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Taking out the trash in Castle of Shikigami III
Aksys Games' Shikigami no Shiro III may not have enjoyed amazing first-day sales in Japan, but we're still glad it's coming to North America. If you're clueless to the whole thing here, hit up the video above. Basically, you just shoot the crap out of everything in sight. We're sure there's more to it than that, but we really don't care. Shooting things is enough for us.%Gallery-11810%
Aksys shooting Castle of Shikigami III at the U.S.
Aksys Games announced today that they will localize Alfa System's vertical shooter Shikigami no Shiro III as Castle of Shikigami III. The game, featuring 10 characters (who fly around and shoot magical bullet things) will be released in the spring of 2008. It seems that only the Wii version is being localized, and not the Xbox 360 version.We're a little surprised to see a 2D shooter being released in the U.S. outside of the Virtual Console (which is shmupland). But we shouldn't be -- it was published in Japan by Arc System Works, and Aksys seems to have swept up all of their Nintendo content for localization. Just to be clear, we are thrilled about that. Check out the press release after the break and enjoy our gallery of brightly-colored, confusing screens!
Shikigami no Shiro III: a shooter with the human touch
The Shikigami no Shiro series is pretty weird, for a number of reasons: first, the truly off-putting budget US release with the generic Charlie's Angels boxart; second, that the latest iteration of a shooter series is being released in 2007 at all; but most importantly, and most pertinent to actual gameplay, that Shikigami no Shiro III includes a variety of characters, in the same vein as a fighting game. That the game is being released on the Wii seems fairly standard for a shooter, if anything could be "standard" about a modern entry in this classic genre.The latest screenshots show the basic projectiles fired by some of the characters. Yes, you play as a flying human in this game, and not a spaceship or multi-headed dragon. That's something. We can't wait to float around as the classy Munchausen and shoot crystals from our outstretched hands. We can only assume that he's fresh from washing single handkerchiefs in a cocktail shaker.
Shikigami no Shiro III: yet another shooter for Wii
A Wii version of Alfa System's Type X arcade shooter Shikigami no Shiro III will be released in Japan on December 13, published by Arc System Works. This is one of many shooters coming out for the system for some reason-- possibly lower development costs? Surprisingly, both of the previous entries in the Shikigami no Shiro series have been released in the US, although you may not have noticed them. XS Games released the first on PS2 as Mobile Light Force 2, presented as a sequel to their PlayStation Mobile Light Force, which was actually Psikyo's Gunbird. Both Mobile Light Force games had the exact same Charlie's Angels-esque boxart that had nothing to do with anything. Despite XS Games' best efforts to destroy the localization, Mobile Light Force 2 is still a pretty good budget shooter. The second game was released fairly intact as Castle Shikigami II, also at a budget price. Obviously, we're hoping for a US release on this new game, but from someone else, please.Don't take the title as derisive: even though this is, yes, another shooter, we actually enjoy shooters, and we feel that there's been enough of a lack of them in recent years that a sudden boom on the Wii is more than welcome.
