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Shining Force II Encyclopedia - Prologue + Act 1: Presage of War

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In distant days of a time gone by, there was a creature of pure evil. The people then were resolute, and challenged such evil. Paying dearly with many sacrifices, they reached an end to their harsh struggle. Sealed that evil existence. And a peaceful age went by, countless days and nights. However, by certain impetus, that balance now stands to be crushed! The evil creature's accrued power and anger gusts out at once. Swallows the fruits of this plentiful age and tear them to bits. The people once content in those blissful days now shiver in fear, scream, and lose their minds in terror… However, there was one young hero. The young boy chosen by the gods, unknowing of the fate entrusted to him, Rose up against the evil ones. And now, he departs from Granseal.

Act 1: Presage of War

Everything began from two jewels being stolen...

The continent of Parmecia lies in the distant north, and to its coast is an island of lush green, Grans. In this island, there are two ruins built long, long before the current residents settled there.

One is a massive tower of stone, known as Ancient Tower. Its entrance is sealed tightly, and no one has ever laid eyes upon the secrets within.

The other is a small ancient shrine. As the years passed, many came to learn of its existence. It is said that within this shrine lie the legendary Jewels of Light and Darkness... But, not many know the jewels have a reason to exist. No one knows what will happen once their seal is broken...

In the south of Grans Island is the kingdom of Granseal. A certain boy lives there. He does not yet know, the fate that will befall him. The fate of the world now begins to change...

[As seen above, the book has a prologue for the game and flavorful narrations for the start of each of the four acts it splits the story into. Besides that, the rest of the walkthrough consists of event and battle pages. Event pages are about the exploration and story developments, so I've translated the main text, as it sometimes contains descriptions of towns and details not in the game. I've glossed over other info boxes though as they only point out important items and other gameplay stuff. Battle pages are entirely battle strategy so I've ignored them, save for their flavorful subtitles.

Not including page images because it's pain, the book's full scan is here as usual]

Event no.01

Granseal Town

-The town where Bowie was born and raised

This rural town is blessed with water and lush greenery, and fishing thrives there. Many species such as humans, elves and centaurs live there together.

The story begins the day after a storm. People welcome the new dawn as usual, but...

Granseal town is a castle town next to the Granseal castle, at the south of Grans Island. To the northeast looms the Ancient Tower, with impenetrable secrets, and to the south, a small ancient shrine hiding two jewels. There aren't any sort of farms around, and many people seem to make their living out of fishing.

To the side of the item and weapon shop is a fortuneteller with a crystal ball, reading the future. Their premonition is that somehow, ruin is coming to the kingdom of Granseal. How will such a peaceful country be destroyed? But, the appearance of this fortuneteller is something for later.

Event no.02

Granseal Castle

-Something happened to King Granseal?

Regular people usually cannot set foot on the castle. The only person at town that seems to come and go there freely is Sir Astral.

Following Astral to Granseal castle. Let's explore the place.

Within the large castle grounds is a temporary bedroom for the soldiers not in the castle proper. There's also a weapon storage, but the doors haven't been opened in many years, they might not be fit for proper use. There's a big chance that they have rusted after so long.

The only bordering country, Galam, at the north of Grans Island, is an ally of Granseal. Because of that, Granseal hasn't seen any war in the past decades. The soldiers walking around the castle look bored. The most they have to do are things like exterminating rats. But the fact that they have so much free time is proof that the country is at peace.

It's not as if they wish for war, but some soldiers do seem frustrated by these boring days.

Battle no.01

The Ancient Tower

-How is it connected to the king's illness!?

To find out the cause of the king's sickness, Bowie and his friends joined the investigation at the Ancient Tower. Inside the tower, evil creatures awaited!

Battle no.02

To Yeel Village

-The first field battle

In place of Astral, who has collapsed, Bowie and his friends must go the Hawel's house. The situation is escalating little by little.

Event no.03

Yeel Village

-A mountain village where not many young people can be seen

A small village surrounded by mountains, to the northwest of Granseal. The few remaining young people there are bored of their too quiet lifestyle.

