Ikaruga, the beloved arcade shoot-’em-up, is heading to a modern console later this month for the first time. A Nintendo Switch version of the classic game will launch May 29 for $14.99, publisher ...

Classic shoot-'em-up Ikaruga has been announced for Nintendo Switch. The Treasure top-down arcade shooter has been asked for on Switch by fans since the console's release, and publisher Nicalis has ...

Cult classic vertical shoot 'em up returns. Shoot! Dodge! and… Get Hit!?! Ikaruga is a “cult classic” vertical shoot ’em up that features unique, polarity-switching gameplay. The game’s story follows ...

The game started its run in arcades before being ported to the Sega Dreamcast, but it found most of its success on the GameCube and Xbox 360 (via digital download) here in the States. Now Nicalis has ...

Publisher Nicalis has announced that it's bringing revered Japanese developer Treasure's classic, polarity-switching arcade shooter Ikaruga to Switch on May 29th. Ikaruga first released in Japanese ...

Ryan is the Editor-in-Chief at DualShockers and has been a lover of games as long as he can remember. He holds a BA in English and Cinema and lives in New York City. In the genre of shoot 'em ups, ...

"Ikaruga IKARUGA" was produced by Treasure and in 2001 started as a vertical scroll STG for arcade. As stated in the copy "" Ikaruga "" Ikaruga IKARUGA "breaks down the concept of existing STG," It ...

Beloved Japanese developer Treasure returns with a new Switch version of what may be the best 2D shooter ever made. We were beginning to worry about Treasure. It’s always seemed a miracle that the fan ...

Ikaruga is beloved (and notoriously difficult) Japanese arcade game from the early 2000s, and now it's coming to the Nintendo Switch. The developer, Nicalis, revealed this week that the shoot-em-up ...

on PS4 and Switch, which will be published by Pikii, it comes with a number of bonuses. This includes an exclusive Metal Earth steel model kit of the Ikaruga ship. It also comes with a special ...

It seems as though everyone's favorite vertically scrolling shoot 'em up, Ikaruga, will indeed be making its way over to Switch after all - according to a post on Twitter today from developer Treasure ...