Shining Hearts

 is a role-playing video game published by Sega. It is the first game of the series to be released for PlayStation Portable and the third with characters designed by Tony Taka. Other games include "Shining Tears" and "Shining Wind". The game was adapted into an anime miniseries, "".
Gameplay.
The player controls four characters that can be encountered throughout the game. The player can perform special team attacks with party members. The ocean is a major part of "Shining Hearts". The game puts the base of operations on a ship called "Home Ship". It serves both as a home and as means of transport. While the ship starts off in a ragged state, the player can build it up with new functionality. It allows the ship to travel through other islands. When not out at sea, the player can roam Wyndaria. The player can take part in a variety of activities. The player can progress through story missions, or take on side quests to help out villagers. The player can collect materials for baking bread, forging weapons, and go fishing around the island. The player can work through the story and help villagers for quests, to collect Hearts. These can be given to Kaguya to help her return her emotions. As her emotions come back, Kaguya's spirit stone will release "Heart Keys." These can be used to open doors to new worlds, leading to new developments in the story. Hearts are a parameter indicating how people feel about the main character. In response to the main character's actions, people will release Hearts of varying color. The different colors represent feelings: Red Heart: Happiness; Green Heart: Kindness; Yellow Heart: Anger; Blue Heart: Sadness; Black Heart: Hatred. By collecting Hearts, the player can bring about changes to the game's island setting and world, and expand the jorney to new areas. Hearts can also be used in battle. It is possible to use Hearts when preparing bread at the bakery. One method for collecting Hearts is through the Mind Over Emotion System. During conversation, the player can select a response under constraint of time. Depending on the selection, the conversation partner will release Hearts indicating their reaction. Their favor for the main character will change accordingly. There's more than one MOE System in the game, and one of them being the "Battle MOE" System. Battle MOE is a group attack system. Every now and then, the player will be given the chance of pairing up with one of the battle members for a group attack. Depending on the selections, the player will get different moves. Some group attacks result in heal spells, some in group attacks, etc. The feelings of the party members towards the main character will change during combat. The character that the player selects to perform the team attack will be more pleased with the player and will release Red Hearts, indicating happiness. The characters will be angry if not selected and will release "Blue Hearts", indicating sadness.
Plot.
Story.
A mysterious girl named Kaguya was washed ashore the island of Wyndaria after the storm. She encounters Rick, a swordsman who works at the island's bakery. Apparently, Kaguya is suffering from having lost her memories and emotions. In addition, the usually peaceful Wyndaria is now swarming with pirates who came seeking for the special spirit stone Kaguya is wearing. Knowing the situation, Rick and the girls plan to bring peace for the island and restore Kaguya's memory.
Development and release.
The background music for the game is composed by Hiroki Kikuta. The game was released on December 16, 2010 in Japan. The song, entitled , sung by Lia, was released on December 15, 2010. The soundtrack was released on January 26, 2011.