Death Smiles: Countdown to North America Invasion

kemical · Post by **kemical** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:05 pm

yea I had no idea what "moe" was..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_(slang)

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:04 pm

CIT wrote:
Twiddle wrote:I mean the moe aspects. The game part itself sells here already. For example, the majority of Cave fans here will still buy a game that featured only military hardware if that's what their next game had if the play system is good enough.
You realize that military hardware is not excluded from being a moe aspect.

Quite the contrary in fact.

That's why I said you're moe for RF

You know what I mean. Stuff that pops boners and not brain-boners is probably a more accurate description.

jiji · Post by **jiji** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:16 pm

I wonder if this is intended as "smiles OF DEATH," or as a sentence with Death as the subject, like "Death smiles." The latter would actually be kind of catchy and an interesting image, which is why I'm betting that the former is the intended interpretation.

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:23 pm

jiji wrote:I wonder if this is intended as "smiles OF DEATH," or as a sentence with Death as the subject, like "Death smiles." The latter would actually be kind of catchy and an interesting image, which is why I'm betting that the former is the intended interpretation.

It's written joined together:

rtw

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:39 pm

Hmm...seemingly macabre setting? Check. Evil name? Check. Zero spacing between two words leading to confusion about what the hell the actual name is? Check.

It's an Undeadline sequel.

...alright, I'm done now.

RoninBuddha · Post by **RoninBuddha** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:40 pm

if its joined together, like "Deathsmiles"

sounds like some pastry/cookie brand

jiji · Post by **jiji** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:43 pm

rtw wrote:It's written joined together:

The Japanese language isn't known for its affinity for intra-sentence whitespace, so a lack thereof in an English phrase written by Japanese could mean anything, really.

And, yeah, "Deathsmiles" could be a line of designer sugar cookies found at Hot Topic for $3 apiece. I can taste the plasticky frosting already.

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:50 pm

Twiddle wrote:
You realize that military hardware is not excluded from being a moe aspect.

moe + mililtary =

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:55 pm

jiji wrote:And, yeah, "Deathsmiles" could be a line of designer sugar cookies found at Hot Topic for $3 apiece. I can taste the plasticky frosting already.

I picture button/pin accessories and such that are shaped like designer cookies.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:04 pm

pixelcorps wrote:moe + mililtary = Progear No Arashi

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:05 pm

pixelcorps wrote:
Twiddle wrote:
You realize that military hardware is not excluded from being a moe aspect.

moe + mililtary =

heh, i like the "russian one" and "Electro loli"

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:16 pm

jiji wrote:I wonder if this is intended as "smiles OF DEATH," or as a sentence with Death as the subject, like "Death smiles." The latter would actually be kind of catchy and an interesting image, which is why I'm betting that the former is the intended interpretation.

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... 479#269479

hirounder · Post by **hirounder** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:56 pm

From new Arcadia.

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:08 pm

hirounder wrote:From new Arcadia.

So it's indeed a hori, but it scrolls in the opposite direction? Wtf?

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:08 pm

It's a hori alright.

It's weird since the screenshots have the girls shooting from the right side of the screen.

Edit: Herr Schatten beat me.

LUNardei · Post by **LUNardei** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:18 pm

I admit I was hoping for my new personal Mushihimesama, but meh. I can't play a damn hori, Ikeda, what did I do wrong?

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:21 pm

CONFIRMED: Its a hori!
CONFIRMED: That logo is for real!

stratos · Post by **stratos** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:24 pm

Lol, Lun, not only it is hory, but its a reverse hory

it's official: Ikeda doesn't want you to play his games anymore, and that's because you speak badly about Yagawa games, that Ikeda loves

LUNardei · Post by **LUNardei** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:24 pm

Macaw wrote:CONFIRMED: Its a hori!

CONFIRMED: That logo is for real!

Might be a "double scrolling hori", but who cares anyway. Ikeda I'm taking it personal

Post by **Shatterhand** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:29 pm

W H A T T H E F U C K ?

Cave is out of bussiness 2 months after the release of this game.

They better come up with something AMAZING. The title is horrible, the logo is horrible, it's an horizontal and it scrolls the wrong way!

Well, at least they are leaving confort zone and trying something different.

szycag · Post by **szycag** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:37 pm

I'm lost for words. I can't even picture trying to play this. It's like trying to read Hebrew.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:42 pm

maybe it plays like Sidearms, where you can shoot either left or right.

Or maybe it's a single-screen shooter? (haha).

nem · Post by **nem** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:58 pm

I dig the Halloween theme.

You know, that Side Arms comparison might be apt. Some of the enemies are definitely facing left (instead of right, which they should be if this was a reverse-hori). Heck, this could even be in the style of Defender or Fantasy Zone.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:07 pm

This game looks amazing!

Cave + campy horror + lili goths = ^____________^

Post by **Shatterhand** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:10 pm

Defender gameplay from Cave would be really interesting.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:18 pm

It's only a matter of time before the Shmups Council blacklists it as a...BORDERLINER OMG.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:19 pm

but Borderline is a shmup!

stratos · Post by **stratos** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:32 pm

Directly from AEX forum, Lun, 28/08/2007 14:56:

"Comunque oh, le "voci" sulla natura orizzontale del gioco (Deathsmiles) sono quanto di più infondato ci sia, state pure tranquilli"

Translation: "Anyway, the rumors about the hori nature of the game are definitely unfounded, relax guys".

LUNardei · Post by **LUNardei** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:43 pm

startos wrote:delfinitaly

DEFINITELY!

stratos · Post by **stratos** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:45 pm

LUNardei wrote:
startos wrote:delfinitaly
DEFINITELY!

Editedely