Shining Force
Shining Force may refer to any of the series of Shining games with Shining Force in their titles, although it most commonly refers to the strategy role-playing games developed primarily by Climax Entertainment, Sonic! Software Planning, and Camelot Software Planning:
- Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention (シャイニング・フォース 神々の遺産, Shainingu Fōsu: Kamigami no Isan, "Shining Force: Legacy of the Gods")
- Shining Force II: The Ancient Seal (シャイニング・フォースII 古えの封印, Shainingu Fōsu II: Inishie no Fuuin)
- Shining Force III Scenario 1: Towering God of the Royal Capital (シャイニング・フォースIII シナリオ１ 王都の巨神, Shainingu Fōsu tsuri Shinario wan Ōto no Kyoshin)
- Shining Force III Scenario 2: Divine Child in Peril (シャイニング・フォースIII シナリオ２ 狙われた神子, Shainingu Fōsu tsuri Shinario tsu Nerawareta Miko)
- Shining Force III Scenario 3: Glacial Shrine of the Wicked God (シャイニング・フォースIII シナリオ３ 氷壁の邪神宮, Shainingu Fōsu tsuri Hyōheki no Jashingū)
- Shining Force Gaiden: Voyage to the Land of the Wicked God (シャイニング・フォース外伝 ～遠征・邪神の国へ～, Shainingu Fōsu Gaiden: Ensei – Jashin no Kuni he)
- Shining Force Gaiden II: Awakening of the Evil God (シャイニング・フォース外伝II ～邪神の覚醒～, Shainingu Fōsu Gaiden II: Jashin no Mezame)
- Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict (シャイニング・フォース外伝 ～ファイナル コンフリクト～, Shainingu Fōsu Gaiden: Fainaru Konfurikuto)
- Shining Force CD (シャイニ・ングフォースCD, Shainingu Fōsu CD)
Sega also used titles with Shining Force in the early 2000s to denote a branch of the series separate from the art direction and continuity started in Shining Tears.
- Shining Force Neo (シャイニング・フォース・ネオ, Shainingu Fōsu Neo)
- Shining Force EXA (シャイニング・フォース イクサ, Shainingu Fōsu Ikusa)
- Shining Force Feather (シャイニング・フォース フェザー, Shainingu Fosu Fezā)
Within the context of the settings of these games, Shining Force may also refer to the companies of fighters led by Max in Shining Force, as well as those in other games. In Neo, Shining Force is a classification of empowered fighters otherwise known as Forces. In EXA, Shining Force is the name of an ancient holy sword.