
Views: 143
Votes: 0

created 08/NOV/2009

B5b Shining ForceII Archers peirce you from 2 steps away

“Archers attack from 2 steps away, and this is what it looks like!”

Added by: Fallout2Forever
Date: 08/NOV/2009
Views: 137
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created 08/NOV/2009

B5a Shining Force II The games first enemy mage

“The stat screen of the games first enemy mage!”

Added by: Fallout2Forever
Date: 08/NOV/2009
Views: 150
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created 08/NOV/2009

Fallout2Forever played Shining Force II on 29/OCT/09

“Finally beat the Galam Knight, and took the Jewel of Light from him. Still no shopkeepers selling Angel Wings, and I don't think that I'm going to find any at all now. Guess tha's just the way that...”

created 30/OCT/2009