#shining soul

[wario-land]

Game Boy Advance's All Stars in...

SUPER SMASH BROS. ADVANCE

A concept idea made by me, because i love GBA and it's various games

[ometochtli2rabbit]

13.0.12.1.10

kalajun[12] OK/TZI [dog] oxlajun[13] CEH

galactic tone: understanding/ complex stability

sun sign: dog/white/north

enjoy friends and family - MAYA

chicome[7] - ITZCUINTLI [dog]

Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli | Mictlantecuhtli

quetzaltotolin

lord of the night: Tlaloc

trecena[12]: Tlaloc

x: caxtolli-omome[17]- tlacaxipehualiztli - NAHUA

a few days ago, i was told i look like a monkey. I have nothing against monkeys, so i know the guy was just trying to bait me into a reaction. this guy was using a slur for Japanese people, many of whom I have great respect for and I don't like hearing slurs. so i asked him to cool it which he took as an opportunity to escalate the situation into violence. he continued to say something about people needing to go back to "their own country." when I asked him what if he was talking to me, he asked me, "what are you going to do about it?" and came towards me. thankfully, a library staff member intervened, telling him to leave. i didn't insult or threaten him, though i did stand up to protect myself. in the old days... well, instead of internalizing his insult, i have decided to see the hidden reason he would try to get into my head like that. i know it's more about him than me. it's how this world wants us to do to one another. to make us "the other" or a thing, but I know i'm growing, so i will not let it affect me. Enjoy these songs that include THING in them:

Bo Diddley: Pretty Thing

Prince Rogers Nelson: Hot Thing

Billie Eilish: Wildflower

Queen: Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Juice Newton: The Sweetest Thing

Ms. Lauryn Hill: Sweetest Thing

Depeche Mode: Everything Counts

Dave Gahan: One Thing

Roxy Music: Main Thing

U2: Even Better Than the Real Thing

Jennifer Lopez: Love Don't Cost A Thing

Eddie Cochran: Something Else

Howard Jones: Things Can Only Get Better

Shining Soul: Doing My Thang

Solange: Things I Imagined

Slipknot: 742617000027

Metallica: The Thing That Should Not Be

Johnny Cash: Oh, What A Good Thing We Had

Dusty Springfield" I've Got A Good Thing

The Troggs: Wild Thing

Jimi Hendrix: Wild Thing

James Brown: Get Up Offa That Thing

Fleetwood Mac: Tell Me All the Things You Do

The Fixx: One Thing Leads to Another

Kylie Minogue: Wouldn't Change A Thing

The Police: Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

Willie Nelson: Things To Remember

David Bowie: Shapes of Things

Booker T and the MGs: Doin' Our Thing

Snotty Nose Rez Kids: Something Else

The Kinks: Things Are Getting Better

George Harrison: All Things Must Pass

The Beatles: Something

Sten Joddi, Chase Manhattan, Adrian Harjo, Tha Native, & Joey Stylez: It's A Native Thang

[gamerzylo]

[redinkquill]

Can you identify the colors I shine?

Can you see which are mine?

I know not the colors

That shine from my soul

Can you tell me what they are

And help make me whole?

[nakamorijuan]

清水咲斗子 - SHINING SOUL Satoko Shimizu - SHINING SOUL Tenku Senki SHURATO - 1st Opening Theme

[doamarierose-honoka]

Yoshitaka Tamaki, the artist and character designer behind Shining in the Darkness, Shining Force, Landstalker and many other classic titles, passed away earlier this year, it has been revealed.

Tamaki passed away on July 13th following a battle with lung cancer. He was just 55 years old. A private service was held in his memory today.

Having initially worked as a freelance artist for Enix, Tamaki would join Hiroyuki Takahashi at the newly-formed Climax Entertainment to create Shining in the Darkness on the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive. While he is most famous for the art and character designs he produced, Tamaki would also contribute to story and scenario writing on several titles he worked on.

As well as working on the Shining series and the seminal action adventure Landstalker, Tamaki would also work on FEDA: The Emblem of Justice (Super Famicom), Lady Stalker (Super Famicom), FEDA Remake!: The Emblem of Justice (Saturn), Alundra (Playstation), Time Stalkers (Dreamcast), Shining Soul (GBA), Shining Soul II (GBA) and Shining Force Neo (PS2). He is also credited on Shining Force: Resurrection Of The Dark Dragon, a GBA remake of the original game.

