Shining Soul
A spin-off of the Shining series and the first to be on a non-Sega platform. The game is a dungeon crawling action RPG exclusive to the Game Boy Advance game.
OverviewRelease in 2002 in Japan and in 2003 in other regions, only for Game Boy Advance, Shining Soul is the seventh game in the series and it is an isometric dungeon-crawling action RPG.
The game takes place in Runemakes the player take the role of a warrior torn between two directly opposing groups: The Dark Dragons and the Shining Fleet. The game lets the wizard choose to pertain to one of four classes: fighter, wizard, archer, or dragonute. The game allows high customization of the character, including weapons, clothing, color schemes, armor etc.The game allows link-up play with up to four players, to fight in cooperative combat. The gameplay presents itself as a typical dungeon crawler ARPG, with the objective of collecting gold, clothes, weapons etc. as well as constant hunting for experience points to level up. The game has a sequel called, simply Shining Soul II, in which the core gameplay remains practically the same but many extra features ($ new classes, collectible cards, arena, side quests etc.) are added.Gameplay Classes & skillsKnight: Sword - sword power up, charge attackAxe - axe power up, charge attackSpear - spear power up, charge attackDef build-up - improves defenseEfficacy - increases recovery power of itemsMentalpower - raises immunity against attacksCold res - improves defense against coldLightning res - improves defense against thunder Wizard: Blaze - spell that casts balls of fireFreeze - spell that casts balls of iceSpark - spell that casts thunderboltsHellblast - spell that casts tornadoInferno - spell that reduces area to ashesRes - improves resistance against magicHeal - spell that recovers HPSlow - Spell that slows down enemies Archer:Bow - bow power up, charge attackSpear - spear power up, charge attackLeap - raises weapons' throwing rangeCritical - increases chance of critical hitHealing - HO recovers graduallyAnti-flying - more damage to flying enemiesFire res - improves defense against flameCold res - improves defense against coldDragonute:Axe - axe power up, charge attackFlail - flail power up, charge attackBrak armor - lowers enemies' defenseEmit - counterattacks with brathDef build-up - improves defenseUndead - more damage to undead enemiesFire res - improves defense against flameLightning res - improves defense against thunder Stages & bossesArea 1Name: Beast MountainNumber of levels: 3Boss: Beast King Area 2Name: Labyrinth Death ShadowNumber of levels: 7Boss: Titan Fighter - a mighty war machine that shoots energy beams out of his eye-like sockets. After the armor is destroyed you fight the ball-formed core that uses rolling attacks. Area 3Name: Equal DungeonNumber of levels: 10Boss: Bulzam - the first dragon general. Teleports himself around the room and shoots multiple fireballs. Area 4Name: Forest of Another WorldNumber of levels: 10Boss: Michaela - the second dragon general. Uses her own replicas to attack the hero with ice missiles.