I think Ikaruga was part of a supersoldier reflex training program, but as a joke they released it to the population..

God decides to take an afternoon to see what this Ikaruga is all about.

That shield swap timing at 16:20 is just so satisfying. I've seen this run several times but just noticed it the first time. This person is such a god gamer.

It’s crazy how adding a little bit of text can make a game so emotional.

This might be the most impressive display of any kind of skill I've ever seen in my entire life.

It always gets me that the opening lines, echoed before the finale, foreshadows exactly what happens to you at 21:40. literally dying with no regrets and therefore not knowing if you accomplished your mission or not because the final boss dies just moments AFTER you do.

I watch this when I think I'm really good at something. It puts me in my place.

If I needed to prove to someone that the strongest asset a human can have is their will, I’d show them this video. The video goes by so fast, but the skill on display is the culmination of hours upon hours of hard work, memorization, and determination. You are truly an inspiration and one of the best Ikaruga players I’ve ever seen. Well done.

I heard about this game some years back when watching a video about bullet hells. Nice to see Sega reference this game in Sonic Frontiers. Honestly, a game about switching colors to avoid death sounds like mountains of extra pressure to me

One of the best videogames ever. Absolutely impressive.

Putting the story from Radient Silvergun and connecting it to Ikaruga, this is actually a very sad story all together. Without death, there can’t be life. Without sacrifice, there can’t be liberty. Without war, there can’t be peace.

16:10 This is the moment that finally made me lose my shit, when you ducked out of the core to change polarity to get those homing shots off on it before changing back and going back in. THIS is true art.

the presentation of this game is second to none i particularly love the final stage, the whole thing just gives me chills and the music just leaves me speechless - its art

21:23 - I shed a tear. Damn it, Treasure, you are not supposed to make me feel that.

"Was I helpful to you?...I'm deeply grateful to you..." I tear up every time I hear the ship say that.

It always hurts my heart to know they die without ever getting to see whether they were succeesful or not. Literally giving it all they had right to the very end, and seeing themselves consumed by flames against an enemy that refuses to die. The last thing it knows is failure, but a mere moment later those last few bullets hit true. Perhaps they knew somehow. Perhaps they were content.

Came here looking for Sonic Frontiers comments. Got just that.

If a human can complete Ikaruga on hard with S++, this human also can invent warp and beaming for sure.

ikaruga's patterns and precision put my brain into a "zone" that ive never experienced with another game. best i could do is s++ in ch1 and s in 2, 3, 4, never beat the game

Wow...damned good job. Watching it on this difficulty shows just how well a crafted shmup Ikaruga is. Some of those bullet patterns are beautiful.

This was one of the most impressive things I have ever seen in my entire life. It’s amazing what the human brain is capable of

21:23 In the end, The player ship along for final moments with absorbed with fully energy max, as their The Stone-Like said to any last words before the fighter ship bring attacked were came damaged wing and gets destroyed until the player is getting sacrifices as well presumably soon to died. And after all The Stone-Like has been destroyed for massive destruction of under cases. However in the ending scene were people came shocks and very sadden here on the ikaruga beat the game several is being sacrifices, and pretty epic music and bird flying through of mountain and sky.

This game IS a real masterpiece forever...... no matter talking about the design, system, music and most of all....talented players. RESPECT.

Love this game! Even with so little words, the story just feels so epic!!

Damn...you got skills. I'm impress by your game play. You are truly a master.

I think my brain died.

Switching with the music @16:20 , I'm done.

25 minutes of butt clenching interspersed with brief but abhorrent translations of Eastern philosophies... I LOVE IT

Ikaruga is Timeless.. What a Beautiful Game

I love this videogame's story, also the messages at the opening demo, and start of each stage. Are there the people who like story of this videogame? I think, old school shoot'em up's story is as better as movies.

This game is rather pretty considering its age.

Who knows how many iterations humanity went through since Radiant Silvergun....But this one took. This one saw the final defeat of the Stone-Like, and humanity was at last free.

Wow that ending I didn' see coming it almost made me cry.

I still love the movie "The Last Starfighter" even today. One quote that describes your expert skills playing Ikaruga at hard difficulty and high score is this: "RECORD BREAKER!" Great job!

