Oh god. I will never play Ikaruga again. Farthest my friend and I got was the boss of the 4th level.

The hell is this?

This

I really don't understand wtf this game is.

It looks like an overglorified galaga.


It is a shooter that is stupid difficult. You have two modes, black\red & white\blue. While in each mode, you are immune to bullets and lasers of that same color. You are instantly killed by being hit by a bullet or laser of the other color. You press A to swap modes instantly.

Combine those mechanics with clusterfuck levels and bosses that rapidly change colors on you, fighting both colors at once, etc. And on hard difficulty, anything killed shoots out bullets of a random color.

Basically, fuck Ikaruga.
Edit: Although, it was pretty fun with two players.