Death Smiles: Countdown to North America Invasion

Post by **Icarus** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:37 am

sven666 wrote:never stopped cave before, and who knows they might offer to upgrade the ones they sold like with futari 1.5.. never said anything about it having to be a limited release or anything, actually if general consensus is the game is flawed in some way a limited release of an upgrade is higly unlikeley.

My way of thinking was: if it's like Ibara BL, then it might be a good thing (a completely different game system). If it's like Daioujou BL (tweaks to the original system), then unless they offer to upgrade already purchased boards (like they did with Mushi Futari, or PS, or MMPork) and not do the limited release thing (like Daioujou BL), then a BL version would be somewhat unfair to those who have spent a ton on the game already.

The fact that the game was apparently rushed out from the first showing, straight through short location testing and then to general release says a lot. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't previous Cave-style releases take a lot longer between the first showing and general release?

What's popular opinion in Japan regarding DS at the moment (besides "OMG LOLIS!!")?

Also:

On this page, Icarus wrote:Death Smiles ver1.5, anyone?

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:31 am

I no longer think there will be a ver 1.5 for this. Only reason there was a ver 1.5 for Futari was people complained Original and Maniac were too hard, and they wanted Ultra mode like the first game. So they dumbed down the difficulty for the first few levels and made Ultra ready from the get-go. With this game, it's already super easy. Nothing to dumb down. An Ultra mode would go against their philosophy for the game as well. This was not intended to be a bullet hell type of game.

It's also very clear that there is a lot of hidden stuff still in the game waiting to be revealed. This will likely make the game have more longevity and popularity.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:03 am

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't previous Cave-style releases take a lot longer between the first showing and general release?

Not a whole lot, if any. All of the "Fall" games generally come out in November... so, a couple of weeks max. Also, almost the entire game was shown at the AM Show... only the castle stage wasn't present.

What's popular opinion in Japan regarding DS at the moment (besides "OMG LOLIS!!")?

From the handful of 2ch pages I've read, it's pretty well received. Some of the hard core users are a bit miffed at the ease (one guy said he cleared it on his second credit and won't touch it again) but others are happy with it. I went to Mikado on Sunday afternoon. They had two machines there, and both had people playing constantly.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:24 am

GaijinPunch wrote: I went to Mikado on Sunday afternoon.

A bit off topic, but what's the deal, do they have a 1.0 Mushi Futari with Ultra unlocked there or not? Never heard any confirmation of that.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:32 pm

EOJ wrote: A bit off topic, but what's the deal, do they have a 1.0 Mushi Futari with Ultra unlocked there or not? Never heard any confirmation of that.

They didn't have it when I was there, but they rotate quite a bit. They had some other games that weren't there last time (old stuff). They might still have it. Not sure.

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:29 pm

That video was cool as hell. What a last stage!

Only problem I can see is that the normal stages seem a bit short.

I don't mind the easier difficulty, because...well, i'm not very good.

s/m

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:34 pm

I got the clear today. More weird shit on the last boss. I'm fairly certain I got to the last boss w/ 3 bombs on my last remain. Figuring there's no way in hell I can beat the 2nd form w/o some bombs, I no miss/no bombed the first form. Somewhere in the second, it got a little harry and I died. Thinking my game was over, I got up and had two life bars left. Still not sure what happened.

Radiant · Post by **Radiant** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:47 pm

EOJ wrote:-The lifebar is lame. Some things hit you and only half a block is taken away? And you get it automatically refilled to 3 blocks before certain boss fights? Even lamer. Once again, tell-tale features of a console game.

maybe this happened

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:23 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:I got the clear today. More weird shit on the last boss. I'm fairly certain I got to the last boss w/ 3 bombs on my last remain. Figuring there's no way in hell I can beat the 2nd form w/o some bombs, I no miss/no bombed the first form. Somewhere in the second, it got a little harry and I died. Thinking my game was over, I got up and had two life bars left. Still not sure what happened.

