History VideoGame / ShiningInTheDarkness

* EarlyBirdBoss: The reason the [=KaiserKrab=] is ThatOneBoss is all down to this; not technically a terribly fearsome opponent, ''except'' that it's the strongest enemy you have to face ''[[DuelBoss before]]'' Pyra and Milo join you, limiting your strategic options to "hit it while it's hitting you and hope it dies before you run out of healing items".

* {{Golem}}: Various golems are found throughout the Labyrinth as enemies. The most notably one is disguised as a captured girl and upon being rescued attacks the group of heroes.

* ShiningGoodness: Being the first in the franchise it naturally kicks off the series tradition of using this trope. In this case the hero must track down the four Shining pieces, wear them, get blessed by a fairy and become the Shining Champion.

* MoneySpider: Just before the final boss Crystal Slimes have the chance to appear, they give 30,000 experience points and 5000 gold per creature. The catch? They have insane evasion making them vunerable only to spells, they have insane spell resistance meaning spells will only cause 1hp damage and they're likely to run away. Thankfully they only have 2-3HP.

%%* OperaGloves: Princess Jessa

%%* ShiningGoodness

* {{Teleportation}}: The two-piece Medallion. By placing one half in a [[CoolGate golden fountain]], you can use the other half to instantly return there at any time. (Just remember to retrieve the other half if you want to switch to another fountain...)

%%* TrueBlueFemininity: The bodice on Princess Jessa's dress.

* GuideDangit: Although the game ''tries'' to have setpieces to make navigating the Laybrith easier, expect to be looking up maps a lot if you don't want to spend most of the game wandering around lost.

%%* LivingStructureMonster: Grimwall.

%%* OneWingedAngel

* CombinationAttack: Monster groups such as Ostricks can attack all at once, which can do more damage than individual attacks.

* DefendCommand: Only available to the additional party members. The party leader instead has the run command to flee from battle. Also of note is that opponents may sometimes attempt to defend as well.

* EscapeRope: Pyra has the Egress spell (which costs 9 mana), or escape wings can be used if out of mana. Both place the player outside the labyrinth.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Getting killed revives the party in town at the cost of half of the gold.
* DefendCommand: Only available to the additional party members. The party leader instead has the run command to flee from battle.

* RandomlyDrops: Although you can also get them to give you their items with the Muddle (confusion) spell.

* StatusEffects: Most of which are actually effective, [[UselessUsefulSpell surprisingly enough]]. In particular, Pyra's Slow spell, [[NonIndicativeName which also lowers defense alongside lowering speed]], is a must for most boss fights.

* PaletteSwap: All over the place; you'll start running into pallete swaps of the starter enemies before you even reach the first boss, a consequence of the game having practically NoBudget.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For the ''Franchise/ShiningSeries''. The series is largely known for being ''Creator/{{SEGA}}''[='=]s AlternateCompanyEquivalent to ''Creator/{{Nintendo}}''[='=]s ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series. The first game, however, isn't a strategy RPG. Rather, it's a first-person dungeon crawling RPG, a genre that wouldn't be revisited until ''VideoGame/ShiningTheHolyArk''.

This dungeon crawler for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis is actually the first of the Franchise/ShiningSeries. Even though it's of a different genre than the more famous games in the series, there was a follow-up game in the same genre: ''Videogame/ShiningTheHolyArk'' for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn.