Shining Wisdom

Shining Wisdom
Developers: Camelot Software Planning, Sonic! Software Planning Publishers: Sega (JP/EU), Working Designs (US) Platform: Sega Saturn Released in JP: August 11, 1995 Released in US: June 27, 1996 Released in EU: July 11, 1996 This game has unused items. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences.

Shining Wisdom is Sega's thoroughly mediocre take on The Legend of Zelda. Now with 90% less references to Shining Force!

To do: Find a way to get a proper Japanese script up. The script uses an unknown encode in addition to SHIFT-JIS. Basically anything and everything related to Enemy stats and Working Designs.

Debug?

To do: I probably won't be getting to this any time soon, but this text gets loaded into memory, so it's most likely still possible to activate it.

Hidden in X04.BIN in plaintext is what appears to be remnants of a debug menu.

ﾇ<    ﾛｼﾞｯｸﾃﾞｰﾀ ｵｰﾊﾞｰ ｱｲﾃﾑ ﾓﾀｾﾙ   ｱｲﾃﾑ ｽﾃﾙ    ｱｲﾃﾑ ｿｳﾋﾞ   ｱｲﾃﾑ ｿｳﾋﾞ ABC   ｱｲﾃﾑ ｺｽｳ    ｿｳﾋﾞ ｱｲﾃﾑ ABC   ｱｲﾃﾑﾒｲ ｼｭﾄｸ SHININGW_   aaa SW-         Mars     X = ﾒｯｾｰｼ 3/20  Y = ﾓｰｼｮﾝ 3/25  Z = ﾄﾘｶｰｲﾍﾞﾝﾄ   A = ﾄｺﾃﾓ ｾｰﾌ    B = ｷｬﾝｾﾙ   C = ﾌﾗｸｾｯﾄ TR = ﾏｯﾌｷﾘｶｴ    TL = ｲﾝﾁｷﾊﾗﾒｰﾀ  SELECT CHAPTER :    MP :    X  :    Y  :    :       ?     0 : 0     :   MOUND_AFTER ROYAL_AFTER GUDO_AFTER  CASL_E_AFTER

Additionally, a removed map "M000.MPD" and "M000.BMP" are referenced at the very end of X01.BIN.

Track 02

If inserted into a CD player, this will play, it is a different file to the Sonic! Software Planning logo, as that is stored in SONILOGO.CPK.

Unused Item

Action Replay code	Icon	Item	Description	Notes
* 36006140 0001		Blast Gloves	Pick up heavier objects	Gets placed in the equip slot. Similar to the Power Bracelet in Link's Awakening.
N/A		zzz	zzz	Placeholder item.