You get your life refilled to 3 blocks at the start of the last boss when you're down to your last life block. One of the lame-ass features of the game, IMHO.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:57 pm

That's pretty cheesy. The last boss isn't even that hard. That was only my 3rd time to get to him.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:41 am

Okay, I played all rank 3 today. Got my ass handed to me on Stage 4, and for the love of God, make sure C-2 is not your last stage. You're way too close to everything to handle the suicide bullets. I was using Folett which might've been a problem

Kaede · Post by **Kaede** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:55 pm

Latest Arcadia has DeathSmiles on the cover. Anyone know if it comes with a poster?

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-ap- ... -2azx.html

EDIT: Scratch that, seems it does come with a poster....but not a DeathSmiles one.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:03 pm

Comes with a "card" actually... not a poster.

henry dark · Post by **henry dark** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 6:36 am

Reams and reams of dialogue before the last level which is annoying.

Why can't you skip it? As if there wasn't enough button mashing in the game already.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 6:42 am

henry dark wrote:Reams and reams of dialogue before the last level which is annoying.

Why can't you skip it? As if there wasn't enough button mashing in the game already.

Because the game is shit. There, I said it. Soon, others will realize the harsh truth. And those who spent $2000 for the kit upon release will commit seppuku.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 6:48 am

EOJ wrote:Because the game is shit.

Hmm... and you've played it how many times?

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 6:52 am

I was just joking around. Hence the

Can't wait to play the game. Probably sometime in 2008 for me!

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 6:54 am

Ah, gotcha. It's definitely got it's issues, but hey... it's hard to get a credit in during night time hours. That technically means "success".

henry dark · Post by **henry dark** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 6:55 am

GaijinPunch wrote:it's hard to get a credit in during night time hours.

That might be partially due to one credit lasting for so long.

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 7:09 am

henry dark wrote:Reams and reams of dialogue before the last level which is annoying.

Why can't you skip it? As if there wasn't enough button mashing in the game already.

The dialogue seems pretty brief to me...

D&D: Shadow Over Mystara must be your most hated game of all time.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 8:04 am

That might be partially due to one credit lasting for so long.

Mushi Futari original lasted longer on average.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 8:15 pm

220mil ALL with Windia here:

http://b-board.rdy.jp/torrent/details.p ... c61216ce68

Guess we'll finally see some really good scoring strats in this vid.

mainpatr1 · Post by **mainpatr1** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:02 am

Death Smiles is the flyer for Arcade Flyer Saturday on Kotaku.

www.kotaku.com

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:19 pm

I hate Windia's voice :/ She sounds more like a bad show announcer than an angel >.<

"よし!　いくぞ!"
T_T

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:47 pm

PROMETHEUS wrote:I hate Windia's voice :/ She sounds more like a bad show announcer than an angel >.<

Guess you hated Tsubame in Galuda II and Palm in Futari.

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:04 pm

That's a shame cause I thought Windia looked cool :[

I think I don't like Palm's voice much in Futari indeed, but didn't see much of espgaluda 2. Same voice actress uh ? @_@

DirtyMonk · Post by **DirtyMonk** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:48 pm

mainpatr1 wrote:Death Smiles is the flyer for Arcade Flyer Saturday on Kotaku.

www.kotaku.com

Yeah, I noticed that too. It feels kind of surreal to see a Cave game mentioned at a site like Kotaku.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:54 am

PROMETHEUS wrote: Same voice actress uh ? @_@

According to my ears.

It feels kind of surreal to see a Cave game mentioned at a site like Kotaku.

First time I've clicked a link to Kotaku and it's been something I felt would actually be good.

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:04 am

GaijinPunch wrote:
PROMETHEUS wrote: Same voice actress uh ? @_@
According to my ears.

It feels kind of surreal to see a Cave game mentioned at a site like Kotaku.
First time I've clicked a link to Kotaku and it's been something I felt would actually be good.

QFT.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:53 am

GaijinPunch wrote:
That might be partially due to one credit lasting for so long.
Mushi Futari original lasted longer on average.

assuming you don't die that is