Pink Sweets: Ibara Sorekara

Pink Sweets: Ibara Sorekara
Pink Sweets: Ibara Sorekara
	Arcade flyer
Developer(s)	Cave
Publisher(s)	AMI
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release	Arcade JP: April 21, 2006; Xbox 360 JP: February 24, 2011;
Genre(s)	Vertical scrolling shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, two-player (co-op)
Arcade system	CAVE CV1000-B

Pink Sweets: Ibara Sorekara (ピンクスウィーツ　～鋳薔薇それから～, Pinku Suītsu: Ibara Sorekara) is a 2006 manic shooter by Cave released for Japanese arcades. It was released for the Xbox 360 in 2011.

Pink Sweets is the sequel to the 2005 game Ibara.

Gameplay edit

Arcade version screenshot.

The game has heavy Raizing influences.^{[citation needed]}

Pink Sweets is the sequel to Ibara, and features the stage 1-5 bosses from Ibara as playable characters.

Players get to pilot the gals and use a barrier/shot system to defeat flitting enemies as well as end-level bosses of the pastel-colored type. Enemies besides bosses are named after food. During the game, the gals yelp and intonate various sayings to steel themselves for battle.

Plot edit

In Pink Sweets, the sixth and final Guardian in Ibara, did not die. Neither did any of the Rose sisters. Instead, they shifted from the dark side to the light.

Development edit

Programmer Shinobu Yagawa worked on this game, and he had previously worked on the games Recca, Battle Garegga, and Ibara.^[1]

Release edit

It was released in Japanese arcades on April 21, 2006.^[2]

Pink Sweets was released on Xbox 360 in a bundle pack with Muchi Muchi Pork! in 2011 entitled Muchi Muchi Pork! & Pink Sweets (むちむちポーク！＆ピンクスウィーツ, Muchi Muchi Pōku! ando Pinku Suītsu).^[3]