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| Shining Tears | |
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| Developer(s) | Nextech / Amusement Vision |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Director(s) | Daisuke Tajima |
| Producer(s) | Katsuji Aoyama Yoshitaka Maki |
| Designer(s) | Fumio Shimoyama |
| Artist(s) | Tony Taka |
| Series | Shining |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Action RPG |
| Mode(s) | Single-player/two player |
Shining Tears (シャイニング・ティアーズ, Shainingu Tiāzu) is an action role-playing game co-developed by Nextech and Amusement Vision and published by Sega in 2004 for the PlayStation 2 as a part of the Shining video game series. It tells the story of a mysterious boy named Xion.
An anime adaptation for the game was announced by Sega, entitled Shining Tears X Wind. It was produced by Studio Deen and began airing in early April 2007. A sequel, Shining Wind, was released in 2007, with return appearances by all the main characters of Shining Tears.