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''[[Shining Force]]'' begins in the kingdom of Guardiana, where the main character, Max, is put in charge of the titular Shining Force and charged with stopping an invasion from the rival Runefaust army. The army is controlled by Darksol, a mysterious cloaked man with aspirations to revive the monstrous Dark Dragon and use it to [[Take Over the World]]. It's a prequel to the first-person Genesis RPG ''[[Shining in the Darkness]]'', which featured Darksol's son Dark Sol (or, in Japan, Mephisto).
Its sequel, ''[[Shining Force]] II'', shifts the focus to the kingdom of Granseal, where an even ''greater'' demon lord named Zeon ([[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories|No]] [[Mobile Suit Gundam|relation]]) is sealed off by two jewels. A thief named Slade steals one of them, and thus breaks the seal on the monster. Zeon possesses the king of the neighboring Galam nation, causing him to do all sorts of freaky [[Evil Overlord]]-type deeds. This time, schoolkid Bowie and his three friends (Sarah, Chester and Jaha) form the core of the new Shining Force, and are sent to track down the jewels before Zeon can wreak any further havoc on the world. Takes place in the same world as the first game, although at the time there was only a [[Continuity Nod]] to prove it. (This game also suffers from the naming problems of the previous ones, referring to Darksol as Dark Sol, and Lucifer as Dark Dragon, an unrelated enemy from Shining Force I).
The ''Shining Force Gaiden'' games were released on the [[Game Gear]] (the first one never made it out of Japan), but were later [[Compilation Rerelease|repackaged]] and enhanced for the [[Sega CD]]. Of those, the first one stars Prince Nick of Cypress, who has to help Anri (part of the original Guardiana Shining Force who ascended to become Queen) find a cure for her poisoning at the hands of a rogue wizard named Woldol. At first, the people of Guardiana are suspicious of him, but eventually he turns out to be a trustworthy and effective leader, thus gaining their respect.
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* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: If your save file is corrupted in Shining Force II, ominous music plays while the witch informs you that it's corrupted. Yes, they designed the game to play appropriate music for ''losing your file''.
* [[Bring My Red Jacket]]: Sir Lemon [AKA the Red Baron before he finally exits the [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]] can revive himself from death after a battle, and wears armor that is ''precisely'' the color of blood -- because it's ''painted with the blood of his dead enemies''.
* [[But Thou Must!]]: Most egregious moment is in ''II'', where Thou Must go kiss the Princess Elis, the [[
** This is also used to force the player to forgive bosses after they're defeated, no matter how much of a [[Dirty Coward]] or [[Complete Monster]] they are.
* [[Can't Drop the Hero]]: It never lets you. And when the hero dies, it's a game over. But because of this, it leads to the hero typically being many times stronger than the other characters. See [[One Man Party]] below.
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* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: The whole story of Blanc Neige in ''Shining Tears''. And, no, [[An Ice Person|Her ice powers didn't defrost]].
* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: {{spoiler|Kane, in the first game.}}
* [[
* [[Doomed Hometown]]: The destruction of the first Granseal palace and town in SFII.
* [[Downer Ending]]: [[Subverted Trope]], the ending of the first Force game, where {{spoiler|Max is sunk under the water with the Chaos Breaker while a majority of the remaining of the force is [[Teleporters and Transporters|Egressed]] out scot-free,}} it is rather convincing until {{spoiler|you watch the cut scene after the credits, showing Max and Adam and alive and well}}.
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* [[Kill Sat]]: In the remake of the first game, this powers a line of spells exclusive to Max.
* [[Kleptomaniac Hero, Found Underwear]] (Appears in II)
* [[
{{quote|Gyan: Th...THAT??!!
Kisaragi: Yes, T...H...A...T!
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