Shining Force III - Scenario 2 - Nerawareta Miko (Japan)
Sega Saturn
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Reviewed in 1998
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✪ Reviewed on December 16, 2023
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Second SF3 scenario with a different protagonist and alternative view of the first scenario's events. Illuminates the political context in a new way. Indispensable for understanding the trilogy's complete story. Equal quality to the first.
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Tactics1 player12+
Description
Second scenario of Shining Force III in which Priestess Medion leads an investigation at the heart of the conspiracy. Published by Sega, released in Japan in 1998. New group of characters sharing scenes with Scenario 1, revelations about antagonist motivations, enriched tactical battles, exclusive content unlocked by connecting the three discs. The central chapter of the trilogy.
Shining Force III - Scenario 2 - Nerawareta Miko review
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Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
MAX
Story
★★★★★
"Masterful"
A tactical RPG of endearing chibi characters, colourful settings and polished cutscenes: the game unfurls a warm, readable heroic fantasy. The roundness of the design and the vividness of the hues overflow with charm. This art direction, polished and welcoming, illustrates the peak of the series on the console.
Broad and moving, Sega's music unfurls heroic, melancholy orchestral themes that carry this great tactical fresco. The music underlines the strategic tension and magnifies the weight of the choices across the three scenarios. This symphonic richness, noble and polished, remains one of the musical peaks of the Saturn.
Told across three complementary scenarios with opposing viewpoints, this tactical fresco reveals a war in which no side holds the whole truth. The tale combines politics, religious conspiracy and crossed fates with rare ambition. This bold choral structure makes it one of the peaks of the tactical RPG.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Deploying your army on the battlefield, exploiting the terrain and watching each unit earn classes and skills weaves a turn-based tactical game where one victory immediately calls for the next. Recruiting fighters and advancing the story drives you to chain the chapters. The battles drag on, but the depth of the system and the bond with the characters hold you for the long haul.
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Massive"
Led by the priestess Medion, this second scenario sheds new light on the plot and extends the tactical epic over long hours. Recruiting, promoting and outwitting the story's traps invites a patient, careful strategy. That scope, native to Shining Force III, founds a longevity tactics fans cultivate.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Collector interest
Japan exclusive Saturn edition of Shining Force III Scenario 2 Nerawareta Miko, distributed by Sega in April 1998 as a Rev A revision, the middle Medion volume of the trilogy that never received an official Western localization. Sega Japan run was short, jewel case with intact obi, and the complete absence of a PAL or US version makes a clean complete with obi marked Nerawareta Miko copy a relative grail for Western Camelot completists whose price has been steadily rising over the past ten years. Sought after.
An underrated gem
A vast tactical-RPG told across three interwoven scenarios, this epic unfolds a mature story where viewpoints echo and complete one another. Only the first chapter was translated in the West, leaving the work unfinished for many. Deep and richly written, it remains a high point of the genre that patient strategists deserve to rediscover.
Is Shining Force III - Scenario 2 - Nerawareta Miko still worth playing in 2026?
An absolute peak of the Sega saga, Shining Force III offers an ambitious tactical RPG trilogy divided in three scenarios that tell the same story from three different perspectives. The sumptuous fantasy art direction, deep tactical combat system and epic scenario make it the absolute tactical RPG peak on Saturn. Only scenario 1 was released in the west. For anyone fond of Japanese tactical RPGs, an absolutely essential recommendation today still without the slightest hesitation on the machine truly here indeed.
