IKARUGA TIPS & TRICKS
Colors
Your ship can absorb bullets of the same color. The shots which you inflict cause double damage if they are opposite colors than your opponents. (You can change colors (between black and white at any time) If you are in white mode you can absorb white bullets and inflict double damage on black mode opponents.
Enemy and bullet patterns
Learning the patterns of your enemy and his bullet patterns will help gamers effectively pass through required zones. Memorization will become imperative when the difficulty rises later in the game.
Remembering the color of bullets for an enemy will help you absorb an opponents attack rather than dodging for cover.
Control two players at once
With two wavebird controllers, set the receivers on the same channel and use one Wavebird on the same channel. You can then control two players at the same time. Set them side to side (horizontal) or (vertical) above each other by pushing them to the edges of your screen. If one gets wasted, you can quickly change color so you will have one black and the other white.
Increase score permanently
Every time you continue, the last digit of your score goes up by one permanently. For example, if you continued once it is a "1", twice for a "2", etc. This is useful for gauging how much you have continued once the "Free Play" option has been unlocked.