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<h2>Overview</h2><p>Release in 2002 in Japan and in 2003 in other regions, only for Game Boy Advance, Shining Soul is the seventh game in the series and it is an isometric dungeon-crawling action RPG.</p><p>The game takes place in Rune</p><p>makes the player take the role of a warrior torn between two directly opposing groups: The Dark Dragons and the Shining Fleet. The game lets the wizard choose to pertain to one of four classes: fighter, wizard, archer, or dragonute. The game allows high customization of the character, including weapons, clothing, color schemes, armor etc.</p><p>The game allows link-up play with up to four players, to fight in cooperative combat. The gameplay presents itself as a typical dungeon crawler ARPG, with the objective of collecting gold, clothes, weapons etc. as well as constant hunting for experience points to level up. The game has a sequel called, simply <a href="/shining-soul-ii/3030-14289/" data-ref-id="3030-14289"> Shining Soul II</a>, in which the core gameplay remains practically the same but many extra features ($ new classes, collectible cards, arena, side quests etc.) are added.</p><h2>Gameplay</h2><p> </p><p> </p><h2>Classes &amp; skills</h2><p><b>Knight: </b></p><p><i>Sword </i>- sword power up, charge attack</p><p><i>Axe </i>- axe power up, charge attack</p><p><i>Spear </i>- spear power up, charge attack</p><p><i>Def build-up </i>- improves defense</p><p><i>Efficacy </i>- increases recovery power of items</p><p><i>Mentalpower </i>- raises immunity against attacks</p><p><i>Cold res</i> - improves defense against cold</p><p><i>Lightning res</i> - improves defense against thunder</p><p> </p><p><b>Wizard: </b></p><p><i>Blaze </i>- spell that casts balls of fire</p><p><i>Freeze </i>- spell that casts balls of ice</p><p><i>Spark </i>- spell that casts thunderbolts</p><p><i>Hellblast </i>- spell that casts tornado</p><p><i>Inferno </i>- spell that reduces area to ashes</p><p><i>Res </i>- improves resistance against magic</p><p><i>Heal </i>- spell that recovers HP</p><p><i>Slow </i>- Spell that slows down enemies</p><p> </p><p><b>Archer:</b></p><p><i>Bow </i>- bow power up, charge attack</p><p><i>Spear </i>- spear power up, charge attack</p><p><i>Leap </i>- raises weapons' throwing range</p><p><i>Critical </i>- increases chance of critical hit</p><p><i>Healing </i>- HO recovers gradually</p><p><i>Anti-flying</i> - more damage to flying enemies</p><p><i>Fire res</i> - improves defense against flame</p><p><i>Cold res</i> - improves defense against cold</p><p><b>Dragonute</b>:</p><p><i>Axe </i>- axe power up, charge attack</p><p><i>Flail </i>- flail power up, charge attack</p><p><i>Brak armor</i> - lowers enemies' defense</p><p><i>Emit </i>- counterattacks with brath</p><p><i>Def build-up</i> - improves defense</p><p><i>Undead </i>- more damage to undead enemies</p><p><i>Fire res</i> - improves defense against flame</p><p><i>Lightning res</i> - improves defense against thunder</p><p> </p><h2>Stages &amp; bosses</h2><p><b>Area 1</b></p><p><b>Name:</b> Beast Mountain</p><p><b>Number of levels:</b> 3</p><p><b>Boss:</b> Beast King</p><figure data-align="left" data-img-src="https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/10/106662/1520311-titan_fighter.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-1520311" data-size="small" data-ratio="0.66457680250784" data-width="957" data-embed-type="image" style="width: 957px"><a class="fluid-height" style="padding-bottom:66.5%" href="https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/10/106662/1520311-titan_fighter.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-1520311"><img alt=" Titan fighter." src="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/10/106662/1520311-titan_fighter.jpg" srcset="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/10/106662/1520311-titan_fighter.jpg 957w, https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_medium/10/106662/1520311-titan_fighter.jpg 480w, https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/10/106662/1520311-titan_fighter.jpg 320w" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" data-width="320"></a><figcaption> Titan fighter.</figcaption></figure><p><b>Area 2</b></p><p><b>Name:</b> Labyrinth Death Shadow</p><p><b>Number of levels:</b> 7</p><p><b>Boss:</b> Titan Fighter - a mighty war machine that shoots energy beams out of his eye-like sockets. After the armor is destroyed you fight the ball-formed core that uses rolling attacks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><figure data-align="left" data-img-src="https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/10/106662/1520331-bulzam.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-1520331" data-size="small" data-ratio="0.66457680250784" data-width="957" data-embed-type="image" style="width: 957px"><a class="fluid-height" style="padding-bottom:66.5%" href="https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/10/106662/1520331-bulzam.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-1520331"><img alt=" Bulzam" src="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/10/106662/1520331-bulzam.jpg" srcset="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/10/106662/1520331-bulzam.jpg 957w, https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_medium/10/106662/1520331-bulzam.jpg 480w, https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/10/106662/1520331-bulzam.jpg 320w" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" data-width="320"></a><figcaption> Bulzam</figcaption></figure><p><b>Area 3</b></p><p><b>Name:</b> Equal Dungeon</p><p><b>Number of levels: </b>10</p><p><b>Boss: </b>Bulzam - the first dragon general. Teleports himself around the room and shoots multiple fireballs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><figure data-align="left" data-img-src="https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/10/106662/1520374-michaela.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-1520374" data-size="small" data-ratio="0.66457680250784" data-width="957" data-embed-type="image" style="width: 957px"><a class="fluid-height" style="padding-bottom:66.5%" href="https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/10/106662/1520374-michaela.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-1520374"><img alt=" Michaela." src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" data-width="320" class="js-lazy-load-image" data-src="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/10/106662/1520374-michaela.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/10/106662/1520374-michaela.jpg 957w, https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_medium/10/106662/1520374-michaela.jpg 480w, https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/10/106662/1520374-michaela.jpg 320w"><noscript><img alt=" Michaela." src="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/10/106662/1520374-michaela.jpg" srcset="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/10/106662/1520374-michaela.jpg 957w, https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_medium/10/106662/1520374-michaela.jpg 480w, https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/10/106662/1520374-michaela.jpg 320w" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" data-width="320"></noscript></a><figcaption> Michaela.</figcaption></figure><p><b>Area 4</b></p><p><b>Name:</b> Forest of Another World</p><p><b>Number of levels:</b> 10</p><p><b>Boss: </b>Michaela - the second dragon general. Uses her own replicas to attack the hero with ice missiles.</p>