Rez and Ikaruga confirmed for XBLA
by Richard Mitchell 
{ Sep 12th 2007 at 11:15AM }
Proving that the Tokyo Game Show is about more than just announcing Ninja Gaiden 2, several new (and notably Japanese) games have been announced for Xbox Live Arcade. First and foremost among these are Lumines creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi's Rez and Treasure's Ikaruga. While Ikaruga's appearance on XBLA shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who's been paying attention, Rez comes as a pretty big surprise. If you're not familiar with Rez, you're probably better off watching the video embedded after the break than having us attempt to explain it.
Microsoft also touted several other games for XBLA including EXIT (previously announced), Every Extend Extra Extreme (ditto), Omega Five (impressions), and Triggerheart Exelica (a shooter apparently). Things are looking up for XBLA, no?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
thisguyrighthere @ Sep 12th 2007 11:28AM
Those have to be two of the greatest Dreamcast games. Both deserve greater and wider release.
I hope everyone gives these a shot.
GazzaScotland @ Sep 12th 2007 11:50AM
Played Ikaruga on the Gamecube, fantastic game.
Looking forward to these.
Jonah Falcon @ Sep 12th 2007 11:53AM
Rez was published in the US by Sony for the PS2. Hee he.
Jonah Falcon @ Sep 12th 2007 11:54AM
You forgot to mention Schizoid and Braid, which were also announced.
Magic Whiskey @ Sep 12th 2007 11:56AM
HOLY MOTHER....REZ!!!!!
That's it... I'm in heaven..damn...wow. You all have to play REZ the second it's out. Wait overnight that Wednesday if you have to. Dammit. Imagine my virtual shotgun pointed at each and every one of your heads right now. Play. It.
Okay...with that said, REZ can be called one of THE best PS2 shooters ever made. It's most easily classified as an 'on rails shooter', much like the original Panzer Dragoon. You can lock-on to numerous targets at once all to the backbeat of trance music. Now that REZ is indeed coming to XBLA, there's very little left that we are missing to really build up an amazing library of games, truth be told.
This absolutely makes my day.
ridestowe @ Sep 12th 2007 12:02PM
rez is amazing, any word on a release date?
elmersglue @ Sep 12th 2007 12:48PM
Ikaruga! Is it gonna have online co-op??? Cuz damn, my friend that i used to play that game with on the dreamcast just moved to D.C., it would be awesome if we can play this over live with one another. Ikaruga was amazing.
MYPS3KilledMy360 @ Sep 12th 2007 1:03PM
if you own an origanl copy of REZ then you know what the hype is about.
Anticrawl @ Sep 12th 2007 1:37PM
Ah Rez, the game my significant other loved to "watch" me play if you catch my drift, huh huh *nudge* alriiiight.
Anticrawl @ Sep 12th 2007 1:38PM
Wait.. are we gonna get the "Trance Vibrator" for this as well? Can we use the old USB one for the 360 for this game?
Scott Beeson @ Sep 12th 2007 1:46PM
check 1, check 2
Mark @ Sep 12th 2007 2:34PM
I think we need the vibrator support or it's not the same game.
Mauricio @ Sep 12th 2007 5:26PM
Has anyone played Einhander for the PlayStation? Omega Five kind of reminds me of that game, visually at least. Einhander was a really really good game side scroller 3D/2D Shooter.
rockeranimefreak @ Sep 12th 2007 10:04PM
O MY FUCKING GAWD!!!!!!! *JAW DROPS* I WANT REZ! NOW!!!!! IN HD BABY!!!! ;)
CaptainColon @ Sep 12th 2007 10:58PM
Never played either of these before so I'll finally get to check them out now.
Fleischpeitsche @ Dec 3rd 2007 10:00AM
OMG!! REZ in HD!!
REZ was one of my favorite games on Dreamcast, I wonder how big the download is, on the Dreamcast GD-ROM fits like 1,2GB so I hope the 360 version has all the music and trippiness of the original..
and yeah a wireless vibrator for my wife would be nice :-))