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Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!

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Very Positive (2,000) - 94% of the 2,000 user reviews for this game are positive.

Release Date:

18 Feb, 2014

Developer:

TREASURE

Publisher:

TREASURE

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By Mommy's Best Games Campaign 26 September, 2014

“Have shmup and --once you got for score-- have puzzler.”

Features

Steam Achievements

Steam Trading Cards

Steam Leaderboards

Remote Play on TV

Remote Play Together

Languages:

	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	✔	✔	✔
Japanese	✔		✔

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Title: Ikaruga
Genre: Action, Indie

Developer: TREASURE

Publisher: TREASURE

Release Date: 18 Feb, 2014

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About This Game

Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!?

Ikaruga is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay.
Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets!
Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!

Features

The player ship, all enemies and bullets are black or white.
Player's polarity can be switched at will.
Your ship can absorb enemy bullets of the same polarity.
Filled energy goes to fire powerful homing lasers! (Release Power)
Defeat 3 enemies in a row of the same polarity and get the chain bonus!
Building up high scores feels like a puzzle game?
Spectacular 3D graphics. Fast and smooth game play.
2 Players game (Local) and
Double Play Mode: You can play 2 Players game with one controller.
5 levels. Tactical level design and boss battles.
3 difficulty levels: EASY, NORMAL, HARD.
Change your tactics depending on the difficulty.
2 Game modes: ARCADE, PROTOTYPE (not hidden).
Replay data save is available.
You can also download them from the Leaderboards.
Vertical screen mode support.
You can also play the game like a side-scrolling shooter by rotating only the game screen.
Xbox360 controller, Keyboard and Mouse support.

System Requirements

Minimum:

OS *: Windows 8 / 7 / Vista / XP
Processor: Intel Core2 Duo / Athron64 X2
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX 9.0c support (256 MB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 512 MB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c support

Recommended:

OS *: Windows 7
Processor: Intel or AMD multicore processor recently 5 years
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA or AMD in recently 5 years
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 512 MB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c support

* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

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