Ikaruga on XBLA

Never_Scurred · Post by **Never_Scurred** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:54 pm

Mind made up.

Unless PSN gets some Cave love, my money is on the 360. and an HDTV

powerfuran · Post by **powerfuran** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:19 pm

Can't wait to see the better graphics in action.

The 2p co-op option just makes me wanna buy the 360 for this only one gmae, though I already have it.

Someone has already tried it?

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 2:06 am

It should be mentioned the original Ikaruga development team is doing this port, so expect it to be spot on. I'm not very interested in this, as I've played ikaruga to death (400+hours probably), and I've retired. I'm very satisfied with my 29.5 mil no-miss ALL in Normal arcade mode.

If they had added a remixed mode with all new stage chains to figure out, I'd be all over this. Oh well.

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:54 am

too bad co-op in Ikaruga kind of sucks except for double play. Each player screws up the other's chains and neither player has any fun.

powerfuran · Post by **powerfuran** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:11 pm

kengou wrote:too bad co-op in Ikaruga kind of sucks except for double play. Each player screws up the other's chains and neither player has any fun.

You just need to decide with your teammate what's your job and what's his. Not that hard, believe me, I practiced up to stage 3 with a friends getting about 9 million overall. It's just like playing in a band, or something.

Btw it's pretty time-expensive and both player must be great fans of this game. Otherwise, yeah, co-op sucks.

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:03 am

Nonsense. Just make sure that you get two of your friends to play co-op and watch them get a combined score of 1mil. Then you obliterate that in a single player run and they ask "How did you do that?"

Always fun.

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:39 am

All I know is that when I played with my non-shmup-playing friend at Gradius V, he loved it and co-op was a blast. When we played Ikaruga, he hated it, and he screwed up my chains so I hated it.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:20 am

They make you get caught in crossfire of different coloured suicide bullets.

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:39 am

My friends make me play on Easy with them.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:46 am

easy is harder than normal

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:51 am

Which is the ironic thing.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:50 am

They can never grasp the idea:
"You stay on THAT side, and I'll stay on THIS side."
The always kill me with suicide bullets.
I've also been pushed into bullets and walls.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:30 am

kengou wrote:too bad co-op in Ikaruga kind of sucks except for double play. Each player screws up the other's chains and neither player has any fun.

Odd, I've found Ikaruga to be the most fun 2 player shmup experience I've ever had (not counting vs games like Twinkle Star Sprites or Phantasmagoria of Flower View). Trying to figure out how to split up the chaining, and team-work your way through a stage, only to screw over your teammate with suicide bullets or pushing him into a wall. Which for me and my roommate, results in more laughter than anger. It's also pretty interesting trying to keep your chain when your partner screws up his (which can often screw yours up if you're not careful). We just have so much fun playing Ikaruga 2-player.

msm · Post by **msm** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:18 pm

Twiddle wrote:easy is harder than normal

how come? i find easy to be easier than normal

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:16 pm

msm wrote:
Twiddle wrote:easy is harder than normal
how come? i find easy to be easier than normal

No suicide bullets = Less bullets = Less power for charge shot

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:33 pm

Pirate1019 wrote:
msm wrote:
Twiddle wrote:easy is harder than normal
how come? i find easy to be easier than normal
No suicide bullets = Less bullets = Less power for charge shot

Medium also has more bullets and more enemies in some parts (like most of chapter 4). The difficulty is harder, even if it lets you use your charge shot more. IMO the chains in normal are harder than the chains in easy simply because you need to deal with the suicide bullets and using your charge shot more.

The bosses are much easier in easy than normal, at least.

JJG · Post by **JJG** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:33 pm

My only experience with two player Ikaruga is that stage two turns into a game of who can push who into the boxes.

zakk · Post by **zakk** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:36 pm

IKARUGA DEATHMATCH

JJG · Post by **JJG** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:37 pm

Ikaruga no Ronde?

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 7:56 pm

I would really like to see some games that aren't on other consoles, like Tie Fighter, for example, get ported instead of this. Really, can you even tate an HDTV?

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 7:59 pm

Why would you need to? The display is big enough and it's not like they're working with sprites.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:06 pm

Twiddle wrote:Why would you need to? The display is big enough and it's not like they're working with sprites.

True. Ikaruga's a great shmup, and all, but I would just like to see some more games that never got home console ports on XBLA. But maybe this will turn out to be "the port ever".

roker · Post by **roker** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:48 pm

hirounder wrote:Treasure opened small page for the xbla version

- replay mode
- coop via Live
- live scoreboards
- option to download best replays
- improved graphics over arcade ver. for HD
- tate mode
- released this winter for 800 MS points

http://www.treasure-inc.co.jp/products/ ... ga360.html

Tate for the win!

Never_Scurred · Post by **Never_Scurred** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:56 pm

dave4shmups wrote:Really, can you even tate an HDTV?

Of course you can. The real question is why everyone here is afraid to.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:07 pm

Somehow I don't think rotating a 50+" projector TV is going to work out well.

Flat panels are a different story, obviously, but it's kind of overkill for such a small purpose.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:15 pm

You'd think they'd be able to fit all the pixels in high res without tateing.

Never_Scurred · Post by **Never_Scurred** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:43 pm

Twiddle wrote:Somehow I don't think rotating a 50+" projector TV is going to work out well.

Flat panels are a different story, obviously, but it's kind of overkill for such a small purpose.

But how is it overkill? I mean, if you willing to invest that kind of money for that much tv, why wouldn't you want to get the most out of it? You may as well watch your movies in 4:3 then(if that is correct). I asked this question awhile back and no one gave a definite answer other than "you don't tate hdtv's". C'mon now, why wouldn't anyone want to play Ikaruga on a large, tated flatpanel widescreen? if lag isn't an issue.....

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:52 pm

It's overkill because rotating the 40+" flat panel display is too much effort for that small a purpose, unless you're really that mad about rotating, then I don't have any words.

You can rotate a DLP projector with few ill effects and there's less work involved, too.

kemical · Post by **kemical** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:01 pm

or just use a vga cable and run it on a vga monitor in high res tate.... you don't need and hdtv to enjoy an xbox 360.

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:44 am

JJG wrote:My only experience with two player Ikaruga is that stage two turns into a game of who can push who into the boxes.

2-Player bullet eating that stage is fun because my friends don't understand the concept of hitboxes.

Actual quote from a friend about Gradius V:
"This game is so unrealistic. Look at all of those bullets hitting the sides of your ship."