Unused Text

X10.BIN

Original	Translation		Original	Translation		Original	Translation		Original	Translation
ﾉﾍﾟｰｽﾄ	(?)Paste		ﾋｭｰｼﾞﾗｯﾄ	Huge Rat		ｶﾞﾗﾑｿﾙｼﾞｬｰ	Galam Soldier		ｺﾞﾌﾞﾘﾝ	Goblin
ｸﾞﾘｰﾝﾍﾟｰｽﾄ	Green Paste		ﾀﾞｰｸﾄﾞﾜｰﾌ	Dark Dwarf		ﾎﾌﾞｺﾞﾌﾞﾘﾝ	Hobgoblin		ｿﾞﾝﾋﾞ	Zombie
ｺﾞｰﾚﾑ	Galam		ｸﾗｰｹﾝﾚｯｸﾞ	Kraken Leg		ｲﾝｽﾏﾝｽ	"in-su-man-su" (Soulsower)		ｵｰｸ	Orc
ﾎﾟｰﾝ	Pawn		ﾅｲﾄ	Knight		ﾗｯﾄ	Rat		ﾊﾞﾌﾞﾙﾍﾟｰｽﾄ	Bubble Paste
ｽｹﾙﾄﾝ	Skeleton		ﾍﾙｿﾙｼﾞｬｰ	Hell Soldier		ﾘｻﾞｰﾄﾞﾏﾝ	Lizardman		ｳｫｰﾑ	Worm
ﾀﾞｰｸﾅｲﾄ	Dark Knight		ｵｰｸﾛｰﾄﾞ	Orc Lord		ﾃﾞﾋﾞﾙｱｰﾐｰ	Devil Soldier [DEVIL ARMY]		ｹﾙﾍﾞﾛｽ	Cerberus
ﾏｯﾄﾞﾏﾝ	Madman		ﾄﾞﾗｺﾞﾝﾆｭｰﾄ	Dragon Newt		ﾊﾟｰﾌﾟﾙｳｫｰﾑ	Purple Worm		ｴｸﾞｾﾞｷｭｰﾀｰ	Executor
ﾍﾙﾊｳﾝﾄﾞ	Hellhound		ﾐﾉﾀｳﾛｽ	Minotauros		ｻｲｸﾛﾌﾟｽ	Cyclops		ﾊﾞｰｽﾄﾛｯｸ	Burst Rock
ﾋﾄﾞﾗ	Hydra		ｶｵｽｳｫﾘｱｰ	Chaos Warrior		ﾃﾞｽｺﾞｯﾄﾞ	Death God		ｲﾋﾞﾙﾋﾞｰｽﾄ	Evil Beast
ﾊﾟｲﾛﾋﾄﾞﾗ	Pryo Hydra		ｾﾞｵﾝｶﾞｰﾄﾞ	Zeon Guard		ｷﾞｽﾞﾓ	Gizmo		ｵｵｺｳﾓﾘ	Giant Bat
ﾊﾞﾝﾊﾟｲｱﾊﾞｯﾄ	Vampire Bird		ｲﾋﾞﾙｸﾗｳﾄﾞ	Evil Cloud		ｶﾞｰｺﾞｲﾙ	Gargoyle		ﾊｰﾋﾟｨ	Harpy
ﾚｯｻｰﾃﾞｰﾓﾝ	Lesser Demon		ﾜｲﾊﾞｰﾝ	Wyvern		ﾊｰﾋﾟｨｸｲｰﾝ	Harpy Queen		ﾍﾟｶﾞｻｽﾅｲﾄ	Pegasus Knight
ｸﾞﾘﾌｫﾝ	Griffon		ﾐｽﾄﾃﾞｰﾓﾝ	Mist Demon		ﾎﾜｲﾄﾄﾞﾗｺﾞﾝ	White Dragon		ﾃﾞｰﾓﾝ	Demon
ｶｵｽﾄﾞﾗｺﾞﾝ	Chaos Dragon		ﾃﾞﾋﾞﾙｸﾞﾘﾌｫﾝ	Devil Griffon		ｱｰｸﾃﾞｰﾓﾝ	Arch Demon		ｶﾞﾗﾑｱｰﾁｬｰ	Galam Archer
ﾊﾝﾀｰｺﾞﾌﾞﾘﾝ	Hunter Goblin		ﾃﾞｽｱｰﾁｬｰ	Death Archer		ｸﾗｰｹﾝｱｰﾑ	Kraken Arm		ﾎﾞｳｼｭｰﾀｰ	Bow Shooter
ﾙｰｸ	Luke		ﾀﾞｰｸｽﾅｲﾊﾟｰ	Dark Sniper		ﾎﾞｳﾏｽﾀｰ	Bow Master		ﾎﾞｳﾗｲﾀﾞｰ	Bow Rider
ﾍﾙｶﾞﾝﾅｰ	Hellgunner		ﾎｰｽﾏﾝ	Horseman		ｶﾞﾗﾑﾒｲｼﾞ	Galam Mage		ｳｨｯﾁ	Witch
ﾏｽﾀｰﾒｲｼﾞ	Master Mage		ﾀﾞｰｸﾏﾀﾞﾑ	Dark Madam		ｸｲｰﾝ	Queen		ｳｨｻﾞｰﾄﾞ	Wizard
ﾈｸﾛﾏﾝｻｰ	Necromancer		ｶｵｽｳｨｻﾞｰﾄﾞ	Chaos Wizard		ﾃﾞｰﾓﾝﾏｽﾀｰ	Demon Master		ﾌﾟﾘｰｽﾄ	Priest
ﾃﾞｽﾓﾝｸ	Death Monk		ﾌﾞﾗｯｸﾓﾝｸ	Black Monk		ﾊｲﾌﾟﾘｰｽﾄ	High Priest		ﾋﾞｼｮｯﾌﾟ	Bishop
ﾀﾞｰｸﾋﾞｼｮｯﾌﾟ	Dark Bishop		ﾏｽﾀｰﾓﾝｸ	Master Monk		ｼｬｰﾏﾝ	Shaman		ｲﾋﾞﾙﾋﾞｼｮｯﾌﾟ	Evil Bishop
ﾌﾞﾙｰ	Blue		ﾀﾞｰｸｽﾓｰｸ	Dark Smoke		ｸﾗｰｹﾝﾍｯﾄﾞ	Kraken Head		ﾀﾛｽ	Taros
ｷﾝｸﾞ	King		ｳｨﾗｰﾄﾞ	Willard		ｻﾞﾙﾊﾞｰﾄﾞ	Zalberd		ｶﾐｰﾗ	Carmilla
ﾌﾟﾘｽﾞﾑﾌﾗﾜｰ	Prism Flower		ﾚｯﾄﾞﾊﾞﾛﾝ	Red Baron		ｹﾞｼｭﾌﾟ	Geshp		ｵｯﾄﾞｱｲ	Odd Eye
ｶﾞﾗﾑ	Galam		ｾﾞｵﾝ	Zeon		ファルコン	Falcon		ﾏｽﾀｰﾒｲｼ	Master Mage
ﾌｧﾙｺﾝ	Necromancer		ﾌﾞﾙｰ	Blue

