Shining Resonance Refrain is a role-playing game developed by Media.Vision and published by SEGA. The game is a remastered version of the original game, called Shining Resonance and is making it’s way to the west on two major consoles. Check out more details about Shining Resonance: Refrain below.

Shining Resonance: Refrain

The game was originally announced for PS4 back in November 2017 but now has an official announcement trailer as well, which you can check out below

While it has been formally announced for PS4 as of now, the game is making it’s way to Nintendo Switch as well according to gameinformer. The HD remaster originally came out on the PS3 back in 2014 and will be coming on PS4 and Switch with better graphics, higher resolution and apparently a What-if scenario, changing story elements of the game.

These are some of the changes in the game provided by gematsu, check out below

The standard edition will cost 5,990 yen. The Premium Fan Box limited edition will cost 9,490 yen, and include a fan book, drama CD, and theme song CD.

Shining Resonance Re:frain will feature all of the more than 150 pieces of downloadable content from the original release packaged into the game, as well as a new theme song and costumes.

In the new “Refrain Mode,” you can enjoy the “what if” story for Excela Noa Aura and Jenius Aeon, who were unable to become party members in the original game.

The last boss of the first chapter is easier to defeat.

If you lose in battle, you can restart from before the event.

Rinna Mayfield’s AI has been made a bit smarter as to refrain from plunging into the enemy.

Request rewards and completed quests have been made easier to understand.

Fromage’s navigation can be switched off.

Dialogue text has been added when moving on the field.

When Shining series producer Tsuyoshi Sawada, the series came to a pause, but Sega’s Makoto Suzuki said “rather, let’s start from here,” and restarted the series.

The resolution has increased and it runs at 60 frames per second.

The main story has not been changed. Images of Refrain Mode will be revealed in the second week. The volume is much greater than dates with the other characters from the original story. New voices have also been recorded.

The limited edition will have more content than the limited edition of Blade Arcus from Shining. Character designer Tony Taka wants to see a Shining revival. He hopes that Re:frain can be seen as the start of it all.

The new theme song is called “Towairo no Aria” and sung by Kirika Towa Alma (voiced by Saori Hayami) and Sonia Blanche (voiced by Asami Seto).

Tony Taka designed two new swimsuit costumes, the “Dark Lotus Swimsuit” and “Crimson Lotus Swimsuit.”

There will be a Sega Store-exclusive pack including a figure of Kirika Towa Alma wearing the new “Dark Lotus Swimsuit.”

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