Pink Sweets is a manic shooter. Its story presents an alternate universe version of Ibara; in this universe, none of that game's villains died, and the player controls one of the four boss characters from the previous game. It presents a similar rose-draped steampunk aesthetic which provides an excuse for the player's ships to fly through a very floral 19th century. Designer Shinobu Yagawa drew on his experience working on Raizing games such as Battle Garegga to present a game that plays a bit differently from the traditional Cave mold. The player's ship has a traditional shmup-style shot, but is also able to charge a special attack by not firing. A fully-charged, unfired special attack acts as a form of shield that can cancel certain enemy bullets; when fired, the fully-charged special attack acts as a kind of miniature bomb.
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Plot-driven, relentless, grave and unpretentious.
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
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“Is the nostalgia doing the heavy lifting?”
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“Would a little humor have helped?”
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“Has Pink Sweets: Ibara Sorekara aged badly?”
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade, Xbox 360
- Developer
- CAVE Interactive
- Released
- April 21, 2006
- Modes
- Single player
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