Back in 2018, fellow Climax / Camelot Software Planning artist Hiroshi Kajiyama, who also worked on the Shining series, passed away.

[pinkvictim]

I love him

[femboyyuri]

i knew about the existence of the shining soul games but i never actually really paid attention to them

turns out they were both directed by akira ueda (the contact guy) and it shows , with how relatively low stakes and chill the games are

the 2nd game features some INCREDIBLY masafumi takada music, it sounds just like something you’d hear in the silver case

[claire-starsword]

Shining Soul 2 - Prologue and Character Bios translation

While to my knowledge the game’s story is the same for all the characters, they all actually have their own backstory behind the scenes, and it’s a shame that nothing gets brought up, especially since one of them seems linked to the main antagonist, if we can even call Gillespie that.

All the info here is taken from the official guide book, which is sadly kinda poor, and from the old official website. Everyone say thank you Internet Archive real quick, because while I’ve seen a backup from sega around it already had broken pages.

Prologue [this one is the same in both the book and the website]

The time when the warriors of light defeated the forces of darkness is now in the very distant past.

The world was at peace.

However, an incident slowly inched closer.

Sometimes the sun's light would be blocked by thick clouds, while at others there'd be continuous drought, and water supplies would dry out, making the people suffer.

Finally, monsters began to appear, and the world fell in despair...

King Marcel of the Klantol Kingdom felt how dire the situation was and, besides building a fortress and strengthening the country's defenses, declared open a fighting tournament in the Colosseum, in order to find heroes powerful enough to exterminate the monsters.

"...Heroes who have inherited the light, you’ll save this world covered in darkness!"

Characters

Warrior Alex [Eric in the english version]

Guide book:

A descendant of the Legendary Warrior always aiming to be strongest

A descendant of the warrior that defeated Dark Dragon long ago. While traveling throughout the world as he practiced his sword skills, he decided to take part in the fighting tournament.

Website:

Alex descends from the warrior who defeated Dark Dragon in the distant past, although he doesn't know that.

He's still growing up and thus has a huge appetite. A mischievous boy going through puberty. He wants to travel the whole world as a warrior one day.

A specialist in close combat - His balance of offense and defense is exceptionally good

A warrior who uses strong melee weapons. He balances that well with great defensive equipment and is thus an easy to use character.

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Magician Pamela [Premiera in the english version]

Guide book:

A heroine of legendary blood hiding magical power behind that beauty

A descendant of the magician who fought Dark Dragon. Contrary to what you might assume from her looks, she's a hard worker who doesn't hold back in her efforts. Sensing the incident in the island, she took part in the fighting tournament.

Website:

A girl a little (two or three years) older than Alex.

While her magic skills are still getting there, she's descendant of a legendary magician. She aims to become the greatest magician in the kingdom, and trains day and night with no skipping.

A specialist in offensive magic who can use a variety of spells

She can attack enemies from a distance with many types of magic. Of course, since she has no physical strength, her physical attacks and defensive equipment are not very great.

Archer Rwinn

Guide book:

A kind forest guardian of flawless skill with the bow

One hailing from the elven race that lives traveling throughout the forests of the whole world. After a certain event he became good friends with the family that runs the item shop. Feeling the unusual incident impacting the forest's creatures, he came to the fighting tournament.

Website:

It is unknown if he's a descendant of the archer who defeated Dark Dragon.

In the past years, he noticed that the forest has been restless and unusual incidents have been happening to the creatures there, and thus felt that the balance between light and darkness was crumbling.

Skilled in long distance attacks with bows and throwing spears

He is skilled at long distance attacks but, in counterpoint to that, is exceptionally bad at close combat. He can also attack borrowing the strength of the animals that live in the forest.

Dragon Warrior Tyroth

Guide book:

Number one in destructive power! A brave beast warrior

A young dragonewt of strong body and mind. Has a troublesome but inseparable relationship with the drunkards of the tavern. Sensing the incident in the island, he decided to take part in the tournament.

Website:

Originally, the dragonewt race used to live in regions of the continent with lava, but as this peaceful era went on, plenty of young dragonewts began wanting to know more of society and be active throughout the world. Tyroth is one of these young people.

