<s>
is	O
a	O
tactical	O
role-playing	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
console	O
developed	O
by	O
Sonic	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
storyline	O
is	O
not	O
directly	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Shining	B-Architecture
Force	I-Architecture
,	O
although	O
a	O
Game	O
Gear	O
title	O
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
Gaiden	I-Application
:	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
links	O
the	O
two	O
games	O
 '	O
plots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Shining	B-Architecture
Force	I-Architecture
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
much	O
longer	O
,	O
and	O
contains	O
more	O
"	O
free-roaming.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
II	I-Application
received	O
strong	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
citing	O
it	O
as	O
superior	O
or	O
equivalent	O
to	O
its	O
predecessor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
followed	O
by	O
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
CD	I-Application
and	O
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
Gaiden	I-Application
:	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
to	O
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
Shining	B-Application
Wisdom	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
initial	O
release	O
,	O
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
II	I-Application
continues	O
to	O
see	O
re-releases	O
and	O
remasters	O
on	O
modern	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
October	O
3	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
October	O
6	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	I-Application
+	I-Application
Expansion	I-Application
Pack	I-Application
on	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
in	O
October	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
appears	O
in	O
several	O
game	O
compilations	O
,	O
including	O
Sonic	B-Application
's	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
Genesis	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
for	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
Classics	O
for	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
game	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
a	O
tactical	O
role-playing	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
assumes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
the	O
Shining	B-Architecture
Force	I-Architecture
leader	O
,	O
Bowie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sir	O
Astral	O
and	O
the	O
nascent	O
Shining	B-Architecture
Force	I-Architecture
visit	O
the	O
king	O
,	O
finding	O
him	O
possessed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
II	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
somewhere	O
in	O
the	O
area	O
of	O
40	O
–	O
70	O
years	O
after	O
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
Gaiden	I-Application
:	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
lands	O
of	O
Parmecia	O
and	O
Grans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hawel	O
is	O
still	O
living	O
in	O
the	O
town	O
he	O
pledged	O
to	O
establish	O
in	O
Final	O
Conflict	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
sired	O
several	O
children	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
them	O
,	O
Chaz	O
,	O
joins	O
the	O
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
II	I-Application
party	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
Shining	B-Application
Wisdom	I-Application
is	O
a	O
sequel	O
of	O
sorts	O
to	O
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
II	I-Application
tells	O
how	O
Sarah	O
and	O
Kazin	O
(	O
"	O
Salah	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Parn	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
Working	O
Designs	O
translation	O
)	O
became	O
traveling	O
companions	O
and	O
recounts	O
the	O
full	O
story	O
of	O
the	O
Parmecia	O
War	O
referred	O
to	O
several	O
times	O
in	O
Shining	B-Application
Wisdom	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fan	O
translators	O
have	O
since	O
uncovered	O
(	O
and	O
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
II	I-Application
co-director/programmer	O
Yasuhiro	O
Taguchi	O
has	O
confirmed	O
)	O
that	O
the	O
Devil	O
Kings	O
are	O
in	O
fact	O
Darksol	O
,	O
Lucifer	O
,	O
and	O
Zeon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
translation	O
's	O
assigning	O
Dark	O
Sol	O
and	O
Dark	O
Dragon	O
the	O
relatively	O
detailed	O
history	O
of	O
the	O
Devil	O
Kings	O
not	O
only	O
alters	O
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
II	I-Application
but	O
effectively	O
rewrites	O
the	O
entire	O
premises	O
of	O
Shining	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
and	O
Shining	B-Architecture
Force	I-Architecture
I	I-Architecture
,	O
the	O
games	O
in	O
which	O
they	O
are	O
the	O
foremost	O
villains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
similar	O
reasons	O
,	O
the	O
entire	O
plot	O
of	O
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
Gaiden	I-Application
:	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
is	O
rendered	O
nonsensical	O
,	O
since	O
it	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Darksol	O
's	O
role	O
as	O
a	O
Devil	O
King	O
and	O
shows	O
"	O
Dark	O
Sol	O
"	O
(	O
actually	O
"	O
Mephisto	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
script	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
entirely	O
different	O
character	O
from	O
Darksol	O
)	O
being	O
born	O
less	O
than	O
a	O
century	O
before	O
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
mistranslation	O
also	O
creates	O
at	O
least	O
two	O
major	O
contradictions	O
between	O
the	O
English	O
versions	O
of	O
Shining	B-Architecture
Force	I-Architecture
I	I-Architecture
and	O
II	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Shining	B-Architecture
Force	I-Architecture
I	I-Architecture
strongly	O
implies	O
that	O
Dark	O
Dragon	O
is	O
a	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
Ancients	O
,	O
not	O
a	O
devil	O
at	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Shining	B-Architecture
Force	I-Architecture
I	I-Architecture
,	O
Darksol	O
is	O
trying	O
to	O
resurrect	O
Dark	O
Dragon	O
,	O
while	O
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
II	I-Application
tells	O
that	O
the	O
three	O
Devil	O
Kings	O
are	O
fierce	O
arch-rivals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
being	O
the	O
fifth	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
successful	O
Shining	O
series	O
,	O
Sega	O
allotted	O
the	O
same	O
budget	O
for	O
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
II	I-Application
as	O
it	O
had	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Shining	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
Shining	O
series	O
development	O
team	O
dropped	O
out	O
and	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
replaced	O
with	O
new	O
staff	O
for	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
fact	O
that	O
''	O
Shining	B-Architecture
Force	I-Architecture
II'''s	O
planning	O
and	O
development	O
was	O
intertwined	O
with	O
first	O
two	O
''	O
Shining	B-Architecture
Force	I-Architecture
Gaiden''	O
titles	O
as	O
Hiroyuki	O
Takahashi	O
has	O
stated	O
that	O
his	O
and	O
certain	O
Camelot	O
staff	O
members	O
 '	O
center	O
of	O
attention	O
would	O
,	O
at	O
times	O
,	O
shift	O
between	O
working	O
on	O
''	O
Shining	B-Architecture
Force	I-Architecture
Gaiden''	O
,	O
''	O
Shining	B-Architecture
Force	I-Architecture
Gaiden	O
II''	O
and	O
''	O
Shining	B-Architecture
Force	I-Architecture
II''	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shining	B-Application
Force	I-Application
II	I-Application
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
with	O
praise	O
focused	O
towards	O
the	O
world	O
building	O
,	O
open-world	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthlys	O
Mike	O
Weigand	O
commented	O
that	O
the	O
story	O
"	O
could	O
use	O
a	O
few	O
more	O
twists	O
and	O
turns	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
the	O
music	O
is	O
good	O
,	O
the	O
control	O
configuration	O
is	O
very	O
user-friendly	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
improves	O
on	O
the	O
first	O
Shining	B-Architecture
Force	I-Architecture
with	O
bigger	O
areas	O
to	O
explore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
IGN	O
named	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
100	O
video	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
at	O
number	O
48	O
,	O
and	O
Retro	O
Gamer	O
included	O
it	O
among	O
the	O
top	O
ten	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
games	O
.	O
</s>
