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.

An anime adaptation for the game was announced by Sega, entitled Shining Tears X Wind.

The partner character is largely AI-controlled, but at any time the player can take control of the partner character's movement using the second analog stick, lock them into place, or execute certain simple commands such as link skills.

Shining Tears also allows a second player to control the partner character for cooperative multiplayer, but only when replaying previously completed stages.

As traditional for role-playing video games, experience points are awarded after an enemy is defeated, ultimately increasing the character's abilities with a level up.

In the beginning of the story, an elven girl named Elwyn finds Xion washed up on the shore of a river.

Discarding the thought, Pios investigates more on the rings as Xion falls asleep.