(Source: [1] Lord Oddeye sama)

The first line may be two words stuck together, removing the first character gives you "Paste". Buried in this bin is what seems to be an untranslated enemy list to Shining Force II. Being a Zelda clone, enemy names generally aren't needed, so why is this here?

M231.ETC

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: The first line references an event flag of some kind.

[051][#if 0]
[05F][#endif]

A gigantic block of unused and untranslated text is present at the very end of the file in the European and Japanese versions. The US version replaces this with:

[#if 0]
[Something here #1{05}]
[Something here #2{08}]
[{02}Something here #3{05}]
[Something here #4{05}]
[Something here #5{06}]
[{02}Something here #6{05}]
[Something here #7{05}]
[Something here #8{06}]
[Something here #10{05}]
[Something here #11{08}]
[Something here #12{05}]
[Something here #13{05}]
[Something here #14{08}]
[#endif]

Regional Differences

Given that Working Designs is involved, it's no surprise that many changes were made for the US version. However, unlike most other Working Designs efforts, there exists a more faithful (though somewhat incompetent) translation by Sega of Europe that it can be compared to.

Beyond the Beyond

Japan	Europe	US
	A new developing power is the nation of Strom Sang! This country has been becoming more prominent lately, and they have developed strong ties with other tribes.	What lies Beyond the Beyond? No one knows, for the journey is fraught with boredom and mind-numbing despair. Even the most enthusiastic adventurers became tepid and abandoned the quest.

A reference to Shining in the Darkness (albeit mispelled, as the place was called Stormsong) was rewritten to reference Beyond the Beyond. According to Working Designs head Victor Ireland, this was done as part of their infamous feud with Bernie Stolar, who was at the time head of Sony's US PlayStation division.

Removed Shining References

Japan	Europe	US
	The Parmecia War on the western continent! Bowie & the Granseal Force against the Evil Force which tried to revive the great evil mage lord, Zion!	Legend of the war for Palacia! Puck & the Granseal Force fought against impossible odds to stop the revival of Mage Zhaion!
パルメキア	Parmecia	Palacia
ボウイ	Bowie	Puck
カズン	Kazin	Parn
サラ	Sarah	Salah
ｾﾞｵﾝ	Zion	Zhaion

Many references to Shining Force II, the game's prequel, were scrubbed clean in the American version; only Granseal was allowed to remain intact. It's worth noting that the European version uses an alternate spelling of Zeon.

Item Names

Japan	Europe	US
	Lifeblood Medicine	Life Medicine
ﾏｼﾞｶﾙ	Magic Pyjamas	Magic Pajamas

Item Descriptions

Item	Japan	Europe	US
Wonder Mirror		Mystery magic mirror	Mysterious mirror
Miracle Diary		Save game anywhere	Saves adventure anytime
Shield Orb		Goodbye to pain	Reduces damage
Power Orb		Damage boost	Increases attack power
Dazzle Orb		Baffle opponents	Annoy opponents
Dinky Orb		Think small!	Make surroundings big
Short Sword		Standard issue sword	Standard sword
Battle Sword		Heavier sword	Long sword

Oddities

M221.MPD

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  M221.MPD swapped with M031.MPD

Strangely, the title screen is considered its own room, complete with an ID that cannot be seen under normal circumstances. There is also an .ETC script present, but is not only completely untranslated, it doesn't appear to have any unique dialogue in it either. A CHR file (What appears to be the file that controls NPCs) for the map does not exist.

Attempting to swap the .ETC files will just display the Map with the title screen in front for a brief second, then load the File Select.