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76/100
Players11 ratings
90/100
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Metacritic4 critic reviews
84/100
Metacritic usersuser score
81/100
GameFAQsUnforgiving
3.95/5
Player reviews
95% positive2,206 reviews
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Verified
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Windows
Price
US$9.99

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2002 · Port · Treasure · Shooter · Arcade

Ikaruga

Port

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.

Released
5 September 2002
Platforms
ArcadePlayStation 4GameCubeAndroidWindowsXbox 360Nintendo SwitchDreamcast
Genres
ShooterArcade
Developers
Treasure
Publishers
Nicalis, Inc.Entertainment Software Publishing Inc.TreasureAtari, Inc.
Modes
Local multiplayerMultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Third personBird view / Isometric
Themes
ActionScience fiction
Age ratings
GRAC ALLCERO AESRB E10+PEGI 3USK 6
Languages
English, Japanese
Features
Family SharingFull controller supportMulti-playerRemote Play TogetherRemote Play on TVShared/split-screenSingle-playerSteam CloudSteam achievementsSteam leaderboardsSteam trading cards
Time to beat
1.5hmain story192hcompletionist

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Media

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Dreamcast5 September 2002Japan
GameCube16 January 2003Japan · North America 15 April 2003 · Europe 9 May 2003
Xbox 3609 April 2008Worldwide
Android18 January 2013North America
Arcade8 August 2013Japan
Windows18 February 2014Worldwide
Nintendo Switch29 May 2018Worldwide · Japan 24 September 2020
PlayStation 429 June 2018Worldwide · Japan 24 September 2020

Editions and related releases

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Ikaruga

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