Shining Hearts announced! + rumors + Bayonetta

[STORM!]

 Finally announced! And it is not "Whirlwind Stories"...

 Sawada is the producer, again, with Tony as characters designer... again.

 PSP is the platform, and it is a RPG. The story takes place on an island, and Rikku (maybe Rick) is the main character, and there are 3 main heroines.

 No more information at now.
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 Ok! The game will be showed firstly at Comic Market in Japan. As you can see, this is not the game featuring that previously showed girl named "MAXIMA", the main character of the rumored title to replace Sakura Taisen series for Sega.

 There is a rumor saying that "Shining Hearts" is actually the previous registered title "Whirlwind Monogatari", with a different title.

 Sawada is back on the Shining series because Shimosato has completely apologized about that "fight" for the control of the Shining series some time back. Shimosato said "I'm sorry, please come back to the series!" LOL!!!!

 Remember that rumor about Sega announcing a new Shining game at E3? And, yes, Sega has really showed the game there; only a selected people has seen the game at closed doors. It's another rumor, and I don't know if it was Shining Hearts or another Shining game.

 With this new title, we can officially forgot about that rumor saying that Sega has finished completely the "Shining Project" with Shining Force Cross.

 And now, we know that Sawada has, at least, another 1 title using Tony as the designer at Sega, since we have not seen the game featuring Maxima yet.


 About Bayonetta, there are rumors about some announce at the same event regarding Bayonetta. Some people are saying it is not a new game; it is something else. Goods?

 I can't wait to see that all!!!

[Sharky]

As much as I used to like Shining Force... I just dont care anymore.
I want an SRPG like they used to be...

I can safely say I never enjoyed any of the Shining games that werent SRPGs apart from Shining Soul 2.

[Deefy]

Thanks for the info STORM!, especially that about the Shining games (mostly the rumors), i'm a very fan of the series but unlike Sharky i also appreciated the latest releases, however, by far preferring Shining games in form of SRPGs, with SF3 as the most liked.

[Sieghardt]

Looks atrociously bad, not that I expected anything, given how insultingly terrible NEO/EXA/Wind/Tears were, but that's really terrible looking, completely bland and soulless the story sounds awful too.

The old shining games were great, and they arent hard to replicate, I dont know why they wont even try.

[Aki-at]

Mainly it's the guy headlining the series now fault, he pretty much made sure Tony's art designs are used in Shining and changed the series to a completely different direction.

That and Shining Force Feather bombed spectacularly in Japan that any future SRPG SEGA would see as an extreme risk.

[Sega Uranus]

WHERE ARE THE CENTAURS AND BIRDMEN?!? I DO NOT SEE THEM!!

[Suzuki Yu]

direct in-game images , characters , logo etc etc
http://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/1238413_1407.html

[CrazyT]

direct in-game images , characters , logo etc etc
http://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/1238413_1407.html

That looks really good. It seems that it's going to be a turn based rpg. I'm kinda happy with that and it's a pretty long time since SEGA released a traditional rpg... if I remember correctly.

I like what I see

[MadeManG74]

It doesn't look THAT bad (although it still shouldn't be bearing the Shining name). The character designs are a bit predictable, but at least it looks quite polished.

[Barry the Nomad]

Oooh, check out the biscuits on the bread girl!



The stuff in the basket ain't bad either.

[Sharky]

I find it looks bland and ugly... I HATE this Tony guys art style too... It's such a crappy cliche anime style the kind of shit you'd expect fat nerdy american kids to replicate.

[STORM!]

The teaser site is open:

http://shining-world.jp/hearts/


 The best? The music composer is Hiroki Kikuta, composer of classics like Seiken Densetsu 2, Seiken Densetsu 3 and Soukaigi.

 You can listen a song from the game on the site. I can't stop listen it XDDD



 Shut up! Sharky bakabakabaka ;pppp

[Aki-at]

And the Bayonetta thing was a re-release of the game in Japan.

[Barry the Nomad]

I find it looks bland and ugly... I HATE this Tony guys art style too... It's such a crappy cliche anime style the kind of shit you'd expect fat nerdy american kids to replicate.

I agree that the art style is bland. Needs thicker lines, and a bit more originality. I much prefer this art style:



More pronounced noses, costumes are larger and simpler with bold colors and eyes are more expressive. I was flipping through my SEGA art book last night and was loving the old 80's/early 90's SEGA RPG art. Really awesome stuff.

Also, the titles need to be more aggressive. No more acronyms, no more words like "hearts" or "tears" or "memories".

[STORM!]

Wait! Memories?


 OMG!!! SHINING MEMORIES!!! Nice name to the next Shining game XDDD


 Hmmm... I don't think this is the "real" announcement regarding Bayonetta. There is one thing more.