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Shining Force

Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention, commonly referred to as Shining Force, is a 1992 turn-based tactical role-playing game developed by Climax Entertainment and Sonic! Software Planning and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It is the second entry of the Shining series, following 1991's Shining in the Darkness. While primarily a…

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Genre
Tactical role-playing
Artists
Hidehiro Yoshida Yoshitaka Tamaki
Composer
Masahiko Yoshimura
Designer
Hiroyuki Takahashi
Developers
Climax Entertainment Sonic! Software Planning[a]
Directors
Yasuhiro Taguchi Kenji Orimo

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Shining Force

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples83
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
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Shining Force

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related to Development and release · 22
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related to Plot · 15
Shining Force → Along, Chaos Breaker, Dark Dragon, Darksol, Guardiana, Kane, Kane's, King Ramladu, Kingdom, Max, Rune, Runefaust, Shining Path, The, They
related to Gameplay · 10
Shining Force → As, Battles, Depending, Each, EXP, Move, RPG, Some, The, These
related to Reception · 10
Shining Force → All Time, April, Famitsu, In Japan, Mega, Power Unlimited, RPG, RPGs, The, Top Mega Drive Games
Release · 7
Shining Force → EU: April 30, 2004, EU: July 1993, Genesis JP: March 20, 1992NA: May 1993EU: July 1993Game Boy AdvanceEU: April 30, 2004NA: June 8, 2004JP: August 5, 2004iOS July 29, 2010 Windows January 26, 2011 Linux, macOS Ma…, JP: August 5, 2004, JP: March 20, 1992, NA: June 8, 2004, NA: May 1993
Publishers · 5
Shining Force → .mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plai…, EU: THQ, Game Boy Advance, JP: Sega, NA: Atlus
is a · 2
Shining Force → fantastic RPG in itself, turn-based tactical role-playing game
Artists · 1
Shining Force → Hidehiro Yoshida Yoshitaka Tamaki
Composer · 1
Shining Force → Masahiko Yoshimura
Designer · 1
Shining Force → Hiroyuki Takahashi

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Shining ForceArtistsHidehiro Yoshida Yoshitaka Tamaki1.00infobox
Shining ForceComposerMasahiko Yoshimura1.00infobox
Shining ForceDesignerHiroyuki Takahashi1.00infobox
Shining ForceDevelopersClimax Entertainment Sonic! Software Planning[a]1.00infobox
Shining ForceDirectorsYasuhiro Taguchi Kenji Orimo1.00infobox
Shining ForceGenreTactical role-playing1.00infobox
Shining ForceModeSingle-player1.00infobox
Shining ForcePlatformsSega Genesis, Game Boy Advance, iOS, Windows, Linux, macOS1.00infobox
Shining ForceProducerHiroyuki Takahashi1.00infobox
Shining ForcePublishersGame Boy Advance1.00infobox
Shining ForcePublishers.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plai…1.00infobox
Shining ForcePublishersEU: THQ1.00infobox
Shining ForcePublishersNA: Atlus1.00infobox
Shining ForcePublishersJP: Sega1.00infobox
Shining ForceReleaseGenesis JP: March 20, 1992NA: May 1993EU: July 1993Game Boy AdvanceEU: April 30, 2004NA: June 8, 2004JP: August 5, 2004iOS July 29, 2010 Windows January 26, 2011 Linux, macOS Ma…1.00infobox
Shining ForceReleaseJP: March 20, 19921.00infobox
Shining ForceReleaseNA: May 19931.00infobox
Shining ForceReleaseEU: July 19931.00infobox
Shining ForceReleaseEU: April 30, 20041.00infobox
Shining ForceReleaseNA: June 8, 20041.00infobox
Shining ForceReleaseJP: August 5, 20041.00infobox
Shining ForceSeriesShining1.00infobox
Shining ForceWritersMasaki Wachi Kenji Orimo Haruki Kodra Hiroyuki Takahashi1.00infobox
Shining Forceis aturn-based tactical role-playing game0.90text
Shining Forceis afantastic RPG in itself0.90text

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