Touhou General Thread

• Mentosftw wrote on 2013-05-20 00:19

  Quote from Kingofrunes;1091168:

  Touhou gameplay without Marisa is as blasphemous as Touhou gameplay without Reiumu. Those 2 are the core main characters that have never changed.
  
  Anyways, Touhou 13.5 looks fun! Can't wait for that and Touhou 14. Also, liooking foward to AWA in September now that I have everything prepped for it. I need to learn how to say "Can you sign this please" in Japanese and also "Thanks" in Japanese. Preferably in a formal way.

  
  
  I have a feeling that ZUN has a preference towards Marisa y'know?
  
  All the shmup games' icons feature Marisa.
  
  edit: And look at the new screenies! P2 is Marisa as well in both of them!
• Cucurbita wrote on 2013-05-20 00:43

  Quote from Mentosftw;1092016:

  edit: And look at the new screenies! P2 is Marisa as well in both of them!

  
  
  Marisa is default 2nd player zzzz
• Mentosftw wrote on 2013-05-20 00:50
  Well I already said Marisa is featured as the exe icon for all the windows shump games..
• ＣＩＲＮＯ wrote on 2013-05-20 01:29

  Quote from Kingofrunes;1091168:

  Touhou gameplay without Marisa is as blasphemous as Touhou gameplay without Reiumu. Those 2 are the core main characters that have never changed.
  
  Anyways, Touhou 13.5 looks fun! Can't wait for that and Touhou 14. Also, liooking foward to AWA in September now that I have everything prepped for it. I need to learn how to say "Can you sign this please" in Japanese and also "Thanks" in Japanese. Preferably in a formal way.

  
  
  Fairy Wars didn't have Reimu :D
• Mentosftw wrote on 2013-05-20 01:33
  And Marisa has more themes than Reimu does now.
• Mentosftw wrote on 2013-05-20 18:50
  http://www.tasofro.net/touhou135/
  
  Nitori confirmed as a playable character!
• Kingofrunes wrote on 2013-05-20 19:24

  Quote from ＣＩＲＮＯ;1092069:

  Fairy Wars didn't have Reimu :D

  
  
  Well Fairy Wars was special being Cirno's demented imagination and all but Marissa was a boss there :chin:
  
  Oh sweet jesus, Imma play Nitori so much! Nitori is my 2nd favorite touhou character next to Chen.
• Mentosftw wrote on 2013-05-20 20:01
  Alright so as for special gimmicks for the confirmed characters:
  
  Futo: Has the ability to place plates around the stage and they may carry on to the next round. The longer they're in play, the greater their effects It's kind of muddy as to what happens next, either:
  1. The plates can be broken by Futo to absorb their power after a period of time has passed
  2. Work in conjunction with her skills for enhanced effects
  3. Merely increase her power as time passes
  
  Byakuren: Has very powerful skills but she needs a manual input from the player to chant before they can be used.
  
  Miko: Her popularity changes the overall power of her attacks and skills
  

  [Image: http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad70/cucuct/forum%20posts/BKoJncVCcAE3jnS_zps19767ecc.jpeg]

  
  

  [Image: http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad70/cucuct/forum%20posts/BKoH-vtCYAAXSYz_zps0f628268.jpeg]

  
  Her spirit gauge shows if your attacks are being buffed or nerfed.
  
  Nitori: Has 999 battery count next to her spirit gauge which get consumed by skills and energy attacks (consumption probably differs depending on attacks). During battery consumption, spirit consumption is low but once it gets run out, spirit consumption is high and she may lose the ability to use some attacks. I'm not sure if the battery gets renewed on the next round. Nitori is also less affected by the mechanic that slowly pulls characters to the center of the screen and thus her attacks are more in a parabola and diagonal instead of attacking in front of her.
  
  Reimu: Longer spirit gauge and can warp from one side of the screen to the other by double tapping once you're up against a wall.
  
  Marisa: Every skill adds a star to her spirit gauge, once it's full, her next skill will be more powerful.
  
