DeathSmiles Mega Black Label 1.1, All-Clear (Sakura): 11,547,532,312; part 1/4

This run was done on my stream on 04/25/2010. MBL 1.1 is the DLC for DeathSmiles that came out on 4/20/2010. It's basically the "score-fest" mode of the game. This score was ranked 43/412 (and 16/171 for Sakura runs) at the time it was uploaded.

This is my second 1cc of the new mode, and while I am improving there is still a long way to go on having a GREAT scoring run. I only did level 3 stages on this run, but in order to optimize scoring I need to start taking risks and go for a couple of level 999 stages. I also should stop using the power-up to make the boss fights shorter because it doesn't really help the score, and stop having stupid misses on easy patterns. I mistimed some power-up mode activations too, but the easiest mistakes to see are the plethora of misses in the volcano stage and on the true last boss, Bloody Jitterbug.

I will improve this run of course, and I plan on doing a full run with the extra stages included as well. I've had much higher scores on runs so far that go through the ice stage instead of heading straight to the final stage.

Remember, DeathSmiles is coming out in the U.S. on 6/29/10! I'd highly recommend it to anyone who is either already a fan of shmups or is new to the genre but intrigued by it because the game can be made very accessible to novices by choosing lower difficulty levels for stages. The U.S. release will supposedly come with all the modes (Arcade, XBox 360, 1.1, MBL, MBL 1.1) on the disc, so no need to worry about DLC. I suggest pre-ordering the limited edition because this game is awesome and totally worth it.

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[iamchaoticevil]

Can this method be used for any of the point Achievements?

[jtalkalot19]

I can never beat ver 1.1 I could beat a level 999 on arcade but never in ver 1.1 it's kinda hard with the starting controller settings.

[romscout]

@SirVG well that's with the extra stages attached; the rankings I showed above are for runs that do all the required stages but not the extra ones. The highest score for that is SIGNIFICANTLY lower and I believe even reachable for me eventually. :p

And ogredanhibiki, you're probably thinking of the high score for the original version of MBL, which I think is like just under 11 billion. This is the new version 1.1, which mixes gameplay from DS 1.1 with MBL and produces much higher scores.

[SirVG]

@ogredanhibiki No way. The top scores are in the HUNDREDS of Billions. romscout showed me the list once, and the top was at about a quarter of a trillion.

[ogredanhibiki]

wait a minute, isn't this better than the rank 1 score?

[ZeroCaim]

I was there at the Stream. :3

Also, I may just have to get this game.