"Shoot and I'll Move!" - the Touhou Thread

[twocows]

I'm not really into the Touhou fandom much, but I think some of the stuff IOSYS has done is pretty cool. Apparently they're pretty well-known (I wouldn't know). I've linked to a few examples of their stuff.

[agelimit]lolidunno[/agelimit]
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[Ninja Caterpie]

WHO PLAYS EASY.

BECAUSE INSANE IS INSANE
HARD IS INSANE
NORMAL IS INSANE
AND EASY IS NOT HARD.

 

[jigglyppuff8]

Easy puts me to sleep. Not that I can beat normal anyway.

 

[Ninja Caterpie]

My sentiments exactly. Phew, I thought I was the only one. @_@

 

[Eucliffe]

I actually heard from Mika (some of you may have seen her on here, some of you may have not) that in EoSD and SA, if you tap your foot to the rhythm of each BGM, you'll notice the shooting patterns align with the beats. Or something like that. That's how, she claims, she was able to unlock Extra by beating Hard mode.

It's been quite a while since she mentioned it to me in PC's chatroom. I think I was still "Yuyuko" back then?

Oh, and I try and do normal as much as possible. I greatly fail at it in SA and UFO, though.

 

[Shanghai Alice]

You just might be right, because, in videos, Flan's shot timings matched U.N. Owen.

Then again, I'm assuming that's at 60
FPS.

 

[jigglyppuff8]

I'm not really into the Touhou fandom much, but I think some of the stuff IOSYS has done is pretty cool. Apparently they're pretty well-known (I wouldn't know). I've linked to a few examples of their stuff.

[agelimit]lolidunno[/agelimit]
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IOSYS is to Touhou what the Pokemon anime is to Pokemon. Everybody knows about it for that, but most everyone now says that they suck and that you should play the games instead (or read the manga).

 

[Shanghai Alice]

IOSYS doesn't suck. And they never will, hehehehehe~ *Only has the first couple of albums on his iPod, and doesn't want to face reality*

Also, speaking of the manga, how'd you like Silent Sinner in Blue? I loved the incredibly screwy plotline, and Yukari's utter awesomeness.

Although I was kinda sad to see the moon actually fail at something. D:

 

[jigglyppuff8]

Reisen II is moe. That's all I have to say on that matter.

I actually felt that the first few albums were some of the worst. I mean tracks like 永遠と須臾の恋人. Really? Now, IOSYS is awesome sauce. Touhou Ageha is one of the most concentrated albums of awesome. All vocal and every single track arranged by ARM! Touhou JeuXinTerdiTs had freaking awesome guitar by minami. Toho Crystallized Ocean has star river and The Crystallized Ocean, oh my god. There is an upsetting lack of miko in these recent albums though (excluding Ageha).

 

[twocows]

IOSYS is to Touhou what the Pokemon anime is to Pokemon. Everybody knows about it for that, but most everyone now says that they suck and that you should play the games instead (or read the manga).

I don't really pay much attention to people that tell me I shouldn't like things that I do like. I'm not so insecure as to like or dislike something based on whether it's popular or not.

Has anybody tried Hisoutensoku? I kind of want to, but I haven't had the time to grab it or the money to import it.

 

[Shanghai Alice]

Hisotensoku is... meh.

The music is nice, the graphics are nice, but I prefer Scarlet Weather Rhapsody.

 

[Eucliffe]

UNL has a few new storylines, new music, new characters, and a "comeback" character (China), but other than that, it is a patch for SWR, so yeah o3o

Unless you really want to play Sanae, Suwako, Okuu, Cirno, or China (or hear the music; I honestly like the remix of "Faith is for the Transient People"), then you don't really have to have it.

Although a lot of people say IaMP is the best. It looks really good, but Idk. I've never been able to get my hands on it.

/ohohoh, and this is irrelevant, but at the anime convention I attended last year, I cosplayed as Marisa (though the outfit sucked, but that was because it was a last minute put-together), and I bought a copy of SA there

 

[jigglyppuff8]

What in the world is UNL? D:

 

[Eucliffe]

Wasn't UNL a temporary abbreviation for "Undefined Natural Law", which I thought was part of the Hisoutensoku title? Or has that changed? /haven't checked in forever, but that's because it's shorter and easier to remember (for me, at least o3o)

 

[Shanghai Alice]

Apparently there was some division, because it wasn't accurate.

I've always called it UNL, though.

IMHO, UNL looks pretty, but SWR is better.

IaMP is really hard. D:

 

[jigglyppuff8]

What makes SWR better than Touhou Hisoutensoku? Spell Cards are easier to level now since using the card will also make you do the move. The 4 simple universal spell cards expanded to 20 unique ones. And best of all, NO MORE GAY SPRING HAZE!

Maybe I just like it because of Reisen Buff and Meiling. :\

 

[Shanghai Alice]

I was never that good at SWR, so that might be a factor. Yes, I played on...

EASY MODOOOOOOO! *Head explodes*


And, yes, UNL looks pretty. Very pretty. And the music kicks ass. And Meiling is awesome.

Then again, the last time I played, there was no English patch.

 

[Lunyka]

I think they should have put Flandre in one of the fighting games. She is one of my favorite characters, not just because of her theme song either. I love my crazy villains.

 

[digi-kun]

I think they should have put Flandre in one of the fighting games. She is one of my favorite characters, not just because of her theme song either. I love my crazy villains.

well TECHNICALLY she's in there as a color scheme of Remi

 

[Shanghai Alice]

Flandre in a fighting game is the equivalent of putting Reisen in a conventional shooter.

Overpowered. Definitely.

Flandre would be a pain to make Flandre-ish, and balanced.