This heavy soldier has plenty of openings but his attack power is number one

Using heavy weapons like axes and flails, he deals strong blows to his opponents. Naturally, his weak spots are the time he takes to attack and his slow movement.

Priest Prim

Guide book:

A novice priestess who wields the light and banishes evil

She's a girl of the race known as cantaul, and both her parents are priests of light famous throughout the world. Having a sharp sixth sense, she felt evil energies and came to the island.

Website:

A girl of the cantaul race, which is few in numbers nowadays.

She descends from preachers of the light doctrine skilled in light magic.

Her skills as a priest are still developing, but she has excellent control of her spiritual aspect, and her sixth sense is far better than that of a human.

She saves the party with healing and support magic

Despite being able to equip flails, her attacking capability is still shaky. However, her real strength is in helping the party with skills like healing and support magic

Brawler Zachs

Guide book:

A solitary grappler who shreds his enemies with swift attacks

A wolfling man skilled at hand-to-hand combat. He usually never misses a day of his training. And in order to put his skills in service of the people, he joined the tournament.

Website:

The wolfling Zachs was an orphan.

In his youth, Zachs learned a special form of hand-to-hand combat from someone, and was then raised by a martial artist who had mastered the spiritual power of sensing the flow of ki.

He has no defense but attack and speed are outstanding

With superior speed and high attack he can defeat monsters in an instant. However, in order to preserve that speed, he has limitations on what he can equip, so his defense is a bit worrisome.

Dark Wizard Bradster [Armand in the english version]

Guide book:

A mixed race of human and vampire blood who bends dark magic to his will

A half human half vampire man skilled at dark magic. Due to his mixed blood, he's weak to light. He came to the tournament looking for his missing twin brother.

Website:

Bradster was born from a human and a vampire. His magic is tied to the darkness. He is very skilled in this dark magic.

He has a twin brother, and seems to be following after his last whereabouts.

A half human half vampire skilled in magic

A character skilled at magic that uses the powers of darkness to transform into monsters, spew poison and so on. He can also fight summoning special swords.

Ninja Raizen

Guide book:

An assassin swift as the wind, from the land of the rising sun

He uses the arts known as "ninjutsu" from a small island country to the far east. Following the duty written in the Prophetic Scrolls passed down by his ancestors, he joined the tournament.

Website:

Raizen was born and raised in a small country to the far east.

He belongs to a class known as ninja who utilize arts called ninjutsu.

Right from the moment of his birth he has undergone harsh training away from people's eyes, and his arts are on a level any magician can respect and admire.

He makes full use of swift attacks and special arts

He makes a fool of the enemies with fast attacks and ninjutsu tricks. He is also notable for having the fastest movement among all characters.

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Notes:

I talked about it only in the tags but it might be worth noting it here, the conflict against Dark Dragon mentioned here is that of the first Shining Soul game, not Shining Force. Shining Soul does attempt to have some connections to the classic games but those are shaky at best.

As I mentioned in the beginning, the dark wizard’s missing twin is Gillespie, the game’s main antagonist which has basically zero lore or even much relevancy in game, something that boggles me to this day.

[kurhl]

A equipe toda unida para enfrentar o monstro de Shining Soul.

[dean-winchester-is-a-warrior]

OMG, when I tell you I'm sitting here bawling - I am BAWLING!! This is SO beautiful and so true. And the fact that for so long he just sees himself as a killer, as something just dark and violent. 😩😩

This is truly an absolutely beautiful tribute and I'll be back to read it many times. ❤️

the way dean gives so much love and receives love in return always makes me so soft 😭

people love him and connect with him because he's always reaching out - he tries so hard to bond with people and make them happy and he's so thoughtful and kind. truly, genuinely, kind. he's not ~nice~ (nice people are fake!) he's honest and real and beautiful and true and everyone he meets responds to that. his milkshake really does bring everyone to the yard and thank you for the reminder!!!

