Magnus Andersson… now there’s a name you’ve seen here a lot recently! “What wonders has he done for us this time?!” I hear you cry! Remember the Shining Wisdom UK script he provided last week? Well, he’s now played through the game again and typed up the villager dialogues too! They are now available in the relevant sections of the script. Great stuff as always, Magnus!

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Today we also have another long-awaited addition to SFC – a storyline summary for Shining the Holy Ark. May in the past have offered to write one, but none have come through until now – so huge thanks go to Weaver Sparda for this excellent contribution!

I shall be sending some suggested script alterations to Atlus for the SF GBA remake shortly… but I can tell you one thing for certain – this game is going to sell like hot cakes! It’s mighty fine 🙂

And, finally, for those of you wondering how my man is doing in hospital – he is finally due for some surgery tomorrow. He’s last on the list and will apparently be in a lot of pain following the operation, but given a few days he should be doing much much better. Thanks again for bearing with me over this last month, it’s not been the easiest of months for either of us. When he gets home, I doubt I’ll have much time to update the site until he’s back at work… so this may be the last you hear from me for a few weeks, or even a few months. We just need to see how long he needs to recover from this ordeal.

Once again SFC and its visitors owe a big thanks to Magnus Andersson for his contributions… Magnus has excelled himself this time, not only providing the rest of Scenario 3 Section 6:1 & the majority of Section 6:4, but also having spent a few days typing out the complete script for Shining Wisdom’s UK version! He has chosen to omit the conversations with townspeople, but nonetheless this is a wonderful addition to the site. He also plans to complete the USA script, for which I’ll be lending him my USA Shining Wisdom disc. Great stuff!

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As for my recent announcement about receiving a preview copy of Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon, it seems I misunderstood Atlus’ intent with the preview – it was a favour to me to have a personal sneak-peek, and apparently I am the first media type to receive a copy. As such I’m not permitted to post any further screenshots, movies, sound clips etc at this time. But rest assured I have a good selection ready for when they give me the go-ahead. Huge thanks again to my friends at Atlus for being so kind as to let me take a look.

I can, however, tell you that I’m very pleased with the game so far – it’s really retained the feel of the original game, while adding extra features (which don’t detract from the game as a whole either). The music is basically true to the original, but slightly enhanced ala Shining Force CD, and the graphics really do look nice – though the updated portraits and new graphic style used in the attack scenes will take some getting used to, it comes out very well on the GBA’s screen. I think this one is going to sell like hot cakes – let’s make it top the charts, eh folks?!

And, for those of you who are wondering how my dearly beloved is doing, he’s finally been transferred to the other hospital this morning, for surgery in the next day or so. I’ve not seen him today (hence time to get these updates done!), but will be visiting him tomorrow – hopefully all patched up and ready for a few days observation before coming back home at last!