Vertical shoot-em-up ported from the Naomi Arcade version. Ikaruga is more or less a sequel to Radiant Silvergun by Treasure, on the Sega Saturn.

Based on a two-colors system, the player has to switch between the black & white sides of his ship during gameplay. The black side is immune to black enemy bullets which it consider as bonus, and dies on impact with a white enemy bullets. Your own black bullets damages white enemies twice as more as white bullets. And vice-versa for the white side. Those properties makes a balance between protecting yourself well and killing enemies fast.

This aspect, combined with specific enemy patterns and a combo system makes Ikaruga an original shoot-em-up with a dose of strategy.

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Part of the Following Group

Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Ikaruga	GameCube	$21.98
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User Reviews

Zen and the Art of the 2-D Shooter	Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe (1521)
Brilliant, but tough	Jon Collins (28)
A dieing genre...	Exeox (36)
This is the evolution of the scrolling shooter to perfection.	gametrader (229)

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The Press Says

GameZone	Jul 09, 2003	9.3 out of 10	93
Game Informer Magazine	May, 2003	9 out of 10	90
GameSpot	Apr 14, 2003	8.8 out of 10	88
Game Freaks 365	2003	8.5 out of 10	85
Nintendo Difference	Jun 08, 2003	17 out of 20	85
Play.tm	Jun 17, 2003	82 out of 100	82
neXGam	2003	8.1 out of 10	81
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Jun 17, 2003	8 out of 10	80
Game Informer Magazine	May, 2003	8 out of 10	80
Lawrence	May 16, 2003	B	75

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Trivia

In Japan a DVD was released showing some of the world's top Ikaruga players completing levels with unbroken chain combos and defeating the bosses in record times. It is astonishing to watch!

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This entry was contributed by Bock (158), Kartanym