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Deathsmiles Limited Edition
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  1. Video Game: 1 item
  2. Platforms: Xbox 360
  3. Publisher: Aksys; 2010-06
  4. ESRB Rating: Teen
  5. Format: Limited Edition
  6. Sales Rank in Video Games: #4191

Product Review

5 Characters to Explore Gilverado: Choose your favorite gothic Lolita and discover their past before they came to this mysterious land. Will you choose Windia, the foppish English girl, Casper, the sassy German, Follett, the cautious French girl, or Rosa, the California valley girl? Travel down the roads of Gilverado and discover hidden dialogues among the angels. Mega Black Label: Test your supernatural powers against the onslaught of the Ice Palace and its forgotten protector! Put your skills to the test with a new scoring system which demands more but pumps out even more explosions of shiny point items. Fully Selectable Progression and Difficulty Level: You can choose your own route through the game’s stages and set the difficulty for each, from a level of 1 to 3. These levels allow you to customize the bullet count and boss toughness. Watch out if you choose level 3 four times though. Save and Playback Replays: Save replays of your own games to watch later for your own enjoyment. Players can also download the top 20 scoring runs on the leaderboards.

Amazon.com Product Review

Deathsmiles is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game for Xbox 360 full angels and demonic bosses. The first shooter developed by noted game developer Cave to be released for a game console in the US, Deathsmiles allows players to play as one of four female angels, using character specific powers to battle gothic and occult inspired enemies. Additional features include varying levels of difficulty, leaderboards and an online co-op mode. This limited edition includes an exclusive faceplate, CD soundtrack and boxart.

Deathsmiles game logo
Angel wielding a whip in single player action in Deathsmiles
Choose from 4 angelic characters.
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Manic action against various enemies in Deathsmiles
An all-new scoring system.
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Online co-op play mode screenshot from Deathsmiles
Online co-op play option.
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Story
Enter the world of Gilverado, a kingdom plagued by hideous monsters and tortured souls. Choose from four angels with unique demonic familiars and battle against a storm of enemies pouring out of Hell’s gates. Fight your way out of tight spots as you are surrounded by enemy units and bullets from both sides of the screen. The unique left/right shooting mechanic of Deathsmiles will keep you on your toes as you dodge and weave through complex enemy fire, beautifully crafted by the game development team at Cave.

Gameplay
Deathsmiles is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game. The four playable warrior angel characters possess "life points," instead of lives, which sustain them throughout the game and can be replenished. The game features a variety of play modes, including Power-up mode, which will unleash great streams of golden crowns, white tiaras, and grey skulls as you cut through enemies with your little Angel’s mighty magic shot. Try not to get distracted by the bling as you collect these gorgeous trinkets en masse and pump your high score to the limit. Additional engrossing functionality includes a co-op game mode and leaderboard available to players over Xbox LIVE.

Deathsmiles Limited Edition for Xbox 360 Includes:

Deathsmiles Limited Edition box contents
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  • Deathsmiles for Xbox 360.
  • Deathsmiles faceplate for the Xbox 360 console, featuring four cute angels trapped in a creepy gothic cage.
  • Deathsmiles Premium Arrange Album soundtrack CD featuring 15 spooky high energy tracks selected by Manabu Namiki, director of Deathsmiles.
  • Deathsmiles horizontal artbox and game to compliment the side-scrolling shoot 'em up orientation of the game.

Key Game Features

  • Five Characters to Explore Gilverado - Choose Windia, the foppish English girl; Casper, the sassy German; Follett, the cautious French girl; or Rosa, the California valley girl or Sakura the faithful witch of the swamp wastes. Travel down the roads of Gilverado and discover hidden conversations between the angels.
  • Mega Black Label - Test your supernatural powers against the onslaught of the Ice Palace and its forgotten protector. Put your skills to the test with a new scoring system that demands more, but pumps out even more explosions of shiny tokens.
  • Choose Your Path and Difficulty - You can choose your own route through the game’s stages and set the difficulty for each, from a level of 1 to 3. These difficulty levels allow you to customize the bullet count and boss toughness. Watch out if you choose level 3 five times, though.
  • Save and Play Back Replays - Save replays of your own games to watch later for your own enjoyment. Players can also download the top 20 scoring runs on the leaderboards.
  • Online Co-op - Two-player cooperative play is also available via Xbox LIVE.
  • Leaderboards - Check out your score on the online leaderboard, with rankings for each character and game mode.

Product Features

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review
4.4 out of 5 stars (17 customer reviews)

30 of 34 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Excellent, June 29, 2010
J. B. Shoopman - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 
This review is from: Deathsmiles Limited Edition (Video Game)
I can't stress enough how excellent this game is(provided you like the genre). Cave has long been known as one of the kings of bullet hell type games, but this is surprisingly the first Cave game to be localized for a US release on a console. The only other I know of to get on shore at all is Espgaluda II, which was released on iPhone and is also an excellent port.

Synopsis

There are basically 6 different versions of the game. They are split up into the original arcade port, a version 1.1 arrange version and an xbox 360 specific version. There are 2 versions of each of those, the normal and the MBL(mega black label) version. MBL versions are a special edition of sorts. In that version there is 1 extra character playable and 1 extra level.

Anyway, you are presented with a choice of 4 different girls to play and you play through an other world where you are attacked by monsters and spirits typical of a Halloween setting. You will fight flying...Read more


3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Old school fun, September 27, 2010
flywheels (Rock Hill, SC USA) - See all my reviews
= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 
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This review is from: Deathsmiles Limited Edition (Video Game)
If you grew up playing old school 2D shoot 'em ups like I did and hate to see that Japan is getting all the new old school games then you'll be happy with this U.S. release of Deathsmiles. It features side scrolling 2D action with very tight controls. Designed by Cave, modern "bullet hell" masters. This game even on harder settings didn't feel too difficult. You'll want to play through the various game types more than once - which is needed if you want to unlock the various Achievements. The bonus soundtrack and faceplate is a nice touch since this limited edition retails for less than more new releases.


4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Shoot'em'up released in the USA... so far, July 25, 2010
M. Link (Pasadena, MD) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 
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This review is from: Deathsmiles Limited Edition (Video Game)
Excellent game. Cave has outdone themselves yet again.

Deathsmiles is an excellent port of the arcade game, but it also includes the Mega Black Label DLC already on the disk. This means that you get 6 game versions on one disk.

Hopefully Aksys releases more of Cave's games in the future!

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