R/ps2:.This subreddit is dedicated to the best selling video game console in history. Shining Wind (- Sequel to the. Vastly superior to FM4 IMHO) can be found online translated to English. Namco X Capcom also has a translation patch, as does Dragon Quest V.

Shining Tears (シャイニング・ティアーズ, Shainingu Tiāzu) is an action role-playing game co-developed by Nextech and Amusement Vision and published by Sega in 2004 for the PlayStation 2 as a part of the Shining Force video game series. It tells the story of a mysterious boy named Xion.

An anime adaptation for the game was announced by Sega, entitled Shining Tears X Wind. It was produced by Studio Deen and began airing in early April 2007. A sequel, Shining Wind, was released in 2007, with return appearances by all the main characters of Shining Tears.

Gameplay[edit]

Plot[edit]

In the beginning of the story, an elven girl named Elwyn finds Xion washed up on the shore of a river. She checks if he is still alive and as she looks, a ring falls by the water. As Elwyn tries to take it, she sees that Xion is on the verge of death so she takes him quickly to the village doctor, Pios. When Xion wakes up, he finds himself in The Heroes' Hearth, the tavern of the town Heroes' Way.

He is then confronted by Pios and Elwyn, questioning him on what happened. He says he cannot remember and only vaguely remembers his name. The two introduce themselves to him and he finds both his hands have two strange rings. They will not come off his hands as Pios tries to investigate the rings. The two then explain that the rings could possibly be the Twin Dragon Rings, the legendary rings of power. Discarding the thought, Pios investigates more on the rings as Xion falls asleep.

A feature of this game is that there is a unique ending involving each of the eight characters that Xion can team up with, making up a total of eight endings. The ending is determined by the character that Xion has developed the highest relationship with.

Characters[edit]

The game's characters were designed by the Japanese artist Tony Taka.

• Xion: He is an amnesiac boy who carries the Twin Dragon Rings, which he received from his Mother, Zenovia, to use for his training. Xion was washed up on a shore near the inn Heroes Hearth. He is found by the elven girl Elwyn and introduced to Doctor Pios, who nurses him back to health. Xion becomes involved in a series of battles to defend the nation Shildia from aggressors. Xion has three personalities within him: A somewhat insecure, good hearted young boy (when no one is wearing the other Twin Dragon Ring), a serene, noble hero (when the other bearer of a Ring has a dark soul), and a battle-crazy, insult-flinging fighter (when the other bearer of a Ring has a light soul) though he retains his kind traits even in this form. In the Japanese version his voice actor is Sōichirō Hoshi, who also performed the theme song for the game.
• Lazarus: He is the Dragonian guardian of the priestess Ryuna. As is the rule for Dragonians, Lazarus was raised from the day he hatched to protect the current priestess of the Etwarl Temple, the house of worship for the Dragon God, at all costs. Lazarus's enormous strength and defense are his most noteworthy traits, as well as his protective nature that extends to all his allies. Lazarus is also slightly jealous of Xion. At one point in the game, Lazarus sacrifices his life to protect the party from a devastating magic attack. If the player has developed enough of a friendship with Ryuna, Xion will journey with her to the Tower of Heaven to revive him, though Lazarus will return from the dead at the same point in any case. Upon his revival, Lazarus's soul changes from Light to Dark and this alters the qualities of some of his moves. Lazarus is voiced by Daisuke Gori.
• Neige: Often referred to as the Ice Witch due to her specialization in ice magic, Neige was first identified as a member of Volg's Weissritter group. It is later revealed that she is crown princess of Runevale Kingdom (one of the opposing forces). She was targeted for a murder by her younger brother Galahad, but was rescued by Cupido and taken to Shildia where she joined Weissritter. She is cold, sarcastic and antisocial, but intelligent. She first doubts Xion's potential, but changes her mind once she is fought alongside him. As time passes, her cold personality fades and she is revealed to be a nice and honorable girl. In the war against Runegeist (the new name of Runevale), Galahad is killed, much to her dismay. Her Japanese voice actress is Megumi Hayashibara.

Music[edit]

Opening Theme

• 'Shining Tears'

  Lyrics by: Natsuko Kondo

  Composition and arrangement by: Gou Takahashi

  Performed by: Souichiro Hoshi

Ending Theme

• 'The Light's Silhouette' (光のシルエット, Hikari no Shiruetto)

  Lyrics by: Yurie Kokubu

  Composition and arrangement by: Masaki Iwamoto

  Performed by: Souichiro Hoshi

These theme songs were also used in the anime version, Shining Tears X Wind.

Reception[edit]

The game received 'mixed' reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[1] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one eight, one seven, and two eights for a total of 31 out of 40.^[3]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^ab'Shining Tears for PlayStation 2 Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
2. ^EGM staff (March 2005). 'Shining Tears'. Electronic Gaming Monthly (189): 124.
3. ^ ^ab'New Famitsu scores (Minish Cap did not get 38)'. NeoGAF. October 27, 2004. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
4. ^'Shining Tears'. Game Informer (143): 130. March 2005.
5. ^Massimilla, Bethany (March 28, 2005). 'Shining Tears Review'. GameSpot. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
6. ^Padilla, Raymond M. (March 18, 2005). 'GameSpy: Shining Tears'. GameSpy. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
7. ^Aceinet (April 7, 2005). 'Shining Tears - PS2 - Review'. GameZone. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
8. ^Dunham, Jeremy (March 23, 2005). 'Shining Tears'. IGN. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
9. ^'Shining Tears'. Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine: 101. March 2005.
10. ^'Review: Shining Tears'. PSM: 73. March 2005.
11. ^Leeper, Justin (February 15, 2005). 'Shining Tears Review'. X-Play. Archived from the original on February 18, 2005. Retrieved March 3, 2017.

