Information Developer(s) Publisher(s) Sega Genre Role-playing game Platform(s) Playstation Portable Rating(s) CERO: Ages 12 and Up Release Date(s) Japan: December 16, 2010 Shining Hearts (シャイニング・ハーツ Shainingu Hātsu) is a developed and published. It is the first game to be released for the and is the third with characters designed by, the other two being. The game was released on December 16, 2010 in Japan. It is the second game of the Shining series to be apated into an anime television series titled that premiered in April 2012. Contents [] Gameplay The player can form a party of up to four characters that will be encountered throughout the course of the game. With party members, the player will be able to perform special team attacks.
At the start of the game, the player must choose one out of the trio of female protagonists with different characteristics: • the Ranger • the Magician • the Priest. The player may change their respective names but cannot change their choice of the female protagonist throughout the game. The ocean is a major background setting of Shining Hearts, where the player's base of operations is a ship called 'Home Ship'.
This ship serves both as the player's home and as means of transport. While the ship starts off in a ragged state, the player will be able to build it up with new functionality. Eventually, the player will use the ship to travel to other islands. When not outside at sea, the player is free to roam the Wyndaria Island. The player will be able to take part in a variety of activities such as: progress through story missions, or take on side quests to help out villagers. The player will also be able to go around the island to collect materials for baking bread and forging weapons, and even go fishing.
While playing through the game, working through the story and helping villagers out on quests, the player will collect 'Hearts' that is an important key to the game. These can be used to make special bread for Kaguya and help her regain her emotions. As her emotions come back, Kaguya's spirit stone will release 'Heart Keys.' These can be used to open doors to new worlds, leading to new developments in the story. Hearts are a parameter indicating how people feel about the main character. In response to the main character's actions, people will release Hearts of varying color.