Ikaruga

Description

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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User Reviews

Zen and the Art of the 2-D Shooter	GameCube	Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe (1536)
Brilliant, but tough	GameCube	Jon Collins (28)
A dieing genre...	GameCube	Exeox (36)
A challenging, original arcade shooter.	Dreamcast	big_brother (7)
This is the evolution of the scrolling shooter to perfection.	GameCube	gametrader (230)

The Press Says

GamesAreFun.com (GAF)	Dreamcast	Apr 22, 2003	10 out of 10	100
GameZone	GameCube	Jul 09, 2003	9.3 out of 10	93
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Dreamcast	Dec 26, 2003	9 out of 10	90
Kombo.com	GameCube	Nov 16, 2003	9 out of 10	90
Good Game	Xbox 360	Apr 21, 2008	9 out of 10	90
Totally Gaming Network	Xbox 360	Apr 18, 2008	8 out of 10	80
Gamer.nl	Xbox 360	Apr 18, 2008	8 out of 10	80
GameSpy	GameCube	Apr 06, 2003	79 out of 100	79
The Video Game Critic	GameCube	May 16, 2003	B	75
Deaf Gamers	GameCube	2003	6.5 out of 10	65

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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!