External links[edit]

• Shining Tears at MobyGames

Shining Wind (シャイニング・ウィンド, Shainingu Windo) is an action role-playing game developed by Nextech and published by Sega for the PlayStation 2, and the 19th game in the Shining video game series. It was released on May 17, 2007 in Japan. The game is the sequel to Shining Tears. The main characters from Shining Tears appear in Shining Wind as well. An anime adaptation of the two games, called Shining Tears X Wind, began airing in early April 2007. Like Shining Tears, the game is illustrated by artist Tony Taka.

• 1Characters
  • 1.1Real World
  • 1.2End Earth
    • 1.2.1Liberia
    • 1.2.2Valeria

Characters[edit]

Real World[edit]

• Voiced by: Yui Horie - Touka is a grade 12 student and also the student council secretary of her school. Representing beauty and wisdom, she is considered the 'idol' in her school. She is a gentle and polite girl; she always shows kindness to everyone, but when she meets something unreasonable she rejects it resolutely; in fact she is terrible when she is angry. She is a miko and was born into a shrine family ; she is good at the art of kyūdō and spells, but cooking is not her strong point. The school in which she studies was built by her grandfather, and her mother is the director general of this school.

• Voiced by: Nana Mizuki - A student who belongs to the Student Council.

• Voiced by: Kumi Sakuma - A seemingly innocent and quiet girl who is devoted to Saionji.

Soul Bladers[edit]

• Voiced by: Sōichirō Hoshi - An athletic student who, along with Kureha, was transported to the dream continent, End Earth.

• Voiced by: Akira Ishida - A quiet and shy student.

• Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu - An heir to a rich family and Student Council President.

End Earth[edit]

Liberia[edit]

Demonic Alchemy Empire Baelgard (Elven Kingdom Astraea)[edit]

• Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima - One of Baelgard's four guardians.

• Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa - One of Baelgard's four guardians. Originally a normal and kind elf, until he was infected by the darkness.

• Voiced by: Takeshi Kusao - One of Baelgard's four guardians.

Holy Kingdom Philias[edit]

• Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi - Princess and Priestess of Philias' Tower of the Sun.

• Voiced by: Ryōko Shiraishi - Prince of Philias, thus the future king, and Clalaclan's younger brother.

• Voiced by: Hisao Egawa - A mysterious birdman.

• Voiced by: Hirohiko Kakegawa - Priest of Philias.

United Trading Nation Seiran[edit]

• Voiced by: Tetsu Inada - The King of Seiran. Before becoming king, he was the captain of a pirate crew, but his great conviction and good heart made him win the trust of the beastmen.

• Voiced by: Chiwa Saitō - The Priestess of Seiran's Tower of Rain Water.

• Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya - Chancellor of Seiran.

• Voiced by: Takahiko Sakaguma - One of Seiran's five generals. A quiet centaurian warrior. He acts as King Rouen's scout.

• Voiced by: Kazunari Tanaka - One of Seiran's five generals. A bird-like warrior.

• Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai - One of Seiran's five generals. He was ordered to watch over Houmei.

• Voiced by: Tomohisa Asō - One of Seiran's five generals. A bow-wielding turtle-like warrior. When sober, he is very understanding, however, when he is drunk, he fights others for no apparent reason.

• Voiced by: Naoki Imamura - One of Seiran's five generals. A tiger-like warrior, who is a good friend of Hyouun. He is very proud of his skills as a warrior.

Valeria[edit]

Mercenary Knighthood Weissritter[edit]

• Voiced by: Sōichirō Hoshi - Zero is Xion, or what is left of his soul. His angelic wings represent the two entities inside his body, the black one resembles Zeroboros, the white one resembles what is left of Xion, but for all causes, Xion no longer exists.

• Voiced by: Ai Nonaka - A quarter-beast; she has a pair of cat-like ears. She is also the Princess of Bestia.

• Voiced by: Ryō Hirohashi - An old friend of Zero from the Elf race, and is also the princess of Fontina.

• Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi - An old friend of Zero and an Ice Sorceress, who lives in an ice house and showers with ice. She is also the princess of Runevale. She is considered a beauty, but is often cold toward others.

• Voiced by: Akemi Kanda - A priestess of Etwarl Shrine.

• Voiced by: Yoshinori Sonobe - A Dragonian tribesman who is also a close friend to Ryuna, who acknowledged Zero's intentions.

Others[edit]

• Voiced by: Ryō Hirohashi

• Voiced by: Junko Hagimori

Music[edit]

• 'Heart-shaped chant'

  Lyrics by: Nana Mizuki

  Composition and arrangement by: Noriyasu Agematsu (Elements Garden)

  Song by: Nana Mizuki (published in the single 'SECRET AMBITION')

Reception[edit]

The game was released on Japan on May 17, 2007, and sold over 78,000 units in four days,^[1] becoming the top selling game in the country in that week.

According to the 2006 hands-on preview from IGN, the game runs at constant 60 frames per second.^[2]

Other media[edit]

A game OST was released on May 31, 2007. It features the theme song, Heart-Shaped Chant, by Nana Mizuki.

References[edit]

1. ^'Enterbrain Software Ranking'. 2007-05-23. Archived from the original on 2006-11-06.
2. ^'IGN: Shining Wind Preview'. 2006-09-24. Retrieved 2007-04-26.

External links[edit]