The team is not the only one that came for Hawel

The village of Yeel is peaceful to the point of boredom. This Hawel person that Bowie and his friends are looking for is a bit notorious there. Apparently he's a very eccentric and weird old man. Somewhere in the village is Hawel's pupil, Kazin, and he'll guide the team to his master's house. By the way, from what the people in the village say, soldiers from Galam came looking for Hawel as well. What could they possibly want with him?

Battle no.03

To Hawel's House

-A field that favors defense, covered in forest

Guided by Kazin, the team heads north once again. However, the path to Hawel's house is monster territory!

Event no.04

Hawel's House

-Other guests have arrived first...

The isolated house at the northwest of Grans Island is Hawel's house. Arriving at the door, something odd seems to be happening inside. Maybe someone else has come by.

Bowie and his friends have arrived at Hawel's house. Will be mystery of Granseal be revealed?

Hawel lives at this quiet land surrounded by mountains and forest. He doesn't come out of the house very often, absorbed in some sort of research. Because of that, the people of Yeel regard him as a weird guy.

Coming to the door and calling out for him got no answer at all. Maybe he went out for something. As everyone enters the house, two other people were already there. And Hawel was lying down at their feet!

These people who attacked Hawel were actually Galam soldiers. They came to steal his research on Granseal. Hawel speaks of a seal cast upon Grans Island, and then take his final breath. For some reason, the once friendly nation of Galam has done such a thing. And there's some connection between this and Granseal's door opening.

Battle no.04

From Hawel's house to Yeel Village

-Galam soldiers are in the way!!

The team has to go to the small ancient shrine now. Blocking their path were not monsters, but soldiers of their ally country, Galam.

Event no.05

Galam Castle 1

-What will happen to Bowie and the others locked in the underground prison!?

Bowie woke up in an underground prison. A sage and an officer of Galam were also there. They know a little of what's happening to Granseal.

King Galam has imprisoned even his own people. What could be his goal?

In the prison underneath Galam castle, the team discovers who broke into the small ancient shrine. The culprit deeply regrets what he did, and helps Bowie and his friends escape from Galam. There's no time to waste. They must warn Granseal of the incoming attack from Galam as soon as possible!

Battle no.05

Galam Castle 2

-Will they be able to escape from Galam castle?

Thanks to the thief Slade, they managed to escape from prison. Maybe they'll be able to reach Granseal before the Galam army.

Battle no.06

To Granseal

-Attack from the ally-turned-enemy country!!

There are orders to strike down anyone leaving Galam. Force the Galam soldiers to retreat, and hurry to Granseal!

Battle no.07

The Ancient Tower's Underground Path And Huge Hall

-The mysterious seal in the tower is crawling with evil power

The team headed to Granseal, pursuing Sir Astral and Lemon. With this battle, King Galam's true objective will be revealed.

#shining series #shining force 2 #shining force 2 encyclopedia #shining force 2 act 1 #if you wanna know how my brain's been this week #i've been making the neocities pages all this time #and only now i realized i should be putting the pages side by side to look better #as opposed to vertically like a pdf #it has not been a great week people #enjoy this though

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soundtrackshowdown · 1 year

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#etrian odyssey #shining force 2 #round 1 #bracket g #soundtrack showdown

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ra-vio · 1 year

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I finally finished Shining Force and Shining Force 2 last summer

#shining force #shining force 2 #ive been playing shining force 1 since i was 5 but this is the first time i actually finished #i love sf1. the final boss was crazy #i don’t think ill ever replay sf2 though #i liked the story and there was way more dialogue #the character dialogue was hilarious #but the very last part of the game THE VERY END THE VERY LAST ACTION turned me off completely #I’ve never played a game and at the very last moment think wow im never playing this ever again #which is a shame because its a very fun game #I forgot to tag his name #bowie #blond boys only have two hair styles. this and the banana bunch where their hair looks like s #a pile of bananas

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satoshi-mochida · 2 years

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SEGA has announced the final titles (45 to 60) included with the Japanese version of SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive Mini 2, as well as the full North American games list.

