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Shining Soul II

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Shining Soul II
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Developer(s) Grasshopper Manufacture
Salamander Factory
Publisher(s) Sega (JP)
THQ (EU)
Atlus USA (NA)
Genre Action, RPG
Platform(s) Game Boy Advance
Wii U
Rating(s) CERO: CERO A All Ages
PEGI: PEGI 3 All Ages
ESRB: ESRB E All Ages
Release Date(s)
GBA
Japan Japan: 2003-07-24[1]
Japan Japan: 2005-11-23 (Bargain Edition)[2]
Europe Europe: 2004-03-26
United States North America: 2004-04-20

Wii U (Virtual Console)
Japan Japan: 2016-03-09

Shining Soul II (シャイニング・ソウル II?) is a multiplayer action RPG for the Game Boy Advance.


Gameplay[]

Gameplay is an action RPG.

Klantol[]

Acts as a hub city, offering players access to a variety of different services including shops, identification for items, and storage.

Battles[]

Battles take place in real time, even if the player pauses the game to view their inventory, status, and window options. (in single-player or multiplayer mode) they can still get attacked by enemies. The player can equip up to 3 weapons and 3 items at a time on a character that the player can cycle through by pressing the L and R respectively without having to pause the game.

Inventory & Storage[]

Every character has a 5x5 inventory grid (or 25 inventory slots). Equipment that isn't equipped to the characters, and all other items take up one inventory slot, with the exception of Gold(which still takes an inventory slot but can stack). If a player fills all their inventory slots, they will not be able to pick up any new items. At any time; however, the player can drop an item from the Inventory screen, which drops right underneath the character. This allows players to share or drop any unnecessary items.

Storage can be found in Klantol. The storage first offers a shelf, which has a 3x5 grid (15 slots) that player can use to store items and equipment. The player can buy more shelves, up to 5 total, giving the player a maximum of 75 storage slots.

Soul[]

Main Article: Soul

A mechanic that was features in Shining Soul. Beyond regular equipment, a "Soul" item can also be equipped; it is charged by defeating enemies and unleashed to inflict massive damage on nearby enemies. They come in various elemental types and levels of effectiveness. They are graded on the Roman numerals I, II, III, IV and V, with V being the strongest and taking the longest to charge up.

  • Arbiter - No element; A giant yellow 12-sided crystal with eyes.
  • Atom Dragon - Fire element; A massive red dragon
  • Azuzra - Dark element; An elvish warrior, surrounded by a hydra with wolf heads.
  • Golem - Earth element; A hulking being made from stone.
  • Oblivion - Poison element; A horned-grim reaper
  • Proserpina - Water element; A mermaid encased in a body of water
  • Raijin - Lightning element;
  • Yogurt - A hamster with a helmet

Leveling Up[]

As is most common for RPGs, characters gain experience points (EXP) by defeating enemies, which allows them to gain levels. When a character gains a level, they are awarded four stat point, which can be used to increase a character's stats. These are STR(Strength), affects attack and equipment; DEX(Dexterity), affects hit and evasion rate; INT(Intelligence) affects SP and damage; VIT(Vitality), affects HP. They are also awarded one skill point that the player may distribute among the character's various stats and skills they choose. A character can reach a maximum of 200 levels.

Multiplayer[]

up to four player co-op is allowed. However, for the party to progress to another section of a dungeon, all the players must be at the same point on the map or a combination of player(s) waiting and player(s) dead.


Plot[]

Centuries after the defeat of Dark Dragon in Shining Soul I, light had become too strong, opening the way to a resurgence of darkness. A crystal in the possession of King Marcel and Queen Yvonne of Klantol, which throughout the story reflects the current balance of light and darkness, turns from shining to cloudy.

An alchemist named Gillespie, a member of a dark order, the Chaos Knights, worms his way into the friendship of King Marcel's most trusted knight, Deatharte. Gillespie then disappears, leaving something called "the forbidden fruit" with Deatharte. Driven by curiosity, Deatharte eventually eats the fruit and is corrupted by darkness.

Later, a tournament at the Klantol Colosseum is interrupted by news that Princess Camille has been abducted. King Marcel orders Deatharte to search for her. Deatharte pretends to obey, but instead goes to join the Chaos Knights. Since Marcel is also concerned about an army of goblins mustering near the castle, he sends a promising young participant in the tournament (the player character) to investigate.

Penetrating the goblin fort, the young hero not only confirms that the goblins were planning an attack on the castle, but learns that they abducted Camille and delivered her to the witch Wizari, who plans to sacrifice her to increase her power. The hero defeats the goblins and recovers the key to Camille's prison. Since Deatharte has naturally still not returned, Marcel relies upon the young hero to journey to Wizari's palace and save Camille. He succeeds in doing this and slaying Wizari.

The celebration is short-lived, as normally peaceful beings are driven mad by darkness. The hero's investigations of these incidents takes him to the mainland of Klantol, where he uncovers a plot by the Chaos Knights to conquer the world. Meanwhile, Princess Camille sneaks away to find Gillespie and manages to learn the password to the Chaos Knights' hidden stronghold. She is later trapped in Koldazhek Cave, but is rescued by the hero and tells him the password. Infiltrating the Chaos Knights' stronghold, the hero slays both Gillespie and Deatharte, who had become leader of the Chaos Knights.

The defeat of the Chaos Knights, however, causes a violent shift in balance from darkness to light, awakening a destructive power called Chaos, which even the forces of darkness fear. Marcel, Yvonne, Camille, and the court wizard are spirited away by Chaos.

A former knight guides the hero to a passage to Chaos's realm. The hero goes there and defeats Chaos, rescuing the four prisoners and restoring balance to the world.

Characters[]

Shining Soul II Character Selectioon Screen

Screenshot of the playable cast in Shining Soul II.

Playable Characters[]

Non-Playable Characters[]

Bosses[]

Locations[]

Links[]


  1. ↑ sega.jp Shining Soul II (archived 2008-03-08)
  2. ↑ shining-world.jp Shining World (archived 2018-09-09)
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