Shining Force CD
Shining Force CD is a tactical RPG developed for the Sega CD in 1994. It serves as a remake/compilation of the Game Gear Shining Force Gaiden games, enhanced with CD-quality audio, animated cutscenes, and expanded content. Players lead a team of warriors through grid-based battles against the evil Iom and his demon army.
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Story
Book 1 The ambassador of Cypress, Woldol, pays a visit to Guardiana (erroneously written as "Gardiana" here) and presents a jeweled box as a gift for Queen Anri. Opening the box places her under a sleep spell, which Woldol declares that only King Edmond of Cypress can awaken her from. Guardiana launches an invasion of Cypress in retaliation, but a month passes and no word is heard from the Guardiana army. The player controls Nick, a visitor, who is chosen to be the new leader of the Guardiana Shining Force.
The party travels to the kingdom of Cypress to rescue Guardiana's captive soldiers and find a way to cure Queen Anri. On their journey, they are joined by members of the Cypress resistance force, who are fighting to free Cypress from the influence of Woldol, who murdered the rightful king and installed Edmond as a puppet ruler in service to the evil god Iom. The Guardiana army also learns that Nick is, in fact, the son of the late king. In a final assault on Cypress's castle, Edmond is killed.
Nick battles Woldol using the Sword of Hajya, which can only be wielded by those of the royal bloodline of Cypress and is the only weapon which can break Iom's power. Though victorious, Nick is infected with a venom that turns his right arm to stone. With Queen Anri cured by Prince Nick's actions, Guardiana becomes Cypress's ally.
Gameplay Systems
Top: Wendy preparing to move. Bottom: A battle taking place. The gameplay mechanics are identical to those of the Shining Force Gaiden games. The player progresses through a series of turn-based tactical battles interspersed with short cutscenes.
Between cutscenes, the player is allowed to save the game, promote characters, resurrect fallen characters, and sometimes buy and sell weapons and healing items. Shining Force CD is divided into four "Books" that can be played sequentially or separately. The first two Books contain the adapted versions of the Gaiden games. The other two Books are new scenarios exclusive to Shining Force CD that continue the story of those games.
Only Books 1 and 2 are available from the beginning. Book 3 is unlocked by completing Books 1 and 2, while Book 4 can be accessed by completing Books 1-3 and finding a hidden item in Book 2. Character stats from Books 1 and 2 can be carried over to Book 3 by saving the game on a backup RAM cart since the Sega CD's internal memory is not enough to keep all the data files. Character stats from Book 3 can similarly be transferred to Book 4.
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