Think even of how many times Dean has snapped people out of mind control! John, Bobby, Cas, Rufus, Sam, Mary. How many HUGS he’s given how many people he’s said “I love you” to without saying it. Think about how he got through to Lucas in 1.03 and got him to begin communicating with him when no one (not even his MOM) could by empathizing with him and telling him he was listening. When he pulled John out of mind control with a simple plea. When he pulled Bobby out of mind control by telling him Bobby’s like a father to him and he won’t let him die. When Bobby was suicidal and Dean sat down with him and when Charlie was grieving her parents and Dean saw and he listened. When he perpetually cooled Sam’s self-destructive desire for revenge in 1.21/1.22. Think about Dean and Victor’s instant, easy camaraderie in Jus In Bello. Think about Dean instantly gaining Ronald’s trust in Nightshifter. Think about the lawyer he convinced to help him and Sam in “Folsom Prison Blues”, or the cops in “The Usual Suspects” and “The Benders” who he got to believe him just by being sincere. Think about Crowley lovesick flipping through Flickr albums and Dean talking him through his toxic relationship with his mom. Think about Cas being tortured and conditioned to kill Dean thousands of times but not being able to do it when the time comes because of a simple plea. Think about Dean fighting through 360 degree combat looking for Cas even though Cas abandoned him and didn’t want to be found and Dean was the only source of fresh meat around. Think about Jo and Lisa swooning and Dean and Cassie accidentally breaking each other’s hearts. Think about Dean cleaning wounds and putting blankets over Sam and Cas’s shoulders when they’re sick and making people food, and sharing movies and music he loves with his best friend. Think about Dean kissing Charlie on the top of the head and cooking Kevin eggs and cooking Sam soup and burgers and cooking a birthday cake for Jack and making a Winchester Surprise with Mary and playing Words With Friends to try and connect. He’s the most loving guy in the whole wide world everyone wants to be loved by him or to be him or to hold him or be held by him there is blood and dirt under his nails he gets called a killer but he loves so so fiercely so so deeply he uses his hands to nurture and care for others he hugs so so tight and while the people he loves are beating him bloody he is reaching out to them snapping them out of it with love. He saved the world with love TWICE.

[alemonro]

[ometochtli2rabbit]

13.0.12.1.7

b'olon[9] MANIK'/K'IEJ[deer] lajun[10] CEH

galactic tone: patience/ cyclic periodicity

sun sign: deer/black/west

be of service to others - MAYA

chicunahui[9] - MAZATL [deer]

Quetzalcoatl | Tlaloc

totolin[turkey]

lord of the night: Chalchihuitlicue

trecena[9]: Tlaloc

x: nahui [4] - tlacaxipehualiztli - NAHUA

since we are halfway through Native American Heritage Month, I wanted to get some more NATIVE artists on a playlist:

Tall Paul Hip Hop: Someone Great Who Looked Like Me & Protect Ya Spirit & All Kings

Shining Soul: Good Times

Rezcoast Grizz: Water

Jade Turner: Worth

Bigg B ft. N8: Deep End

Las Cafeteras: Mujer Soy (remix)

Artson Ft. MC Red Cloud: Focused

Raye Zaragoza: In the River: A Protest Song

Shibastik: Stay (on the Wind)

Wolf Saga: Walls

Doc Native & Spencer Battiest: The Storm

Jessa Calderon: Walk Away

Mozart Gabriel: Across Seas

Quese IMC: Life So Great

Tha 'Yoties: Sunflower Girl

MC Woes: Raise it Up

Alas: Deathless & Untitled

Hellnback: Feelin Like

Gemma Castro: Me Acostumbraste

Supaman: Prayer Loop Song

Audiopharmacy: Solidarity

Soufy: Joyful

Lyla June: All Nations Rise

Metallica (Robert Trujillo): You Must Burn

Funkdoobiest: Tomahawk Bang

Tiana Spotted Thunder: Stand By Me (Lakota Version)

Link Wray: Comanche

Sten Joddi: They Don't Understand Me

Trixie Mattel, Vanessa Williams & Lion Babe: Bop!

Snotty Nose Rez Kids ft. Beau Dick: Skoden & SHAPESHIFTER

[gamerzylo]

[lilybug-02]

Final Blow.

Bug Fact: The New Zealand Glowworm is a species of fungus gnat endemic to New Zealand's cave systems. The larval stage produces a blue-green bioluminescence.

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Some pictures of this amazingly unique creature and it's habitat.

[allura-raine]