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Touhou Community Thread | Highly Responsive to Posts
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I'm gonna die from diabeetus...
There are worse ways to die~
This is a bit off topic, but I was told this was a good place to ask so any issues just complain to Panda the person that told me to come here.
I recognize a few of the faces around here anyway.
Basically I'm looking for suggestions of doujin games to buy in Japan, ideally with simple Japanese that would allow me to study as I go along (non-doujin games are fine for this too).
Ideally none of this games (already own them in Japanese or otherwise):
-Pokemon
-Dragon Quest
-Ouendan
-Animal Crossing
But preferably Doujin games as mentioned.
PC or any non-region locked handhled is fine for me.
I recognize a few of the faces around here anyway.
Basically I'm looking for suggestions of doujin games to buy in Japan, ideally with simple Japanese that would allow me to study as I go along (non-doujin games are fine for this too).
Ideally none of this games (already own them in Japanese or otherwise):
-Pokemon
-Dragon Quest
-Ouendan
-Animal Crossing
But preferably Doujin games as mentioned.
PC or any non-region locked handhled is fine for me.
Does it matter if they're Touhou doujin games?
Try out Sengoku Gensokyo, a Sengoku Rance Touhou doujin game
(and play Sengoku Rance as well if you have yet to do so
, it has some great mechanics and is a good Strategy game on its own).
Try out Sengoku Gensokyo, a Sengoku Rance Touhou doujin game
that's totally worksafe, sadly
though that one is a h-game
Well since you're in the Touhou Community thread I'll give you an answer on the mainline games. It's probably not the best way to learn. There's a fair amount of kanji and furigana is scarce. The text auto scrolls and the resolution is low enough that it can be tough making out the more complicated kanji. Even so, there's not that much text. The difficulty I would classify as moderate, err, maybe upper elementary?
I don't know about the fangames though, there are a couple of RPGs/Dungeon Crawlers with a lot of text but I've never played them, you'll have to ask someone else.
As for non-Touhou games, how about Time Travelers on the Vita? It's a Visual Novel of sorts and there's lot of furigana. Or anything by Level-5 I suppose (Ni no Kuni, etc.), they keep their text simple since their games are aimed towards kids (Time Travelers is an exception). I know they aren't doujins but you should give them a look.
I don't know about the fangames though, there are a couple of RPGs/Dungeon Crawlers with a lot of text but I've never played them, you'll have to ask someone else.
As for non-Touhou games, how about Time Travelers on the Vita? It's a Visual Novel of sorts and there's lot of furigana. Or anything by Level-5 I suppose (Ni no Kuni, etc.), they keep their text simple since their games are aimed towards kids (Time Travelers is an exception). I know they aren't doujins but you should give them a look.
Barrylocke
Member
I wish the mainline Touhou games had an option to change the keys of the keyboard bindings. I play on my laptop and I had to get this program to alter the keys placements. I've been having issues with it too so I may need to find another one.
Alternatively, I wish I could effectively play the games with my controller. I suck and movement in Touhou with the control pad and the joystick vs. arrow keys.
Yeah I don't think the main games are good for anyone starting with the language, it can get pretty intense, but there should be a bunch of fangames out there. From this post, I think Touhou Puppet Performance Dance looks like it could work (and it sounds super fun)
Doesn't seem too bad as far as kanji goes
Doesn't seem too bad as far as kanji goes
I use AutoHotKey to remap the keys, and I haven't had any problems with it. The AHK script I use looks like this:
Code:
#MaxHotkeysPerInterval 1000
#NoEnv
SendMode Input
e::Up
d::Down
s::Left
f::Right
j::z
l::x
o::c
k::LShift
i::LCtrlAn effective controller mapping I've found is mapping shot & bomb to the face buttons & mapping focus to the right shoulder button. This allows you to rapidly focus & unfocus while still being able to move around and shoot and bomb.
Barrylocke
Member
It's been a little over 3 years since I got my sole Extra Clear (against Suwako in MoF). I've decided to see if 3 years and waaay less regular touhou practice later, I can still do it.
After a liberal application of AutoHotKeys (thanks Shockdude), a couple tries got me to Native Myth vs. Central Myth, so I think I can do it. It helps that somehow despite having not played much in the past 2 years, I was able to get the hang of Jade of the Horrid River and Seven Stones and Seven Trees, cards that I almost never was able to capture when I played more often. This means that I have a reasonable chance of catching every card (but NOT every card at once, I always screw up at somehow) until Froggy Braves the Elements.
