Ikaruga
- Genres
- Shooter Arcade
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows) · Xbox 360 · Nintendo GameCube · Dreamcast · Android · PlayStation 4 · Arcade · Nintendo Switch
- Release
- Dreamcast Sep 05, 2002 Nintendo GameCube Jan 16, 2003 Nintendo GameCube Apr 15, 2003 Nintendo GameCube May 09, 2003 Xbox 360 Apr 09, 2008 Android Jan 18, 2013 Arcade Aug 08, 2013 PC (Microsoft Windows) Feb 18, 2014 Nintendo Switch May 29, 2018 PlayStation 4 Jun 29, 2018 PlayStation 4 Sep 24, 2020 Nintendo Switch Sep 24, 2020
- Credits
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T
Treasure
G
G.rev
AI
Atari, Inc.
NI
Nicalis, Inc.
ES
Entertainment Software Publishing Inc.
Z
Zereo
- Board status
- —
About
In this vertical scrolling spaceship shooter, you control a ship that can change its polarity at will. As blue/white, the ship can easily destroy red/black enemies, and visa versa. Bullets of your polarity can be collected to fuel your missile gauge, but those opposite will kill you. Destroying an enemy ship will make them drop points for you to pick up, but they are polarized, too. Different difficulties exist to change exactly how you interact with polarized points, or how they appear. Ikaruga is a balls-hard shmup with lots of difficulty even at the easiest level, and lots of replay value for those willing to face the challenge.
