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Shining Wind cover

2007 · Beat 'em up · Role-playing

Shining Wind

PlayStation exclusive

Shining Wind is the sequel to Shining Tears. The main characters from Shining Tears appear in Shining Wind as well.

Released
17 May 2007
Platforms
PlayStation 2
Genres
Beat 'em upRole-playing
Developers
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Publishers
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Series
Shining
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Fantasy
Country
Japan
Age ratings
CERO B

About

Shining Wind (シャイニング・ウィンド, Shainingu Windo) is an action role-playing game developed by Nextech and published by Sega for the PlayStation 2, and the 19th game in the Shining video game series. It was released on May 17, 2007, in Japan. The game is the sequel to Shining Tears. The main characters from Shining Tears appear in Shining Wind as well.

An anime adaptation of the two games, called Shining Tears X Wind, began airing in early April 2007. Like Shining Tears, the game is illustrated by artist Tony Taka.

Keywords

  • jrpg

Media

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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

The game was released on Japan on May 17, 2007, and sold over 78,000 units in four days, becoming the top selling game in the country in that week.

According to the 2006 hands-on preview from IGN, the game runs at constant 60 frames per second.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
PlayStation 217 May 2007Japan

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