Shining Force Gaiden: Ensei Jashin no Kuni e

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Shining Force Gaiden: Ensei Jashin no Kuni e
System(s): Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sonic! Software Planning
Genre: RPG
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1992-12-25 ¥5,5005,500 G-3406 JP (Meisaku) 1993-07-23 G-3411 JP ▼ 2013-10-02 ¥476 (500)476 (500)

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Shining Force Gaiden: Ensei Jashin no Kuni e (シャイニング・フォース外伝 ～遠征・邪神の国へ～) is a Sega Game Gear entry in the Shining series of games.

Story

Introduction

The player controls Nick, a visitor to Guardiana, who is chosen to be the new leader of the Guardiana Shining Force. The party must travel to the Kingdom of Cypress to rescue Guardiana's captive soldiers and find a way to cure Queen Anri, who was placed under a sleep spell by the ambassador of Cypress, Woldol.

The game takes place 20 years after the events of Shining Force. The story continues the history of Guardiana and centers on a new threat to the nation. Anri, Ken, Lug (called "Luke" in Shining Force), and Lowe, who were playable characters in Shining Force, are all major characters, and Lug briefly serves as a playable character. Domingo, another Shining Force playable character, appears as a hidden character in this game. The initial party members include the sons of Lug, Ken, and Hans, the sister of Tao, and the nephew of Gong.

Shining Force Gaiden is the beginning of the Cypress saga, which is continued in the Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya. Both games were remade as Shining Force CD, which includes an additional scenario involving the same characters.

Gameplay

The game is a tactical role-playing game that uses gameplay mechanics identical to Shining Force. The player progresses through a series of turn-based tactical battles interspersed with short cutscenes. Between the cutscenes, the player is allowed to save the game, promote characters, resurrect fallen characters, and sometimes buy and sell weapons and healing items.

As with most strategy RPGs, each battlefield is divided up into a grid where player characters and enemies take turns moving, attacking, casting magic and using items. Player characters gain experience by battling enemies, and may choose, once they reach level 10, to upgrade their class into a more powerful one.

Characters

Main article: Shining Force CD#Book 1.

Items

Camp

Main article: Shining Force CD#Items.

Equipment

Main article: Shining Force CD#Equipment.

Magic

Main article: Shining Force CD#Magic.

History

Legacy

The game was later re-released as one of the four games pre-installed on the yellow model Game Gear Micro.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
Japanese	シャイニング・フォース外伝 ～遠征・邪神の国へ～	Shining Force Gaiden: Ensei Jashin no Kuni e

Production credits

• Programmers: Haruki Kodera, Kenji Numaya, Yutaka Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Taguchi
• Subscript: Hiroyuki Takahashi
• Map Design: Shuji Shimizu, Tatsuya Niikura, Tatsuaki Ikeda
• Character Design: Hiroshi Kajiyama
• Graphics: Tomonori Shinjou, Kensuke Suzuki
• Music Composer: Motoaki Takenouchi
• Sound Effects: Dogen Shibuya
• Manual: Naoko Okada, Kiyotaka Hibino, Mitsunobu Sato
• Directed by: Shugo Takahashi
• Produced by: Hiroyuki Takahashi
• Special thanks to: Naoki Akahane, Kouki Tamai, Katsushi Fujii, Masayuki Hashimoto, R.I.S. Co.,Ltd., Rit's
• Created by: Sonic Co.,Ltd.

Source:

Shining Force CD Book 1's ending credits (JP)

• Japanese cover artist: Hiroshi Kajiyama

Source:

Sega TV Game Genga Gallery

File:Sega TV Game Genga Gallery.pdf

Magazine articles

Main article: Shining Force Gaiden: Ensei Jashin no Kuni e/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-01: "January 1993" (1992-12-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-02: "February 1993" (1993-01-08)

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Physical scans

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Publication Version Score Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 73 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 63 Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J 80 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 80

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Shining Force Gaiden: Ensei Jashin no Kuni e

Game Gear, JP
Cover
Cart List

Game Gear, JP (Meisaku Collection)
Cover
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 4d1f4699 MD5 8eafd80d35251b5d3f07d5cae27241c1 SHA-1 bea1bea94ea745691ad944eaadc8a5576057ed53	512kB		Cartridge (JP)	16kB backup

External links

• Sega of Japan 3DS VC catalogue pages: Game Gear
• Nintendo catalogue pages: JP