A rare example of the vertical shooter receives a budget release and a feeble localization. Read Review
Though advertised as a sequel to the PSOne game of a similar name (which was actually a localized Gunbird), Mobile Light Force 2 is in actuality the American repackaging of Alfa System's Japanese shooter Shikigami no Shiro. Changing its original inspiration's storyline completely, the game sends the US-only MLF team to Tokyo in an effort to combat hordes of invading demons. Along the way, one or two players can team up for simultaneous blasting with six different characters through four unique stages of traditional top-down shooting. The Japanese version of the game, however, utilizes completely different plot devices, has transitional cutscenes between each level, and has the option to increase the size of your viewable area.
I am, by dint of a three-year gig at Working Designs, intimately familiar with the process of localizing Japanese video games for the North American market, so I understand why certain choices (and mistakes) are made. Yet despite my gobs of experience, I couldn't begin to tell you what was going through the minds of the people at XS Games when they localized the seven-year-old PSX shoot-'em-up, Gunbird, and the one-year-old PS2 shoot-'em-up, Shikigami no Shiro. These localizations of otherwise decent games were done with absolutely no respect for the Japanese developers or American gamers. Read More »
Also known as: Castle Shikigami, The Castle of Shikigami, Shikigami no Shiro
Release Region: United States
Release Date: April 1, 2003
Publisher: XS Games
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: June 27, 2002
Publisher: XS Games
64 KB
1 CD
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