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Hi-Im-Asylum
07/13/09

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I've still got it on the Gamecube. Probably the only game in my collection I've yet to finish.
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ThisCharmingMan
07/13/09

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This game makes me feel like a complete failure. Purchase with caution...
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Mister_Bump
07/13/09

@ThisCharmingMan: Haha, I feel your pain - I don't think I ever finished the DC version!
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kicking222
07/13/09

In reply to It's A Good Week To Buy Ikaruga
Man, I bought "N+" as the DotW last week, and that's hard enough. I don't need "Ikaruga" too- I might jump out of a window.
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Kobun
07/13/09

@kicking222: If you miss out on this Ikaruga sale, know that you can buy XBLA Ikaruga on eBay for $6 which isn't too much more.
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KesMonkey
07/13/09

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1 guy playing a 2 player game of Ikaruga by himself. You will never be this good.
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Kobun
07/13/09

@KesMonkey: There's an Xbox 360 Community Game in development called Duality which I believe is the first shooter to offer eight ships at a time, two per player. I think that's a great concept, but I'm not sure I can split my focus like that.
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KesMonkey
07/14/09

@Kobun: Sounds interesting. I assume you would control each ship with each analogue stick, and each trigger for fire. I can juggle, so I'm hoping those skills will translate. :)
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Kobun
07/13/09

In reply to It's A Good Week To Buy Ikaruga
Black and white has never been quite as complicated as it is in Ikaruga

Someone needs to do some reading on Resident Evil 5 or spend some time in the south. :p

Five dollars for the game is a steal. Well, for everyone but Gamerscore whores. I'll never sniff completion, but it's nice to live vicariously through others thanks to the downloadable replays.
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Brain.wav
07/13/09

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Another Bullet Hell shooter for cheap? Sign me up!

Poor Excellica's going to be ignored for a while again.
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ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.
07/13/09

In reply to It's A Good Week To Buy Ikaruga
Well, I'm convinced. I love bullet hell shooters, but I suck horribly at them. At five bucks, I won't feel bad when my copy collects virtual dust after two plays. (Small Arms, I'm looking at you...)
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Malfunktion v2
07/13/09

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And once again I feel like I'm being punished for buying a game on its release date. Download titles should really have specials to give people incentive to buy the game early and not one-and-a-half years late.
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SmilingPolitely
07/13/09

@Malfunktion v2: I don't see how this is different from boxed retail software, which also drops in price at a precipitous pace.
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Phydeaux
07/13/09

@Malfunktion v2: el oh el wut?

Punished because you've gotten 1.5 years of play time out of a game?

Welcome to the reality of economy and LAGS, I guess?

You bold your "one and a half" years statement when it's the very thing that invalidates your whine. I'd be annoyed if MS did a price drop on something a month after it comes out. 1.5 years, and then running a temporary sale where it's going to go back to the regular price is an acceptable way to generate interest in the title again.

As far as your concerned, damned if they do, damned if they don't.
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Malfunktion v2
07/13/09

@Phydeaux: To me, this isn't the kind of game that doesn't need to regenerate interest. Its been voted time and time again one of the greatest SMUP games of all time. This is also a game that's not 1.5 years old. It made its original debut in 2001, and I personally already own a copy on the Cube.

This is the kind of game that should have been cheaper early on because the people most likely to have bought it have already owned it before.
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Komrade Kayce
07/13/09

@Malfunktion v2:

psst let me let you in on a little secret

games are more expensive when they first come out, as opposed to later

you're pissed about having paid more for it when it first came out?

Go look up the going price of the gamecube version right now. Or the Dreamcast. And imagine those prices before your XBLA version came out.

Suck it.
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wheelis
07/13/09

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This game has already cost me 50 bucks...From the controller I broke playing the demo.
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gold163 (° д° )
07/13/09

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GODDAMMIT WHY IS THE GC VERSION SO STUPIDLY RARE.

