As much as 1UP would love nothing more than to praise Arc System Works and Aksys for bringing Shikigami to the Wii, it's a shame that gamers have been relegated to arcade ports as their only new shoot-em-up offerings these days -- no wonder people have lost interest in the genre.
As a port of the arcade game, Shikigami certainly succeeds in delivering the same level of shooting intensity at home on the Wii -- it's just that, fundamentally, this is a game that really only the most hardcore shooter fans will truly master and then enjoy. Thankfully, for the rest, there are plenty of great shooters already available on Virtual Console, where $40 will go quite a long way.
