Kotaku: Deathsmiles

Let This Gothic Lolita Shoot Up Your Shelves

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:00 EST

DeathSmiles is a horizontal shmup from bullet hell developer Cave. It's not my favorite Cave title by any stretch, but it does have a sizeable following due to its Christmas-in-Hell asethetic. Plus, the game stars Gothic Lolitas, like batgirl Casper. People seem to like those. More »

DeathSmiles Makes Me Smile

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:30:00 EDT

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Cave's bullet hell shooters aren't exactly the types of games many players don't even like to play with control pads. So how's this iPhone version supposed to work? More »

American Xbox 360 Owners, Enter Bullet Hell

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 13 May 2011 08:00:00 EDT

Releasing on May 17, Christmas-themed nightmare shmup Deathsmiles IIX is U.S. bound. The upgraded version of the arcade favorite features new stages and will hit Xbox 360's Games on Demand for US$29.99. According to the game's publisher, the game isn't localized into English and player's can't use Microsoft Points (credit card only). More »

DeathSmiles Review: Shmup Complex

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:00:00 EDT

Little girls. In frilly dresses. Shooting things. Yep, you're about to read a DeathSmiles review. More »

Deathsmiles Limited Edition Is So Very Pretty

Mike Fahey — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:30:00 EDT

As if Xbox 360 gothic-lolita shmup Deathsmiles could get any more attractive, publisher Aksys reveals the Deathsmiles Limited Edition, packed in a super-sized box with a Xbox 360 and a soundtrack album. Now how much would you pay? More »

DeathSmiles Smiles On North America

Mike Fahey — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:30:00 EST

The top-selling shoot-em up of this console generation is coming to North America, as Aksys Games announces a U.S. release for Cave's brilliant Xbox 360 gothic lolita shooter, DeathSmiles. More »

Yes, There Are Gothic Lolita Shooter Underpants

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:00:00 EDT

DeathSmiles is a Gothic Lolita-themed bullet hell shooter from developer Cave. These are DeathSmiles underpants, designed to look like panties. More »

Bullet Hell Developer Offers Arcades Its Games For FREE

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 06 May 2009 06:00:00 EDT

Cave, the Japanese developer behind such shmup classics as Mushihime-sama Futari, recently announced a revolutionary way to release arcade games in Japan: For free. More »

The Biggest Shmup Debut Of This Generation Is...

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:00:00 EDT

DEATHSMILES! The game sold 20,000 copies in Japan during its first week on sale. This is the first traditional shooter to break the Japanese top ten this generation. More »

New Gothic Lolita Shooter Trailer

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:30:00 EDT

Cave's fantastic fantasy shooter DeathSmiles is coming to the Xbox 360. Microsoft, understandably proud of this, showed a trailer for the port at yesterday's press event in Tokyo. More »

Gothic Lolita Shooter Boob Mousepads Now On Sale

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:00:00 EDT

Cave is having its gothic Lolita arcade shooter DeathSmiles ported to the Xbox 360. The game's out this month on April 23. Know what else is out this month? More »

Let's Check Out Gothic Lolita Shooter For Xbox 360

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:00:00 EDT

DeathSmiles, the Gothic Lolita shooting game from Cave, is getting an Xbox 360 port. Check out this weekend event in Akihabara to promote the game. More »

Xbox 360 Getting Gothic Lolita Shooter Sequel

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:30:00 EDT

There's an article on Cave's maniac petticoat shooter DeathSmiles. According to shmups.system11.org's adversity1, Cave plans to put new arcade title DeathSmiles II on the Xbox 360, too. More »

Gothic Lolita Shooter Goes Christmas

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:00:00 EST

Here's more reason for ghoulish smiles. At this year's arcade show AOU, the sequel for Lolita maniac shooter DeathSmiles has been unveiled today. It's all Christmasy. More »

Xbox 360 Lolita Arcade Shmup Gets Release Date

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST

Xbox 360 port of Cave's Lolita arcade shooter has finally gotten a release date. It is April 23. Hooray! More »

Cave Announces Gothic Lolita Shooter Sequel

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:00:00 EST

Developer Cave's horizontal shoot 'em up arcade title DeathSmiles is getting a sequel. It's called, you'll never guess, DeathSmiles 2. More »

Xbox 360 Shooter Death Smiles Getting Limited Edition

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:00:00 EDT

More details about the Xbox 360 port of Cave shmup Death Smiles has been released. We have those details. Good for us and good for you. There will be two editions of the game: A ¥7140 (US$70) regular edition and a ¥9240 Limited Edition one. The Limited Edition version comes in a special box designed by Junya Inoue, who did the character work for Death Smiles as well as other shooters like BATSUGUN. There's also a special soundtrack CD, too. The game is slated for Spring 2009. More »

Deathsmiles Going HD For Xbox 360

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:00:00 EDT

Cave's side-scrolling loligoth shooter Deathsmiles — which I lovingly credit-fed at a Shibuya arcade last week — is coming to the Xbox 360 this Spring, at least in Japan. That's obviously great news to anyone needing a fix of girls shooting things in 2D, but Cave is doing the release one better with a sexy, high-def upgrade on the visuals. More »

Character Illustrations For Cave's New Shooting Game

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:20:00 EDT

Yep, seems we'll be getting another arcade shooter from Cave — and boy, do we love them Cave shmups. While the developer's last completely new shooter IP was the horizontal side-scroller, Golthic Lolita-infused Death Smiles, it's next bullet hell title is more moe. Otaku artist POP was wrangled in to provide the character illustration. Maybe in the vein of Cave's Muchi Muchi Pork, minus the buxom fat girls? Anyway, that's a sample right up there. Take a look. Cute! More »

Death Smiles, Cave's New Shmup

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:00:17 EDT

September's Shooterfest continues as side-scrolling arcade shmup lovers will be pleased to see Cave's new gothic horror effort Death Smiles. Like Tekken 6, it's on display at the JAMMA expo in Tokyo. A much longer, but less clear video of the game on display at JAMMA is available at YouTube. It's a good time to be a shmup fan, no? More »