How to play Senran Kagura: Shoujotachi no Shinei on Mac

Game summary

Asuka, Ikaruga, Katsuragi, Yagyuu and Hibari are five novice ninjas with different powers, but all of them have one aim, to rid the world of evil. Take the girls in a horizontal scrolling action adventure, slash at the obstacles that block their way and combo enemies in the air. When gamers execute a move beautifully or satisfy some other challenging conditions, the girls will reward them with special cut scenes full of fan-service moments. The fast pace fights will appeal to action fans while the bishojo lovers can enjoy the cut scenes. But don't skip the story, as the scenarios are written by Kitashima Yukinori of 428 Fuusa sareta shibuya fame.
First released: Oct 2011

Play Senran Kagura: Shoujotachi no Shinei on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Senran Kagura: Shoujotachi no Shinei on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

Senran Kagura: Shoujotachi no Shinei installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Senran Kagura: Shoujotachi no Shinei like you would on any PC.
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