  Ichirin: RAGE GAUGE!!!!! She turns red after she absorbs enough damage.
• Ashikoki wrote on 2013-05-21 01:00

  Quote from Mentosftw;1092508:

  Reimu: Longer spirit gauge and can warp from one side of the screen to the other by double tapping once you're up against a wall.

  
  
  She's finally mastered it? She can use it without Yukari's help now!
• Mentosftw wrote on 2013-05-21 01:13
  Her impoverished diet has caused her hitbox to become so small that she accidentally falls through boundaries. :P
• ZazieTheBeast wrote on 2013-05-21 01:15
  so far 13.5 has all new characters that haven't been in a fighting game yet, other than reimu and marisa, wonders who is next. hopes for yuuka, flandre and mokou
• Mentosftw wrote on 2013-05-21 01:20
  We'll know once the day ends. The official site is releasing one character a day till retisai so that probably means another five to six more chars.
• Mentosftw wrote on 2013-05-21 06:45
  [Image: http://en.touhouwiki.net/images/0/0e/HM_Intro_sequence.jpg]

  
  
  Well, so far all the confirmed characters have been referenced in the intro image.
  
  Reimu is the shrine maiden, Byakuren under the roof, Miko and Futo together on the bottom left, a literal Kappa by the river, Unzan could be represented by the clouds with the face next to the shrine maiden.
  
  By that logic, that should be Shou should also be a playable character.
  
  There's a serpent/dragon on the top left off to the mountains. Kansen owns a dragon. There's also a hermit on the bottom of the image in the mountains. Maybe it's her time to shine in a game?
  
  Next to Futo, there's also a spirit with a scarf and a notable head ornament around it's head whose appearance (aside from it's obvious masculinity) resembles Seiga.
  
  Off to the right next to the Kappa and further up the river, there's also wisps with trailing tails. Could it be referring to Youmu?
  
  Under the yellow cloud there's a strange youkai, Shou is also fighting a straight youkai as well. I'm not sure what they could represent.
  
  In the crowd of dancing humans near the centre, there's a long haired girl with a red kimono. Could that be Kaguya?
  
  Well it shouldn't be too soon till we see the next revealed character. Stay tuned!
• Mentosftw wrote on 2013-05-21 07:31
  [Image: http://imageshack.us/a/img545/9028/chara08.jpg]

  
  
  Not sure if trolling since I don't see this on the official site. Art does look startlingly similar though.
  
  It's like they're all wearing clothes several sizes too large..
• ZazieTheBeast wrote on 2013-05-21 08:08

  Quote from Mentosftw;1092801:

  [Image: http://en.touhouwiki.net/images/0/0e/HM_Intro_sequence.jpg]

  
  
  Well, so far all the confirmed characters have been referenced in the intro image.
  
  Reimu is the shrine maiden, Byakuren under the roof, Miko and Futo together on the bottom left, a literal Kappa by the river, Unzan could be represented by the clouds with the face next to the shrine maiden.
  
  By that logic, that should be Shou should also be a playable character.
  
  There's a serpent/dragon on the top left off to the mountains. Kansen owns a dragon. There's also a hermit on the bottom of the image in the mountains. Maybe it's her time to shine in a game?
  
  Next to Futo, there's also a spirit with a scarf and a notable head ornament around it's head whose appearance (aside from it's obvious masculinity) resembles Seiga.
  
  Off to the right next to the Kappa and further up the river, there's also wisps with trailing tails. Could it be referring to Youmu?
  
  Under the yellow cloud there's a strange youkai, Shou is also fighting a straight youkai as well. I'm not sure what they could represent.
  
  In the crowd of dancing humans near the centre, there's a long haired girl with a red kimono. Could that be Kaguya?
  
  Well it shouldn't be too soon till we see the next revealed character. Stay tuned!

  
  
  well the blue thing under the yellow cloud looks kinda like a cow with the horns and hooves, which could be a reference to keine.
  
  the four green orge/oni things could be a reference to the four devas, which means maybe Suika, Yuugi, Kasen(if she turns out to be the third deva), and maybe the fourth deva as the games final boss