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Shining Blade is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Sega for the PlayStation Portable.
This is the fourth Shining game with characters designed by Tony Taka.

Within the Dragonia Empire, a plan to revive the leader of the black dragon by sapping the earth's spiritual energy begins to unfold.
With giant dragons rampaging across the land and the world engulfed in chaos, all hope has turned to retrieving the mysterious "Shining Blade". And so, a soul blader is given the task of obtaining the legendary blade and finding Loreley, the singer who sings the "Song of Mana".

The game's combat system is called "Concerto", and is a real-time strategic combat system similar to those found in Sakura Wars and Valkyria Chronicles.
The player uses swords, bows, and magic in a combat system that values ​​character cooperation, hence the name "Concerto".
The player forms a party of up to five people for the battle.
The game will take damage depending on the position of the character and the items collected when defeating enemies.

Singers are special members of the player's battle party.
By performing their magic song, they can achieve various effects in battle prevent enemies from moving, increase the number of character moves, and speed up the pace of the party.
Some songs can even be used for attack.
Using songs requires Mana Energy.

The game also has inter-character relationships.
Depending on the player's selections during event scenes, movements, and party skill usage during battle, character relationships will change.