Overview Deathsmiles is a horizontal shoot 'em up developed by Japanese developers Cave and was released in arcades on October 19, 2007. An Xbox 360 port was released in Japan on April 23, 2009 (a Platinum Collection edition was released in the country April 8, 2010), in North America on June 29, 2010, and in Europe on February 18, 2011. Cave self-published the Japanese version, while Aksys Games published the game in America and Rising Star Games published it in Europe. An iPhone port was released in 2011. A heavily modified version of the game, Deathsmiles Mega Black Label Deathsmiles Xbox 360 release as DLC in Japan, and on the disc in Europe and North America.
Deathsmiles follows the exploits of the "Daughters of Dior" as they battle an outbreak of violent beasts and monsters in the world of Gilverado. Each of the playable characters has her own unique set of attacks, as well as a personal animal familiar.
Game Modes The Xbox 360 port has six modes: Arcade Mode, Xbox 360 Mode, Version 1.1, and a special Mega Black Label version of each.
Characters Deathsmiles features five playable characters:
Stage Selection & Difficulty Deathsmiles ' stages are broken up into four chapters. The first three chapters have two stages while the fourth has just one. The game also features a couple of bonus stages, Gorge and Ice Palace.
For each of the six main stages, you can choose which difficulty you wish to play on for that specific stage. As such, you are not locked into any one difficulty for the duration of the game. However, both the final and bonus stages have a fixed difficulty. The choice of difficulty adds the potential for greater scoring at the cost of greater amounts of bullet hell to cope with. Bosses are also tougher when selecting a higher difficulty.
Boss battle in progress. There are three difficulty levels normally (1-3) but an extra hard difficulty "999" was added in the Mega Black Label expansion.
In addition to choosing which difficulty you play these stages at, you are also able to choose in what order they are completed. By using both the difficulty and stage selection, you can manipulate your run-through to best maximize your score.
The game also features cooperative play in both offline and online modes. There are also online leaderboards on which you can post your best scores as well as an ability to save and view your replays as well. You can also download the top 20 scores online. Leaderboards are divided up amongst the many game and character variants.
Special Editions The first print of the North American Xbox 360 version was sold in a limited edition package including a Deathsmiles Xbox 360 faceplate and a soundtrack CD with the 15 arranged tracks. The European version was sold as Deathsmiles Deluxe Edition, a package including the original soundtrack and a disc with Windows desktop accessories. The Japanese Limited Edition included the arranged soundtrack and a download card for full voices.
Bosses These are the bosses in Deathsmiles :
Stage A-1: Deathscythe Stage A-2: Jordan Stage B-1: Whroon Stage B-2: Sakura (Playable character in Mega Black Label) Stage C-1: Mary Stage C-2: Bavaria EXTRA Stage Mid-Boss: Beastdog EXTRA Stage Bosses: Devaria, Givaria Crystal Shrine Stage: Ozier (Only in Mega Black Label) Stage 4: Jitterbug Final Boss: Tyrannosatan Mega Black Label True Final Boss: Bloody Jitterbug
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