Castle Shikigami 2
| Shikigami no Shiro II | |
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North American PlayStation 2 cover art
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| Developer(s) | Alfa System |
| Publisher(s) | Kids Station, Taito, SourceNext, XS Games, Play It Games |
| Platform(s) | Arcade Dreamcast GameCube PlayStation 2 Xbox Windows |
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Arcade
Dreamcast
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| Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Castle Shikigami 2 (式神の城 Shikigami no Shiro II?) is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game developed by Alfa System for the Sega NAOMI arcade system board. It was subsequently ported in Japan to the Nintendo GameCube, and then later to Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Windows PCs. The game was released in North America on the PlayStation 2 by XS Games as Castle Shikigami 2, and in Europe as Castle Shikigami 2: War of the Worlds. XS Games also published the first game in the series in North America and Europe, but under the name of Mobile Light Force 2.
The game mechanisms are generally carried over from the original Shikigami No Shiro, with the addition of more playable characters. The game consists of five stages, each with two parts, with a boss at the end of each part. At the end of each stage, dialogue between the player character(s) and the bosses are shown in cut scenes; a unique sequence of dialogue is shown for every different character or combination of two characters.
Each character has a primary weapon, used by tapping or holding one firing button; holding the button for more than a few seconds, however, will switch to the character's secondary "Shikigami" weapon. This tends to be more powerful, but limited in range or utility, and also slows character movement. Each character's weapons are different, sometimes dramatically, in terms of pattern and power; in addition, each Shikigami weapon is available in one of two modes, chosen at the start of each new game. Bombs are also available, and each character's bombs function differently as well.
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