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* ArrangeMode: In the "Mega Black Label", you can activate the SuperMode at at least 500 items[[note]]which normally needs at least 10,000 items[[/note]], and the Ice Palace is added as a new stage, as well as a HarderThanHard Level 999 difficulty, a new TrueFinalBoss, and Sakura, a new playable character who [[GameBreaker breaks the game]] even more than Rosa. The UsefulNotes/XBox360 port also includes "Version 1.1", a mode that allows you to move your familiar independently of your character, but makes it so that bosses and enemies release counter bullets when attacked. In addition, you can activate the SuperMode at 100 items, and canceled counter/suicide bullets become collectible items.

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* ArrangeMode: In the "Mega Black Label", you can activate the SuperMode at at least 500 items[[note]]which normally needs at least 10,000 items[[/note]], and the Ice Palace is added as a new stage, as well as a HarderThanHard Level 999 difficulty, a new TrueFinalBoss, and Sakura, a new playable character who [[GameBreaker breaks the game]] even more than Rosa. The UsefulNotes/XBox360 Platform/XBox360 port also includes "Version 1.1", a mode that allows you to move your familiar independently of your character, but makes it so that bosses and enemies release counter bullets when attacked. In addition, you can activate the SuperMode at 100 items, and canceled counter/suicide bullets become collectible items.
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An [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS port]] with a radically-different additional gameplay mode was released on July 7, 2011. A Windows port based on the Xbox 360 version was released on Steam in March 2016.

The second game, ''Deathsmiles II: Hell's Christmas'' released in 2009. It received a greatly-expanded port for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 in 2010 named ''Deathsmiles II X''. Unlike the first game, Cave did not localize the game. Instead, they sold the game for $29.99 Xbox Live's Games On Demand, [[BadExportForYou without localization or even textual translation]].

A CompilationRerelease of both games for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch by City Connection, ''Deathsmiles I & II'', was released on December 15 and 16, 2021 (depending on time zone) for all major regions, except for the North American and European Switch versions which were released on December 30, 2021. This release finally translates ''Deathsmiles II'' into English, and features characters from the mobile spin-off ''Gothic wa Mahou Otome'' as paid DLC. A PC port is slated to come on June 23, 2022.

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An [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames [[Platform/{{iOS}} iOS port]] with a radically-different additional gameplay mode was released on July 7, 2011. A Windows port based on the Xbox 360 version was released on Steam in March 2016.

The second game, ''Deathsmiles II: Hell's Christmas'' released in 2009. It received a greatly-expanded port for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 Platform/Xbox360 in 2010 named ''Deathsmiles II X''. Unlike the first game, Cave did not localize the game. Instead, they sold the game for $29.99 Xbox Live's Games On Demand, [[BadExportForYou without localization or even textual translation]].

A CompilationRerelease of both games for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Platform/NintendoSwitch by City Connection, ''Deathsmiles I & II'', was released on December 15 and 16, 2021 (depending on time zone) for all major regions, except for the North American and European Switch versions which were released on December 30, 2021. This release finally translates ''Deathsmiles II'' into English, and features characters from the mobile spin-off ''Gothic wa Mahou Otome'' as paid DLC. A PC port is slated to come on June 23, 2022.
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''Death Smiles'' is another one of Creator/{{CAVE}}'s {{bullet hell}} [[ShootEmUp shoot'em ups]], this time with a [[ElegantGothicLolita loli-goth]] theme. Of note is that this game scrolls horizontally instead of vertically, and that you can select the difficulty per stage rather than per run. This is also the first home console release of a CAVE game to be [[NoExportForYou released outside of Japan]] by Creator/AksysGames. Character designs, writing, and planning were done by longtime CAVE collaborator "Joker" Creator/JunyaInoue. A drama CD series was released in 2010.

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''Death Smiles'' is another one of Creator/{{CAVE}}'s {{bullet hell}} [[ShootEmUp shoot'em ups]], this time with a [[ElegantGothicLolita loli-goth]] theme. Of First released in Japanese arcades in late 2007 (then for Xbox 360 in all territories between 2009-2011), of note is that this game scrolls horizontally instead of vertically, and that you can select the difficulty per stage rather than per run. This is also the first home console release of a CAVE game to be [[NoExportForYou released outside of Japan]] by Creator/AksysGames. Character designs, writing, and planning were done by longtime CAVE collaborator "Joker" Creator/JunyaInoue. A drama CD series was released in 2010.



The second game, ''Deathsmiles II: Hell's Christmas'' is the sequel. It received a greatly-expanded port for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 named ''Deathsmiles II X''. Unlike the first game, Cave did not localize the game. Instead, they sold the game for $29.99 Xbox Live's Games On Demand, [[BadExportForYou without localization or even textual translation]].

