Yet more great news on the Shining front!
Sega have signed a deal allowing them to release the Smash Pack on the Game Boy Advance – which may include the original Shining Force! Looks like Nintendo is the way for Shining fans to go 🙂

Although there’s not a lot more information about Shining Soul yet, here are a couple more articles.
http://www.thegia.com/gba/ssoul/ssoul.html
http://www.thegia.com/gba/ssoul/ssoulmedia1.html
http://rpgamer.com/games/shin/shinsoul/shinsoul.html
http://pocket.ign.com/news/39066.html
I’ve been keeping my eyes peeled for info… so far it seems Sega have only revealed a couple of screenshots of the game at TGS (the Tokyo Games Show)… but it’s looking good!

At least now we can be sure that this is no joke – it’s even on the Sega Japan website.

More information about Shining Soul has been made available! There are some screenshots at Famitsu.com, click here to see them, an article at IGN.com, the original article at the German GameFront Site, a bit at GameSpot and some discussions at the IGN.com boards here and here.
Looks like it’s going to be a busy time for me now trying to keep on top of all of this!

The game itself is going to follow the Shining storyline apparently, but be more in the style of Phantasy Star Online, allowing up to 4 people to adventure together and exchange items etc. There are said to be 4 character classes: warrior, archer, berserker and magician, and the screenshots look to me like a cross between PSO, Gauntlet Legends and Shining Wisdom. Sega are due to unveil more info and a video of the game at the Tokyo Game Show which takes place this weekend. Famitsu magazine is due to have an article in it’s 26th October issue.

The game doesn’t look as Shining Force-ish as it might, but it’s not finished yet of course, and if nothing else it’s a step in the right direction. Looks like maybe the next release will be on GameCube, as I predicted – woohoo!

The Campaign will continue – after all, we all know Sega’s track history when it comes to translating Shining games, ne? So, it’s still important we let them know the rest of the world wants to play Shining Soul!

If I find out more news, I’ll post it here ASAP!

Several reputable gaming sites have announced that Sega are releasing a new Shining game! It’s going to be on the GBA (Game Boy Advance), and is called “Shining Soul”. An Action RPG, it’ll presumably be in a similar style to Shining Wisdom. It’s reported to have a 4 player hookup option and is due for a Japanese launch in Spring 2002! That’s sooner than you think!