Can't get over that last stage, thanks to youtube, its the only way I will ever get to see it.

When I'm going through some faiure or disappointment in life I like to come back to this video. If you fail a million times, it may be meaningful but not in a negative sense. You take took every necessary step to towards mastery, and that's what ends up mattering. Plus the game music gets me pumped every time

the opening music sequence on stage one is epic.

huh, that boss really is just ikaruga

Superb show of skill. My eyes couldn't keep up. I've listened to the soundtrack right through many times, but never before seen the end of the game. Beautiful.

I remember watching my friend try to get past the 2nd boss in this game when it came out 20 years ago. I sat there for a whole evening watching him relentlessly run the first two levels, he couldn’t do it. It’s just that kind of game.

the world: we are one step away from Horai's total domination.... you are our last hope. the pilot: my chains!!!

Bullet boy: Do not try and dodge the bullets. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth. Neo: What truth? Bullet boy: There are no bullets. Neo: There are no bullets? Bullet boy: Then you'll see, that it is not the bullets that bend, it is only yourself.

Wow! That opener never fails to give me the goose bumps. Retro...

This is beautiful. Original arcade gaming. Something long forgotten nowadays. Thank you.

Your ship going down before Stone Like is such an important aspect of this game's storytelling. Not at the same time, not just after, but well before the last shot is fired and the outcome is unclear. It aligns with all of the establishments the game's text makes since the first 3 lines of text, and holistically it speaks to the nature of risk and aligning yourself to ideals that are never certain to come true, yet being content in not the result but the attempt that was made. Ikaruga is the most beautiful shmup ever created, combining bullet hell with puzzle solving and poetry to deliver a message that resonates deeper as an individual progresses deeper into their own lives and experiences the stages first hand. It is all parts intellectual, emotional, reactionary and reflective achieved in under 30 minutes of presentation. To this day the fact that Ikaruga exists by human creation blows my mind.

It's the one thing that the original Ikaruga can't duplicate: Tageri-3 running at full speed. Only one player has aced that section perfectly to the last second - RNA out of Japan - but unlike the X360 port it has lag from on-screen items. This version runs at full speed. Fuckin beautiful.

....and here I thought I was good for just being able to survive levels 1 through 3....

Esse jogo é incrível!! Simples, porém complexo. O gameplay e a trilha sonora são incomparáveis.

I just beat Sekiro; I thought that was a pretty good accomplishment. It was nothing.

Congratulations for your superhuman skills

Thank you so much for showing me how the second boss looks like. I never had enough skills to proceed that far :)

My mind stopped computing the onslaught of bullets halfway through stage 2....

The amount of skill shown in this video takes years to master , this person probably has thousands of hours on this game a few dozen even a few hundred hours will not get you this type of skill, this is mastery absolute perfection

Holy shit, I can barely hope to play like that on the first stage.

I saw the end for 10th times and cried again as if it were the first time, what a gorgeous masterpiece

It really makes you feel sad when the ship blows with the final attack. The music really helps with the feeling of the game.

That was freaken amazing, great job man! The ending always gets me ;(

One of my proudest achievements was one coin clearing this game. As Kagari of course, idk why but Ikaruga's ship was always hard for me to see compared to hers.

This is one of the best unique bullet hell games ever made making the projectiles useful in a advantage.

Hats off. Incredible skill. Didn’t think this was even possible!

Aaaaaah! Fine. People like you are the only reasons I remain humble in my teachings. Expertly done! Especially on that stage 4 clear.

16:20 i see what ya did there, and i approve wholeheartedly!

Not me or anyone I knew could get past 12:45 back in the day. The strangest sensation for me was watching and listening past that point-especially hearing music I'd never heard before.

Beautiful play! And it's funny to see the staff roll of the version extended so longer than the original by just a few super creative creators

세월이 지나도 명작은 잊혀지지 않는다...2001년도 게임이라는게 믿기지 않는 퀄리티

I love the stage one music. I usually don't make it too much further than stage 1, so I get to hear it a lot.

Never saw something like this. I never passed world 2 back then, and now I see this? So freaking awesome! I can't do nothing but bow to your skill...! O.o

The beginning/end of this game is so awesome!! The whole game is so epic!!

