I'm loving the Shining Resonance love. I'm going to admit: I didn't really have a good experience with the first Shining Force and Shining in the Dark when I played them, nor did I care for the GBA games, but I respect the heck out of II and Shining Resonance. I'm a sucker for Media.Vision's games ever since I played Wild Arms. I've actually been watching a longplay of this game, and I want to talk about three of its characters here.
Sonia Blanche
The main Heroine of Shining Resonance, She is a knight known for her fast attacks
Shining Resonance is the most recent game
I have only played the demo of this game that is why this is not in depth.
Sonia's really cool, actually. For a few quick reasons why she's neat:
-Lots of quick and powerful sword strikes with buffs/debuffs.
-There's an animation she does where she comes to a grinding halt with her heels that I really like (good for you for pulling it off, but girl, what are you doing).
-Everyone in the game actually has a musical theme, and has a weapon/instrument, so that sword she has is used to play the Violin. So she's really good at making it sound good while hitting it with a sword.
-Says "I'm feelin' it" like Shulk
-She is actually the Princess of her country but takes up being a knight due to boredom and fighting for her kingdom.
-Just a real sweetheart and loves justice.
Job #148: Agnum Bulletheart
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Agnum is one of the main party members from Shining Resonance. With his flaming hot personality and skill for music, Agnum is a musical mage who steals the spotlight every time he hits the battlefield. Using his Armonic weapon Iglute, a blade shaped like a guitar, he’s able to channel his fiery passion and conjure up powerful fire spells. Although he might seem kinda reckless and hot-headed, Agnum is a surprisingly chill dude who is an incredibly skilled dragoneer. He also enjoys traveling the world as a vagrant.
I’m gonna be real with yall, I have no idea how important Agnum is to Shining Resonance outside of being a main party member. But holy
** does this guy sound like the coolest ********** ever. When I was looking into the Shining series, Shining Resonance immediately caught my attention with the instrument weapons the party members wield, and out of all the potential options, Agnum stood out as someone who looked like a blast to play as. He has a guitar sword that he can slam people with and he can summon fire! Who wouldn’t want to try this guy out?
I was debating between this guy and the person below for my write-up, so I'm glad he's already gotten nominated. Please, just watch this guy's intro cutscene:
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Lastly, I'll throw out this guy
Job #148: Jinis Aion/Jinas the Dragonslayer (Shining Force Resonance)
With the ability to take down a dragon in a single hit, it's easy to see why Jinas has earned his nickname of "The Dragonslayer". From place to place, he walks with his giant katana that's covered in dried blood, looking to kill every single dragon being weaponized by the game's main antagonist, the empire. By that description, you would assume he is one of our party's top allies, but not so, as he has no side in the war between kingdoms that's the focus of Shining Resonance. Neither side knows much about him besides the fact he's extremely strong, and not quite human. Without getting into spoilers, his only goal seems to be killing every last dragon he can (our main character included since he can turn into one). He may be noble and honorable, but deep down he's edgy and short-tempered.
I'll also post his introduction because it's cool:
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So, this guy was one of the main antagonists of the initial game, but he was promoted to being a playable character from the beginning of the game in Refrain. You can even go on dates with him, just like any of your other party members, that spawns out of him training you. I didn't watch a lot of it due to spoilers, but getting to date him is especially funny to me because from what I've seen he just really sort of hates us in-game. He's up there in terms of fun edgelord characters, in an unironic way, I would say. Beyond his personality, though, he's a rival to you and your party throughout the game, and he's got a hook as a really good, long-range sword fighter with superhuman speed.
In-game, his speed is so fast it looks like he actually looks like he teleports, he has several moves involving elemental damage, and a self-heal tied to his MP. As a playable character, I'd say he'd be a cross between Marth and Sephiroth.