

After finding Rage drifted ashore, she decided to accompany him on his quest. Altina ( アルティナ, Arutina) Voiced by: Marina Inoue: Princess of the kingdom of the forest, Fontina and the spirit protector of the sacred Silver Forest of the elves.Depending on her emotional state, the form she takes as a sword will change. Rage wields a soul blade named Yukihime, who is able to transform between a blade and human form at will because she's a Spirit. He was given the task as the soul blader to find the legendary Shining Blade. Rage is a great swordsman who comes from another world. Rage ( レイジ, Reiji) Voiced by: Sōichirō Hoshi: Main protagonist of the game.And thus, a soul blader is given the task to obtain the legendary blade and find Loreley, the songtress who sings the Song of Mana. With giant dragons rampaging throughout the land and the world engulfed in chaos, all hope has turn to the retrieval of the mysterious Shining Blade. Within the Dragonia Empire, a plan to revive the leader of the Dark Dragon by sapping spirit energy from the land starts to unfold. Depending on the player's selections during event scenes, movements and usage of group skills during battle, the characters' relationships will change. The game also has inter-character relationships.

By performing their magic song, they can achieve various effects on battle -blocking enemies from moving, increasing characters' move count, making hasten the party's pace. The songstresses are special members of the player's battle party. The game will have damage based on character position, and items collected upon defeating enemies. The player forms a party of up to five for battle. The player make use of swords, bows and magic in a battle system that places importance on character cooperation -hence the name "Concerto". The game's battle system is called "Concerto", and is a strategic real time battle system similar to the ones found in Sakura Wars and Valkyria Chronicles. Shining Blade was released in Japan on March 15, 2012. It is the fourth Shining game with characters designed by Tony Taka, the other three being Shining Tears, Shining Wind and Shining Hearts. Shining Blade ( シャイニング・ブレイド, Shainingu Bureido) is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Sega for the PlayStation Portable.
