Overview
Deathsmiles is a horizontally scrolling shooter arcade game developed by Cave and released in late 2007, featuring heavy occult and gothic influences; it is the second Cave shooter designed for a horizontally oriented monitor (following Progear and preceding Akai Katana), as well as the first Cave shooter released on a console in North America and the first in Europe, with an additional iOS release. Its sequel, Deathsmiles II, launched in Japanese arcades on May 14, 2009, and a compilation including both titles was released in Japan for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on December 16, 2021. The game is a horizontal side-scrolling bullet hell in which players must stop monsters invading the world of Gilverado, featuring five playable characters: Windia (Wind Magic), Follett (Fire Magic), Casper (Death Magic), Rosa (Spirit Magic), and Sakura (Magician). Mega Black Label, a limited arcade edition (200 copies) released in Japan, adds Sakura as a playable character, the Crystal Shrine stage, a Level 999 difficulty, and additional scoring changes.
《死亡微笑》是由 Cave 开发、2007 年末发行的横版卷轴射击街机游戏，带有浓厚的神秘学与哥特风格；它是 Cave 第二款为横屏显示器设计的射击游戏（前作为《Progear》，后作为《赤刀》），同时也是 Cave 首款在北美和欧洲推出主机版的射击游戏，此外还推出了 iOS 版本。其续作《死亡微笑 II》于 2009 年 5 月 14 日登陆日本街机平台，包含两款作品的合集则于 2021 年 12 月 16 日在日本登陆 PlayStation 4、Xbox One 和任天堂 Switch 平台。本作是一款横版弹幕射击游戏，玩家需要阻止怪物入侵吉维拉多世界，共有五名可操作角色：使用风魔法的温蒂亚、火魔法的福利特、死亡魔法的卡斯珀、灵魔法的罗莎以及魔法师樱。日本还推出了限量 200 份的街机限定版 “Mega Black Label”，该版本新增了可玩角色樱、水晶神殿关卡、999 级难度以及多项计分规则调整。
