Death Smiles

johnny_ultimate

Just read on Kotaku that the wonderful schmup Death Smiles is getting released on XBLA in America. This was one of my favourite Japanese arcade games, and if an arcade didn't have Taiko no Tatsujin, this or its sequel was often my second choice.

Basically just a fun game that isn't quite bullet hell but there are still a lot of projectiles out to kill you. I'm hoping this makes the trip over here (no reason why it shouldn't, with the joys of digital distribution), and I have a Hori Ex2 ready for it

Anyone else played it?

CCCP^

Have not played it but it looks nice, was it just Arcade originally?

johnny_ultimate

CCCP^ wrote: »

Have not played it but it looks nice, was it just Arcade originally?

I couldn't tell you, but there was a significant retail presence for the game on Xbox 360 - well, as much as an Xbox 360 game can have a retail presence in Japan (read: nowhere near as much as Monster Hunter or Dragon Quest!) :pac: I would've picked it up, but didn't know if it was region free (I think Play-Asia has it listed as not region free).

It does look astonishing (very strange anime art style, which is always welcome), although I think I was mostly playing the sequel. It just seems like the kind of game that should be released given the rise of digital distribution. Treasure and others seem to be using it well already, so I personally think it is a good opportunity for obscure schmup developers like Cave to reach their niche market, since it would clearly not be cost effective for a full scale retail release.

o1s1n

CCCP^ wrote: »

Have not played it but it looks nice, was it just Arcade originally?

Yeah it's a Cave arcade shooter. Not something you'd See in Dr. Quirkys unfortunately though

johnny_ultimate

o1s1n wrote: »

Yeah it's a Cave arcade shooter. Not something you'd See in Dr. Quirkys unfortunately though

If I saw a Death Smiles machine in Quirkeys, I would track down the good doctor and shake his hand.

LoGiE

Hmmm looks interesting... What hardware was this released on?

o1s1n

LoGiE wrote: »

Hmmm looks interesting... What hardware was this released on?

I would imagine a very expensive Cave PCB.

Wiki says CAVE CV1000.

geotrig

Its on xbox 360 logie

as a arcade board its just jamma but still quite expensive ,released 2 years ago if i remeber correctly already has a sequel though .awesome game imo you can already get it for jap 360 ,yes region locked and now its getting a us release (locked again)poor europe again !
In most cases play-asia will say it locked to a region untill its released to 100% confirm or if the developers announce that its not locked teghy will update.

blag

I really hope the US release is region free.It looks like a realy good game and a bit different to Cave's other games.

geotrig

blag wrote: »

I really hope the US release is region free.It looks like a realy good game and a bit different to Cave's other games.

not a hope of it mate !:mad: its already confirmed as been region locked !