When you first get this game you’ll realize 2 things, 1. If you didn’t the previous game you won’t get the story (I didn’t get it either). 2. The game is hard.

A couple days ago at the time I was writing this, a friend and I tried to battle through the game on normal difficulty.  We couldn’t even get passed stage 3 (there’s 5 total).  We tried all sorts of things: dodge everything, use the strongest character ever, a person use a defense shikigami move while the other attacks.  None of them worked.

As a multiplayer shooting game you’ll be flying through the skies evading the hundreds of bullet flying at you.  It’s not as bad as you might think, because you can actually squeeze through spots, and on rare occasions do you actually get hit.

There are 10 to choose from, and each of them is unique.  Depending on who you play with you can get a combination of 55 individual story lines for each combination of characters as they battle through the castle of shikigami.

Castle of Shikigami III Gameplay

Castle of Shikigami III plays as one of those classic side scrolling shooting games, with its multiplayer aspects moved into the Wii.  Meaning in the game you move upwards.

You pick one of the options, which are: boss battles, dramatic change mode, single player, and 2-players Co-Op.

It doesn’t matter what you pick.  Once you choose one you get to select options like, enabling cut scenes between stages and boss battles, the difficulty level, and even the background music!

You’ll be playing with just the wiimote, horizontally.  After the options, you choose your characters.  Rapidly tapping 2 will make you continuously fire your characters individual attacks.

Each character also has shikigami attacks, and they each have 2 types to choose from.  By pressing and holding down 2 you get to use your power.  As long as you hold it down the attack will stay there.

By pressing 1, you get to use basically a smart bomb that eradicates everything in the map.  Everybody starts out with 3 bombs and have 3 lives before they die, and have to use a credit to continue.

By getting near enemy attacks you’ll generate tension, which basically allows you to shoot bigger and stronger red colored attacks.  Also by pressing 1 and 2 your character enters a mode where they’ll shoot tension attacks for a short while.  Be warned it takes a bomb slot.

Castle of Shikigami III Multliplayer

Let’s just get straight to the point.  No Nintendo WFC.  You’ll be playing with a friend locally with you.  By playing cooperatively you play with 2 characters making 45 different Co-Op scenarios.

2-player Mode

You get a friend, you pick the difficulty, and then you beat the game!  It’s a lot harder then that though, because you’ll both share credits.  That means everything you have would be cut in half.

Not only is playing with friends and family fun (and also very frustrating) as you play through the stages and watch the scenes, but it’s also the only way for you to play through the 45 other scenarios in the game.

Conclusion

With 10 characters, 55 scenarios: 10 single player, and 45 2-players you’ll be playing this game for a long time.  For the rest of us who aren’t perfectionist or over-achievers, it’s still a great, fun game that can be played every now and then for fun.

It may not be easy, but it is really a great multiplayer wii game you can play as you battle through the sky, dodging the hundreds if not thousands of enemy fire coming at you.  Not to mention dodging all of those attacks the bosses send at you (trust me; it’s a lot of bullets).

if you’re interested, you should try renting this game first at Gamefly starting as low as $8.95 or Try For Free!

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