I remember the first time I heard of Ikaruga almost a lifetime ago. Bought it for the GameCube. It kicked my arse for 18 months until I finally managed to beat it. It’s still in my top 10 all time. Although I’m now 40, and can no longer challenge it, it’s still one hell of a ride.

When I was younger, my cousin and I always thought that in the ending, the pilot ejected his seat...

The skill and dexterity is simply amazing! This game is amazing!

Always loved the soundtrack.. so much fun on a big screen and a stereo blaring.

wow! you are not Human... you are Super Human. That was amazing. I can't even beat level 2 haha I was never good at this style of gaming but I like watching. This was amazing, I have never seen such a beautiful game. My brain does hurt because I can not process all the data going on. man.. Great Job!

i have a theory, many say this game is a spiritual sequel to radiant silvergun, but i think it's a direct sequel spoilers: after defeating the stone-like (the golden tetrahedron), it's revealed that it's an atemporal being who seeks to stop humanity from destroying itself, by resetting time until they realize the error of their warmongering nature, creator, the robot, is the only link between timelines, as he's always found alongside the stone-like, this version was sent back to the past, carrying the dna of the protagonists, buster and reana, which he used to clone then in the new timeline, thus restarting the time loop. here's where ikarouga fits, after contless timeloops, creator takes matters into it's own hands and upgrades himself into a modified silvergun, and faces the stone-like, however, he had a power limiter holding him back, as to not stress his body, and in his final moments, he deactivates the limiter, unleashing all his power and destroying itself, his true nature would never be truly understood, but in that timeline, creator would be remembered a hero and humanity's saviour. thus manking can now move on to a brighter future.

Sonic Frontiers brought me here

start from 18:46 to 19:57, it insanely intense!

The transition at 0:35 always gives me chills.

右側の梵字は大日如来のバーンクで、左側の梵字は不動明王のカーンですよね。 この二つの梵字は表裏一体であります。

I always come back to this video just to admire awesome gameplay of an awesome game ☺

Sonic Team did you think we wouldn't notice you copying a whole-ass gameplay mechanic from another game lol

Testiment of skill.... I remember playing this game on 360 and I ragequit on the boss of Stage 2 after this game kicked my ass. Mind you this is a very good game, but damn it gets brutal at points. I watch playthroughs of games like this and they impress me. Good skills :)

Magnifique jeu, une référence dans le milieu du shoot. Le seul problème est qu'il est tellement dur qu'on a pas un instant pour admirer les jolis décors.

Einhander, Gradius 5, Ikaruga, Radiant Silvergun, R-Type Delta, Border Down, all great games came from this era.

Este juego es el mas genial de todos!! que buena dificultad!! Ojala lanzacen una segunda entrega de este juego! :")

Who's here after beating Sonic Frontiers?

This Video shows how amazing designed Treasure Games are!

I would almost be willing to say that this is a TAS but he dies in stage three, so it's got to be a person. But the reflexes, the knowledge seem to indicate to me that this is machine precision. So there is only one conclusion... This man is a Human TAS. Unbelievable.

That's the most incredible piece of game play I never seen!

simply amazing ... and trippy .. thanks for the video

This game has one of the most epic OSTs I've ever heard

Legendary. Truly legendary.

Gorgeous game. 4 People made this. Still great looking graphics, outstanding music, mindboggling gameplay. Everything. 4. People.🤘

há 8 anos atrás que esse vídeo foi postado, eu aqui em pleno 2021 a assistir ikaruga. o comentário em portugues que vc procurava.

good lord, too much passion, skill and glorious, so epic dude. 16:21

This game reminds me of Raiden... with a health bar on the top of the screen from all the enemies and bosses, switching sides (light and dark) called polarity, no bombs, slow motion boss explosions, bullets don't hurt you if you are on the light or dark side of your ship and it just builds up power to release from your ship, a chain meter, a boss warning intro, and no upgrades.

Epic game, epic music, epic playthrough!

This is one of those games that looks so good the backgrounds get you killed. You want to look at the details of the beautiful backdrops and forget that you have a hell storm of bullets coming at you.

This game is already hard enough on Easy , imagine trying to do this on Hard......you earned yourself a medal

And here I am, not able to play through 2 chapter without dying on normal. This game is sick.

Nice job! What system did you play this on?