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In a June 1993 interview with game's producer and writer Hiroyuki Takahashi published in Dengeki Megadrive magazine, he was told about Shining Force II getting a lot of pressure for being better than the first Shining Force game and Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya (released in Japan as "Shining Force Gaiden II: Jashin no Mezame"). He commented:
Later in an August 1993 interview published in the same magazine, Hiroyuki said the team objected to the idea of having an ending that would make people cry and would not include it in Shining Force II.
"Yeah. I always feel like we’re “battling” with the previous games, so to speak. That’s why we talked a lot together as a team, about how to deliver a satisfying ending for players. We’d built this story up for them, from the opening to the mid-game climax, so we knew their expectations would be running high."
"Finding the right tone for that ending has taken a lot of trial and error. One day, as I was working on it, my brother Shugo sat down beside me and quietly said, “Seeing as this game has turned into such a big production… I want to cry at the ending.” I then spent about a month thinking about how to do that. I came up with something, but deep down I wasn’t sure if it was a good idea to do that to players at the end of the game. I showed the staff what I’d completed, not knowing what they’d think. Then one of the staff spoke, with tears welling up in their eyes, “This is really good!” So yeah, I’ve got some confidence in the story this time."
"Finding the right tone for that ending has taken a lot of trial and error. One day, as I was working on it, my brother Shugo sat down beside me and quietly said, “Seeing as this game has turned into such a big production… I want to cry at the ending.” I then spent about a month thinking about how to do that. I came up with something, but deep down I wasn’t sure if it was a good idea to do that to players at the end of the game. I showed the staff what I’d completed, not knowing what they’d think. Then one of the staff spoke, with tears welling up in their eyes, “This is really good!” So yeah, I’ve got some confidence in the story this time."
Later in an August 1993 interview published in the same magazine, Hiroyuki said the team objected to the idea of having an ending that would make people cry and would not include it in Shining Force II.
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