Joining the previously announced Japanese titles (1 to 11, 12 to 22, 23 to 33, 34 to 44) are as follows:

Cartridge Titles

Atomic Runner

Crusader of Centy

Devi & Pii

Granada

Honoo no Toukyuuji Dodge Danpei

Midnight Resistance

Party Quiz MEGA Q 2022

Party Quiz SEGA Q

Ranger X

Space Harrier II

Star Cruiser

Super Locomotive

VS Puyo Puyo Sun

SEGA / Mega CD Titles

Captain Tsubasa

Night Trap

Silky Lip

And here is the full North American games list:

-Cartridge

After Burner II

Alien Soldier

Atomic Runner

Bonanza Bros.

ClayFighter

Crusader of Centy

Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf

Earthworm Jim 2

Elemental Master

Fatal Fury 2

Gain Ground

Golden Axe II

Granada

Hellfire

Herzog Zwei

Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar

Midnight Resistance

The Ooze

OutRun

OutRunners

Phantasy Star II

Populous

Rainbow Islands: Extra

Ranger-X

The Revenge of Shinobi

Ristar

Rolling Thunder 2

Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi

Shining Force II

Shining in the Darkness

Sonic 3D Blast

Splatterhouse 2

Streets of Rage 3

Super Hang-On

Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron

Truxton

VectorMan 2

Viewpoint

Virtua Racing

Warsong

-Sega CD

Ecco the Dolphin (CD Ver.)

Ecco: The Tides of Time (CD Ver.)

Final Fight CD

Mansion of Hidden Souls

Night Striker

The Ninja Warriors

Night Trap

Robo Aleste

Sewer Shark

Shining Force CD

Silpheed

Sonic The Hedgehog CD

-Bonus Games

--Previously Unreleased

Devi & Pii

Star Mobile

--New Ports

Fantasy Zone

Space Harrier II (+Space Harrier)

Spatter

Super Locomotive

VS Puyo Puyo Sun

SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive Mini 2 is due out on October 27 in North America and Japan.

Watch a new trailer below.

Titles Announce Trailer - Wave 5

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All Titles Trailer

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Japanese

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Genesis Mini 2 Trailer

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Mega Drive Mini 2 Trailer

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#SEGA Genesis Mini 2 #Sega Genesis Mini #Sega Genesis #Mega Drive Mini 2 #Mega Drive #Sega #Sonic the Hedgehog #Puyo Puyo #Shining Force #Langrisser #Ristar #Splatterhouse #Phantasy Star #Final FIght #Gematsu #Darn. I had a feeling our version wouldn't have SMT 1.

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drsunshaine · 1 year

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While I do enjoy the Dark Dragon battle theme these days, this is still the most banger endgame theme oof!!

#shining force 1 #shining force #the urgency is there and the intro is eeeeee i love everything and ofc the homage to shining in the darkness #tfw i was getting pissed at one playthough i played my end game one straight to darksol #love my OP af party just breezing through haha

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the-wolf-fiendling · 1 year

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SECRETS AND SLIP UPS! | Shining Force: Legacy of Great Intention- Episode 3

This episode was so much fun! We get some silly secrets and also make a couple of silly mistakes, but nonetheless I had an absolutely amazing time playing it for you!

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gamerzylo · 9 months

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#shining force #shining series #shining force 1

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figurecollection · 1 year

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Alfin 1/8 Scale by Kotobukiya from Shining Force: Feather

#alfin #shining force #Shining Force: Feather #kotobukiya #1/8 #scale #gothic #gothic lolita #lolita #alt fashion #anime figure #anime figures #anime #figure #figures #figurine #figurines

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june-again · 1 year

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i think i prefer productivity in what my life already is rather than productivity in a life i cannot fully replicate

