Ikaruga
Shooter
Arcade
Action
Science fiction
76
User Score
11 ratings
90
Critic Score
1 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
2,144 reviews
September 5, 2002
Released 8639 days ago
Arcade
PlayStation 4
Nintendo GameCube
Android
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Xbox 360
Nintendo Switch
Dreamcast
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.
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Release Dates by Platform
Dreamcast
Worldwide
Sep 5, 2002
Nintendo GameCube
Worldwide
Jan 16, 2003
Nintendo GameCube
Worldwide
Apr 15, 2003
Nintendo GameCube
Worldwide
May 9, 2003
Xbox 360
Worldwide
Apr 9, 2008
Android
Worldwide
Jan 18, 2013
Arcade
Worldwide
Aug 8, 2013
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Worldwide
Feb 18, 2014
Nintendo Switch
Worldwide
May 29, 2018
PlayStation 4
Worldwide
Jun 29, 2018
Nintendo Switch
Worldwide
Sep 24, 2020
PlayStation 4
Worldwide
Sep 24, 2020
Game Info
- Developer
- Treasure
- Publisher
- Nicalis, Inc., Entertainment Software Publishing Inc., Treasure, Atari, Inc.
- Game Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
- Perspective
- Third person, Bird view / Isometric
- Genres
- Shooter Arcade
- Themes
- Action Science fiction
Languages
- Audio / Voice
- English
- Text / Subtitles
- English, Japanese, English, Japanese
