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| Developer(s) | Sonic! Software Planning |
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| Platform(s) | Sega Saturn |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Media | CD-ROM |
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Story
Three mercenaries - Arthur, Melody, and Forte - are hired by the King of Enrich to hunt down and capture a renegade ninja by the name of Rodi. The group pursues Rodi to the nearby mines, whereafter a brief skirmish, an unknown craft crashes through the roof. All four characters are gravely injured, but soon healed by being possessed by strange spirits. While those inhabiting Arthur, Melody, and Rodi seem benevolent, Forte is occupied by an evil spirit. From here the story follows the three unwitting heroes as they fight to stop the revival of the legendary 1,000 year kingdom, which would return the world to an age of darkness.
Shining Series continuity
Shining the Holy Ark takes place 10 years before Shining Force III. While in the town of Enrich, Arthur and the others meet a young boy named Julian. He tells them that his father went to investigate a haunted mansion in the woods, but never returned. Since that time he has been in the care of a family friend. It would later be discovered that Julian's father was killed by Galm, one of the mythical Vandals that ruled over the world during the time of the 1,000 year kingdom. His father's death compels Julian to seek revenge against Galm, which set into motion his involvement in the events of Shining Force III.
Gameplay
Gameplay is most similar to Shining in the Darkness; the player explores towns and dungeons in the first-person view, with battles almost exclusively taking place in dungeons. Shining in the Darkness ( Shining and the Darkness in Japan is a 1991 RPG for the Mega Drive/Genesis Video game console Battles take place in a turn-based format, maintaining the first-person view but also allowing the player to view allies as they take their actions. One unique mechanic is the "pixie" system, where the player can befriend pixies that will attack enemies as the party encounters them. Pixies (also Piskies and Pigsies as they are sometimes known in Cornwall) are mythical creatures of Folklore, considered to be particularly concentrated
Protagonists
- Arthur - a mercenary swordsman, silent protagonist, and host for the spirit. With experience, gains the ability to use both support and offensive magic. The player sees through his eyes.
- Melody - a mercenary shaman, and host for the spirit.
- Rodi - a renegade ninja, and host for the spirit
- Forte - a mercenary wizard. Possessed by an evil spirit for a while.
- Lisa - a mercenary soldier skilled in swordsmanship and support magic, a Paladin. A paladin (from Latin palatinus, plural palatini; cf derivative spellings below was a high-level official in numerous countries of medieval
- Basso - a dragonman mercenary, and companion of Lisa.
- Akane - a kunoichi, and sister of Rodi. Kunoichi (くノ一 is the term for a female Ninja or practitioner of Ninpo.
- Doyle - a wolfman ninja. Appears several times as an NPC, and later as a secret character. A non-player character, often shortened to NPC, is a character that is controlled by the Gamemaster in Role-playing games or one that is not
Antagonists
- Panzer - the half-human, half-Vandal son of Galm, he seeks to revive the 1,000 year kingdom.
- Rilix - a Vandal who secured a position as the king's advisor and court wizard; seeks the revival of the 1,000 year kingdom.
- Galm - the most powerful Vandal, yet for unknown reasons does not wish to see the 1,000 year kingdom revived, which puts him at odds with his brethren.
- Elise - a Vandal who appears human and has maintained her youth by draining the life of young girls; she is in a tenuous relationship with the other Vandals, and like Galm doesn't seem too interested in revivi
Music
The game's soundtrack was composed by Shining series veteran Motoi Sakuraba. Motoi Sakuraba (桜庭 統 Sakuraba Motoi, born August 5, 1965) has composed music for various Japanese Video games Anime
External links
- Shining Force Central's entry on Shining the Holy Ark
- Home of Shining the Holy Arc - Fansite
- Shining the Holy Ark at MobyGames
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