#does that make sense?#i just mean #i can motivate myself to do things that are genuinely important and weighted in my life #so it gets exhausting when i'm forcing myself to do things that are not pertinent to my life #also why it was motivationally possible for me to get through my to-do list #only 1 item left #june shines

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specshroom · 4 months

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•The Queen of Curses•

Part 1 / Part 2

(Ok So think of this as like a Sukuna wins and everyone dies AU lol. True form! Sukuna. Added the cursed blood bath for no reason. Suggestive, titty stuff but that's it, MDNI, She/her reader, no use of Y/N)

Sukuna didn't rein over the Heian Era alone. It was always him and his lover, burning and slaughtering together. Their love for eachother was well known across the land. People knew not to be fooled by her less intimidating looks (in comparison to her husband) for she was just as brutal and heartless as he.

All that changed when sorcerers from the era used all they're combined might to seal the Curse Queen inside a small cursed object, formed only from the combined sacrificed corpses of their comrades.

They knew that the only way to defeat the King and Queen was to separate them and they succeeded. After hearing of the fate of his lover Sukuna flew into a blind rage leading to his own defeat at the hands of the same sorcerers.

One thousand years of relative peace passed with the two lovers separated but still yearning for each other.

Luckily for the lovers, the ever devoted Uraume never stopped looking for a way to set their masters free. After centuries of searching and begrudgingly accepting a little help from Kenjaku, they finally found the cursed object that their Queen had been trapped in, a simple orb a little bigger than a tennis ball. It made Uraume's stomach turn thinking of such a powerful force being shoved into such a small thing. They carried the black orb with them everywhere while continuing the plot to releasing Sukuna. They found themselves whispering to it, compelled by the obsidian globe. They didn't know if their master could hear but they felt like it was right, like they could almost sense their masters overwhelming aura, compelling them to spill out everything they know. So Uraume spoke to it quite a lot, telling the dark orb and the beast inside about Sukuna's fate, about the new world, about Kenjaku and the plan to free her and her lover.

The plan that finally comes to fruition. Sukuna is freed, his true form is restored in all its glory and hes wreaked havoc on most of Shibuya just as a warm up. Uraume kneels before him.

"Master Sukuna."

They say bowing their head.

"Hmm?"

Sukuna hums an acknowledgement, eyeing them with contempt.

Uraume brings the dark crystal like ball out of their loose robes and holds it up, presenting it to their king. "Now, with your power fully restored we can release the Queen from her containment."

Sukuna stares at the ball in the sorcerers hand and gestures for Uraume to give it to him. He holds it as gently as his colossal hand is able to. It seems to get hotter in his hand, so hot it would surely sear the skin of a mortal. He pears into the orb only seeing his reflection in it, the Curse king nods to Uraume. He places it on the ground and they both step back, arms reaching out towards the orb on the ground.

In unison they both let out powerful blasts of cursed energy aiming right at the cursed seal. Strong streams of power, one white hot and the other pearcing cold, the orb starts to crack emitting a glowing white light. "It's breaking! Don't stop!" Sukuna orders and Uraume grunts but dutifully follows orders. The cracks grow wider and the light shines brighter before it's too blinding and they both cover their eyes as a powerful blast pierces the air.

In the settling dust stands a figure that's all too familiar to the both of them. They both watch as the figure shifts, leaning back and stretching their arms above their head, releasing a groan that is appropriate for someone who hasn't been able to move much in a thousand years. When the woman finally turns to Sukuna she sighs and smiles, letting out a relieved huff. Sukuna grins triumphantly and opens all four of his arms expecting a tide of thankful affection from his lover. When she takes the first few steps towards him her smile starts to waver until it's down to a grimace. Sukuna tenses as her eyes darken. He opens his mouth to ask what's the matter as she walks up to him and-

*SLAP*

Silence envelops the already desolate atmosphere. Sukuna's head is turned to the side, his eyes wide. He blinks before glaring at the offender with a look that could kill. She stares up at him with eyes just as deadly.

"HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME IN THAT FUCKING BALL FOR SO LONG!!?"

