The same Shining force...?

[oleg-provotorov]

Игра из той самой серии которая начиналась на Sega Mega Drive?

[HoTTNiXX]

Same series, yes. Loved that game.

Just bought this one, we'll see how it holds up.

Here's hoping they easter egg Max in there some how.

[Algester]

not quite Shining on its own is a franchise much like Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Phatasy Star and Star Ocean. same franchise but different game

[Panda o' Plenty]

Nah. Shining games used to be mostly Camelot's creation and all games would take place in the same universe. Sega kicked Camelot out after Shining Force 3 on Saturn. After which Sega themselves made few Shining games on GBA, all still taking place in same old universe, the last one - Shining Soul 2, coming out in 2003-2004.

After this Sega threw old universe out and started to abuse the brand for random generic-looking anime RPGs. Some pre-smartphone mobile games aside, it seems.

So don't think of it as related to old Shining, you are just going to be disappoint, think of each of modern Shining as a game of it's own.

[landman]

They are a game of its own but when they talk about the Dark Dragon soul, I want to believe it's the same dark dragon :P

Also, lore whise... every shining game was a tale told to the player, it just hapens some tales are related to each other. I wonder when did they drop the storyteller that saved / loaded in every game...

[oleg-provotorov]

Originally posted by Foxysen:

Nah. Shining games used to be mostly Camelot's creation and all games would take place in the same universe. Sega kicked Camelot out after Shining Force 3 on Saturn. After which Sega themselves made few Shining games on GBA, all still taking place in same old universe, the last one - Shining Soul 2, coming out in 2003-2004.

After this Sega threw old universe out and started to abuse the brand for random generic-looking anime RPGs. Some pre-smartphone mobile games aside, it seems.

So don't think of it as related to old Shining, you are just going to be disappoint, think of each of modern Shining as a game of it's own.

Yes, I know that the game as the SMD will not be. By the way the fact that Sega kicked Camelot partially explains the fact that after the third part of the game went in a different direction (lost individuality and became a typical JRPG)

[Panda o' Plenty]

Ok, I oversimplified a bit. It's more like Camelot left partnership with Sega by themselves due to disagreements. With Sega keeping ownership on the franchise, as it belonged to them to begin with due to being publishers, I think.
And publishers tend to cling to any brand due to 'potential' even if they do nothing with it.

Don't think that Sega was interested in old Shining games either. They were giving a low budget to Camelot, according to found info.

That's the impression that I have.

[Eknight01]

This is just another bellow to stoke the fires of depression. Shining Force, as it was, will probably never come back around. Tactics games dont appeal to marketing boards in general, and Sega likes thier marketing boards.

[KBTカイザー]

You could say that this is technically the Tony Taka-verse for the Shining series.
Games included are:
Tears (PS2)
Wind (PS2)
Hearts (PSP)
Blade (PSP)
Arc (PSP)
Resonance (PS3)

While note part of the series, there's also the fighting game Blade Arcus.
Funny thing? Of these games, you can find a Mizuki Nana role starting from Wind and onwards.