Ikaruga [DC, GC, XBLA, PC]

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Originally posted by Click_Stick
Too long or short?

Bit too short, I miss the glory days of 10 stage shooters like Thunder Force 4 and Blazing Lasers. *-neo

[BEBOPlover]

Where are these strategy videos some have mentioned? I'd like to take a look at those.

[japtor]

its coming out in japan on the 16th pretty sure, ive seen april 1st (oh boy) as the us date on a few sites

[johnk_]

Originally posted by BEBOPlover
Where are these strategy videos some have mentioned? I'd like to take a look at those.

i've been trying to get those together..
so far here's what i have:

all of chp.1
all of chp.2
kiken's chp.3 run, which goes up to about 40 seconds past the part where it actually says 'chp.3', so i'm missing the latter part.

(*side note: kiken's video was done in TATE mode, so it's sideways when you look at it on your PC, but i ran it through an editor to shift it 90 degrees around.)

kiken's chp.4 run, which goes just past the big satellite IIRC.
i also have some other dude doing the rest of chp.4 on an arcade cab.

and all of chp.5

the only part i'm really missing is the last half of chp.3

[Click_Stick]

Originally posted by neoalphazero
Bit too short, I miss the glory days of 10 stage shooters like Thunder Force 4 and Blazing Lasers. *-neo

Seeing as how I've made it to Chap. 4 on one credit all of one time, I can't say I'm begging for more.

[gameoverDude]

Originally posted by neoalphazero
Bit too short, I miss the glory days of 10 stage shooters like Thunder Force 4 and Blazing Lasers. *-neo

I don't mind the length myself. For MUSHA, BL, or TF4 (or more recently Zanac Neo), you've got to set aside an hour if you plan on beating them. It's nice to have some "Quick Fix" games like Ikaruga, Gekirindan, etc.

[Hero]

okay, I bought it. Someone point me to whatever thread or page that talks about chaining and strats.

My goodness...

[sleeve]

Read the high score thread in Guiness.

[epmode]

from gamefront.de (courtesy of babelfish):

Infogrames confirms Ikaruga for the USA 27.01.03 - Infogrames confirmed the publication of Ikaruga in the USA in a press release. The Shooter is to come in April on the market. Whether Ikaruga appears also in Europe, is not well-known yet.

[johnk_]

right.. this was already announced and we've seen the kick-ass US cover art, which looks infinitely better than the japanese box art..

*EDIT*
some alternate US boxart from the GA forums...