The US is sorely lacking in one video game department, and that is the bullet hell, cute ‘em up shooter. Fortunately, Aksys is rectifying that by releasing Cave’s Xbox 360 game Deathsmiles in North America. Since it’s such a special and rare release, the company has even announced a special limited edition release which will only be available for a short time. After all, bullet hell games don’t show up every day outside of Japan.

Oddly enough, it looks like the only edition available is the limited edition. So if you’re interested, you don’t really have a choice whether you get a cheaper standard edition or a more costly special edition. Fortunately, the limited edition only costs $49.99…

Good news importers, Mushihimesama Futari Ver 1.5 comes out November 26, 2009. The Xbox 360 game Mushihimesama Futari Ver 1.5 is not only Cave’s latest bullet hell shoot ‘em up and sequel to Mushihime-sama, it’s also region-free. That means that you can play it, no matter what region your Xbox 360 is.

It’s also notable for another important reason. As Cave told Kotaku, the company made Mushihimesama Futari Ver 1.5 region-free to test the waters, so to speak. If there’s a large import response to the game, then it could mean more Cave region-free games and North American versions of previous Cave shooters like Espgaluda II or Death Smiles. Siliconera helpfully pointed out that the menus are in English, which would make importing even easier.

The Xbox 360 version includes the 1.5 version of Mushihimesama Futari, as well as all previous versions. The game follows the story of the search for a lost prince named Aki, who went into Reco’s forest to stop monstrous insects from preying on his people. Aki never returned, and now his brother Palm goes to find out what happened…