Ikaruga gets Japanese release date News
Xbox 360 News by Robert Purchese
Microsoft plans to release Ikaruga for the Japanese Xbox Live Arcade on 9th April.
Confirmation comes from the official regional Xbox website, confirming the price at 800 Points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.60).
The platform holder is yet to announce a US or European date, but has been contacted for comment.
Ikaruga is vertical shooter originally developed by a quartet of brain-boxes for arcades in 2001. It went on to gain wider appeal through a limited run on the Dreamcast before appearing on the GameCube in 2003.
Central to its charm is the option to swap between black and white bullets. If you change to black then you absorb any incoming hostile black fire, but will explode if hit by a stray white bullet. And visa versa.
The Live Arcade port will have HD graphics and fit widescreen resolutions, as well as online co-operative play, replay mode and the usual leaderboards and Achievements.
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wellzy4eva
29/03/08 @ 13:13
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Any news about if it will still be insanely bordered? and if you can still flip the screen?
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dripping_brain
29/03/08 @ 14:06
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I can only assume that "will...fit widescreen resolutions" must mean that you can still flip the screen, otherwise everythings going to look very very fat in the game as it's not really meant for widescreen vdu's. Flipping the screen was a nice option, but given that the average telly at the time (and I'm sure it's not much different now) would collapse under its own weight if you balanced it on one end the only option really was to try and lie on the floor looking at the TV sidey-ways. Just play it with borders!
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SomaticSense
30/03/08 @ 19:25
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Is there any reason as to why it's coming out so soon in Japan, and nowhere else has a release date?
We can scratch any excuses over it being due to distribution, as it's a download, and it isn't a heavily text-based RPG either, so it isn't due to translation either. And don't tell me it's 'because 'it's Japanese, so they get it earlier', as we get shafted over UK developed/published games more often than not. |
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