Shikigami no Shiro

Shikigami no Shiro
Japanese PS2 cover art
Developer(s)	Alfa System
Publisher(s)	Arcade Taito XS Games MediaQuest Sourcenext
Platform(s)	Arcade, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows
Release	Arcade JP: 2001 Xbox JP: March 14, 2002 PlayStation 2 JP: June 27, 2002 NA: March 19, 2003 EU: 2003 Windows JP: August 8, 2002 WW: June 16, 2017 (EX) Xbox JP: December 19, 2002 (Evolution) PlayStation 2 JP: July 29, 2004 (Re-release)
Genre(s)	Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system	Taito G-NET

Shikigami no Shiro (式神の城, lit. Castle of Shikigami), released in North America and Europe under the title of Mobile Light Force 2 and in some PAL regions as MLF2 - Mobile Light Force 2, is a 2001 shoot 'em up developed by Alfa System and is the first game in the Shikigami no Shiro series. It was originally released as an arcade game and later ported to the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Microsoft Windows. The game was titled Shikigami no Shiro Evolution (式神の城 Evolution) for its revised version for Xbox, which was then ported to Windows as Shikigami no Shiro EX (式神の城 EX).

When localized, publisher XS Games re-titled the game as a sequel to Mobile Light Force, but in reality the games are unrelated. Mobile Light Force is known as Gunbird in Japan, and was not developed by Alfa System.

In 2017, Degica Games localized the series, with the first game released on Microsoft Windows via Steam on June 16 as Castle of Shikigami.^[1]