Shining in the Darkness [SEP] publisher
. After the final defeat of Darksol, the child Dark Sol was whisked away by Oddeye, the foremost Greater Devil of Darksol's archenemy, Zeon. Therefore, Dark Sol's role in "Shining in the Darkness" places its entry in the timeline sometime following the events of "Shining Force II".
Development.
Sega allocated the bare minimum budget offered to out-of-house developers for the creation of "Shining in the Darkness". In a 2009 interview, Hiroyuki Takahashi (credited for "writing
's restless spirit and eventually possessed Zero. As Zero Darkness, Belial massacred the members of the Ultimate Force Zero one by one tragically. The real Ultraman Zero was left powerless, leaving Belial in his body to lead the Darkness Five in their conquest. Pigmon tried to stop them despite its size but before Belial could kill it, his attacked mysteriously stopped. It was revealed that Zero's life halted Belial from attacking and progress further, bringing forth his strongest form, Shining Zero. With Belial expelled, Shining Zero regained control