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The second game, ''Deathsmiles II: Hell's Christmas'' is the sequel. released in 2009. It received a greatly-expanded port for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 in 2010 named ''Deathsmiles II X''. Unlike the first game, Cave did not localize the game. Instead, they sold the game for $29.99 Xbox Live's Games On Demand, [[BadExportForYou without localization or even textual translation]].
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Widget Series has been renamed to Quirky Work as per TRS (it's also YMMV).


* WidgetSeries: How often do you see a shoot-em-up involving demon-slaying gothic lolita?
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* TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Bloody Jitterbug]] in ''Mega Black Label''.

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* TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Bloody Jitterbug]] in ''Mega Black Label''.Label'', which takes an enormous amount of effort to even encounter. [[spoiler:You need to clear the entire game at Lv. 999 without using a continue. That includes both of the Extra Stages, at which point you're no longer allowed to lose a life from that point onward. After you fulfill those conditions, Bloody Jitterbug will show himself after you defeat Tyrannosatan.]]
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Doesn't establish that big breasts are preferred by other characters.


* HospitalHottie: Follett wears a nurse hat and is one of the [[BuxomIsBetter better-developed]] characters.

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* HospitalHottie: Follett wears a nurse hat and is one of the [[BuxomIsBetter better-developed]] better-developed characters.
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* ImprobablyFemaleCast: The entire playable cast are all girls with only two guys of significant importance. One is the benevolent caretaker for the girls, the other...not so much.

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* ImprobablyFemaleCast: The entire playable cast are all girls with only two guys of significant importance. One is the benevolent caretaker for the girls, the other...not so much. The sequel adds in a playable boy in Lei, though that's just one boy out of five other girls he's with.
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* ImprobablyFemaleCast

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* ImprobablyFemaleCastImprobablyFemaleCast: The entire playable cast are all girls with only two guys of significant importance. One is the benevolent caretaker for the girls, the other...not so much.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3lkUru2HY4 The Gorge]] in all versions, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1-dQJUXkvE Ice Palace]] in ''Mega Black Label''. The former is [[ThatOneLevel extremely]] [[NintendoHard hard]], not recommended even on a scoring run unless you can finish it.
** The Ice Palace could almost count as a BonusStage, if not for failing some of the major criteria -- if you walk in there capped at 1,000 items, expect to STAY in super mode for the bulk of the level, and max out your Life Gauge, too. 11,918,736,259 points in one stage at the cost of increasing the difficulty a bit? LetsGetDangerous!
** The sequel has a CircusOfFear. It actually isn't that much harder than the normal stages (mostly due to intentional slowdown). Then you reach [[BonusBoss the boss]]...

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3lkUru2HY4 The Gorge]] in all versions, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1-dQJUXkvE Ice Palace]] in ''Mega Black Label''. The former is [[ThatOneLevel extremely]] [[NintendoHard extremely hard]], not recommended even on a scoring run unless you can finish it.
** The Ice Palace could almost count as a BonusStage, if not for failing some of the major criteria -- if you walk in there capped at 1,000 items, expect to STAY in super mode for the bulk of the level, and max out your Life Gauge, too. 11,918,736,259 points in one stage at the cost of increasing the difficulty a bit? LetsGetDangerous!
bit may very well be worth it if you are going for a high score.
** The sequel has a CircusOfFear. It actually isn't that much harder than the normal stages (mostly due to intentional slowdown). Then you reach [[BonusBoss [[{{Superboss}} the boss]]...
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Dewicked trope


* AdultFear: It's heavily implied by both the [[WouldHurtAChild surprised expressions of the gangsters]] [[RapeAsBackstory and her anger]] that there was more to [[spoiler: Casper's memory loss than a traumatic kidnapping]]
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A CompilationRerelease of both games for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch by City Connection, ''Deathsmiles I & II'', was released on December 15 and 16, 2021 (depending on time zone) for all major regions, except for the North American and European Switch versions which were released on December 30, 2021. This release finally translates ''Deathsmiles II'' into English, and features characters from the mobile spin-off ''Gothic wa Mahou Otome'' as paid DLC. A PC port is slated to come out during summer 2022.

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A CompilationRerelease of both games for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch by City Connection, ''Deathsmiles I & II'', was released on December 15 and 16, 2021 (depending on time zone) for all major regions, except for the North American and European Switch versions which were released on December 30, 2021. This release finally translates ''Deathsmiles II'' into English, and features characters from the mobile spin-off ''Gothic wa Mahou Otome'' as paid DLC. A PC port is slated to come out during summer on June 23, 2022.

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