Shining series producer Tsuyoshi Sawada has teased the announcement of a new project today, although this project will not be in the form of an RPG, reports Japanese blog Game Jouhou.

Sawada stated via Twitter that the announcement will happen in Japan sometime tomorrow morning, which is later today for the rest of us. As stated above, the project will not be a role-playing game, but rather a new genre for the series.

Source Siliconera

If it's not an SRPG it won't interest me.

Edit:

It states here that it is a 2D arcade fighting game with characters from the Shining series.

Google translate gives us:

In accordance with the Japan Amusement Expo 2014 kicks off (February 14, 2014) Today, Sega announced a new arcade game "BLADE ARCUS form Shining". Operation is scheduled for summer 2014. This work is in a 2D fighting game that popular RPG character of "Shining" series fights.

New character by Tony, who worked on the character design of the series also appeared, such as divided to a tag in the character of your choice, this film seems to become a "contest of Dreams" exactly. Fighting game player and fan of the Shining series's attention to follow-up.

"BLADE ARCUS form Shining"
Popular character of the Shining series appearance!   
I appear as a 2D arcade fighting of the first series!

Fantasy RPG attracted attention and television animated twice "Shining" series, appeared in the arcade fighting game as the first! Beyond the boundaries of series work, we have also gathered a dozen of the popular character. New characters popular illustrator Tony, who deals with character design of the series was drawn for this work comes up more!

Please stay tuned hot battle such as system divided to a tag in the character of your choice, characters who are attractive to the contest.

And, voice actors too gorgeous is one of the attractions. To enjoy the story and the voice was recorded in NEW!

Wonder if this has anything to do with that event that is going to happen.

NISA's press conference?  First Shining game localized in years?!

D:

(The "not an RPG" bit of the tweet sounds worrying).

Nintendo Direct?

Nintendo Direct, you dope.

But yeah, no RPG = who cares? Shining has been garbage for years, anyway. Bring back Shining Force and I'll care.

Freaking A, why the hell do they not go back to the srpg days of the series when it was freaking amazing? Do they not want the game to succeed? Mother ephing piece of crap, son of a @#$%@

Was excited to hear this, but then read it wasn't going to be in the form of an RPG? That's disappointing. If for whatever reason he doesn't consider SRPG an RPG (I dunno, maybe he's like that), then I'd be happy if it's a Shining Force style game, but if it's seriously not RPG at all? Well, then I'm probably not interested.

That game needs to happen.  Day One for me.  I would give your left nut to play as Scatman Crothers.

This will probably be an Idol Management game or a card game!  So excited!

It's a 2D arcade fighting game.

*Depressed sigh*