The new sequel to the beloved Raiden shooter series is back with Raiden IV, now available on the Xbox 360 console. You once again take control of an advanced fighter craft to battle alien enemies and save the planet! Raiden IV boasts the same "Flash Shot System" that Raiden III employed, with graphics enhanced for the current generation of games.Raiden IV comes with a variety of weapons to aid you in combat, the basic vulcan for barrage spread attack, the laser for focused firepower, the proton laser which comes as a trio of free-style sweeping attacks and finally the plasma laser, last seen in Raiden II and Raiden DX, a long time favourite among Raiden fans, that locks on to enemies.The Xbox 360 version incorporates new game modes not found in the arcade version: "Xbox 360", that allows for stage and difficulty select, "Score Attack", that introduces training missions set in various stages, "Boss Rush", a mode to continuously battle all the bosses, "Gallery", a mode which allows for viewing of all enemy ships in 3D graphics, "World Ranking", lets players place and show off their high scores online. Players can capture replays of their games for further analyzation of their gameplay. Last but not least, download content is available on Xbox Live, which contains gamerpics, dashboard themes, and new player ships for use in the game for a whole new perspective of gameplay.