{"id":134223,"date":"2023-08-14T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-153937"},"modified":"2023-08-14T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T15:00:00","slug":"castle-of-shikigami-2-is-getting-a-lovely-dreamcast-inspired-physical-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/08\/14\/castle-of-shikigami-2-is-getting-a-lovely-dreamcast-inspired-physical-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Castle Of Shikigami 2 Is Getting A Lovely Dreamcast-Inspired Physical Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/99054e1e1ffbb\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/99054e1e1ffbb\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"msLG9Qn3-cs\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Bullet-Hell Shmup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/castle_of_shikigami_2\">Castle of Shikigami 2<\/a> launched digitally on the Switch eShop earlier this year, and while Red Art Games had previously announced a physical release would be incoming, we weren&#8217;t sure what exactly this would entail until now.<\/p>\n<p>Launching in <strong>Q2 2024<\/strong> (<em>oof<\/em>), the release will comprise three separate SKUs: a Standard Edition for <strong>$39.99\/\u20ac39.99<\/strong>, a Deluxe Edition for <strong>$39.99\/\u20ac39.99<\/strong>, and a Dream Edition for <strong>$69.99\/\u20ac69.99<\/strong>. The latter two will be available exclusively through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redartgames.com\">Red Art Games store<\/a> and will be limited to 300 and 500 units respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The Dream Edition is particularly interesting since it will provide a retro-style box that&#8217;s remarkably similar to classic Dreamcast titles. In addition, you&#8217;ll be getting an acrylic stand, an original soundtrack CD, a double-sided poster, and a special reversible sleeve. It looks rather lovely indeed, and you can check out all of the included goodies in the below image.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Dream Edition\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/10734ca72b092\/dream-edition.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTM5Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"539\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/10734ca72b092\/dream-edition.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Dream Edition\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Red Art Games<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In our review for Castle of Shikigami 2, we said it &#8220;comes easily recommended to fans of bullet hell shooting games&#8221;, praising the layered strategies, the new modes, and the great soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:148064 @ 2023-08-14T23:04:18+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be picking up a physical edition of Castle of Shikigami 2? 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Launching in Q2 2024 (oof), the release will comprise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}