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B003E6VK5Q

Release date

June 29, 2010

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74 ratings

4.1 out of 5 stars

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#111,687 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
#2,610 in Xbox 360 Games

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Product Dimensions

12.2 x 5.59 x 2.13 inches; 8.8 Ounces

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Video Game

Rated

Teen

Item model number

360-6

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

No

Item Weight

8.8 ounces

Manufacturer

Aksys

Date First Available

April 5, 2010

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5 Characters to Explore Gilverado: Choose your favorite gothic Lolita and discover their past before they came to this mysterious land. Will you choose Windia, the foppish English girl, Casper, the sassy German, Follett, the cautious French girl, or Rosa, the California valley girl? Travel down the roads of Gilverado and discover hidden dialogues among the angels. Mega Black Label: Test your supernatural powers against the onslaught of the Ice Palace and its forgotten protector! Put your skills to the test with a new scoring system which demands more but pumps out even more explosions of shiny point items. Fully Selectable Progression and Difficulty Level: You can choose your own route through the game’s stages and set the difficulty for each, from a level of 1 to 3. These levels allow you to customize the bullet count and boss toughness. Watch out if you choose level 3 four times though. Save and Playback Replays: Save replays of your own games to watch later for your own enjoyment. Players can also download the top 20 scoring runs on the leaderboards.

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Deathsmiles is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game for Xbox 360 full angels and demonic bosses. The first shooter developed by noted game developer Cave to be released for a game console in the US, Deathsmiles allows players to play as one of four female angels, using character specific powers to battle gothic and occult inspired enemies. Additional features include varying levels of difficulty, leaderboards and an online co-op mode. This limited edition includes an exclusive faceplate, CD soundtrack and boxart. .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } ul.indent { list-style: inside disc; text-indent: -15px; } table.callout { font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1. 3em; } td.vgoverview { height: 125px; background: #9DC4D8 url(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/callout-bg.png) repeat-x; border-left: 1px solid #999999; border-right: 1px solid #999999; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 250px; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; }

Choose from 4 angelic characters.
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Online co-op play option.
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Enter the world of Gilverado, a kingdom plagued by hideous monsters and tortured souls. Choose from four angels with unique demonic familiars and battle against a storm of enemies pouring out of Hell’s gates. Fight your way out of tight spots as you are surrounded by enemy units and bullets from both sides of the screen. The unique left/right shooting mechanic of Deathsmiles will keep you on your toes as you dodge and weave through complex enemy fire, beautifully crafted by the game development team at Cave.

Gameplay
Deathsmiles is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game. The four playable warrior angel characters possess "life points," instead of lives, which sustain them throughout the game and can be replenished. The game features a variety of play modes, including Power-up mode, which will unleash great streams of golden crowns, white tiaras, and grey skulls as you cut through enemies with your little Angel’s mighty magic shot. Try not to get distracted by the bling as you collect these gorgeous trinkets en masse and pump your high score to the limit. Additional engrossing functionality includes a co-op game mode and leaderboard available to players over Xbox LIVE.

Deathsmiles Limited Edition for Xbox 360 Includes:

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Deathsmiles for Xbox 360.
Deathsmiles faceplate for the Xbox 360 console, featuring four cute angels trapped in a creepy gothic cage.
Deathsmiles Premium Arrange Album soundtrack CD featuring 15 spooky high energy tracks selected by Manabu Namiki, director of Deathsmiles.
Deathsmiles horizontal artbox and game to compliment the side-scrolling shoot 'em up orientation of the game.

Key Game Features

Five Characters to Explore Gilverado - Choose Windia, the foppish English girl; Casper, the sassy German; Follett, the cautious French girl; or Rosa, the California valley girl or Sakura the faithful witch of the swamp wastes. Travel down the roads of Gilverado and discover hidden conversations between the angels.
Mega Black Label - Test your supernatural powers against the onslaught of the Ice Palace and its forgotten protector. Put your skills to the test with a new scoring system that demands more, but pumps out even more explosions of shiny tokens.
Choose Your Path and Difficulty - You can choose your own route through the game’s stages and set the difficulty for each, from a level of 1 to 3. These difficulty levels allow you to customize the bullet count and boss toughness. Watch out if you choose level 3 five times, though.
Save and Play Back Replays - Save replays of your own games to watch later for your own enjoyment. Players can also download the top 20 scoring runs on the leaderboards.
Online Co-op - Two-player cooperative play is also available via Xbox LIVE.
Leaderboards - Check out your score on the online leaderboard, with rankings for each character and game mode.

