The addicting button smasher Ikaruga will be 50% off until July 20th. Usually priced at 800 Microsoft Points it’s now only a cool 400 and ready for you to download.
This vertical scroller is visually gorgeous and adds a new slant to scrolling shooters with the use of it’s ‘polarity’ feature. A great twist in a genre that usually just has you tapping buttons and blowing up anything that flies down the screen at you.
Here’s the official Xbox description:
The Japanese arcade hit Ikaruga comes to 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 the same color as your ship, and use the energy for a special attack. Destroy multiple enemies of the same color to score a chaining bonus. Play solo or cooperatively, and use your polarity to achieve victory!
Ikaruga supports two-player co-op as well as video replay.
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