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Shining Soul II
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Series
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Shining series
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Manufacturer
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Sega
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Creator
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Grasshopper Manufacture
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Year
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2003
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Game System(s)
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Game Boy Advance
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Shining Soul II is a multiplayer action RPG for the Game Boy Advance.
Gameplay
Gameplay is an action RPG. Battles take place in real time.
As is most common for the RPG genre, characters gain experience points, which allow them to gain levels, by fighting enemies. When a character gains a level, he is awarded four stat increases and one skill point that the player may distribute among the character's various stats and skills as he chooses.
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.
Locations
Characters
Playable Characters
- Eric - a Human Warrior
- Rwinn - an Elf Archer
- Tyroth - a Dragonute
- Prim - a Kyantol Priestess
- Sachs - a Wofling Brawler
- Bloodstar (Armand) - a Half-human, Half Vampire Dark Wizard
- Raizen - a Human Ninja
- Premiera - a Human Sorceress