Line #29 VideoGame/ShiningForceGaidenGames


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3	The ''Shining Force Gaiden'' games were released on the Sega UsefulNotes/GameGear (the first one never made it out of Japan), but were later [[CompilationRerelease repackaged]] and enhanced for the Sega CD as ''Shining Force CD'', today an exceedingly rare title. The story is a direct continuation of the first ''VideoGame/ShiningForce'' game. Of those, the first one stars Prince Nick of Cypress, who has to help Anri (part of the original Guardiana Shining Force who ascended to become Queen) find a cure for her poisoning at the hands of a rogue wizard named Woldol. At first, the people of Guardiana are suspicious of him, but eventually he turns out to be a trustworthy and effective leader, thus gaining their respect.
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5	The second Gaiden game (subtitle: ''The Sword of Hajya'') stars [[GenderBlenderName Deanna]] of Cypress, a swordsman who is placed in charge of the Cypress branch of the Force while the Prince leads an invasion into Iom. However, with the Prince's right hand turned to stone, he is practically defenseless against the superior Iom forces, and can no longer use the Sword of Hajya that he used to defeat Woldol in the previous game, so he gets captured so he can be sacrificed to Iom. In that regard, Deanna and his team have to recover the Prince's lost sword, save the Prince, and help him bring down the Iom army once and for all.
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7	The third Gaiden game, also never released outside of Japan, is entitled ''Final Conflict'' and ties the stories of the first two Genesis games together, as well as serving as a prequel to ''VideoGame/ShiningForceII'' by showing how remnants of Max's team and the survivors of Dark Dragon's army came to Parmecia after his disappearance.
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11	* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:Book 4 in ''Shining Force CD'' is revealed to be this once the battle is over.]]
12	* BackFromTheDead: Woldol, the BigBad of ''Shining Force Gaiden'', returns as an end-game boss in ''Sword of Hajya''. If you've only played the Game Gear port, his appearance [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere won't make much sense to you]].
13	* BattleCouple: Deanna and Natasha become a couple by the end of ''The Sword of Hajya'', with {{Ship teas\|e}}ing throughout the game.
14	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Luke/Lug suddenly appears at the climax of ''Shining Force Gaiden'', to give the Sword of Hajya to Prince Nick to fight [[BigBad Woldol]].]]
15	* BossRush: Book 4 of ''Shining Force CD'' is just one battle, between your 12 units and every boss throughout the entire game.
16	* CatFolk: Gyan, a playable character in the first two ''Gaiden'' games, is a cat beastman who serves as Prince Nick's bodyguard. As a Beast/Berserker, he takes the place of the Wolfman/Wolf Baron class from the mainline ''Shining Force'' games, being a unarmed frontline attacker whose movement is unaffected by terrain.
17	* CharacterSelectForcing: [[BossRush Book 4]] of ''Shining Force CD'' restricts the player to using 12 characters across both ''Gaiden'' and ''Sword of Hajya''.
18	* CrutchCharacter: Monks/Master Monks join early in all the games and have an immense early-game advantage due to good damage output, decent defenses, and being able to heal. They run into problems later on when [[MasterOfNone they have worse MP and spells than Priests/Vicars and worse attack and defense than frontliners]], alongside having worse weapons than other classes, often leading to them becoming backup fighters at best with a few support capabilities.
19	* EnhancedRemake: ''Shining Force CD'', with updated music and graphics similar in style to ''VideoGame/ShiningForceII''.
20	* ExtendedGameplay: The unlockable books in ''Shining Force CD''. Book 3 is a set of six unique battles which allow you to use almost every character across the first two books (the exceptions being Gyan, Mayfair, and [[spoiler:Lug]]), while Book 4 is a BossRush using a preset party.
21	* FakeKing: In ''The Sword of Hajya'', a king gets sacrificed to Iom, and one of Iom's minions takes the king's place.
