Ikaruga (GameCube)

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Description

Vertical shoot-em-up ported from the Naomi Arcade version. Ikaruga is more or less a sequel to Radiant Silvergun 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 considers as a bonus and dies on impact with white enemy bullets. Your own black bullets damage white enemies twice as much as white bullets. And vice-versa for the white side. Those properties make 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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Alternate Titles

• "斑鳩" -- Japanese spelling
• "Project RS2" -- Working title

Part of the Following Groups

• Console Generation Exclusives: Xbox 360
• Genre: Bullet hell / Danmaku
• Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up
• Steam Greenlight games

User Reviews

Zen and the Art of the 2-D Shooter	Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe (1695)
Brilliant, but tough	Jon Collins (28)
A dieing genre...	Exeox (45)
This is the evolution of the scrolling shooter to perfection.	gametrader (233)

Critic Reviews

Digital Entertainment News (den)	Sep 13, 2003	9.1 out of 10	91
64 Power / big.N / N Games	Feb, 2003	90 out of 100	90
Nintendo Difference	Jun 08, 2003	17 out of 20	85
Jeuxvideo.com	May 28, 2003	17 out of 20	85
Game Freaks 365	2003	8.5 out of 10	85
Game Informer Magazine	May, 2003	8 out of 10	80
RetroGame Man	Aug 10, 2018	8 out of 10	80
GamePro (US)	Apr 14, 2003	4 out of 5	80
Games TM	Jan, 2003	8 out of 10	80
GameSpy	Apr 06, 2003	79 out of 100	79

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Ikaruga appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Replays DVD

In Japan the Ikaruga Appreciate DVD was released in 2003. It contains replays of full games played by three of the world top Ikaruga players of the time completing levels with unbroken chain combos. Scores are 32,178,600 in easy mode, 35,759,960 in normal mode, and 34,289,970 in hard mode.

Related Web Sites

• X360A achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for Ikaruga.)