Ragnacënty
New Genesis Ragnacënty (新創世記ラグナセンティ, Shin Sōsēki Ragunasenti) is an action-adventure game developed by Nextech that was originally planned as Shining Rogue. Sega published the game in Japan for the Mega Drive in June 1994 and in Europe under the name Soleil in January 1995. Eden Entertainment Software performed the localizations for its European release. A different English localization was completed by Atlus, who released the game as Crusader of Centy in North America in March 1995.
Development History
Development on Ragnacënty began at Gau Entertainment, a studio comprising staff from Telenet's Wolf Team. Nextech, known as EMAG (エマーグ) until March 1994, acquired Gau Entertainment during the development of Ragnacënty in April 1994. EMAG had been established in September 1992 with investment from Sega and Yomiuri Planning (株式会社読売企画), and Nextech became a fully owned subsidiary of Sega in August 1997.[1]
Announcement
The following text is translated from an article announcing the game as Ragnacënty in the February 1994 issue of Beep! MegaDrive.[2]
New Genesis Ragnacënty
新創世記 ラグナセンティ シャイ
This was Shining Rogue's true identity!
ニング・ローグの正体は、コレだった!
The only thing announced up till now had been its title, Shining Rogue. But this is Ragnacënty, currently in development by Gau Entertainment, who have already shown off their technical prowess with Ex-Ranza. Even more surprising is that this is a completely new action RPG, a route as yet unexplored by Sega.
これまで 「シャイニング・ローグ」として タイトルのみ発表されていた作品が、この 「ラグナセンティ」 だ しかも制作は、なん と「エクスランザー」 で技術力の高さを見せ つけたガウ・エンターテインメント。さらに驚 かされるのは、これまでのセガにない路線の まったく新しいARPGだということ
Statement from Yukihiko Tani
When asked about the origins of Ragnacënty in a 2023 interview, programmer Yukihiko Tani stated the following.[3]
Now, I'm going to confide in you, but the original plan was to create an action RPG as part of the Shining series. So following on from Shining in the Darkness and Shining Force. The provisional title was Shining Rogue. Then, after some twists and turns, it was decided to restart the project under the original title of Shin Souseiki Ragnacënty. At this time, during the refocus, the team's staff was joined by Yayoi Onda, who was in charge of the scenario and game system.
References
- ↑ "Historical Record", Nex Entertainment. [Archived] February 5, 2012.
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, February 1994 issue. SoftBank, January 8, 1994.
- ↑ "The Making of Soleil / Crusader of Centy, Sega's Answer To Zelda", Time Extension. John Szczepaniak, April 19, 2023.
Game Directory
| Shining Games | |
|---|---|
| Mega Drive | Shining and the Darkness・Shining Force・Shining Force II: The Ancient Seal・Shining Force CD |
| Game Gear | Shining Force Gaiden・Shining Force Gaiden II・Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict |
| Saturn | Shining Wisdom・Shining the Holy Ark・Shining Force III Sc. 1・Shining Force III Sc. 2・Shining Force III Sc. 3・Shining Force III PD |
| Game Boy Advance | Shining Soul・Shining Soul II・Shining Force: Resurrection of the Black Dragon |
| PlayStation 2 | Shining Tears・Shining Force Neo・Shining Force EXA・Shining Wind |
| Mobile | Shining Road to the Force・Shining Road 2 |
| PlayStation Portable | Shining Hearts・Shining Blade・Shining Ark |
| Nintendo DS | Shining Force Feather |
| Arcade | Shining Force Cross・Blade Arcus from Shining |
| PlayStation 3 | Shining Resonance・Blade Arcus from Shining EX |
| PlayStation 4 / Switch | Shining Resonance Refrain・Blade Arcus from Shining Rebellion |
| Related Games | |
| PC-88 | Fangs: The Saga of Wolf Blood |
| Mega Drive | Land Stalker: The Emperor's Treasure・Ragnacënty |
| Super Famicom | FEDA: The Emblem of Justice・Lady Stalker |
| Saturn | FEDA Remake!・Dark Savior |
| PlayStation | Alundra・FEDA 2: White Surge the Platoon・Alundra 2 |
| Dreamcast | Climax Landers |
| Game Boy Advance | Golden Sun: The Broken Seal・Golden Sun: The Lost Age |
| Nintendo DS | Golden Sun: Jet Black Dawn |