Status Reset_Tears Sep 24, 2021
Castle of Freaking Shikigami 2 is coming back!
This is a damn good shmup that people only know because of its horrendous localization back in the day. Hope everyone will give this a look once it hits Steam and Switch.
Castle Shikigami 2 (2003)
Arcade · Dreamcast · Nintendo GameCube · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 2 · PlayStation 3 · Xbox
2.59 from 17 ratings
70 members have it in their collection · 29 backlogged · 22 wish listed
Sequel to Shikigami no Shiro, SS2 is a vertical-scrolling shooter with sci-fi elements.
As in most games in the genre, the game puts you in control of a small fighter as you attempt to make your way past several stages filled with enemy ships charging and attacking you in different patterns.
The game features 7 distinct characters with psychic powers …
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Sequel to Shikigami no Shiro, SS2 is a vertical-scrolling shooter with sci-fi elements.
As in most games in the genre, the game puts you in control of a small fighter as you attempt to make your way past several stages filled with enemy ships charging and attacking you in different patterns.
The game features 7 distinct characters with psychic powers (which manifest in-game as bomb-type attacks and other special moves) and unique fighters, and the game features a story mode for each character, in which they have different dialogue and plot-sequences for each boss fight.
Also included is a weapon system similar to Psyvariar's in which you can enhance your power and rate of fire by scraping incoming bullets.
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Details
- Developers
- Alfa System
- Publishers
- Kids Station, Play It Games, Sourcenext, Taito, XS Games
- Genres
- Shooter
- Themes
- Action
- Series
- Castle of Shikigami
Release dates
- Oct 24, 2003 (Japan) Nintendo GameCube
- 2003 (Japan) Arcade
- Jan 29, 2004 (Japan) PlayStation 2
- Mar 25, 2004 (Japan) Dreamcast
- Apr 15, 2004 (Japan) Xbox
- Sep 13, 2004 (Japan) PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Nov 17, 2004 (North_America) PlayStation 2
- Oct 07, 2005 (Europe) PlayStation 2
- Jun 27, 2012 (Europe) PlayStation 3
Also available on
- Castle of Shikigami 2 (2021) · NSW, PC
Related
Bundled in
- Shikigami no Shiro EX & II Pack (Sep 2005) · PC
Rating distribution
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Community All Reviews Statuses
Status Reset_Tears Dec 12, 2020
(played the Dreamcast version -- Japan-only release)
I had no experience with the Castle Shikigami series before this one, and played this one purely on a whim. (Was in the mood for a shoot-em-up, and the Japanese cover art for this piqued my curiosity.) But I was in for a very pleasant surprise with Shikigami no Shiro 2. The game …
(played the Dreamcast version -- Japan-only release)
I had no experience with the Castle Shikigami series before this one, and played this one purely on a whim. (Was in the mood for a shoot-em-up, and the Japanese cover art for this piqued my curiosity.) But I was in for a very pleasant surprise with Shikigami no Shiro 2. The game looks fantastic, has an awesome soundtrack, and gives you a whole bunch of different characters to work with -- each with their own bullet pattern and special ability. They're all actually pretty different from each other too, making it worthwhile to try out all of them. This is the magical flying person variety of vertical shmup, and a bullet hell one at that... Which means it's incredibly difficult. You better believe I save-scummed my way through those last few stages, ho-ly shi-et. But still, a very fun game that I recommend strongly to all fans of the genre. I'm also a fan of the character art for this one. It's very anime, but it doesn't go full moé or have a bunch of fanservice, and has an even split of men and women for the characters.
Apparently the English release (on PS2?) has an infamously horrendous English dub, which is a shame and surely dampened the experience for a lot of players! I checked it out on Youtube, and it's sadly the type of terrible dub that isn't so bad it's funny, it's just bad. So I think I'll recommend the Japanese version of this game, and hope the story isn't actually something anyone is that invested in.
Review iguanaDitty 3/5 · Feb 3, 2017
Best worst translation ever, no challengers
A very hard shmup, punishingly so at higher levels and difficulties where the bullet hell gets just overwhelming.
However this is well worth playing for the funniest weirdest translations ever issued.
Sample include "...I like girls, but now, it's about justice." "You have two choices: beaten then caught, or caught then beaten." but really it's the overall experience that makes …
A very hard shmup, punishingly so at higher levels and difficulties where the bullet hell gets just overwhelming.
However this is well worth playing for the funniest weirdest translations ever issued.
Sample include "...I like girls, but now, it's about justice." "You have two choices: beaten then caught, or caught then beaten." but really it's the overall experience that makes it all worthwhile.