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Quatermann, popular purveyor of gossip and speculation, has revealed in the February 2003 edition of EGM that Treasure's Ikaruga will not be released in the United States, citing lackluster sales of third-party GameCube titles and general unpopularity of shooters as the causes that led to Infogrames' decision to dump Ikaruga.
But I guess it doesn't really count as a cancellation if was never officially announced...
Source: Electronic Gaming Monthly
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Did'nt Working Designs say, that if nobody brought over Ikaruga, they would consider it?
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Oh, so then you could look forward to playing it on your Gamecube 2.Originally posted by gamevet
Did'nt Working Designs say, that if nobody brought over Ikaruga, they would consider it?
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Well, if it does end up being true, I won't be too shocked. Definitely disappointed, but not the least bit shocked.
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I won't beleive it until something more official is stated but it would suck to do that without giving it a chance. Ah well there's always the DC import route then.
The EB computers have it listed for a May release.
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Well I can't say I'm not surprised by this bit of information. This game wasn't going to sell a whole lot of copies given the fact that shooters are a niche genre. It also doesn't help any that Joe Gamer thinks Doom and Goldeneye are shooters.
Until we get an official cancelation I'm still going to keep on hoping that some other company brings Ikaruga stateside.
In my years of video game retail I have seen many games come and go from the computers without ever getting released.Originally posted by Mzo
The EB computers have it listed for a May release.
Trust me... the computers at EB don't know dick.
Count me in on the "I'm not surprised" group. ;P
Shooters do horribly in the U.S.
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