is a 2000 vertical

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developed by Takumi and published by

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on Sega's

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arcade system board and later ported in 2001 to the

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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

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(much like Treasure Co. Ltd's ''

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''), 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- (). The music is exclusively

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l, with a chaotic sound to provide atmosphere to the war-torn world in which the game takes place.

Reception

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Giga Wing 2'' on their March 1, 2001 issue as being the most-successful arcade game of the month. The Dreamcast version received "average" reviews, a bit more positive than the first ''Giga Wing'', according to the

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called it "a good game. For a mere $20, you get plenty of mindless old-school fun, albeit for a relatively short time".

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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, ''

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'' gave it a score of 27 out of 40.

References

External links

*Takumi GW2 site
arcadeCapcom arcade/DC GW2 siteSega GW2 site
* * {{Giga Wing series 2000 video games 2001 video games Arcade video games Capcom games Dreamcast games Multiplayer and single-player video games Takumi Corporation games Vertically scrolling shooters Video games developed in Japan