There are lots of debates about the best way to re-issue retro games. SEGA, more than any other company, has put a lot of different solutions to the test. Sometimes it dumps a bunch of games at once in a big collection, sometimes it releases games in small batches, and other times it releases them individually. The advantage of doing individual releases is that each game can get more attention, both from the developer and the players alike. The downside, one that mobile gamers know all too well, is that these initiatives eventually reach an end, and whether your favorite classic makes it or not by then isn’t a guarantee. That stings doubly when you’ve got a series of games with interconnected narratives, such as Phantasy Star or, say, Shining Force. A long time ago, when SEGA first had the idea of releasing its 16-bit catalog on mobile, the original Shining Force was one of the lucky titles that was included. It ended up being a really good fit for mobile, and fans waited for the sequel, Shining Force 2, to make its way to the platform. And waited. And waited. When SEGA Forever, SEGA’s latest attempt to resurrect its classics on mobile, was first announced, one of the games I was most hoping to see from SEGA’s 16-bit era was Shining Force 2. I knew that for that to happen, we’d likely have to see Shining Force 1 make a comeback first, and as the number of releases from SEGA started to slow down, I wasn’t sure we were going to see either o...