Liberate the soul of the dragon within you this Summer in Shining Resonance Refrain! Coming to PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC for Steam, Shining Resonance Refrain will tell the tale of sword-wielding Yuma and his friends as they fight the Empire. This marks the return of the Shining series to the West for the first time in a decade.

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Remastered with New Refrain Mode
Shining Resonance Refrain remasters the original Shining Resonance, previously released on PlayStation 3 only in Japan, and features dual audio with English and Japanese voices. In addition to all of the original's DLC, now included as part of the base "Original Mode," Shining Resonance Refrain packs a new "Refrain Mode," unlocking the Imperial Princess Excella and Dragonslayer Jinas as party members for a new experience - just be sure to save this for your second playthrough to avoid any spoilers!
With real-time action combat, it will be important to utilize each party member's unique abilities and strengths while deepening relationships with each character. Through events and dates, get to know your party members to unlock their full potential on the battlefield! Depending on the bonds of the characters, "Resonance" may occur between them, providing a new level of support, leading to victory.

Master the B.A.N.D. System
Dragoneers wield Armonics, ancient weapon-instruments, in order to perform mystical and powerful Rune Songs. Once you build enough BPM (Battle Performance Mana), your party will be able to perform a session through the B.A.N.D. system. Depending on which song you play and which character you set at the center, your party will be able to indulge in various beneficial effects. Certain characters may even perform the song in a special costume!

Draconic Launch Edition
Those who purchase the launch edition of Shining Resonance Refrain on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, will receive the game in a collectible metal slipcase, featuring character artwork of Excella, Sonia, and Kirika.

Shining Resonance Official Site

 

[H1B1Esquire]

Were there a few Shining games on the PS2

ShiningPlayStation 2

Shining Force Neo


Shining Wind


Shining Tears


Shining Force EXA



probably more on PS2.

 

[TheRealNGB]

Now it seems to muddled and has no real identity other than retaining the word "shining" in its name. Even the GBA remake of Legacy seemed to suffer a lot from identity crisis too. Were there a few Shining games on the PS2 or am I losing my mind?

several actually SF Neo, SF EXA, Shining Tears, and Shining Wind, they were there first forays into the action rpg style, and probably resemble "Tales" game or your typical action style jrpg, as I said I don't have enough experience with them to comment whether they are any good as stand alone games or in comparison the Tales series, but they didn't seem obviously bad or broken from what little I did play.

 

[MasterJ360]

Glad this is getting a Switch release getting fed up with the Wii U ports. More jrpg's on the go please

 

[Jayro]

I only care because it´s coming to NS

Same. Just hope they don't downsample the textures too much.

 

[Hells Malice]

Never heard of this or the series, but the combat looks strikingly similar to a Tales game.
I'm sold just because Nana Mizuki voices one of the characters, even if i'm not going to listen to the sub. Hoping she put some music into this.

Looks interesting regardless, i'm a sucker for a good opening song. They have some big names for the japanese roles at any rate. Saori Hayami (one of the singers in the trailer's song, and a main character) has done a crapton of quality work. Asami Seto (the other singer in it, also a main character) is smaller but has still done a lot of good work.

Pretty promising.

 

[DarthDub]

Tony Taka is the artist.

 

[Missing Number]

i dunno, im kinda numb regarding shining. i felt the first few games had certain atmosphere and tone, and has since (d)evolved into jpop , a realm best left for Tales or some such.

gone are strategic battles fought between armies of Elves, Centaurs, Turtles, and Gophers, and the forces of Dark Dragons which may or maynot contain multiple heads

i get it, things change over time, but Dragon Quest should not be the only exception.


can anyone tell me what the hell Domingo was? and why we dont have one in this title?

 

[leon315]

yesterday, 23th of feb, Sega shared an extended gameplay with commentary, video starts at 1:00:53