Shining Force Gaiden II

Shining Force Gaiden II
Information
Developer(s)	Sonic! Software Planning
Publisher(s)	Sega
Genre	Strategy
Platform(s)	Game Gear Palm OS 3DS
Rating(s)	VRC: All Ages ESRB: Ages 10 and Up PEGI: Ages 7 and Up CERO: All Ages
Release Date(s)
Game Gear Japan: 1993-06-25 North America: 1994-10 Palm OS North America: 2003-04-14 North America: 2003-05 (Sega Classics) 3DS (Virtual Console) North America: 2013-06-13 Europe: 2013-06-13 Japan: 2013-11-06 Game Gear Micro (Yellow) Japan: 2020-10-06

Shining Force Gaiden II (シャイニング・フォース外伝 (がいでん) II 邪神 (じゃしん) の覚醒 (めざめ) , Shainingu Fōsu Gaiden Tsū: Jashin no Mezame^?, lit. "Shining Force Gaiden II: The Evil God Awakens", released in the USA as Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya) is a strategy role-playing game for the Game Gear. It is a direct continuation of Shining Force Gaiden, set only two months after and featuring many of the same characters. A remake of the game was later included in Shining Force CD.

Gameplay

Shining Force Gaiden II uses gameplay identical to its predecessor, Shining Force Gaiden.

Plot

The story revolves around Deanna and his companions, young soldiers in the army of Cypress. Nick, the Prince of Cypress, has left the castle in order to defeat Iom (nation), an aggressor nation. He leaves, however, without the powerful Sword of Hajya due to his inability to wield it - his arm has been turned to stone. Deanna and his friends are left behind to defend the castle and the Sword, with Prince Nick's friend Mayfair placed in charge of them. When forces from Iom attack and steal the sword, Mayfair directs the young soldiers to pursue them in order to regain possession of the sword.

Locations

The story is set in the nations of Cypress, Iom, and Emild.

Characters

Shining Force

• Deanna - A young man nursed back to health by the guards of Castle Cypress, he joins them in their quest
• Natasha - Leader of the Shining Force, a young castle guard skilled in the use of magic
• Jaha - A troublemaking young castle guard
• Eric - An ill-behaved aristocratic guard
• Dawn - Another castle guard, but stern and work-obsessed
• Luke - Jaha and Eric's mischievous friend
• Slade - A friendly and fun-loving priest.
• Graham - The thief of the Sword of Hajya, he repents his ways after a falling out with the Iom army
• Chester - An Emild guard
• May - A member of the court of Emild, skilled in the use of magic
• Claude - A high-flying member of the Cypress army
• Randolf - An experienced knight in service to the prince of Cypress
• Sarah - Advisor to Natasha's division of the Shining Force, and a playable vicar once the force reunites
• Rohde
• Hanzou - One of the heroes of the original Guardiana Shining Force, mistranslated as "Higins"
• Gyan - Bodyguard and advisor to Prince Nick
• Musashi - One of the heroes of the original Guardiana Shining Force, mistranslated as "Rush"
• Nick - The captive ruler of Cypress

Allies of the Force

• Mayfair - The young but wise advisor of the Shining Force, Nick's right hand woman
• Hindel - One of Iom's top generals, for some reason he does not fight the Shining Force
• Ruce - A hero of Guardiana and friend to Prince Nick

Bosses

• Gordon - A maniacal and monstrous general of Iom, responsible for the theft of the Sword of Hajya
• Solo - One of Iom's top generals, a powerful wizard and experienced leader
• Iom statue
• Barbara - One of Iom's top generals, an ambitious and bloodthirsty servant of evil
• Death Woldol - Resurrected from the dead by the power of Iom, Woldol seeks revenge on Nick, Mayfair, and everyone they hold dear
• Warderer - The mad king of Iom, he seeks to sacrifice Prince Nick in order to win favor with the god Iom
• Iom - The evil god of sacrifice

Races

Playable

Cypress seems chiefly populated by humans, centaurs, and dwarves. However, they also have a few birdmen, half-giants and kyantols, and Gyan is some sort of halfling race. Elves and foxlings from Emild also appear.

Enemies

Arch Knight Assassin Belial Big Bat Bow Rider Brass Gunner Brass Rorder Cerberos Chimera Dark Bishop Dark Mage Dark Monk Dark Ranger Dark Sniper Dark Soldier Death Archer Death Balloon Death Walldol Demon Master Drago-Newt Dullahan Dwarf Evil Cleric Evil Pixie Executioner

Gargoyle Ghoul Goblin Golem Hawkman Incubus Iom Knight Lizardman Master Mage Minotaur Pegasus Knight Ratman Ratwing Scaben Sentinel Skeleton Skull Knight Sorcerer Taros Warderer Wight Worm Wyvern Zombie

Classes

Starting Classes	Promoted Classes
Swordsman	Hero (Can be advanced to Prince)
Warrior	Gladiator
Archer	Sniper
Knight	Paladin
Monk	Master Monk
Mage	Wizard
Birdman	Birdwarrior
Ranger	Bowknight
Priest	Vicar
N/A	Shinobi
N/A	Berserker
N/A	Samurai