After a liberal application of AutoHotKeys (thanks Shockdude), a couple tries got me to Native Myth vs. Central Myth, so I think I can do it. It helps that somehow despite having not played much in the past 2 years, I was able to get the hang of Jade of the Horrid River and Seven Stones and Seven Trees, cards that I almost never was able to capture when I played more often. This means that I have a reasonable chance of catching every card (but NOT every card at once, I always screw up at somehow) until Froggy Braves the Elements.
I have been neglecting my playing, but I have been reading. I've finally caught up with the canon manga (they're nice enough) and a few doujins (mostly one-shots since they're the majority). Of particular note, I think Miko Miko Suika is one of the better doujins, which is 13 chapters long currently.
poipoipoi9
Member
So the guy who made all those fake PC-98 remastered made another this year for Highly Responsive to Prayers
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TW0JuhbhKl8
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TW0JuhbhKl8
The first game sure was different.
poipoipoi9
Member
The yin-yang orb being able to kill Reimu sure was something. A pity almost nothing from HRtP (aside from Reimu, Mima and Makai) made it out into future canon.
I've also always found it interesting that Reimu's theme came from Ellis' theme.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x21zqGC4mOc
In other news,eyemirror made another one of those Touhou Glasses, this time it's a monocle for Sakuya.
http://eyemirror.jp/toho_monocle/
I've also always found it interesting that Reimu's theme came from Ellis' theme.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x21zqGC4mOc
In other news,eyemirror made another one of those Touhou Glasses, this time it's a monocle for Sakuya.
http://eyemirror.jp/toho_monocle/
Ah, Highly Responsive to Prayers. It was such a bizarre game, and also the one that feels the closest to its inspiration (Kiki Kaikai/Pocky & Rocky). I would have loved to hear their rendition of Eternal Shrine Maiden.
This looks amazing. Man I had a lot of fun with that game, it's so hard. Bombs are super broken and useful though which was nice.
Been grinding EoSD Lunatic for too long, so I decided to do a blind run of IN Lunatic.
Blind runs of higher difficulties have always been really fun, and this one was no exception. Everything is really fast and really dense compared to Hard, and it's great.
Also was three seconds away from capturing Lunatic Hourai Elixir blind, but then it threw a bunch of really tight rings at me and I couldn't keep up.
Oh and I unlocked another Last Word. I can tell why ZUN locked that one behind a Lunatic clear, haha.
Blind runs of higher difficulties have always been really fun, and this one was no exception. Everything is really fast and really dense compared to Hard, and it's great.
Also was three seconds away from capturing Lunatic Hourai Elixir blind, but then it threw a bunch of really tight rings at me and I couldn't keep up.
Oh and I unlocked another Last Word. I can tell why ZUN locked that one behind a Lunatic clear, haha.
Dimitri LH
Member
Good time to be a touhou fan!
Barrylocke
Member
Itshappening.gif!!!!
The playism deal did put the writing on the wall, but it's still really exciting to know that we're finally going to get an official Touhou release in the west.
The playism deal did put the writing on the wall, but it's still really exciting to know that we're finally going to get an official Touhou release in the west.
Barrylocke
Member
I hope that Playism/ZUN are able to add in some Quality of Life improvements to this game. The one I'd like the most is the ability to config the buttons on the keyboard. Autohotkey handled my issue, but I'm sure potential buyers would appreciate having an ingame way to change the keys.
H-h-here I go! First OT, so wish me luck. Going to start compiling information tonight and tomorrow. This shouldn't be too bad for a first one, but I'll probably still request some help for graphics and/or an extra set of eyes from you guys.
H-h-here I go! First OT, so wish me luck. Going to start compiling information tonight and tomorrow. This shouldn't be too bad for a first one, but I'll probably still request some help for graphics and/or an extra set of eyes from you guys.
The official English release is still up in the air, so you've got a lot of time since OTs go up on the day of release.
Dimitri LH
Member
Ive been out of the loop with touhou lately, but did the most recent fighter update release already?
Ive been itching to use Kokoro and Koishi.
Ive been itching to use Kokoro and Koishi.
Captain Rage Quit 69
Banned
I didn't know we had a Touhou community here. 
So um, I've only played the first 3 Windows games and the fighting spin-offs. What kind of Touhou game stuffs should I jump into to prepare for the first western release?
So um, I've only played the first 3 Windows games and the fighting spin-offs. What kind of Touhou game stuffs should I jump into to prepare for the first western release?
poipoipoi9
Member
Basically the Windows canon is divided into 3 arcs atm(6-9.5, 10-13.5, 14- ), with Touhou 14 being the beginning of a new arc. So you should be able to play the game without prior knowledge of what happened in previous games.
I need more info about the DDC release, like Demidar I will buy the physical version nonetheless but I need to spend as much money as possible on official Touhou merchandise, I want to fund the frilly dresses for miniZUN~
Woah a Perfect Run is such an impressive achievement! Do you mind sharing the replay with us?
