Castle of Shikigami is an arcade developed by Alfa System, released 31 December 2001 on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
What Castle of Shikigami is
Castle of Shikigami is an arcade game developed by Alfa System and released in 2001. It was published by Cosmo Machia Inc.. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Arcade, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB E age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Summer, 2005: The summer heat is scorching. Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Force is investigating an occult serial killer and they've had enough. One after another, 32 female victims were found brutally murdered. Could this be the work of the occult? Specialists have been called in to investigate. The case is called "The Castle of Shikigami Incident".
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Castle of Shikigami holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 5 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Castle of Shikigami launched on 31 December 2001, within three weeks of Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams, Ikaruga and Sonic Advance. All of them reviewed better. It was a Xbox One launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams, Ikaruga, Sonic Advance.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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