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4.1 out of 5

74 global ratings

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3 star		12%
2 star		9%
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z36

Great Side Scrolling Shooter

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 27, 2013

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Deathsmiles Limited Edition comes with game, music CD and faceplate for the older Xbox 360. Deathsmiles is a old school 2-D side scrolling shooter with five characters to choose from Windia, Casper, Follett, Rosa and Sakura to explore Gilverado. Choose your own route via a map after finishing each stage. You can choose different difficulty levels from one to three. The different difficulty levels allows you to customize the bullet count and boss toughness. I was surprised to see there was a online two-player and co-op play option via Xbox LIVE. You can also save replays of your own games if you like to watch them later. You can also download the top 20 scoring runs on the leaderboards and see how you match up against the best players. There are six different versions of the game. The original arcade game,version 1.1 and xbox 360 specific version. There are two different versions of each. In the MBL version there is one extra playable character and one extra level.

All things said and done this is a must have if you are a fan of side scrolling shooter. Even if your not a big fan of these type games you will love this game. I just can't say enough good things about how fun the game is and how hard it is at some points when you crank up the difficulty level to 999. The game did make me think of the game Ikaruga but it is a up and down shooter instead of side scrolling shooter but both are a lot of fun. Bottom line is if you like side scrolling shooters or not you will be pulling your hair out when playing Deathsmiles on it's hardest level.

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Robert

Very Fun Japanese Arcade Shooter

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 7, 2013

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This game is very short, but super fun and has a high replayibility factor. I was not able to test the online multiplayer, which seems pretty dead. This is an Xbox 360 port of a popular Japanese arcade game. While the faceplate is charming, it is useless for anyone who does not have an original model Xbox 360. It's also hit or miss if the faceplate you get fits snugly on the front of your console. Remember to take the old faceplate off if you have an original Xbox 360 and plan to use it.

There's 5 playable characters who all have their own unique fighting styles, and you fight through 6 stages in any order you want until you go to the last and final stage. In some game modes there's an extra stage that is very difficult. The highest difficulty of the game introduces bullets that explode from destroyed monsters that you need to eat with each character's given familiar, which acts like an "option" for those in tune with shmup lingo.

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Rocco J. Carello

Incredibly Fun and Highly Replayable

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 19, 2011

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Deathsmiles is a shoot 'em up arcade game from Japan that has been ported to Xbox 360. The basic premise is very simple: you choose one of four "angels" who fly around, dodge bullets, and use magic to destroy a variety of Halloween-themed monsters. Single player and co-op modes are available.

The game is suitable for players of all skill levels due to selectable difficulty before most stages and unlimited continues. Deathsmiles is short, taking about 25-40 minutes from beginning to end, but it also has high replay value due to the variety of characters, game modes, and difficulty settings available. Plus you can try unlocking the achievements, beating the game without continuing, and climbing the online leaderboards.

The hand-drawn artwork and soundtrack are quite enjoyable, the controls are very responsive and precise, and the game is pure joy to play. Don't miss out!

Also, for arcade purists, Cave and Aksys are working on a patch that will make the game's deliberate slowdown (during hectic sections) more closely mimic the original arcade game.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 27, 2010

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If you grew up playing old school 2D shoot 'em ups like I did and hate to see that Japan is getting all the new old school games then you'll be happy with this U.S. release of Deathsmiles. It features side scrolling 2D action with very tight controls. Designed by Cave, modern "bullet hell" masters. This game even on harder settings didn't feel too difficult. You'll want to play through the various game types more than once - which is needed if you want to unlock the various Achievements. The bonus soundtrack and faceplate is a nice touch since this limited edition retails for less than more new releases.

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Mr.Chunky Monkey

Must Have For Schmup Fans But Quality is Lacking

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 17, 2010

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If you are getting this game because you like "bullet hell" shmups then you should get this. Its pretty good and the difficulty is good.
There are big explosion and lots of enemies at once and million bullets. Your pets make a good addition because you can use them to shield yourself.

There are some serious problems though.
-The content: You play as extremely over sexualized underage girls. This doesnt feel right at all. Various screenshots of the girls hugging each other flash at you between levels.
-Graphics: the graphics are ok, however, I felt its something that PS2 can do.
-Extremely short: the whole game is condensed into 5 or 6 levels which can be beat in an hour.

