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el 10-Apr-2008 |  Treasure's classic shoot 'em up Ikaruga has a simple premise. Turn your ship white, become immune to white attacks. Turn your ship black, become immune to black attacks. The casual onlooker would say the premise sounded simple. The seasoned Ikaruga player would say the premise sounded deceptively simple.
So the question isn't should you play Ikaruga if you haven't. The question is, should you play Ikaruga on XBLA, or should you hunt down a Gamecube or Dreamcast version. Hit the jump for our Frankenreview to find out: it's Ikarugalicious.
Team Xbox
Time and again, the game has gotten high marks with critics as being one of the best looking 2D shooters on the market. ... now, making the jump to the 360, the game looks even better. In 720p HD, everything looks sharp, refined, and runs smooth as silk.
IGN
To truly excel at Ikaruga requires a mastery of the polarity system and a lot of practice...Casual gamers may find themselves overwhelmed and unable to scratch the surface of this classic. That would be a shame, though, as this is easily one of the best titles on the Live Arcade.
CVG
If you have an LCD TV you can flip that bad boy on its side and, in the options screen, flip the gameplay sideways so you get full-screen up-scrolling action (known in the shooter scene as TATE mode). That's how the purists play (and us).
Eurogamer
...whereas once dedicated players would need to import Japanese DVDs of the top players' score runs for tips and techniques, now you simply select their name on the scoreboard and sit back to watch their replay, awestruck. The option to save and upload all replays, combined with co-op play over Xbox Live, makes the definitive version of the game.
At $10, it's the price of two value meals. And cheeseburgers don't taste this good.
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| Rumor: Ikaruga polarizing XBLA April 9 |  Filed under: Arcade, Microsoft Xbox 360, ActionThe Japanese version of Xbox.com apparently posted the release date for the long-awaited XBLA version of Ikaruga. Xblah reports a Japanese website caught the alleged prem [..] Read complete article | | Published 30-Mar-2008 by Alexander Sliwinski in ikarugatreasurexbla
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| This Wednesday: XBLA gets Ikaruga, Poker Smash DLC |  Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Puzzle
Hey, it's tough to keep the lid on an exciting secret. If we knew Ikaruga was coming to Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday, we'd probably blurt it out at every opp [..] Read complete article | | Published 08-Apr-2008 by Ludwig Kietzmann in DLCIkarugaPoker-SmashTreasureXBLAXBLAWednesdayXbox-LiveXboxLive
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| Frankenreview, Ikaruga (XBLA) [Roundup] | | Treasure's classic shoot 'em up Ikaruga has a simple premise. Turn your ship white, become immune to white attacks. Turn your ship black, become immune to black attacks. The casual onlooker would say the premise sounded simpl [..] Read complete article | | Published 10-Apr-2008 by Mark Wilson in 360frankenreviewIkarugaRounduptreasureXblaXbox 360
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| Ikaruga | | Call yourself a hardcore gamer? Then you should be downloading Ikaruga right now. TrustedReviews [..] Read complete article | | Published 20-Apr-2008 by Nerdblog in General
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| Ikaruga Review: No Refuge For Wimps [Review] | | For the uninitiated, Treasure's Ikaruga is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up originally released for arcades, with ports for the Dreamcast and GameCube released in 2002 and 2003 respectively. It uses a sim [..] Read complete article | | Published 14-Apr-2008 by Michael McWhertor in IkarugaOriginalReviewToptreasureXblaXbox 360Xbox Live Arcade
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| Joyswag: Win a copy of Ikaruga (XBLA) | | Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Joyswag
Treasure's Ikaruga holds a special place in our hearts. If you're like some of us on the Joystiq crew, today's Xbox Live Arcade release will be the third time you pick up this [..] Read complete article | | Published 10-Apr-2008 by Andrew Yoon in ikarugajoyswagtreasurexbla
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| Rez, Ikaruga hold record for best XBLA launches |  Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Online
In news post yesterday, Penny Arcade's Gabe revealed the top four best launches ever for Xbox Live Arcade, with the launch window being the first three days of availability. The list is a [..] Read complete article | | Published 28-May-2008 by Ross Miller in BreakingNewsgabeikarugann-pluspenny-arcadepenny-arcade-adventuresrezxblaxbox-live-arcade
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| Thanksgiving Sunday Rumor Roundup [Rumor] | | In the interest of getting some news to you in a slow cycle, let's start Sunday with a chatter roundup. Here are three things that enough people are blabbing about in the video game blogosphere that I'm reasonably comfortable passing them along. These are other peop [..] Read complete article | | Published 30-Nov-2008 by Owen Good in Rumor Disaster: Day of Crisis Fable II jasper nxe Wii Xbox 360
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| Last, last minute Apple rumor roundup |  Last night we rocked the new price points our Apple ninja scored for you. Now that the Apple notebook event is almost upon us, the internet is ablaze with rumors and predictions of all shapes and sizes as you can imagine. Here’s a roundup:
The image above is the latest and likely last alleged leaked MacBook [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 14-Oct-2008 by Zach Epstein in AppleLaptopsRumorsAirMacBookNotebooksPro
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| N+ Gets XBLA DLC Deluge [N] | | The XBLA incarnation of cult Ninja platformer N+ is due to receive another healthy dollop of DLC. For a measly 200 MS Points, players can guide their agile stick figure avatars around 150 single player levels, 50 multiplayer [..] Read complete article | | Published 08-Sep-2008 by Stuart Houghton in n Dlc metanet N+ N-Plus News Xbla
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