Sukuna stares with his mouth open for a second genuinely shocked into silence until that second is over and he responds with equal vitriol.

" HUH?! THAT WAS YOUR OWN FAULT WOMEN! DONT BE UNGRATEFUL!"

The two fiery curses glare at each other with such violent intent, the very air around them heats up.

"WHAT KIND OF SHITTY HUSBAND ALLOWS HIS OWN WIFE TO GET SEALED!"

"YOU CAN'T BLAME ME FOR THAT! DIDN'T I JUST SET YOU FREE?"

"DONT TAKE ALL THE CREDIT YOU BASTARD! URAUME'S THE ONE WHO-"

As if the women just remembered that the other sorcerer exists, she turns around and there her loyal subject is, kneeling in her presence.

" Welcome back master, it's good to see you"

The woman's face brightens up immediately, "Uraume~" She sings running up to the sorcerer and lifting them into a bone crushing hug that would've killed a lesser being. "Oh, Thank you Uraume. My dutiful subject, you did so good." The Curse Queen coos at the sorcerer, squishing their face into her chest and stroking their duel coloured hair. Uraume doesn't hug back as to be respectful of their superior but they don't push back either, just letting their master man-handle (woman-handle?) them.

Sukuna clicks his tongue at the show of affection and crosses two of his massive arms over his chest. No doubt in disbelief that HIS wife doesn't embrace HIM first after a thousand years spent apart.

The wife in question turns to him with Uraume still in her arms, an irritated look on her face.

"What's your problem?"

"My problem is that MY wife is being an ungrateful bitch."

The benevolent woman stills and Uraume peers up at her from their place, nestled into the cleavage of her loose fitting kimono. The woman sets Uraume down onto the ground gently. She breathes a heavy sigh and in less that a second she's on Sukuna throwing a mass of red hot cursed energy right into his face. He blocks it in time and is able to keep blocking her continuous fast attacks. She gets frustrated and lets out a powerful blast that shakes the earth and forces him to jump back to avoid the blast.

She laughs with relief, finally being able to let out all that pent up cursed energy feels amazing. Her tattoos (similar to Sukuna's but not quite the same) almost seem to glow with the immense energy output being let off from her body. Only the tattoos on her face, neck and wrists are visible but Sukuna knows very well what the rest looks like, having traced every inch of ink with his fingers.

Sukuna takes the opportunity while she's distracted by the pure euphoria of letting her energy loose and comes barreling towards her, she can't react before he tackles her to the ground. He pins her hands down with two of his hands and another goes to roughly grab her jaw.

"Does it feel good to finally let off some steam, Baby?"

The king of curses teasingly remarks from above her.

"Baby? That's new." She questions with a teasing grin. Her words are a bit slurred from the way her husband is holding her jaw.

"Might as well get with the times." He bites back with an even more cocksure grin. She scratches and kicks at him and bites at his hand. With all her concentration she channels the sheer amount of pent up cursed energy in her body and lets it burst out in a deafening blast that knocks Sukuna off of her. Static reverberates in the air.

In the few seconds it takes for him to recover she takes the opportunity to pounce on him pinning him to the ground. Grinning from her place above him her heavy breaths and beating heart match his. Her crazy, alert eyes meet four others with the same sentiment.

"I missed you so fucking much." Sukuna says before he pulls her by her robes into a deep kiss. The kiss is somehow aggressive and sensual.

Two of Sukuna's massive hands go to her waist and thigh holding her body to his as he sits up. The third hand is on the floor for balance and the last is tangled in her hair pressing her further into the kiss, as if that's even possible. Both Cursed beings are glad that they don't need to breath or else they surely would have suffocated each other by now.

The queen of curses has never been more pleased by the fact that her husband doesn't seem to know what a shirt is. Sukuna has voiced many times that he wished his wife shared the same sentiments only for her to scoff at the suggestion, although, now she thinks the idea is one of the best he's ever had.

