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Xbox 360 Shooter Death Smiles Getting Limited Edition

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:00:00 MDT

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.

Xbox 360用ソフト『デススマイルズ』の価格、初回限定版、予約特典が明らかに [Famitsu]

Character Illustrations For Cave's New Shooting Game

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:20:00 MDT

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!

ケイブ祭りで新作シューティング [Sazanami via Canned Dogs via Siliconera via Game|Life]

Death Smiles, Cave's New Shmup

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:00:17 MDT

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?