Deathsmiles II: Makai no Merry Christmas[1] is a bullet hell game by Cave, released in 2009. It is the third Cave shoot 'em up to be played using a horizontally-oriented monitor (preceded by Progear and the original Deathsmiles). Deathsmiles II is also the first CAVE arcade game to use polygons instead of their traditional sprites for graphics. A compilation of Deathsmiles I and Deathsmiles II was released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch in Japan in December 2021.

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Deathsmiles II
Developer(s)	Cave
Publisher(s)	City Connection
Composer(s)	Manabu Namiki Noriyuki Kamikura Yoshimi Kudo Motoi Sakuraba
Series	Deathsmiles
Platform(s)	Arcade Xbox 360 PlayStation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch
Release	Arcade JP: May 14, 2009 Xbox 360 JP: May 27, 2010 NA: May 17, 2011 PS4, Xbox One, Switch JP: December 16, 2021
Genre(s)	Bullet hell
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

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Development and release

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Deathsmiles IIX was ported to the Xbox 360 with additional modes in 2010. It was released both regular and limited editions which included a soundtrack CD.^{[citation needed]} On release week, Deathsmiles IIX sold 16,112 copies in Japan according to Media Create.[2] A platinum edition was released in 2011. The unlocalized Japanese release was made available on the US "Games on Demand" store in 2011.[3]

Reception

In Japan, Famitsu gave the X360 version a score of 30 out of 40.[4] Gamesradar rated the XBLA release a 3.5 out of 5 and commented that "despite everything it has going against it, Deathsmiles 2X stands out as one of the better shooters available in the Western market. It’s action-packed, easy to play, tough to master, and has a certain charm to it that makes you forgive its lackluster presentation."[5]

References

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)

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