About This Game
Ikaruga is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay.
Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets!
Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
Features
- The player ship, all enemies and bullets are black or white.
Player's polarity can be switched at will. - Your ship can absorb enemy bullets of the same polarity.
Filled energy goes to fire powerful homing lasers! (Release Power) - Defeat 3 enemies in a row of the same polarity and get the chain bonus!
Building up high scores feels like a puzzle game? - Spectacular 3D graphics. Fast and smooth game play.
- 2 Players game (Local) and
Double Play Mode: You can play 2 Players game with one controller. - 5 levels. Tactical level design and boss battles.
- 3 difficulty levels: EASY, NORMAL, HARD.
Change your tactics depending on the difficulty. - 2 Game modes: ARCADE, PROTOTYPE (not hidden).
- Replay data save is available.
You can also download them from the Leaderboards. - Vertical screen mode support.
You can also play the game like a side-scrolling shooter by rotating only the game screen. - Xbox360 controller, Keyboard and Mouse support.
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