2015 Model
Aruze, now called "Universal Entertainment Corporation", owns the Shadow Hearts IP, and has created two different pachinko/pachislot machines based on Shadow Hearts: Covenant.
Pachinko (パチンコ) is a type of mechanical game originating in Japan and is used as both a form of recreational arcade game and much more frequently as a gambling device, filling a Japanese gambling niche comparable to that of the slot machine in Western gaming.
Pachinko parlors are widespread in Japan, and they usually also feature a number of slot machines (called pachislo or pachislots); hence, these venues operate and look similar to casinos. Modern pachinko machines are highly customizable, and usually feature some interactive element.
The two Shadow Hearts machines were the 2008/9 "SLOT Shadow Hearts II" (SLOTシャドウハーツⅡ), and the 2015 "Shadow Hearts II -Signpost of Fate-" (シャドウハーツⅡ-運命の道標-).
A digital version of -Signpost of Fate- was released as part of the Street Slots Universal Pachislot Collection app and for DMM Games in October 2022 as a limited time unlockable. It was also available as an unlockable during the December Christmas period of that year.
Why?[]
Gambling for cash is illegal in Japan. Pachinko balls won from games cannot be exchanged directly for money in the parlor. The balls also may not be removed from the premises, and are engraved in identifiable patterns showing to which parlor they belong.
Balls won at the parlor are exchanged for prizes or tokens, which can be exchanged for cash at a place nominally separate from the parlor. One prize exchange may serve a number of nearby parlors, getting a percentage of the prize's value when it is collected by the parlor.
Shadow Hearts Elements[]
Featured elements include redone and restyled cutscenes and "battles", featuring the appearances of many characters and boss enemies from Shadow Hearts. Also the use of the Judgement Ring.
Music[]
- Main article: Pachislot OST
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Screens[]
- Main article: Pachislot/Gallery
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