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Shining Force Needs to Return
Cordova, TN; June 12, in the year of our Lord 2017--Family
Friendly Gaming, the industry leader in covering the family
friendly video games is asking the video game industry to bring
back Shining Force. Family Friendly Gaming pushed for the return
of Lego City Undercover for some time. Eventually Lego City
Undercover was ported to newer systems, and Chase McCain was
added to Lego Dimensions. It took multiple requests over
multiple years. Family Friendly Gaming was listened to, and the
franchise returned as we had requested. That go us thinking here
at Family Friendly Gaming. What other franchises should come
back? Can we use our muscle to bring something else back? Are
the people over at Sega listening? Sure they ran Shining Force
into the ground with the non-SRPG games. We believe it can be
saved if it returns to the SRPG genre.
Look no other SRPG franchise has caught Shining Force. Other
franchises have tried and failed. Fire Emblem games are not in
the same league as Shining Force for a variety of reasons.
Shining Force was definitely more family friendly than the Fire
Emblem games. The artwork, battles, team mates, battle system,
sounds, story and more are better in Shining Force than Fire
Emblem. The SRPG king (Shining Force) needs to show the others
how it is really done. I would be happy if the three episodes of
Shining Force III were ported over to current systems. It worked
for Lego City Undercover. It could certainly work for Shining
Force. Then maybe we could get a new Shining Force video game.
This needs to happen and soon. If Sega drops the ball then
someone else should pick it up.
One of the excuses I hear in terms of the return of Shining
Force is Sega and the developer had a falling out. This is a bit
strange, since I find three different developers responsible for
Shining Force, Shining Force II, and Shining Force III. Sega
could easily hire a different developer to bring back Shining
Force. If a company like Sega hears there is demand for
something they will definitely bring it back. Plus it might be
the game that saves Sega for going bankrupt. Maybe Sega needs to
go bankrupt. Then someone else could buy up the rights to
Shining Force. Maybe that is what needs to happen for a SRPG
version of Shining Force to return. I would prefer for Sega to
bring Shining Force back. I will happily play a new Shining
Force video game either way.
God bless,
Paul Bury
Family Friendly Gaming