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IGN XBOX 360 previews Every Extend Extra Extreme

The key to the game is to explode in time with the rhythm of the music. Detonate at the right time and you'll set off a massive chain reaction and score tons of points. Explode at the wrong time and you won't get the same effect. To help you out, a small bar at the bottom of the screen will fill and empty along with the music. The controller vibrates in time with the beat as well, giving you yet another way to follow the tune. This was a life saver on the loud show floor.

Mizuguchi was on hand at the Microsoft booth to watch people enjoy Every Extend Extra Extreme.
Once you piece back together, you're given a brief period of invulnerability to fly around and gather up any power-ups the wasted enemies may have left behind. Some increase the rhythm, sending more obstacles on screen faster. This complicates things but it also allows you to score more points, if you're good. You can increase the rhythm up to 20 times, making things truly hectic.

You can also grab extra time to extend your game. This creates an interesting dynamic. By pressing the B Button, you can cancel an explosion and come back to one piece more quickly. This prevents you from getting massive combos, but it allows you to pick up more time to keep things going. Let the chain reaction go too long and you'll end up running out of time faster than you'll want to.

IGN XBOX 360 Previews Ikaruga
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/821/821513p1.html

If you've played Ikaruga before, you should know exactly what to expect out of the Xbox Live Arcade release. There are a few new additions, but the game plays exactly the same as it did before straight down to the enemy patterns. The game is a standard overhead shooter with an interesting color twist. The ship can flip colors with the touch of a button, making it invulnerable to like-colored attacks. Switching colors to stay on the offensive, chain together attacks, and survive is the name of the game here.

The most immediately noticeable new addition is the improved visuals. Running in HD, the game is still taller than it is wide which causes a lot of the screen to be filled up with ugly bars. We didn't have the chance to see if TATE mode is a go. The game field, though, has made a nice transition to the HD era. It's crisp and clean and hasn't been given an ugly overhaul like some games we've seen revived recently.

1up.com previews Every Extend Extra Extreme
http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3163028

Every Extend Extra Extreme (E4) from Q Entertainment takes the Every Extend formula of exploding your own ship to cause a huge chain-reaction bomb even further by adding a rhythm game layer. The controller rumbles to the beat. In fact, since it will auto-detect the thump of any music (even country) that you stream off your Xbox 360 hard drive. An on-screen rainbow-colored bar at the bottom of the screen fills and empties along, too, so if the rumble feels a little imprecise, you have a back-up a visual indication. Since you can earn score multipliers up to x5, hitting perfectly on the beat for an "excellent" is another strategic move to consider along with how much time you're spending setting up your super chains.

Power ups are familiar types like extra time, faster fodder feed, speed boost, and a longer lasting shield. The limited amount of shielding after respawn means you have to collect the drops fast or you'll end up crashing.

Finally, for now, IGN XBOX 360 has a few new Rez HD screens.

Hyperlinked Versions
http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/963/963109/image_frame.html?image_id=1&screenshot_id=4901681

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/963/963109/image_frame.html?image_id=2&screenshot_id=4873367

 

[BuG]

Strange, the pictures weren't showing for me before but now they are that I've visited the site. Anyways, it's looking good but nothing I wouldn't expect from a HD makeover.

The 1up hands-on of EEE sounds like it was written in a bit of a rush though, heh.

 

[Threi]

I like this screen the most:

 

[traveler]

I like this screen the most:

Ugh- way too many jaggies in that one; I honestly prefer this one:

 

[shuri]

Is it me or they messed with the ratio; it looks odd in this one:

 

[Wario64]

Hey guys you aren't being funny

 

[ghibli99]

Hey guys you aren't being funny

Yes, but a link would have been nice...

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/963/963109/imgs_1.html (old?)

 

[RiskyChris]

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I love that pic!

 

[adelante]

goddamn u people i actually thought my browser screwed up.

 

[BuG]

So the pictures weren't showing up for you guys either? I originally posted them in my post because I thought the OP couldn't be bothered but then they showed up after I posted (and are still in his post on my screen).

 

[Fallout-NL]

I like this screen the most:

Ugh- way too many jaggies in that one; I honestly prefer this one:

Is it me or they messed with the ratio; it looks odd in this one:

:lol


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OP fails.

 

[BuG]

Your guyses browsers are borked.

 

[Fallout-NL]

Hmm interesting.

 

[Shard]

Yea, there is something odd going here, maybe I need to switch to link mode or something.

 

[RavenFox]

I play Ikuruga on my Dreamcast horizontal anyway on an HD set. Shouldnt be a problem for those who can do this.

 

[teepo]

ign screens are now exclusive to vista.