I think there is going to be quite a surge in interest in the Shining series, what with the release of the SHining Force Remake and with the recent news: and I think SFC needs to be ready to cater for that. I don’t think my spending time building guide sites is a great idea, when plenty of other people will want to do the same… and have more time for it than I.
SFC is fairly unique as Shining sites go and that’s why I think I need to focus on it, and no longer build guide sites. Existing sites will remain of course, and may occasionally be updated (rather like now I guess ), but no more new guides. I want to work much harder at SFC, maintaining the site directory, adding reviews, screenies, extra info, maybe getting some more exclusives for y’all, and building up the community 🙂

But, I would miss the design element of working on new sites, and I doubt I’ll give SFC a facelift more than yearly. So, I may offer design services (most likely for free ) for fellow SF sites, so users who have the content/info to build a site but aren’t so able with design can get something that looks quite nice (modest, aren’t I? *lol*) to use, and can focus on the content.

Perhaps one day in the distant future I’ll go back to guide-building… but at this SHiningly busy time, I think SFC should be my priority. Who knows, maybe SFC can even somehow get affiliated with Sega, or at least linked to. Anyone at Sega reading? Drop me a line if you like the site 😉

Thanks to everyone for their support of my guides over the years. Rest assured that I shall continue to be an active part of the online Shining Community, just my role will change a little 🙂

Another quick update – Lee had last week off work so didn’t get a chance to do any updates, and now he’s off work poorly, so yet again my SFC time is limited (hence I’m also behind on my emails, sorry if you’ve mailed and had no reply as yet)!

Just updating to say that we’re now just US$10 away from the US$300 target for hosting, so soon I shall be drawing a random contributor to receive a Shining prize 🙂 Wanna donate? Scroll down a bit…

Meanwhile, no idea why the SF Remake hasn’t hit the shops in the UK and Europe yet – THQ seem to be anything but helpful/responsive in my experience. No doubt it’ll be out soon, and believe me it’s worth the wait.

Don’t think that the last week has been entirely unproductive Shining-wise though! Lee, during his time off, has been further developing his Shining Force-style game creation engine, Tatakai and I’ve been developing a little game MOD for it, for testing purposes. Why not check out the latest developments at the Tatakai site, or become a tester (if you have the time to actually do some testing, rather than whining about the test-graphics 😛 ).

Finally, two things while I remember – no time to update the other links throughout the site at the moment, but…

The Shining Source has moved due to server loss, and is now on it’s way back.
…and…
Jumesyn.net though still down, is likely to come back I understand. Meanwhile, an online archive/backup of this top SFIII site can be found at the WayBackMachine Internet Archive, here.

Here’s the donate button again!

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Ordering UK version of the SF Remake from other countries…
It’s come to my attention that some non-Brits want to get their hands on a European copy of the Shining Force Remake, to start playing it sooner! Though I’d strongly recommend waiting and buying the offcial USA release later on (keep those sales statistics legit, ne?), I’ve just signed up with an affiliate scheme for a reputable UK game store which will ship internationally.

Purchase links for Brits & non-Brits:
Note: GAME is a big chain store in the UK, I’ve shopped there many-a-time, they’re legit 🙂 But, the SF Remake is not yet on their pre-order list. Give it a few days, eh? USA shipping is reasonable at UK£3.95.

Available soon!

Buy for £26.99

Purchase links for Brits only:

Buy for £24.99

Buy for £22.49

…and just a quick update on the funding front – only about $30 dollars left to go, yay!! Thanks for all the contributions! Please scroll down if you want to contribute – the button is with the previous news post.

…in two ways! Scheduled for release later this month (April 9th, it would seem) Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon is now up for pre-order at Amazon.co.uk – so why not go pre-order it there, which gives a lil’ bit of comission to SFC (at no extra cost to you!). And while you’re at it, you could pick up Shining Soul II which is available to buy now – it should keep you busy at lest until the SF Remake reaches you 😉 The prices are great too!

Buy for £24.99

Buy for £22.49

The second “almost there” for today is regarding donations for SFC’s next year of hosting. Many thanks to all who have contributed so far – we are now just US$60 away from the target of US$300. So, if you’ve not donated yet but intend to, please go on ahead – and don’t forget I’ll be offering a Shining prize to a random contributor, once the target of US$300 has been reached 🙂

Here’s the donate button, yet again!

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Will post more SF Remake screenshots ASAP – though soon a lot of you will be playing it yourselves, no doubt! Enjoy 🙂