And let me guess, the hard as ball spellcard is either the survival one (one of the most bullshit spellcards in the entire series ugh I hate it so much) or the one where Sukuna throws a shitload of knives at you, am I correct?
Play EoSD until your fingers fall off, you don't need anything else.
Jokes aside, pick the Touhou with the most appealing cast and starts from there, they are all good games in their own right.
DDC is a bombfest though so maybe MoF is the most similar in this aspect? I'm not really serious. Maybe.
I'm too lazy to check right now but nah we're still waiting for more informations, maybe we'll get another demo at the next Reitaisai.
Woah a Perfect Run is such an impressive achievement! Do you mind sharing the replay with us?
And let me guess, the hard as ball spellcard is either the survival one (one of the most bullshit spellcards in the entire series ugh I hate it so much) or the one where Sukuna throws a shitload of knives at you, am I correct?
I didn't know we had a Touhou community here.
So um, I've only played the first 3 Windows games and the fighting spin-offs. What kind of Touhou game stuffs should I jump into to prepare for the first western release?
Play EoSD until your fingers fall off, you don't need anything else.
Jokes aside, pick the Touhou with the most appealing cast and starts from there, they are all good games in their own right.
DDC is a bombfest though so maybe MoF is the most similar in this aspect? I'm not really serious. Maybe.
I'm too lazy to check right now but nah we're still waiting for more informations, maybe we'll get another demo at the next Reitaisai.
I believe he meant he 1cc'ed Touhou 7, not perfect run.
Also, regarding 14.5, I think we will have a complete demo in April, and apparently a full game at Reitaisai.
Gah I've misread, I'm so sleepy this morning.
And is there some event this month where the demo should be released? In any case I can't complain if the full version will come out so soon.
Reitaisai starts on May 10th, so it's just my guess that there will be new info at the end of April, and the good chance that it will be a demo to bring the hype for the full release. At worst if we don't hear anything new this month, then Reitaisai will be the new demo release instead of full game.
This.
There will be a few locale references but it's one of those blank slate games that ZUN likes to put out every few other iterations that won't be too continuity heavy.
In terms of gameplay, the entire second windows arc if you have a lot of time. If not, then I'd at least recommend Ten Desires because it'll help you get used to some of the UI changes that are present in DDC.
Every character except Koakuma.
Poor girl not only has no name, she's also the only boss character in the whole series without a single spell card. She just needs some love. ;_;
Ok even before submitting this I checked and it seems like even Daiyousei and Lily White are in the same situation but they are far more present in the series than the poor librarian, I demand justice.
Cannot unimagine frilly dresses.miniZUN said:
I think you confused the first part of the title Perfect Cherry Blossom as perfect run. ^_^ In actuality the playthrough isn't that impressive as I really messed up in ways I shouldn't have in the final boss. Thankfully I did really well in all the other bosses. And man am I proud of capturing the final spell card in that high pressure situation.
The survival one is not nearly bad. Took me like 30 tries. The knives one, though, holy balls, that's the one that kook me over 100 times. It's insane, and I played it on normal. The first one is insane too, I captured it by pure luck, I'm pretty sure. Her non spell knives is insane, the final spell card is insane as it is really long and it escalates really hard 3/4 of the way through. Seija's non spells in stage 6 are very unintuitive too. The whole thing is just crazy for normal difficulty.
Just noticed that in 10 days is the 1 year anniversary of this thread (which was created a bit after ZUN announced west plans). Pretty good timing.
Whoa! Fancy seeing you around
You might wanna use Scher's gameplay guide that he wrote for this thread. go knock 'em out man, we got your back.
Just saw this. All of my money!
I assume you mean import by "physical"?
Yeah, I've already bought PCB for me, IN for a friend and a couple of arrange albums via N-Forza's service on shrinemaiden, considering how much I love Touhou the prices aren't that bad.
Barrylocke
Member
That definitely helps with explaining the mechanics. I'm not sure how deep the introduction to the gameplay needs to go (besides the basics of gameplay and introducing the Point of Collection system), so I'll probably wind up linking that post for whatever doesn't get explained in the topic.
I already have a frame for most of the OT, though it's pretty unedited. And a lot of the info won't be finalized until we see more info from Playism for official screenshots, terms, and so on.
I think just the main mechanics would do (haven't seen Scher's guide). PoC, hitbox explanations, spellcard system, how to gain extra lives and bombs and whatever axillary system that comes with the game (Trance gauge, Youkai guage, Cherry system, UFO system, Time Orbs, etc.). You can probably leave out how to maximize points and point formulas though.