Giga Wing 2
{{short description|2000 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Giga Wing 2
| image = GigaWing2UScoverart.jpg
| caption = North American cover art
| developer = Takumi Corporation
| publisher = Capcom
| director = Makoto Maeda
| producer = Yukikazu Ozaki
Tatsuya Minami
| composer = Yasushi Kaminishi
| artist = Kei Toume
| released = Arcade
{{vgrelease|JP|2000}}Dreamcast
{{vgrelease|JP|January 18, 2001|NA|May 16, 2001}}
| genre = Manic shooter
| modes = Single player, multiplayer
| platforms = Arcade, Dreamcast
| arcade system = Sega NAOMI
}}
{{nihongo|Giga Wing 2|ギガウイング2|Giga Uingu Tsū}} is a 2000 vertical scrolling shooter arcade game developed by Takumi and published by Capcom on Sega's NAOMI arcade system board and later ported in 2001 to the Dreamcast console. The arcade version is notable both for its excessive scores (scores in the quintillions are not unheard of), and for using a horizontally aligned monitor (much like Treasure Co. Ltd's Radiant Silvergun), something that is considered rare for a vertical shooter.
Dreamcast version
It added score attack mode, 4-player mode, gallery mode, online ranking features. Online ranking service was ended on 10 December 2003.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack to Giga Wing 2 was released on CD, bundled with the soundtrack to Mars Matrix, both composed by the Japanese composer Yasushi Kaminishi -上西 泰史- ({{ill|上西泰史|ja|vertical-align=sup}}). The music is exclusively orchestral, with a chaotic sound to provide atmosphere to the war-torn world in which the game takes place.{{cite web |url=https://vgmdb.net/artist/3761 |title=Yasushi Kaminishi |website=VGMDb |access-date=2019-08-23 |archive-date=2019-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823174316/https://vgmdb.net/artist/3761 |url-status=live }}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
|MC = 70/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/giga-wing-2/critic-reviews/?platform=dreamcast |title=Giga Wing 2 for Dreamcast Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=2019-08-23 |archive-date=2019-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120095621/https://www.metacritic.com/game/dreamcast/giga-wing-2 |url-status=live }}
|Edge = 6/10{{cite magazine |author=Edge staff |title=Giga Wing 2 (DC) |magazine=Edge |publisher=Future plc |issue=95 |date=March 2001}}
|EGM = 6/6.5/8{{cite magazine |last1=Hsu |first1=Dan |last2=Boyer |first2=Crispin |last3=Dudlak |first3=Jonathan |date=July 2001 |title=Giga Wing 2 |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=144 |page=107}}
|Fam = 27/40{{cite magazine |url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=12551&redirect=no |title=ギガウィング2 [ドリームキャスト] |language=ja |magazine=Famitsu |publisher=Enterbrain |accessdate=August 23, 2019}}
|GameRev = B{{cite web |last=Nash |first=Joe |date=May 2001 |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/32211-xxxxxxxxxx-review |title=Gigawing 2 [sic] Review |website=Game Revolution |publisher=CraveOnline |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041114033832/http://www.gamerevolution.com/games/dreamcast/action/giga_wing2.htm |archive-date=November 14, 2004 |url-status=live |accessdate=August 23, 2019}}
|GSpot = 7/10{{cite web |last=Lopez |first=Miguel |date=May 2, 2001 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/gigawing-2-review/1900-2714914/ |title=GigaWing 2 Review |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=August 23, 2019 |archive-date=August 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823153725/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/gigawing-2-review/1900-2714914/ |url-status=live }}
|GSpy = 9/10{{cite web |author=silvergun |date=June 11, 2001 |url=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/gigawing2/ |title=Giga Wing 2 |website=PlanetDreamcast |publisher=IGN Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112231721/http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/gigawing2/ |archive-date=January 12, 2009 |url-status=dead |accessdate=August 23, 2019}}
|IGN = 5/10{{cite web |last=Gantayat |first=Anoop |date=February 15, 2001 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/02/16/giga-wing-2-import |title=Giga Wing 2 (Import) (DC) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=August 23, 2019 |archive-date=August 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823175637/https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/02/16/giga-wing-2-import |url-status=live }}
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In Japan, Game Machine listed Giga Wing 2 on their March 1, 2001 issue as being the most-successful arcade game of the month.{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=629|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 March 2001|page=17|lang=ja}}
The Dreamcast version received "average" reviews, a bit more positive than the first Giga Wing, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Game Revolution called it "a good game. For a mere $20, you get plenty of mindless old-school fun, albeit for a relatively short time". GameSpot said: "You'd be hard-pressed to find a more visually impressive shooter on the Dreamcast, and the game is highly playable to boot". In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 27 out of 40.
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References
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External links
- Takumi GW2 site: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070102013627/http://www.takumi-net.co.jp/products_arcade/shooting_giga2/ac_giga2.htm arcade], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090827223736/http://www.takumi-net.co.jp/products_consumer/cons_giga2/cons_giga2.htm DC]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090221045120/http://www.capcom.co.jp/newproducts/arcade/gigawing2/ Capcom arcade/DC GW2 site]
- [http://sega.jp/dc/010106/ Sega GW2 site]
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{{Giga Wing series}}
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Takumi Corporation games