Time to start getting back into the swing of things after Christmas. Sorry I’ve not updated for a while, I’ve been hard at work on my Shining Soul II site!
Speaking of which, today Gamespot added an article which states the new Shining Force game for the GBA, rumoured some time ago to be in the pipeline from THQ, is to be called “Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon”, and released in Europe in April…
Excited? Don’t be just yet! The screenshots on the report are all from Shining Soul II, and the mention of a card collection system leads me to believe that THQ have simply renamed SSII for it’s Euro release, probably to avoid a sales flop like with the original Shining Soul 😉 I’m trying to get confirmation of this, but THQ’s UK site is currently down, so I can’t get their contact number. More news as I get it! Oddly chosen name though, since Dark Dragon isn’t even in Shining Soul II! So, perhaps there is something to this, afterall…
In other news… more Scenario 3 translation is on the way in the next few days, again courtesy of Magnus Andersson 🙂 Also, news of a Shining Booth at a convention in Taiwan… the booth is being run by our dear Aspartate (translator of much of the Japanese Shining Force III scripts) and Q.GAME (doujinshi artist, “Incomplete Finale” etc) and their site for the booth can be seen here. If you’re going to be in Taiwan on January 17th, I strongly recommend a visit to the convention – Asp and Q will have a large selection of Shining artwork and more in their exhibition, along with fan merchandise for purchase. Proceeds from the booth will be going towards travel expenses for me to go to the Shining Only convention in Japan with Asp and Q in a couple of months. We’ll also be selling some fan merchandise here at SFC to raise funds too.
We hope to provide coverage of both conventions here at SFC, and if we raise the money for me to go to Shining Only, you can be sure I’ll pick up some cool Shining treats from Japan for contest prizes here 🙂
More updates soon!