Summary[Xbox Live Arcade] Treasure's award-winning scrolling shooter brings a tactical twist to the genre with its yin-and-yang gameplay: the color of your ship determines your effect on enemies. In this polarized system, enemy ships and their bullets are one of two colors. Attack an enemy of the opposite color for extra damage. Absorb enemy fire of th... Read More
Rated Efor Everyone
Developer:Treasure
Ikaruga
GameCube
Released On:
Apr 15, 2003
Metascore
Generally Favorable
85
User score
Generally Favorable
8.1
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
85
87% Positive
45 Reviews
45 Reviews
13% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
100
While the game obviously plays like a 2D shooter, the backgrounds are 3D rendered and the game just combines the technology of today with the old-school gameplay perfectly.
92
A fantastic game which is an absolute must buy both for fans of the genre and people looking for a real grown up challenge on the Gamecube.
User score
Generally Favorable
8.1
76% Positive
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
18% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
6% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
Jul 21, 2025
10
gran joya de la GC,corre fantástico.. un video juego complejo, un Shootemup puzzle inolvidable.
Feb 16, 2015
10
A really hard but an amazing bullet hell shoot 'em up that Treasure is always great at making them. Easily recommend it to those who love shoot 'em up games or games that are made by Treasure like Gunstar Heroes and Radiant Silvergun as well.
90
No review will ever accurately convey the tension in navigating through a sea of multiple colored bullets that fill every inch of the screen or the joy in finally nailing a 100+ chain combo because Ikaruga, like all good shmups, is visceral.
88
It's one of the few Dreamcast ports that weren't sloppily remade. Anyone who appreciates a great game should be able to recognize Ikaruga for its challenge, design, and elegance.
84
Not only one of the best traditional shooters ever made, but also the only one that GameCube owners have the option to play.
80
The mind-emptying beauty of Ikaruga is its seamless unity of aesthetics and game-play.
50
As fun as it starts out to be, it gets old rather quickly. Fortunately or unfortunately, the game is extremely short, and on its easiest mode can be completed in about an hour.
Aug 5, 2018
9
Si bien no llega a la excelencia de Radiant silvergun, Ikaruga es uno de los mejores matamarcianos de la historia. La dualidad entre blanco y negro es la esencia del juego y es sencillamente espectacular. La única pega es que es muy corto.
Aug 12, 2024
6
This is a fine rail shooter. Not a fan of the narrow screen, but it’s challenging and would be a lot of fun as a local co-op.
Platforms:
- Dreamcast
- GameCube
- Xbox 360
- PC
- Nintendo Switch
- PlayStation 4
Initial Release Date:Apr 15, 2003
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