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Synopsis

Shining Blade is an action RPG developed and published by Sega and released only in Japan. Shining Blade abandons the grid-based tactical RPG combat system similar to games such as Fire Emblem and Tactics Ogre in favor of one that deeply resembles Valkyria Chronicles, another series from the same development house. In particular, much like Valkyria Chronicles, Shining Blade's battles are fought with a mix of turn-based and real-time elements, with the enemy and ally sides each getting individual turns, but with the specific actions in those turns otherwise taking place in real-time. Various other subsystems made famous by Valkyria Chronicles such as Potentials, character-specific abilities that can be triggered under specific circumstances, also feature prominently under different names. Unlike Valkyria Chronicles, however, Shining Blade emphasizes individual character growth, with party members progressing individually as in traditional RPGs.

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