Shining Force
| Shining Force | |
|---|---|
North American cover art | |
| Developers | Climax Entertainment Sonic! Software Planning |
| Publishers | |
| Directors | Yasuhiro Taguchi Kenji Orimo |
| Producer | Hiroyuki Takahashi |
| Designer | Hiroyuki Takahashi |
| Artists | Hidehiro Yoshida Yoshitaka Tamaki |
| Writers | Masaki Wachi Kenji Orimo Haruki Kodra Hiroyuki Takahashi |
| Composer | Masahiko Yoshimura |
| Series | Shining |
| Platforms | Sega Genesis, Game Boy Advance, iOS, Windows, Linux, macOS |
| Release | |
| Genre | Tactical role-playing |
| Mode | Single-player |
Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention, commonly referred to as Shining Force, is a 1992 turn-based tactical role-playing game developed by Climax Entertainment and Sonic! Software Planning and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It is the second entry of the Shining series, following 1991's Shining in the Darkness. While primarily a traditional fantasy-themed game, it contains some science fiction elements.
The game has been re-released for various platforms: in Sega Smash Pack Volume 1 for the Dreamcast and Sega Smash Pack 2 for Microsoft Windows, in Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and as a standalone game for the Wii Virtual Console and Windows via Steam. Additionally, a remake was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2004 under the title Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon. In 2010, the game was released for iOS but was discontinued in 2015. It was re-released again on the Nintendo Classics service in 2021.