They fight for dominance with their tongues. Still locked in the passionate sloppy kiss the woman unlatches her hands from his hair to slip off the robes she was wearing over a loose fitting kimono. She unwraps the black accented white Kimono, rather slowly in sukunas opinion to let her breasts fall free to the warm air.

Sukuna releases his mouth from hers, licking his spit slicked lips to stare down at his beautiful wife's beautiful tits.

"Yeah, remember these are mine. Only mine." Sukuna grumbles lowly before smooshing his face right between them, sighing deeply like a thousand year old itch has finally been scratched.

"Aww, is Ryō a little jealous?" The woman preens in a patronising manner while lightly stroking his fluffy hair.

"Poor baby~" She coos, repeating the pet name he used for her. Her teasing only gets a glare and a growl from the beast of a man currently buried in her tits, holding her impossibly closer to his face.

She chuckles down at him, a loving yet menacing look in her eyes.

"Well maybe I should let Uraume- where did they go?"

She looks around the scorched city landscape looking for her white haired subordinate and as if they heard her words summoning them they appear with a respectful bow.

"I have made the preparations for your bath."

"Thank you, Uraume~"

The woman beams and turns to the man who is still occupied with her tits, he's now picked a tit to suckle on, fondling the other in his rough hand.

"come now Ryo, it's time for our bath." She says curtly and the man groans with his mouth full, absolutely dreading even the idea of his tongue leaving the hardened nipple he's been sucking on. If the two objects poking her ass are any indication if it was up to him they would never get to the blood bath Uraume so kindly set up for them.

She tries standing up and pulling away but the man is latched on tightly, all four arms clutching around her as if they never want to be an inch apart from her again. The more she struggles the bigger the two chubs in his pants grow. She sighs and struggles once more.

"Uraume planned this out very nicely for us, Ryomen. Just do what I say Damnit!"

She pulls at his hair and he bites down on her tit in response, earning a yelp and a harsh smack on the head from her. He laughs, not with the mouth on her tit but with the mouth on his stomach. She peers down at it, as if she just remembered it's there. Without wasting more time she grabs the large tongue crushing it with her grip and tugging on it hard.

Sukuna releases her tit to yell out in pain.

"OW, WOMAN! You should be grateful for every ounce of attention I give you! OW!"

As Sukuna rages, she snorts and jumps out of his now loosened arms. Turning her back to him, she approaches the other sorcerer who's head is still bowed.

"Uraume, would you kindly show me to my bath?"

"Of course, Master"

Uraume stands and bows their head. Holding out their arm for their Queen.

She holds onto Uraume's arm, purposely squishing her still exposed breasts into the sorcerer's side as she smiles down at them.

"I guess we'll have the bath all to ourselves then, Uraume~"

Uraume closes their eyes with a knowing smile and nods in response, very accustomed to the games the two lovers would play with each other, often forcing them right in the middle. Their Queen would often promise that she'd one day make Uraume flustered, something that to this day has yet to occur.

The sorcerer doesn't even flinch at their powerful master fawning over them, stroking their arm and pressing her now marked up tits closer into them as the two walk off towards the bath Uraume prepared.

"HEY!! WHAT THE HELL!?? URAUME!"

Sukuna sits in disbelief at his wife's antics. As if he's only now remembering what a tease she is and has always been.

His wife looks back at him over her shoulder, she shrugs her kimono off her shoulder, exposing her tattooed shoulder to him before turning back to Uraume snickering.

Sukuna huffs and grins, shaking his head. He's so fucking happy to have his wife back.

(AN: I was originally planning to make this smut but... It just got away from me😭😭 sooo... Maybe in a part two? 👀👀)

#this art of Sukuna will live in my head forever now btw #Uraume my beloved #jjk x reader #sukuna #sukuna x reader #sukuna ryomen smut #sukuna scenarios #jjk smut #jjk sukuna #true form sukuna #uraume #uraume x reader

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claire-starsword · 10 months

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Shining Force Unused/Removed Content

“But Claire didn’t you have a world book to translate?” Yeah! And then I had to check a tiny detail on another book, and saw something weird, and TCRF wasn’t helpful, so I went down a 140+ page long forum thread and downloaded a ROM editor. It happens. And now you’re gonna hear about it.

