Castle of Shikigami III (Shikigami no Shiro episode-3 or 式神の城 III in Japan) is a manic shooter released in Japan in video arcades in 2005, the Windows platform in 2006 and for the Xbox 360 and Wii in 2007. It is the fourth game in the Shikigami no Shiro series, following two shooters and a spin-off adventure game.
The game was published in North America for the Wii by Aksys Games. It was released on May 13, 2008.
The official Japanese site featu...
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Castle of Shikigami III (Shikigami no Shiro episode-3 or 式神の城 III in Japan) is a manic shooter released in Japan in video arcades in 2005, the Windows platform in 2006 and for the Xbox 360 and Wii in 2007. It is the fourth game in the Shikigami no Shiro series, following two shooters and a spin-off adventure game.
The game was published in North America for the Wii by Aksys Games. It was released on May 13, 2008.
The official Japanese site features online leaderboards for the Arcade and Windows version.
The game plays much like its shooter predecessors. As before, there are five levels each in two parts, with a boss at the end of each part. Before major bosses and between levels there are cutscenes with dialogue featuring the character(s) in play. The dialogue is unique for each different pair of characters selected, resulting in, according to the publisher, 55 different scenarios.
Each character has a primary standard attack, which is generally forward-shooting bullets. This is...
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