4 people found this helpful

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M. Chapman

Great Game + Bonus Material, but Damage During Shipping

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 30, 2013

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The game is great and the bonus sound track + faceplate are pretty sweet extras. Really good shmup with a great art style.

On another note the limited edition box is somewhat flimsy and can easily be crushed. Amazon packaged mine with 3 other larger/heavier items I had purchased the same day without using any protection :P. End result the box looks like its been stepped on pretty disappointed. Hopefully my other orders are packaged better.

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jeremy

Great seller and product !!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 13, 2021

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Great seller and product !!

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GJS

Awesome game, excellant shmup/shooter value- great fun!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 13, 2010

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They really outdid themselves with this one. $40-50 for a game (with a ton of different modes, great graphics, atmosphere, controls) with a good localization. The japanese version was pretty much double the price with some of the extra modes locked as DLC.

Heck of a deal. If you are remotely interested in shooters/shmups- buy this and we'll get more! Support the cause and get a great game and neat little faceplate out of it!

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Elvick

Surprisingly awesome

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 8, 2010

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I'm glad that I took the chance on getting this, because it is seriously an addicting game. I thought I would hate it, given that it's a bullet hell shoot 'em up. Which means that the screen is often literally filled with bullets. The more I play, the easier it gets to keep track of where my hit box is and how to weave in and out of all the incoming bullets. Every time that you die, you're allowed to continue right there where you died. Which I was not expecting, but it makes the difficulty of it not frustrating at all. Most of my experience with the game is level 1 stuff by the way.

I've yet to master level 1 without using a continue, [best I did was no continues up until the second to last boss in the game] but I've tried out levels 2, 3 and 999 and it gets insane on those levels. In 999 I would die very frequently. Basically just spammed bombs the entire time to get through.

You have a health bar of 3. Which can be increased by earning 20 million points... yeah. I managed to do it once. You can restore your health with items, which seem really rare. When you lose all your health, you get the option to continue. Which resets your score.

There's also magic items which either give another bomb or fill the screen with one. Bullets take one full bar, hitting an enemy/running into it or getting hit with a physical attack take half a bar. Each time that you lose a bar, your bombs are restored [there are 3, so each life you have at least 9]. The bombs are insanely useful, they clear the screen of all bullets and kill all small enemies and usually with your continual firing kill the large ones as well.

You can power up your attacks when you collect enough tokens/skulls. There's a counter in the corner which goes up to 1,000. Which you activate and it powers up your attacks.

The game includes quite a few versions. There's Arcade, Ver 1.1, Xbox 360, MBL Ver 1.1, MBL Arcade, MBL Xbox 360.

Arcade: Basically the 'bare bones' version of the game.

Xbox 360: Nearly the same as Arcade. Has improved graphics and the first 6 stages have selectable difficulties of 1 and 2, [Arcade default difficulty is 3] and can be selected multiple times on the map.

Ver 1.1: You can move around your familiar manually with the right analog stick. Other changes [from wikipedia]
* Item counter is powered when it reaches 100.
* Item score limit is increased to 99999 points.
* In boss battle, counter bullets are fired during power up mode.
* When stage difficulty is set to 2 or above, counter bullets are fired during power up mode.
* When stage difficulty is set to 3, death mode is automatically triggered.
* When attacking a boss with auto lock shot, item counter increases.
* Extra lives are granted at 30 million and 1 billion points.

Mega Black Label Versions: Each MBL version adds; Level 999 difficulty, the witch Sakura as a playable character and the Crystal Shrine stage to the above three variants.

Each character has 2 endings. The achievements, for those who care, differ in difficulty. They run from easy, to in my opinion impossible.

There are some slowdowns, typically during boss battles when they use one of their various attacks that cover the screen with bullets. Though, it actually kind of helps to get through it. So it's not really that big of a problem for me and shouldn't be for you either. Graphics are okay in my book. It doesn't fill the entire screen of your tv, it has borders like a lot of these games do. Doesn't bother me though. The story is well, it's a shmup... so it's about as good as it'll get in the genre. Though, some of the endings are really touching to my surprise.

I've yet to be able to find a match online, which is a shame because the game would be really fun to play with people. The music is pretty good, and I'm all for soundtracks coming with games. The faceplate is AWESOME and it fits well on my black 360.

4 people found this helpful

adam phibbs

on time great price

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 17, 2019

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Cool limited edition cool shoot um up games and beautiful faceplate for x box 360 and soundtrack original packaging 5 star

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