Aksys bringing DeathSmiles to North America

Aksys is going to do something that many shoot’em up, bullet hell fans probably thought would never happen, it is going to localize the Xbox 360 Cave shooter DeathSmiles for North America. It’s surprising, because the SHMUP genre doesn’t as much love and support as it deserves outside of Japan and because DeathSmiles is notable for its extensive gothic and gothic lolita imagery. A release date and price haven’t been announced yet, but it should be enough for fans for now to know that the game is on its way.

In DeathSmiles, players pick one of four gothic lolita girls, Casper, Follett, Rosa or Windia, and then head out on a journey across multiple levels to try and reach and defeat Tyrannosatan. Each character has life points, instead of lives, so when you’re journeying through the stages you have to be careful not to run out of life points or the game is over. (It helps keep the game flowing without interruptions.) Each character also has a familiar that helps her by attacking enemies or acting as a shield.

It is not known if Aksys’ North American release is going to be the Mega Black Label version of DeathSmiles. Only 150 copies of the Mega Black Label version were made and sold in Japan, and this limited edition included an extra stage, an extra character and an additional difficulty level.

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