It's a great day for the Two Strikes fictional Japan. The key to the whole game is finally being introduced as a non-playable character. He will appear by the end of most of the single-player modes.
The lore of this game is quite rich. Not a lot has been revealed, yet, but this is the point we are finally starting to make sense of all this nonsensical blood shedding.
The Shinigami is the god of death. He is known for inviting humans to the Japanese afterlife. An invitation to what, you ask?
A tournament.
Only a couple of selected warriors were invited by the Shinigami to a ghostly competition. That's right. All the characters in Two Strikes are already dead. There are a lot of clues in the art, I wonder who noticed.
The Shinigami's motivation is quite unclear. Is he just bored? You have to play the future story mode to find out.
Gameplay
The Shinigami is the boss of the game. He will not be a selectable, playable character.
He is a shapeshifter. He decided to take what he considered the best attacks of each character. So yes, he can transform himself into any of the 8 playable characters:
Weak Attacks
- Kenji, Ayai, Goemon and Hozoin.
Strong Attacks
- Tomoe, Yasuke, Shenyan and Miyo.
He has the same anticipation for all these attacks, making it very difficult to predict what is coming.
Also, he can cancel any attacks, so be on the lookout for feints as well.
With art made by Tulio Mendes, I hope you enjoy this new addition to the Two Strikes Universe.
Bug Fixes
- One Strike mode works again.