Death Smiles?? Really??

So.... my love affair with shooters continues, sorry... shooters seems to have been a name taken over by FPS fans, so I guess I should say that my love affair with SHMUPS continues.

The latest one is Death Smiles. I decided to get this for the 360 instead of the arcade and this choice saved me like $1000 (no, literally).

This one is also made by Cave, they are pretty much the place to go for over the top screen full of bullets shooters. Although slightly pervy... I gotta say that I am not a huge fan of the theme. These are young teen girls/witches who fly around blowing stuff up. I'd prefer space ships and military stuff I suppose.... just makes more sense to me. Also I don't like how the characters are standing quite vertically in the air when they fly, seems weird to me.

Gameplay wise this one is TOPS and I am pleased to get to play it!!

On the arcade side there hasn't been too much new, bit of cool art and I re-purchased Dimahoo (another shooter). I guess shooters is what happens when you buy all the fighters you really want.