Death Smiles: Countdown to North America Invasion

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:56 am

No, they're not sold out. Readily available at all the shops, and will be for many months ahead. Legend has them brand new w/ poster for $2238. Fujitacommunications.com has them for 225,000 yen.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:57 pm

The prices have been announced for the port:

8800 Yen for the LE which will include a special arrange audio CD and 6800 Yen for the standard edition.

RackGaki · Post by **RackGaki** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:57 am

Sweet, another LE for me to blow money on.

antares · Post by **antares** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:36 pm

Kiken wrote:The prices have been announced for the port:

8800 Yen for the LE which will include a special arrange audio CD and 6800 Yen for the standard edition.

No edition with the nice faceplate???
Where will this be available then?

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:45 pm

I hope they did not reject the design. its very pretty, I would not normaly buy stuff like that but it will for the get on that

RackGaki · Post by **RackGaki** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:44 pm

antares wrote: No edition with the nice faceplate???
Where will this be available then?

I already forgot about the faceplate! Shit, are they going to charge another $100 for that, or do you think it will be available as a preorder bonus?

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:18 pm

RackGaki wrote:
antares wrote: No edition with the nice faceplate???
Where will this be available then?
I already forgot about the faceplate! Shit, are they going to charge another $100 for that, or do you think it will be available as a preorder bonus?

Probably something that they'll sell at an upcoming Cave Matsuri.

moonblood · Post by **moonblood** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:05 pm

Preorder is up at PA now

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 3:12 am

Weird how this one is already up for order while Ketsui's not listed yet, and the latter has a specific release date announced (for now anyways)...

ChurchOfSolipsism · Post by **ChurchOfSolipsism** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:21 pm

70 Euros is quite a lot o money, especially since the standard version is likely top cost no more than 55 Euros? I'm not gonna pay 15+ bucks for a soundtrack if it's not the Ketsui OST.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:03 pm

It's a pretty good soundtrack, but isn't this version supposed to be an arrange CD? Will it be the remixes featured in the PS2 version, or all-new remixes?

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 2:33 pm

Is the 360 port going to have the MBL updates? I can't see Sakura on the character selection screen, so I'm guessing no...

CStarFlare · Post by **CStarFlare** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:20 pm

I doubt it; MBL is still really new in the arcades. There'd be what, six months between MBL's release and the XB port?

If we see any MBL content I'd expect it as DLC a few months after the release. I would expect anything beyond the usual Arrange type mode on the disk itself.

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:28 pm

Yeah, that was my line of thinking too. It's a shame but reasonable.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:55 pm

I don't think anyone would begrudge Cave a few hundred MSP for the privilege of downloading extra content further down the line.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:56 am

Preordering the regular edition at the speed of LIGHT.

If the LE had an art book or something other than an unofficial mishmash, I'd go for that instead.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:53 am

Wow, I'm surprised play-asia's presold already.

antares · Post by **antares** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:15 pm

Elixir wrote:Wow, I'm surprised play-asia's presold already.

Glad I ordered the ltd. edition right away

Gmintyfresh · Post by **Gmintyfresh** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 4:22 pm

Preordered the LE on Monday

dmauro · Post by **dmauro** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 5:17 pm

ChurchOfSolipsism · Post by **ChurchOfSolipsism** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:46 am

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but right now it says that you can't even place a pre-order yet. Or does this mean that it's already sold out?

antares · Post by **antares** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:15 am

ChurchOfSolipsism wrote:Sorry if this is a dumb question, but right now it says that you can't even place a pre-order yet. Or does this mean that it's already sold out?

It means the stock that was granted to Playasia in the first place is now sold out. That doesn't mean that they probably won't get more of it in some time.

ChurchOfSolipsism · Post by **ChurchOfSolipsism** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:56 pm

antares wrote:
ChurchOfSolipsism wrote:Sorry if this is a dumb question, but right now it says that you can't even place a pre-order yet. Or does this mean that it's already sold out?
It means the stock that was granted to Playasia in the first place is now sold out. That doesn't mean that they probably won't get more of it in some time.

RackGaki · Post by **RackGaki** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:52 pm

Holy shit, I'm glad I placed my order when I first heard about it. I don't want to make the same mistake I did with the Otomedius arcade stick.

PPA · Post by **PPA** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:12 pm

Mmmmh, im not really a fan of horizontal shooters...altough I enjoyed Progear...(insofar not really loved it)

But since I am already ordering Ketsui and DDP...whats your advice?

Sandlegs · Post by **Sandlegs** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:36 pm

I don't usually like horis, but when i was in tokyo, i got my first taste of a lot of cave's newer games, and Death Smiles impressed me most. it was not what i was expecting, but better than what i was expecting. it will rock trust me. this is coming from a vert guy.

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:03 pm

I dunno - i wasn't as as impressed as you are.
It's fun and all, but in my humble opinion not on par with Futari or Muchi Muchi.
Liked the setting and the music of the game, but it didn't feel as satisfying as the other 2 i mentioned.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 12:54 pm

Jockel wrote:I dunno - i wasn't as as impressed as you are.
It's fun and all, but in my humble opinion not on par with Futari or Muchi Muchi.
Liked the setting and the music of the game, but it didn't feel as satisfying as the other 2 i mentioned.

Let's be realistic, nothing's on par with Futari these days. Maybe Ketsui, but eh. I still think Futari 1.5 has a lot more to offer, as well as BL. The scoring system's fun and the game can be played either to survive or to score. I haven't seen a single CAVE game since Ketsui that has managed to do this. These ports will probably drive non-PCB owners insane, unless CAVE decide to port Futari to the 360 as well. It will probably depend on the success of the Death Smiles port, which I've yet to preorder.

I guess what I'm really trying to say is, where else can it be preordered from?

hirounder · Post by **hirounder** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:40 am

boxart of limited edition

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:44 am

Mmmh, Casper is one horny slut, isn't she. :)