Posted by Derek Yu
Thu, 29 May 2008 18:15:00 GMT
In case you missed it, Ikiki has released two new games this year, and they’re both pretty nifty! The first is Tobioriya, an archery game where you have to shoot people jumping out of a building (naked, obviously). Hold down the mouse button and release to shoot. Try to aim the cursor on the jumpers as the arrow travels nearly instantaneously.
In the second game, Curryki, you have to put curry on rice. The rice appears on the left side, and you have to squirt the curry on the right. Then the machine will flip the right side onto the left (like a page in a book). So the goal is to place the curry so that it ends up in the right place! It’s quite tricky!
Really like both of these, especially Curryki, which I think is pretty novel. You can download them both from Ikiki’s games page. Curryki is at the top, and Tobioriya is the next one down.
(Source: LaughingCrow, via Lithium Leaf. Sweet blog, dude!)
Posted in Highly Recommended, Windows, Action / Arcade, Freeware, Doujin | Tags Ikiki | 15 comments
Posted by Derek Yu
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:20:00 GMT
Our dear and prolific friend Ikiki has finally carved out a home for himself on the interwebs. On his website you can find downloads for all his games, as well as some bewildering animated gifs featuring the signature naked men we’ve come to know and love (see left).
Even better, there are two new games to enjoy (at the top of the list). Truly amazing.
(Source: Tim, via IndieGames.com, natch!)
Posted in Community, Doujin | Tags Ikiki | 27 comments
Posted by Terry
Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:32:00 GMT
You’ve probably already seen this on Tim’s new indie games blog, but it’s so wonderful that it really deserves another mention. Tekkyuuman (freeware.remakes.org mirror) is a new game by quirky Japanese developer Ikiki. And it’s one of his best yet.
As usual, you play as an armed naked guy, though this time your weapon is a little unusual – a mace on an elastic chain. There are twelve single screen levels to progress, with bosses every third level. That’s basically it – what really makes it, though, is just how well designed those levels are, and how how much character each of those bosses have. It’s addictive as hell, and quite hard! (If you’re stuck, I’ve got a full video playthrough up on YouTube which might help.)
I was under the impression that Ikiki had given up on game design (earlier this year Ikiki’s site went down and the frontpage was replaced with something suspisiously like a goodbye message – though babelfish insists that it’s got something to do with “Fat bowls”). Speaking as someone who only found out about Ikiki’s existance earlier this year with Xander’s Nikujin post, I really hope that this game is a sign that we can expect to see more from him. (And if so, what a magnificent comeback it is!)
5 Ikikis out of 5!
(Something I wonder about: what’s the Japanese indie gaming scene really like? Is there a Japanese TIGSource, for example? Did Japanese indies get as excited about Knytt Stories (say) as we did about Cave Story? Is there a Japanese version of Derek trawling through all of Cactus’ old games? Definitly something we need to DISCUSS.)
Posted in Platformers, Highly Recommended, Windows, Action / Arcade, Freeware | Tags Ikiki | 60 comments
Posted by Derek Yu
Sun, 25 Nov 2007 10:10:00 GMT
With Bokorin, Ikiki goes back to the basics… the basics of being nude and kicking the crap out of other nude people! Press the Shift button to jump and Control to perform attacks. You can get combos either by knocking your opponents into each other, or by hitting them again and again before they hit the ground – I’m not really sure which.
This one’s pretty addicting for me, for some reason. I think it’s that loud “hit” sound effect that sounds like a cow being split in half with a metal baseball bat. That, and the exploding apple on the title screen.
My best score is 1848. Can you guys do any better?
EDIT: A-ha! You can hold down the ‘z’ button to slow time. Thanks, Benzido (Champion of All Things Naked and Naming)!
Posted in Platformers, Windows, Action / Arcade, Freeware, Doujin | Tags Ikiki | 48 comments
Posted by Derek Yu
Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:40:00 GMT
Ikiki continues his theme of warfare with Rakkasan, a simple, single-screen platformer that has you shooting down soldiers that parachute in from the sky. Occasionally, a bomb is dropped at your location.
I was thinking, it would be nice if someone packaged all the games together and made a simple player for them. I might look into that once I’ve gone through the whole list!
Controls: Press A to crouch, Spacebar to jump, S and F to move, and use the mouse to aim; LMB to fire, RMB to reload.
Posted in Platformers, Windows, Freeware, Doujin | Tags Ikiki | 3 comments
Posted by Derek Yu
Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:23:00 GMT
Picked up Pineappo because I thought an Ikiki game about tropical fruit might be interesting… nope, it’s another overhead commando game!
The “pineappo,” in this case, must refer to the grenades you use in lieu of a gun (press “z”). You can also punch guards by pressing shift (very dangerous), or… perform an action which appears to be spitting (“x”). I think it’s meant to draw the guards’ attentions, but I’m not sure.
It’s fun to see how Ikiki’s designs develop from game to game. This one definitely feels like it comes somewhere between Tetuhau and Hakaiman, when you examine the mechanics involved, as well as the overall polish.
I feel like I just uncovered the missing link, or something.
Posted in Stealth, Windows, Action / Arcade, Freeware, Doujin | Tags Ikiki | 9 comments
Posted by Derek Yu
Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:03:00 GMT
IkikiWatch 2007 continues, thanks in no small part to pkt-zero, who provided me with a zip of all the games! Thanks, man!
This time I pulled out Tetuhau, which looks to be a precursor to Hakkaiman, which I really enjoyed. It is, as you can imagine, much more primitive all around, with a noticeable absence of neck-snapping! On the other hand, the cutscenes are pretty entertaining.
It’s extremely short!
Posted in Windows, Action / Arcade, Freeware, Doujin | Tags Ikiki | 15 comments
Posted by Derek Yu
Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:06:00 GMT
One of Ikiki’s earliest… and probably most offensive games, Niwatori has you clubbing cats that are trying to steal your chickens. But I think it’s what happens after you lose that is likely to provoke some outrage:
Now that is a racist piece of equipment!
Posted in Windows, Action / Arcade, Freeware, Doujin | Tags Ikiki | 9 comments
Posted by Derek Yu
Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:50:00 GMT
In this Ikiki game, you play a sniper looking through his sniper scope! Use your mouse to aim and press the mouse button to blast the little naked guys (it’s sad, they look so happy) as they bounce over from the right side of the screen. They bounce higher and move faster as you go along. After a few dozen of them pass, the game ends and you get scored. My best so far is 53, which is pretty pathetic.
I don’t know what I’m going to do after I review every Ikiki game out there. I might just bundle every one of his games up into a single zip and set up a bunch of mirrors. It’ll probably be like 30 megs. Which I think is the size of a butt cheek texture in Gears of War.
Posted in Windows, Action / Arcade, Freeware, Doujin | Tags Ikiki | 3 comments
