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''[[Shikigami no Shiro]]'' (roughly translated as ''Castle of Spirits''; known as ''Castle of Shikigami'' in the West) is a series of [[Bullet Hell]] [[Shoot
As of 2008, all three games have been released in the U.S. for the [[
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* [[Badass Baritone]]: Munchausen. Holy ''crap'', '''Munchausen!!'''.
* [[Barrier Warrior]]: Nigi and Nagino.
* [[
* [[Berserk Button]]: Do NOT call [[Hot Witch|Fumiko]] an "old maid".
* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: The second game is filled with very odd examples of Engrish.
* [[Bullet Hell]]: Enemies in these games are capable of filling the screen with lots and lots of bullets, even moreso in the harder difficulties.
▲* [[Blade On a Stick]]: Batu's cross-shaped spear.
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Reika (''Shikigami no Shiro 3'') originally comes from an old Laserdisc game known as ''Time Gal''.
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* [[Charged Attack]]: Batu's Shikigami attacks.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Reika is certainly... "[[Understatement|out there]]".▼
* [[Comforting the Widow]]: Kohtaro had a woman with whom he made a [[Childhood Marriage Promise]], but who is now hospitalized. Sayo falls in love with Kohtaro. In the third game, [[Woman Scorned|that ex]] becomes the [[Big Bad]].
* [[Covers Always Lie]]: The
▲* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Reika is certainly..."[[Understatement|out there]]".
* [[Cute Ghost Girl]]: Sayo.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: What
* [[Fedora of Asskicking]]: Gennojo wears one.
* [[Flanderization]]: In-Universe. Kohtaro's story mode in ''Shikigami
* [[Gameplay Grading]]: You're graded twice through out stage in for the first two games, one for the first half of the stage and the other in the second half. In the first game, you're graded by how fast you beaten the level, the point items collected, and your overall Tension average. The second game changes the Tension average with how many x8 multipliers you where able to get. The third game changes things up where you are graded at the end of the stage instead of its two halves, adding a bonus for beating the bosses with x8 bonus as well as penalties for losing lives and using continues.
* [[Head Pet]]: Nagino's bunny.
* [[The Hero]]: Officially, Kohtaro Kuga, though Reika and Nagino are more prominent on the third game's cover art.
* [[Hot Witch]]: Fumiko, complete with [[Robe and Wizard Hat]].
* [[Kill Sat]]: Fumiko and Munchausen have Shikigami attacks that rain down lasers from above that leave behind [[Sphere of Destruction|Spheres of Destruction]].
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Munchausen. When you can ''see'' his eyes, RUN.
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* [[McNinja]]: Roger.
** Reika
▲** Hell, ''everyone''. Pretty much ''everyone'' makes a remark at some point that shows they know they're in a video game. For example, in the third game, Fumiko openly mocks Yukari for getting excited about being back for the third game while she doesn't appear to realize that she's been demoted from Stage 4 to Stage 1.
* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Munchausen's specs.
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Yeah, pretty much.
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* [[Parrot Pet Position]]: Nigi's cat.
* [[Physical God]]: Gennojo and Kagachi.
* [[Pinball Scoring]]: This series loves points with lots of zeros in them.
* [[Power Nullifier]]: Shikou (second boss, third game) shoots arrows that temporarily seal normal fire<ref>
* [[Psychic Powers]]
* [[Punctuated!
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* [[Rank Inflation]]: In the third game, you're graded by your performance, with F- being the lowest and SS being the highest. At the end of the game (or where you decide to give up), you're given a rank on your overall performance and a title to go with it.
* [[Shout
* [[Smart Bomb]]: Nearly every character has this in some form. Reika's allows her to [[Time Stands Still|momentarily freeze time]].
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Gennojo.
* [[Space Is an Ocean]]: [[Department of Redundancy Department|
* [[The Stoic]]: Emilio.
* [[Stun Guns]]: Shikou, the second boss of ''Shikigami III'', uses arrows that prevent your character from firing if they connect.
* [[Time Police]]: Reika. Again, a callback to her ''
* [[Turns Red]]: Mini-bosses and stage bosses alike have at least three attack patterns, depending on how much HP they have remaining.
* [[Tyke Bomb]]: Nagino.
* [[The Vamp]]: Fumiko. According to the manual, she's said to be as evil, if not more so, than the game's [[Big Bad]].
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