Shining Force -- Initial Impression.

After the debacle of Rogue Galaxy and with a mere two weeks before Mario Kart Wii, Grand Theft Auto IV, and Maximum Attack G invades PSU I'm going to be just playing it safe and killing time. I'm going to do that with Shining Force for the Genesis via the Wii's Virtual Console. Shining Force is a true classic strategy RPG. Long before they were all the rage with Final Fantasy Tactics and Fire Emblem and numerous other titles of recent years there was Shining Force. I haven't played this version of the title since it originally hit the Genesis in March of 1993. Speaking of titles, Shining Force has my all-time favorite subtitle for a video game, Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention. Shining Force was developed by Climax Entertainment of Shining in the Darkness and Landstalker fame. Like those two titles before it, Shining Force is full of charm and character. As well as rock solid gameplay. This time around, no matter how hard the temptation to do otherwise, I'm going to play through the game using different characters than I did originally.