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 dialogues 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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Alternate Titles

"式神の城 II" -- Japanese spelling
"Shikigami no Shiro 2" -- Japanese title
"Castle Shikigami II: War of the Worlds" -- European title

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X-Power	Xbox	Aug 18, 2004	8 out of 10	80
PSX Extreme	PlayStation 2	Aug 03, 2005	7.8 out of 10	78
GameSpot	PlayStation 2	Nov 14, 2005	7.8 out of 10	78
GotNext	PlayStation 2	Dec 05, 2004		70
Thunderbolt Games	PlayStation 2	Aug 27, 2006	7 out of 10	70
Xbox Nation (XBN)	Xbox	Jun, 2004	7 out of 10	70
HonestGamers	PlayStation 2	Nov 24, 2004	6 out of 10	60
The Video Game Critic	PlayStation 2	Jun 08, 2008	C+	58
Netjak	Dreamcast	Jun 22, 2004	4.8 out of 10	48

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Trivia

Manga

A manga adaption of Shikigami no Shiro, written by Tohru Zekuu and illustrated by Yuna Takanagi, was serialized in Kodansha's Magazine Z from December 2003 until December 2004 and collected in three volumes. A sequel series by the same authors, Shikigami no Shiro: Nejireta Shiro ("The Twisted Castle"), was serialized in the same magazine from January 2005 until March 2008, and collected in a further eight volumes. Both series are based on the events of the first two games, focusing on the second.

Translation

The American PS2 version of this game features a notoriously bad English translation. On top of the lines being so literally translated that they're almost incomprehensible, the voice acting features lines read by the wrong actor, lines where the actor reads directions as part of the dialogue, lines left in Japanese, and lines that are completely missing.

The translation was completely redone for the PAL release, and the voice acting was removed altogether.

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