cj_iwakura
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One of the best shmups of all time with one of the worst translations of all time.
How can you go wrong?
It's been on the EU-PSN for a while, but that version removed the voices completely, so why bother?
Even if you don't care about the story, which has been poorly voice acted and translated to the point of making no sense whatsoever, Shiki 2 is a truly fantastic shmup. Each character has a totally unique playstyle, the music is fantastic, and the bosses are a blast.
And if you, do, well, behold the glory of some of the worst VA this industry has ever seen.
http://www.audioatrocities.com/games/castleshikigami2/
Every now and again there's a game that's dubbed so badly it's hard not to wonder how it ever got released in the first place. Castle Shikigami 2 is that game. This is the sequel to the game that was curiously renamed Mobile Light Force 2 when it was released here. Why the first game was "2" as well as why they chose to put girls on the cover of the first one that looked like Charlie's Angels while ripping out all the anime art is a mystery. Fortunately, Castle Shikigami's sequel doesn't try to hide it's anime roots and features some rockin' game design sure to please shooter fans.
Unfortunately the stellar game play is chopped up with an unintelligible storyline, sprinkled with sentence fragments strung together seemingly at random, and voiced by humans that appear to have no idea what they're doing. Seriously. The translation is so literal that scenes play out like they're from some bizarro haiku world.
The end result of the dubbing is not pleasant because it's literally difficult to even try to understand the meaning/intention of what's being said most of the time. However, there are enough howlers in here to make this one worth playing.
Exhibit A: ...I like girls, but now, it's about justice.