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So long PlayStation 2, Cave’s new home is the Xbox 360. Deathsmiles is the latest in a trio of Cave games to get Xbox 360 ports. A magazine scan from Famitsu confirms Deathsmiles will get released in Japan this spring, but the scan does not say if it’s going to be a retail game or a downloadable Xbox 360 title. 5pb, the company publishing Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi X and DoDonPachi Daioujou Black Label X as boxed Xbox 360 games is not mentioned as the publisher. Cave is taking care of Deathsmiles. Recently, Cave published Princess Debut, which they also developed, but they usually team up with another publisher like Arika for retail titles. It’s somewhat strange to see Cave not work with 5pb, but if this is a region free Xbox Live Arcade game they don’t need to work with them. Wishful thinking, I know.
New features for the home version include an online ranking system, replay sharing, and Xbox Live co-op play for two. Old features from the arcade version are Gothic Lolita costumes, a skull powered lock-on system, and enemies approaching from both sides of the screen.
In case you aren't familiar with Deathsmiles this video has a selection of clips from the various stages with different characters.
Images courtesy of Famitsu/Cave.
5 Responses to “Deathsmiles finds a home on the Xbox 360”
August 28th, 2008 at 11:03 am
What is it about cute anime girls facing giants waves of death that make me so happy? Lets hope this is a XBL title, I wouldn’t even mind if they went the way of Penny Arcade and charged 1600MSP
August 28th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Was hoping this game would be ported to consoles. Looking forward to the possibility of a stateside release.
August 28th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
It still boggles my mind all these great Japanese shmups are coming to the system doing the worst in Japan, not too mention having the worst d-pad. I probably wouldn’t be so mad if they were region-free or maybe had a chance of being released in the US. Here’s hoping for a region-free PS3 port, I guess.
August 28th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Spencer: Its a retail game, they are releasing all those games on disc because “Microsoft dont want more Arcade ports on XBLA”, really… a stupid move from Microsoft.
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August 27th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Dear god that looks awesome. Wonder why these games never make it to America?