Death Smiles: Countdown to North America Invasion

CStarFlare · Post by **CStarFlare** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:54 pm

sven666 wrote:ed: hey GP hows bout you edit the title of the thread to include the BL and sequel..

Why doesn't someone make a new thread? I mean, if it stayed in here we'd have DS, DSMBL, DS360, and DS2 all in one thread. If DS2 and 360 discussions both become active, things could get confusing.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:00 am

It should probably get it's own thread, no?

adversity1 · Post by **adversity1** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:20 am

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

Deathsmiles 360 release date announced! 4/23!
Price: 7140 yen for Regular Edition
9240 yen for LE

And the biggest news....check out this ill Deathsmiles stick they're going to be selling!

14,800 yen at Amazon

It's a hori stick with the "real arcade make" to it. No details on parts just yet.

Limited to Amazon.com looks like!

Zero Gunner · Post by **Zero Gunner** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:43 am

adversity1 wrote:http://cave-game.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

Deathsmiles 360 release date announced! 4/23!
Price: 7140 yen for Regular Edition
9240 yen for LE

And the biggest news....check out this ill Deathsmiles stick they're going to be selling!

14,800 yen at Amazon

It's a hori stick with the "real arcade make" to it. No details on parts just yet.

Limited to Amazon.com looks like!

AWESOME!

Does anyone know if you can order from Amazon Japan and they'll ship to the US?

EDIT: Nevermind, apparently they do ship to the US!

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:44 am

Does anyone know if you can order from Amazon Japan and they'll ship to the US?

yes we do and no the won't

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:46 am

Oh nice. So which one of you in Japan is capable of preordering one of these for me?

Zero Gunner · Post by **Zero Gunner** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:04 am

Yeah, I just noticed all the "will not ship outside of Japan" disclaimers attached to everything videogame-related. What a bunch of pricks.....

adversity1 · Post by **adversity1** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:22 am

Zero Gunner wrote:Yeah, I just noticed all the "will not ship outside of Japan" disclaimers attached to everything videogame-related. What a bunch of pricks.....

It's fucked. I can't order anything from the states either. Used to be able to do that via Amazon I thought? Why do gaming companies/sales services like Amazon not want our money?

ex.machina · Post by **ex.machina** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:06 am

adversity1 wrote: It's fucked. I can't order anything from the states either. Used to be able to do that via Amazon I thought? Why do gaming companies/sales services like Amazon not want our money?

You don't honestly believe that this decision is made by Amazon, do you?

OneVurfedGwrx · Post by **OneVurfedGwrx** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:12 am

Currently enjoying playing this game in the Game Centres, although my gaming skills need work (far too many silly mistakes losing lives in the easy bits whilst sailing through the harder bits), so thinking fo getting the 360 port and a 360 before returning home.

BUT, as soon as I get my cred card sorted out Amazon stops offering preorders of the Ltd Edition of the game. Anyone know of any other Japanese online stores worth investigating or am I better off just preordering at a Japanese game shop? Japan only shipping is fine btw.

Thanks.

adversity1 · Post by **adversity1** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:20 am

ex.machina wrote:
adversity1 wrote: It's fucked. I can't order anything from the states either. Used to be able to do that via Amazon I thought? Why do gaming companies/sales services like Amazon not want our money?
You don't honestly believe that this decision is made by Amazon, do you?

Enlighten me?

I tried to order Fallout 3 from the states via Amazon.com and they wouldn't ship to Japan on it. Multiple books I've tried to order from the US site would not ship to Japan. Are the publishers making these decisions? In Fallout 3's case I could see it since there was controversy about content in Japan (nuclear bombs), but of course you can get it from play asia. So if play asia carries all this stuff both to and from Japan, are they simply ignoring publisher's requests?

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:35 am

I'm fairly certain that it's Amazon's decision.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:28 pm

adversity1 wrote:http://cave-game.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

http://cave-game.cocolog-nifty.com/phot ... 2/0001.jpg

what the fuck is going on here.. 8bil+ scores? i thought it was going to be a straight port?

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:58 pm

MBL scores, I'm sure.

VxD · Post by **VxD** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:14 pm

Actually, they are scores of the 360-exclusive version 1.1 of the game, as written on the screen.

dmauro · Post by **dmauro** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:24 pm

ex.machina wrote:
adversity1 wrote: It's fucked. I can't order anything from the states either. Used to be able to do that via Amazon I thought? Why do gaming companies/sales services like Amazon not want our money?
You don't honestly believe that this decision is made by Amazon, do you?

Yeah seriously. They're simply protecting themselves from the full extent of the jam. (see: lik-sang)

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:37 pm

moozooh wrote:MBL scores, I'm sure.

MBL will be DLC afaik. And will cost 1200 ms points

adversity1 · Post by **adversity1** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:26 pm

sven666 wrote:
adversity1 wrote:http://cave-game.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

http://cave-game.cocolog-nifty.com/phot ... 2/0001.jpg

what the fuck is going on here.. 8bil+ scores? i thought it was going to be a straight port?

This is not MBL mode, it's a different mode called version 1.1 which comes with the game.

See here:

http://www.cave-stg.com/forum/index.php?topic=346.100

Basically scores will be quite high in this mode.

cj iwakura · Post by **cj iwakura** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:45 am

This seems like a good thread to ask.

This might sound crazy, but my first exposure to Cave was their MMO co-done with Atlus; Shin Megami Tensei Online: Imagine.

Since I enjoy that, I figure I should look up what they're most known for.

I've never played any of their shmups, but I've heard all about their reputation.

What's a good start? Also helps to know what it was released on.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 3:16 am

If you're not opposed to MAME you'll probably want to get their stuff on that just to sample it - DonPachi, DoDonPachi, ESP Ra.de, Guwange, Dangun Feveron and Progear come most immediately to mind. And maybe Uo Poko for the heck of it.

CStarFlare · Post by **CStarFlare** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 3:23 am

cj: I'm pretty sure you're able to import; grab Espgaluda or Mushihimesama for PS2.

BryanM · Post by **BryanM** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:40 am

Guwange is the prettiest of those, if you're impressed by flash. At their core they're all top notch however.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:47 am

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-dd- ... -38wc.html

Presold already?

thamasha69 · Post by **thamasha69** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:04 am

I hope not. I will pre order as soon as this becomes available (if it does).

cj iwakura · Post by **cj iwakura** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:06 am

Seems like Atlus published most of those games. That explains the relationship.

Fudoh · Post by **Fudoh** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:46 am

Elixir wrote:http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-dd- ... -38wc.html
Presold already?

The Stick's Amazon-exclusive AND limited to only 1 piece per customer. This should make PA's allocation of the stick rather small....

Trevor spencer · Post by **Trevor spencer** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:24 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:It should probably get it's own thread, no?

yes

TodayIsForgotten · Post by **TodayIsForgotten** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:15 pm

I doubt id ever get one of these arcade sticks. Although this one does look nice. I'd assume the ends are usb? So, realistically this product would be compatible with all 360s.

kemical · Post by **kemical** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:48 pm

so is this the same as the high-end Hori's? The new one with a LS-32 stick??
What is the functionality of that clunky tab/box thing up where autofire switches usually are?

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:55 pm

No details on the guts yet.