So, usually i gloss over the gameplay data on these guide books because I assume people have this information elsewhere already due to hacking and FAQ and the like. That might have been a mistake though, look at this peculiar entry on the encyclopedia’s monster data:

Mephisto

Movement: 6

Weapon: none

Uses Demon Breath. As a boss monster, regenerates HP every turn.

If you don’t know/remember, Mephisto is the JP name of the Shining in the Darkness final boss, later revealed to be Darksol and Mishaela’s kid. Looks like he skipped on helping his dad here.

The encyclopedia notes the HP regen of every other boss, but none use this specific phrasing of “as a boss monster”. This makes me think he was gonna be a boss on some battle, and then a regular enemy later on.

The cut feels understandable to me though, he and Darksol are pretty much identical, no point in having both in a game. And if there was any idea already of establishing a lore/connection between the characters as well, putting him as a regular enemy would ruin that. Given that there’s no artwork to go on, it’s also possible that this was actually a generic demon enemy, and the name was just a coincidence and would be confusing. I kinda doubt this possibility though since there’s plenty of other connections between this game and SitD, at least when it comes to design. Hard to believe they’d forgot or ignore the big bad.

Sadly that’s all the info we have to go on for this guy. I’ve looked over with the editor and found no trace of him. Most I can say is that there are a couple Yogurt placeholders among the enemy map sprites, and a couple unused data entries for Dark Mages. But that could be anything. Unless there’s some oversight with the editor, Mephisto was either fully removed, or never implemented to begin with, and the guide book just published out-of-date info by mistake.

The next monster is the opposite, though

Green Golem

Movement: 4

Weapon: none

Can move on water, and has high attack.

I’m legit afraid that this is an enemy from the game that i just forgot and am embarrassing myself here, because the beast is complete. Graphics, data, you name it.

By graphics I mean it is just a color swap of the regular Golem, as its name implies. Stats wise, it has -3 attack and -2 HP compared to the Golem, meaning it’s an weaker enemy. Makes sense since it’s likely made for the naval battles in chapter 5, while regular Golem debut in chapter 6. Still, with how hard Golems are to hit in the regular game, i’m very glad they did not put a thing with the same defense in the previous chapter.

Well, not that glad. On the other hand, according to the editor...

Its localized name is Weed.

And I kinda need to see this in an actual screenshot right NOW.

I do need to finish this post first. Here’s the last, smaller oddity in the encyclopedia’s monster data:

Storm Rover

Movement: 6

Weapon: Swords

Be careful as it can attack with lightning.

Storm Rover is the JP name for the Shellfish enemy of the naval battle. In the final game they can poison, not attack with lightning. It seems the naval battle went through a lot of changes at some point.

Saying they equip swords is also weird but there’s a lot more mistakes about weapons in this guide, like saying the dragonewts use swords and the conches uses spears, so these might be just mistakes. Anyway still shows that this list is goofed and was probably printed by mistake.

That’s it for enemies, but there’s a few more unused NPC sprites, i think.

I don’t remember any of these in game, but do let me know if i’m wrong, it’s hard to remember all NPCs. I will be kinda mad if the cat is in and i just forgot, given that it’s cute as heck, and cats were my first act of hacking in a Shining game. Why was the SF2 cat not like that to begin with.

Now, on to text data. The thing about text data is that it is a list of 2000+ strings. And even though the event data is beautifully organized in diagrams in this editor, I cannot emphasize enough that it is a very elaborate editor, it’s still tough to sit and comprehend all that, especially in a single day. So I can’t say I have fully checked everything out for now, but you know me by now, i definitely did try. Here’s what I’ve noticed.

Lines 41 and 42 here from Simone’s introduction seem to go unused. To be fair, they don’t add anything.

