Since Atlus’ announcement regarding their US release of Shining Soul, RPGFan reports that they have also secured the US rights to Shining Soul II (though they make the mistake of saying Shining Soul is a Camelot-developed title, when we all know that’s far from the case ;)). Atlus have recently updated their website with estimated release dates, and have pencilled Shining Soul in for a September 2003 release. In addition to this, I have approached them regarding possible suggestions for improvements in the Shining Soul script, I was delighted to discover this evening that they are willing to hear me out, and await SFC’s return to the web to fully consider my offer. They may also be willing to announce important news regarding Shining Soul here, if they like the site enough.
In other Soul news, Sega have updated their Shining Soul II product detail page, to amend the release date – it has been pushed back from July 3rd to July 24th of this year. They have also added a streaming video demo, and I must say that Shining Soul II looks much more Shining (in fact, very Shining Wisdom, which isn’t a bad thing!) than it’s predecessor… I’m actually quite excited about it!
No further Shining news at this time, however it seems SFC should be back online during the first week of June – so not long now! Here’s hoping that a speedy restore & these extra few weeks until Shining Soul II’s release date will provide enough time for me to approach Sega Japan for a review copy (and hopefully promotional goodies I can use as contest prizes).