Homebrew Shining Force II remake for Nintendo DS.

Brazilian programmer Renato Bittencourt is adding new graphics, music, characters, secrets, and more to the 1994 Mega Drive tactical RPG. Though he says this is purely a fan project, he has also talked with Ubisoft and Tectoy Digital about possibly releasing the game through Brazil’s curious Zeebo console (I doubt Sega will allow this).

Renato plans to release a demo ROM soon, and eventually hopes to put out the game as episodes in English. He’s still finishing the remake’s engine, but he’s already spent at least a year working on the game. Here’s an emulator preview he posted back in May:

Import: Shining Force Feather ($24.90)

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[Via Sega Nerds, The Gaming Zeitgeist, and the Shining Force Central forum]

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