Death Smiles: Countdown to North America Invasion

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:46 am

GaijinPunch wrote:Yes you would. Plenty new kits went for 100,000 yen BIN, and even more for 110,000. You just had to be lucky b/c they were for a low BIN price.

I was talking about the kit with a 51k starting price.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:57 am

Elixir wrote: I was talking about the kit with a 51k starting price.

Starting price is irrelevant for such an item though. You could start if for a yen... it's going to finish in the same ballpark.

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:34 am

damn...well, if that BL wasnt coming out I'd be all over this.

CStarFlare · Post by **CStarFlare** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 4:05 am

Oh GaijinPunch, that's sneaky what you did with the first page

Geezer · Post by **Geezer** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:01 am

RuffNEC · Post by **RuffNEC** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:29 am

I will play this shooter to death....

Geezer · Post by **Geezer** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:17 am

....while smiling.

eretsua · Post by **eretsua** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:25 am

CStarFlare wrote:Oh GaijinPunch, that's sneaky what you did with the first page

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:03 am

CStarFlare wrote:Oh GaijinPunch, that's sneaky what you did with the first page

Whoops. I got sick of people hot linking so I added that man love wallpaper. There are probably still a few hidden gems through the sites I frequent.

RuffNEC · Post by **RuffNEC** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:29 pm

Geezer wrote:....while smiling.

depens on how good I am (will be)

bay · Post by **bay** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:57 pm

MEGA BLACK LABEL!!!

thank god it's mega.

szycag · Post by **szycag** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:34 am

http://aksysgames.com/forum/index.php?topic=12.0

Posted this in the Cave 360 thread, but just incase you didn't see it... Tell Aksys you want them to bring it here. Apparently they've stated they have an interest in bringing Cave games here.

innerpattern · Post by **innerpattern** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:13 am

bay wrote:MEGA BLACK LABEL!!!

thank god it's mega.

was hoping for ULTRA myself
MEGA=fail

Rai82 · Post by **Rai82** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 3:38 am

According to the latest Cave blog entry on Deathsmiles, they have a small group of 15 people handling the conversion of the game to 360. They talked about the planning of extra stuff to be put in the game, the game manual, promotion and business division. And also how they are thinking up 1000 points worth of achievements.

Plus this:
パッケージで大復活。
LiveでエスプガルーダⅡが、もしできるのならいいな～なんて思ったりしてます。

Seems like they are considering a Xbox Live release of Espgaluda 2.

Link: http://cave-game.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 4:10 am

Rai82 wrote:And also how they are thinking up 1000 points worth of achievements.

Well, they could always end up doing something like this..

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 5:48 am

Rai82 wrote:
Plus this:
パッケージで大復活。
LiveでエスプガルーダⅡが、もしできるのならいいな～なんて思ったりしてます。

Seems like they are considering a Xbox Live release of Espgaluda 2.

Seems more like the one guy writing the blog expressing his personal interest in these two titles.

Post by **system11** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:53 am

GaijinPunch wrote:
Rai82 wrote:
Plus this:
パッケージで大復活。
LiveでエスプガルーダⅡが、もしできるのならいいな～なんて思ったりしてます。

Seems like they are considering a Xbox Live release of Espgaluda 2.
Seems more like the one guy writing the blog expressing his personal interest in these two titles.

It would be nice if they did, though. I still think that one is underrated here.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:17 am

Not by me. I bought it at release and never once regretted it.

OmniGLH · Post by **OmniGLH** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:09 am

Zweihander wrote:Too bad it won't get a console port, thanks to Cave being douchebags nowadays.

LOL

Too bad you're a broke ass and can't afford a wapanese 360.

Stupid mother fucker waste my mother fucking time.

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:16 am

cave are a business. if developing console ports is not worth it financially, you can't expect them to do it out of charity...

on topic: what's the rrp on 360 titles in japan?

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 3:40 am

Internet: Where uneducated people tell corporations how to run their business.

Kaspal · Post by **Kaspal** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 3:47 am

OmniGLH wrote:
Zweihander wrote:Too bad it won't get a console port, thanks to Cave being douchebags nowadays.
LOL

Too bad you're a broke ass and can't afford a wapanese 360.

Stupid mother fucker waste my mother fucking time.

LOL ... tell him some more... he seems to be banned so he wont reply anyway! (but im sure hes reading!).

OmniGLH · Post by **OmniGLH** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:51 am

Kaspal wrote:
OmniGLH wrote:
Zweihander wrote:Too bad it won't get a console port, thanks to Cave being douchebags nowadays.
LOL

Too bad you're a broke ass and can't afford a wapanese 360.

Stupid mother fucker waste my mother fucking time.
LOL ... tell him some more... he seems to be banned so he wont reply anyway! (but im sure hes reading!).

Meh - Thats quite enough -
Frustrations is all.

With deepest apologies to the folks of the shmups forums.

I am looking forward to Death Smiles for the 360. I am still disappointed about Otomedius getting delayed but I wait patiently as is the nature of video games - always getting postponed what have you.

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:34 am

Since i played it last weekend, i don't look forward to the port THAT much anymore.
It's a good game and all, but imo it's not as much fun as e.g. Muchi Muchi Pork or Futari.
And it really is the easiest Cave shooter so far - i got to the final level on my very first credit.

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:14 am

There are three difficulty levels, IIRC. I take it you played on the lowest?

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:35 am

i thought you can select it before every level, but can't e.g. take always the easiest level?!
it got it quite mixed up, mostly 2, some 1, some 3.

Chi_Ryu · Post by **Chi_Ryu** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:27 am

Jockel wrote:i thought you can select it before every level, but can't e.g. take always the easiest level?!
it got it quite mixed up, mostly 2, some 1, some 3.

At most 2 at level 2 (one on stages x-1, one on stages x-2), and 2 on level 1 (same deal), and at least 2 stages at level 3. However, that is the easiest mode of the game - put it this way, it is the only Cave shooter I've 1CC'd, and that was after about 30-40 credits of play, tops.

(However, I raped the final boss with bombs, only played 4 stages at level 3, and avoided the extra stage like asian flu.)

Now, if you want a challenge, choose at least 5 stages at level 3 (OR the extra stage) for suicide bullets during the rest of the game (as from the fifth stage at level 3). Much more Cave-like :p

If you want a *real* challenge, choose at least 5 stages at level 3 AND the extra stage. You'll get the final stage in DEATH2 mode - fun times.

And if you want the ultimate challenge, go into the test menu, bump the rank up to 4, the enemy damage up to 5 (so collisions are as with bullets) and lives down to 1, disable continues, and set it to no extends. Then choose every stage at level 3, and do the extra stage, too. Still easy? :p

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:39 am

Kaspal wrote:LOL ... tell him some more... he seems to be banned so he wont reply anyway! (but im sure hes reading!).

He isn't banned. What gave you that impression? But please continue to provoke him.

Koma · Post by **Koma** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:09 am

No need to upgrade the damages or rank level at the set up.
Just play all level at rank 3 and Extra stage and you get a very kick ass challenge to clear it.
At least you can choose some lower rank at the route and get extra stage,the castle will have more suicide bullets with that.

kernow · Post by **kernow** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:18 am

I want to play this before trying to get one, I've watched countless videos but I still can't decide. awesome