Death Smiles: Countdown to North America Invasion

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:41 pm

ESP hearts = "bars" (like strider "bars").

So every game's remain symbol is a life gauge I guess, since both ESP games have remains, not a meter.

CIT wrote:Yip, Arcadia is also only speculating (note the "?"). Nobody has confirmed yet whether it really lacks forced scrolling.

That "?" is for effect. When have you noticed a magazine speculate such a massive game play element and be totally wrong? Especially right before it's revealed?

I remember reading in an interview that he'd like to do an action game and not a shooting game

He indeed stated he's not much of a shooting game guy, which is ironic as that's 90% of his resume.

kemical · Post by **kemical** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:54 pm

I've honestly always assumed Esprade's hearts were meant to resemble a life bar... due to how the characters recover from being hit. But who cares, ultimately its a number, when its below 0, game over!
Unless in the case of Deathsmiles it actually IS a life bar that is just segmented into 3 slots, maybe some kind of special attack power meter works off it.. speculation speculation speculation...

Hope we can see some video of Casper and Windia's Spooky Halloween Adventure soon, maybe the fabled Great Pumpkin from Charlie Brown makes an appearance as a boss.

*edit*
And I'm also wondering if the sidekick owl/bat maybe works in some way similar to Guwange... in one of the magazine shots the owl is shooting along with one of the main characters..

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:16 am

I got the issue. One of the pictures clearly shows the character facing an angle (almost straight down). Maybe Forgotten Worlds meets Section Z. Also, the owl/bat seems to be a ways away from the player character.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:42 am

Maybe it's a force pod lol

kemical · Post by **kemical** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:31 am

its kind of funny how much the curiosity (or anticipation) is growing on me, just because it doesn't look like a vertical shooter.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:31 am

Junya Inoue Translation

It's pretty short, but it's all we've got.

So far, we're pretty sure that it's not forced scrolling as there are pictures from the same stage w/ the character pointing left and right. It could go back and forth, but who knows.

-There is a counter, and apparently you get 3 stock bombs

-There could be some type of rotation or lock-on attack, as shown in one of the pictures.

-This game apparently has no bullets... at least not yet.

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:11 am

GaijinPunch wrote:Junya Inoue Translation

It's pretty short, but it's all we've got.

So far, we're pretty sure that it's not forced scrolling as there are pictures from the same stage w/ the character pointing left and right. It could go back and forth, but who knows.

-There is a counter, and apparently you get 3 stock bombs

-There could be some type of rotation or lock-on attack, as shown in one of the pictures.

-This game apparently has no bullets... at least not yet.

Thank you for the translation

This is getting interesting!

rtw

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:56 am

No bullets, ok this is getting weird.

BBH · Post by **BBH** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:04 pm

EOJ wrote:This game does scream generic. Heck, one of the characters is named Casper!

either that or it's a game where you ghost ride the bullets

GET OUT THE WAY LET CASPER DODGE

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:14 pm

Oi BBH, update your site.

BBH · Post by **BBH** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:31 pm

Macaw wrote:Oi BBH, update your site.

But... I updated it 8 months ago!

actually I do have one shitty review that's mostly done, maybe it will go up in a few days or so? No promises though!

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:40 pm

BBH wrote:
Macaw wrote:Oi BBH, update your site.
But... I updated it 8 months ago!

actually I do have one shitty review that's mostly done, maybe it will go up in a few days or so? No promises though!

Awesome

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:09 pm

The game will have bullets

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:15 pm

Yeah, guys. The no bullets comment was just a comment on the screen shots. There will be bullets... plenty, I'm sure.

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:00 pm

What about power-ups, will it have power-ups? I want power-ups.

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:17 pm

What about rank, will it have rank? I want rank.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:44 pm

What about what about!

I want I want!

Sounds like a damn wish fest in here.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:49 pm

Yeah, well... I want Swedish twins. We can't all get what we want.

Post by **Icarus** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:51 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:What about Swedish twins, will it have Swedish twins? I want Swedish twins.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:00 pm

No game is complete without copters.

Post by **undamned** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:28 pm

I'm pretty pumped about this game. I thought the Joker was Ghost like Swayze. I really hope it's as creative as he leads on in that interview that GP so lovingly xlated for us. Elements he wanted in Progear that didn't get in. And a design that would be fun to play for a long time. Yesssss.

-ud

DMC · Post by **DMC** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:38 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:Yeah, well... I want Swedish twins. We can't all get what we want.

At youtube you can get whatever you want!

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:18 pm

LMAO. I was getting into the groove.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:29 pm

DMC wrote:
GaijinPunch wrote:Yeah, well... I want Swedish twins. We can't all get what we want.
At youtube you can get whatever you want!

It's sad that I might know this...but wasn't that a loop of a song by Ace of Base?

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:59 am

So the director is Joker Jun, Ikeda may not even have anything to do with this game, and none of you guys are jumping up and down or whatever?

For all we know, both Ikeda and Yagawa are working on new games as I type these words.

How cool would that be, eh?

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:27 am

The art director is always listed as the art director in their games. The programmer is always listed as the programmer. Example, Haccan was the director for Mushihime-sama Futari. Ikeda was merely the programmer. The jobs overlap somewhat (although the developers don't code I'm sure).

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:45 am

I knew this thread would be good for something.

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:22 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:The art director is always listed as the art director in their games. The programmer is always listed as the programmer. Example, Haccan was the director for Mushihime-sama Futari. Ikeda was merely the programmer. The jobs overlap somewhat (although the developers don't code I'm sure).

But in Pink Sweets:

Director
Shinobu Yagawa

And in Espgaluda II:

Director
Tsuneki Ikeda

And in Espgaluda:

Director
Tsuneki Ikeda

I am sure I could come up with more!

Are you sure Haccan is listen as director in Futari? That sounds crazy.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:27 pm

He's not the art director in any of them though, which is what Junya Inoue is in this (and all the other games he's worked on). Even in at least ESPRade (probably everything) as an art directory he dealt w/ enemy placement and other things that would effect gameplay while it's still clearly an Ikeda game.

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 6:10 pm

Fair enough. So he might get the overall "director" credit this time while Ikeda will be listed only as programmer?

hopes=dashed

I wouldn't have minded three Cave games a year...