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Shadow Hearts

Shadow Hearts is a series of role-playing video games, consisting of a trilogy of titles for the PlayStation 2 (PS2) and their predecessor Koudelka for the PlayStation. The entire series was developed by Sacnoth (later Nautilus); Koudelka was published by SNK in 1999, while the Shadow Hearts trilogy were published by Aruze from 2001 to 2005. Multiple…

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Genre
Role-playing
Creators
Hiroki Kikuta Matsuzo Machida
Developer
Sacnoth[a]
First release
Koudelka December 16, 1999
Latest release
Shadow Hearts: From the New World July 28, 2005
Platforms
PlayStation, PlayStation 2

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Shadow Hearts

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Triples222
Avg. degree1.98
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Shadow Hearts

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related to Graphic design and localization · 43
Shadow Hearts → Avant, Blaustein, Both Shadow Hearts, Covenant, Digital Media Labs, During, English, For, For Shadow Hearts, From, FutureLight, Ghostlight, He, In Europe, Infogrames, Intersound Post Production, Japanese, Jeremy Blaustein, Kikuta, Koudelka
related to Reception · 29
Shadow Hearts → Anime News Network's Todd, Anthony John Agnello, Aruze, By, Cameron Teague, Chris Breault, Ciolek, Covenant, From, Game Informer's Kimberley Wallace, GamesRadar, In, Japanese, Kill Screen, Koudelka, Midway, New World, North American, PlayStation, PlayStation Lifestyle
related to Related media and cameos · 28
Shadow Hearts → Also, ASCII Media Works, CD, Covenant, Enterbrain, Famitsu Bunko, February, From, Japanese, July, June, Kadokawa, Kadokawa Shoten, Koudelka, May, MediaWorks, Nahoko Korekata, New World, November, October
related to Setting and characters · 28
Shadow Hearts → Aberystwyth, All, Americas, Covenant, Earth, Eurasian, From, Go Nagai, It, Keisuke Fujikawa, Koudelka, Later, Lord Dunsany, Lovecraft, Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, Lovecraftian, Multiple, Nemeton, New World, Pembrokeshire
related to Games · 24
Shadow Hearts → Alice Elliot, Americas, Covenant, Europe, From, Japan, Japan-exclusive, Johnny Garland, Karin Koenig, Koudelka, Koudelka Iasant, Lady, Native American Shania, New World, North America, PlayStation, PS2, Sapientes Gladio, Set, Shadow Hearts II
related to Production · 22
Shadow Hearts → Aruze, Aruze's, During, Hiroki Kikuta, His, It, Koudelka, Koudelka's, Machida, Matsuzo Itakura, Matsuzo Machida, Nautilus, Production, RPG, RPGs, Sacnoth, Sacnoth's, SNK, Square, The Shadow Hearts
related to Music · 20
Shadow Hearts → All, For Covenant, For Shadow Hearts, Fukuda, Hirota, Hirota's, Hirotomi Imoto, Kenji Ito, Kikuta, Koudelka, Masaharu Iwata, Mitsuda, New World, Ryo Fukuda, The, Tomoko Imoto, Tomoko Kobayashi, With From, Yasunori Mitsuda, Yoshitaka Hirota
related to External links · 7
Shadow Hearts → Covenant, English, From, Japanese, MobyGames, New World, Official Shadow Hearts
related to Gameplay · 6
Shadow Hearts → Each, Judgement Ring, Other, Represented, The, Transforming
Publishers · 3
Shadow Hearts → EU: Midway Games Ghostlight[c] Infogrames[b], JP: Aruze SNK[b], NA: Midway Games Xseed Games[c] Infogrames[b]

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shadow hearts koudelka series covenant world new aruze production sacnoth games characters released game first titles machida gameplay multiple manga

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Shadow HeartsCreatorsHiroki Kikuta Matsuzo Machida1.00infobox
Shadow HeartsDeveloperSacnoth[a]1.00infobox
Shadow HeartsFirst releaseKoudelka December 16, 19991.00infobox
Shadow HeartsGenreRole-playing1.00infobox
Shadow HeartsLatest releaseShadow Hearts: From the New World July 28, 20051.00infobox
Shadow HeartsPlatformsPlayStation, PlayStation 21.00infobox
Shadow HeartsPublishersJP: Aruze SNK[b]1.00infobox
Shadow HeartsPublishersNA: Midway Games Xseed Games[c] Infogrames[b]1.00infobox
Shadow HeartsPublishersEU: Midway Games Ghostlight[c] Infogrames[b]1.00infobox
Shadow Heartsis aseries of role-playing video games0.90text
minigamesinstance ofOther elements include optional content0.80text
side questsinstance ofOther elements include optional content0.80text

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