22	* GaidenGame: The three games serve as side stories taking place in the interim between the first two ''Shining Force'' games; ''Gaiden'' and ''The Sword of Hajya'' are a duology focusing on Guardiana decades after its war against Runefaust, while ''Final Conflict'' is a more distant sequel which wraps up loose ends from the first ''Shining Force'' and connects it to ''Shining Force II''.
23	* HappyEndingOverride: Despite [[spoiler:Max being shown to be alive and well in TheStinger of ''Shining Force'']], the Gaiden games reveal that [[spoiler:he and Adam were separated from the rest of their Force in another continent, possibly far off in the future, with the others unaware of their whereabouts]].
24	* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: In the third book of ''Shining Force CD'', after you get past the second battle Prince Nick and Gyan encounter a harem of sorts, who's members encourage them to rest by saying "Why don't you relax? You can even try '''THAT''' with us."
25	-->'''Gyan:''' Th...THAT??!!
26	-->'''Kisaragi:''' Yes, T...H...A...T!
27	-->'''Mayfair:''' That's disgusting!
28	* LetsSplitUpGang: The Shining Force gets separated for a while in ''The Sword of Hajya'' and you must work through a few battles with only six characters.
29	* MissionPackSequel: All three of the Game Gear titles are nearly identical in framework to each other, and mostly differ in unit availability and maps.
30	* MirrorMatch: The second-to-last battle in Book 3 of ''Shining Force CD'' is a match against copies of every character in the active lineup. Naturally, the difficulty varies wildly depending on which characters are brought in and how they are equipped.
31	* TheMole: Throughout ''Sword of Hajya'', Warderer suspects that there's a traitor among his generals. The mole isn't revealed until near the end of the game, and it turns out to be [[spoiler:Hindel]], the only one of the generals you [[TheUnfought don't fight]].
32	* NeverSayDie: Averted, unlike most Shining Force games. The priests in Book 2 of ''Shining Force CD'' are quite blunt about it, saying something along the lines of "(Character name) was killed! [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist It will cost $100.]]"
33	* NoGearLevel: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the second battle in ''Gaiden'', which has the Force [[ATasteOfPower lose the weapons they initially began with]]... but then Lowe advises them to search around them for objects to use as [[EmergencyWeapon makeshift weapons]]. Sure enough, all but [[BareFistedMonk Sig]] are able to find a wooden weapon to ward off the nearby enemy forces with.
34	* OpeningNarration: ''Shining Force CD'' has a voice-over explaining what had happened between the first ''Shining Force'' game and it.
35	* RespawningEnemies: They appear in later missions; if you're extremely patient, you can simply have each of your party members keep killing them until everyone's leveled up [[PeninsulaOfPowerleveling far beyond what they were meant to at that point in the game]]. Of course, this might be why they don't show up often in other ''Shining Force'' games.
36	* RocketTagGameplay: The first battle of ''Gaiden''. To compensate for the player's [[ATasteOfPower powerful weaponry]], the enemies that attack are very powerful at that point in the game, and won't reappear until the end of the first chapter.
37	* SaveThePrincess: A rare GenderFlip occurs in ''The Sword of Hajya'', where you must rescue the prince.
38	* StoneWall:
39	** [[BareFistedMonk Sig]] lacks the attack power of [[GlassCannon Cray]] or the healing ability of [[TheMedic Mayfair]], but is more durable than either of them.
40	** Kashing is a knight with extremely high defense, but average attack.
41	* ATasteOfPower: In ''Shining Force Gaiden'' the Force actually starts out with some pretty good equipment and should have little trouble in their first battle. However their ship is wrecked and all their weapons are lost, and during the next battle itself they have to search the wreckage for whatever pointy sticks they can find instead.
42	* WaveMotionGun: The approach to the Iom inner sanctum in ''Sword of Hajya'' is guarded by a Statue of Iom. Similarly to the Laser Eye at the end of Chapter 3 in ''VideoGame/ShiningForce'', it can only attack every fourth or fifth turn, and it attacks with a massive laser cannon that causes considerable damage to every unit in its path, friend or foe.

Context VideoGame / ShiningForceGaidenGames