Ikaruga (GameCube)
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Published by

Infogrames, Inc.

Developed by

Treasure Co., Ltd.

Released

Apr 14, 2003

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Android, Arcade, Dreamcast, Fire OS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox 360 | Combined View

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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 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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Ikaruga GameCube First level introductory animation

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Alternate Titles

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

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User Reviews

Zen and the Art of the 2-D Shooter	Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe (1691)
Brilliant, but tough	Jon Collins (28)
A dieing genre...	Exeox (45)
This is the evolution of the scrolling shooter to perfection.	gametrader (233)

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Critic Reviews

64 Power / big.N / N Games	Feb, 2003	90 out of 100	90
MaXoE Games	2003	9 out of 10	90
Jeuxpo.com	2004	8.5 out of 10	85
Gamesmania.de	Jun 04, 2003	85 out of 100	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
Games TM	Jan, 2003	8 out of 10	80
GameSpy	Apr 06, 2003	79 out of 100	79
Deaf Gamers	2003	6.5 out of 10	65

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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.

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