It's the only version I can play. :(

Man, XBLA sounds like such a blessing.
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Malfunktion v2
07/13/09

@gold163 (° д° ): Have you looked online? Amazon is selling it for $20 at the lowest :D
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Brain.wav
07/13/09

@gold163 (° д° ): Try Goozex, it's at 550 points, but if you've got a couple of older games to trade that shouldn't be hard to hit.
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Guitarzan2k5
07/13/09

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Awesome. That five dollar savings will help buy the blood pressure medicine this game will invariably necessitate. Still, it looks fun in that blood boiling, old-school sort of way.
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Phydeaux
07/13/09

@Guitarzan2k5 - Bad puns are my business, and...: Absolutely. This game is a pain in the ass. I'm actually glad that in all the hours I tried passing level one or not shooting anything that I was able to not gather any gamerscore so that I could delete any record of having played it.

I hate this game more than Yaris, for what it's worth.
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TheWP listens to Yukkuris; Takes it easy
07/13/09

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This might be stupid of me to ask, but going from the screenshot, I'm guessing this is more danmaku than regular shooter?
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mrgregs
07/13/09

@TheWP listens to Yukkuris; Takes it easy: This game defines that genre. You can absorb the color you are currently so some areas of the game have only bullets to be seen.
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TheWP listens to Yukkuris; Takes it easy
07/13/09

@mrgregs: Wait, Ikaruga defines, as in it was the first, or its just a paragon of danmaku?

I never paid much attention outside Touhou, though I got to play Death Smiles at the anime store in Rochester.

Also, as a complete aside, with the ability to edit, I could change my first post to refer to a different genre than danmaku.

"I'm guessing this is more turn-based RPG than regular shooter" -> "This game defines that genre"
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gold163 (° д° )
07/13/09

@TheWP listens to Yukkuris; Takes it easy: Ikaruga is a Treasure shmup, so it's kind of different. It's certainly danmaku in many cases, but not quite to the level of a Cave or Touhou. The whole concept of Ikaruga is that there are two kinds of bullets on the screen as opposed to one. It's a unique gameplay mechanic, and the danmaku elements keep the game intense. I highly, highly recommend it, not only as a Treasure fanboy but as a general gamer as well.
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thespyderboy
07/01/09

In reply to Gunstar Heroes Micro-Review: The Perfect Shot
I'm really upset that it's taken this long for someone to comment on this (and that it will more than likely go unread), but seriously... where are the sex jokes that should be rampant as hinted at in this article?

What with the "Premature Evacuation" in the text and the Cocksplosion going on in the picture (come on, you all saw it - in the center, towards the right, looks a bit like a fire snowman with big balls....), I would've thought this article would be ripe for the plucking.

Kotakuites, you disappoint me with your wholesomeness. For shame. :'(

In any case, nice to-the-point article, Luke. Glad to see Treasure getting some love (especially for cheap).
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Billkwando
07/01/09

In reply to Gunstar Heroes Micro-Review: The Perfect Shot
It's good to know that Luke didn't finish early, leaving the last boss feeling unsatisfied.

On another topic:

Who else rocks the homing laser that chases everything and makes little blue boxes on them till they're dead? You can clear a whole screen with that and not even have to aim. I think it's the blue thingy & the fire. Mixing powerups is soooo fun.
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Luke Plunkett
07/01/09

@Billkwando bought his tickets for Hyde's US tour: Blue thingy and green thingy. Blue for the pew pew, green to make it stick and make the boxes.
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Shonk
07/01/09

In reply to Gunstar Heroes Micro-Review: The Perfect Shot
And, thanks to this slick and (mostly) faithful port

umm firstly its not a port

secondly faithful?

its running the origonal code in an emulator

i expect stuff like this from non gaming sites

not from kotaku
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Luke Plunkett
07/01/09

@Shonk: But with additional features it's not the EXACT same game, is it?
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