Alef has a line set up for the boat HQ, even though she isn’t available until after the boat battles. The other late game characters (Torasu, Lyle, Bleu, Musashi, Hanzou, and Adam) all have empty strings for this instead. [Update: I have since investigated and this is an issue in the english version only. Shoutout to whoever in the localization loved Alef very much.]

Khris seems to have a surprised line set up for if you manage to enter Alterone’s castle before the merchant puts in a good word for you, which should not be possible in regular gameplay. [Update: I have since investigated this one too and it can be seen with walk through walls cheats, showing Khris is also in a different position of the map as well. The JP version is even more scandalous.]

Anri also seems to have an extra line to continue to reject Max when they meet for the first time, but from what i recall, Nova immediately comes up to convince her he’s telling the truth. Perhaps you were meant to do something to convince her instead.

Otrant also seems to have a line reacting to Max being turned into chicken, however from what i recall, his room is inaccessible when that happens.

Plenty of other inaccessible NPCs seem to have lines set up for this as well, however they are just reusing lines from the NPCs you do talk to. Those generic lines like “what’s a hen doing here?” and such.

Update: I’m sorry for Spreading Misinformation Online, you can explore all of Manarina as a chicken in this game so these lines are not unused, you can even heal yourself off the chickening by leaving Manarina or entering the next battle. The GBA version fixes this oversight by locking you out of a good chunk of the map so i got confused.

But enough of these minor details. We’re here for deleted content. We’re here for plot lines being dumped in the trash. Bring in the kings.

That’s right baby, it’s Adam and Cain losing plot lines again, it’s not just the localization that did it to them. Ever noticed how Adam do not get the usual “character has joined the force” message, and kinda just appears in your team during the Chaos battle? Yeah, that might have been a hasty fix. There are traces of a bigger scene here with Adam, Darksol and Cain, upon which Adam would join the force with the proper message.

Only a single line of these events has survived, in which Adam urges Max to take the Chaos Breaker. This might mean you would have the sword before fighting Chaos, as the pre-battle dialogue with Chaos is right after this in the data. The remaining lines have been wiped, though the code referring to them remains there along with the code for loading character portraits, which is how we get the handy diagram above.

Unfortunately I don’t know enough of this editor to check if there’s leftover animation data on this cutscene. Sprite data relating to it does seem to be present in the map though, check it out:

does this remind you of something?

put this one in the pile of “the GBA version is just what the devs intended all along” with the others. Granted, “intended” might not be the correct word since they did cut it. Why? Who knows. One possibility I see is that they might have felt a flashback would be confusing, the game doesn’t do any kind of perspective change, unlike the GBA version which does hop between Max, Narsha and Ramladu’s POVs every chapter. While Adam loredumping in the og version might be a more boring way of conveying the plot, it is also more in line with the game’s presentation. A flashback might have also posed technical difficulties, like adding a sepia tone to the screen when no other scene requires it, etc. Though SF2 does have a sepia scene, so if that was the case they figured it out eventually.

Another reason might be that avoiding this scene helps hiding how messy it is. Cain and Chaos get beaten up and corrupted, which makes sense. Max on the other hand also gets beaten up enough to get amnesia, and yet does not get captured or killed, but instead, blown across the ocean??? Somehow???? The GBA version adds the concept that Cain’s armor can warp space and teleport, though seemingly putting a heavy strain on the user’s body. While it’s not explicitly said, we can assume Max’s armor is the same, and that he used it to escape, making his injuries and amnesia not just from Darksol. I’m still connecting a lot of dots on my own here, but it’s something of an explanation, while the classic game had no foreshadowing for this. Even if the deleted dialogue here explained, it would feel more coming out of nowhere.

That’s all speculation though. There might be more clues on unused lines of the japanese version, but i don’t have an editor for that. I have heard tales of a debug mode though, so i’ll look into that. For now i leave you with this monster of a post

#shining force #shining series #ressurection of the dark dragon #sf adam #sf max #sf cain #sf darksol #sitd mephisto #sf chaos #oh boy 1 am. where did the time go haha

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