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Zerostarry
Probably around 6-9 characters

Reimu, Marisa
Ichirin, Byakuren
Futo, Miko, Seiga

edit: I really hope 14 will be harder and more... polished.

To me, nothing comes close to IN in replayability and enjoyment, the last spells are a killer, to unlock and to clear. There's just so many things to unlock, i'll never be done with IN. Other games like UFO and SA I feel are too one dimensional. There's the game and stage practice, but that's it.
Petya_old
I honestly think there wasn't anything wrong with 13 it's just with this particular gimmick goes only this far. However it's completely true that somehow it's not as fun as the others.

Scoring could be fun but how you have to kill enemies early to drop grey items AND try to connect with other enemy groups that never come at the right time that would be just to much planning for me. (I still find th12's scoring more annoying especially when a UFO decides to leave a second early ruining your run)

About it's difficulty I still want to say it's harder than 6,7, 8 and maybe 10 but mostly because how annoying and gimmicky the Yoshika (so you have a wall you want to pass, than these lasers to slip through AND collect blue orbs so she won't heal herself) and Seiga (having a Yoshika in my face creeping toward me while I want fight someone else is annoying ) fight is.

Imperishable Night without a question has the most fun scoring gimmick of all, it's just so fun to play recklessly for score and it's actually fun to experiment with which one is better playing unfocused for 3x graze or focused for time. PCB is second best only because I know the cherry border can be timed but it just need so much precision.
Yoishi
Has it actually been confirmed that we'll get a new demo (Touhou 14) at Reitaisai? I really hope so :) a new Phantasmagoria maybe? it's been a while since the last one and there's enough characters for it, I'm still hoping for a traditional one, even though I do love the vs ones.

About TD, if you're new to STGs it would probably be harder than some of the others in the series, because you need to know the game quite well (how to fill trance quicker, best places to use trance for more life/bomb fragments) to get more resources, where as getting a lot of resources in the earlier games comes more naturally, but the bullet patterns in TD aren't as hard (overall that it, there's still some tricky ones) so if you've been playing the other games in the series a lot the lack of resources won't be as much of a problem.

IN is my favorite in the series too. I play as Netherworld team & try to score, but Hard & Lunatic I still need to focus on survival a lot. :lol:
Petya_old
The only thing said by Zun is that the new game's demo at Reitaisai and full version at Comiket. He didn't say the number or type of the game or when he'll actually announce it.
People are hoping to get some info from Zun at the radio interview today (24th).

Back to difficulty:
Why I'm having trouble with doing a hard 1cc with the rest of the characters on TD is a mystery especially since I got the hard 1cc with Reimu on the first time I tried.
Dai
looks like there's a silhouette of a new character here
Petya_old
Based on the floating objects behind her the best theory so far is that it's going to be the actual Bishamonten.
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB:Jikoji_tamonten.JPG

It would set up some very interesting interaction with Byakuren's group, especially Shou who's an avatar of Bishamonten
Zerostarry
I have no idea if this is real or not.



edit: I think its fake.
Moriya Suwako

Petya wrote:

The only thing said by Zun is that the new game's demo at Reitaisai and full version at Comiket. He didn't say the number or type of the game or when he'll actually announce it.
People are hoping to get some info from Zun at the radio interview today (24th).

Back to difficulty:
Why I'm having trouble with doing a hard 1cc with the rest of the characters on TD is a mystery especially since I got the hard 1cc with Reimu on the first time I tried.
I wanna buy the full version for playing as well as collection ;w;
But I have no idea if I can go to Comiket this year...maybe I can only buy it through amazon. :?
Jinxy

Princess wrote:

I have no idea if this is real or not.

http://puu.sh/2HUr7.png

edit: I think its fake.
it's not real, think someone said it was an OC from pixiv
Petya_old
The only speculation fuel we have so far is the outlines of the final boss on the cover as usual:


This art actually looks like a Zun art to me for some reason when I know it's not.
(Credit to the people made this picture from the cover)
Dai
Hopeless Masquerade release date confirmed
it will be released at Reitaisai 10
Petya_old
Manpuku jinja is making a new full episode animation for Reitaisai.
The first one was the PCB episode, this time it looks like it will be the EoSD episode.
Fortunately it looks like lot of characters from other games will make an appearance.
Kurangceret

epicness will never stop!
fsvgm777


In which I play the web trial of Hopeless Masquerade. (I recommend watching in YouTube itself, since the commentary might be difficult to read... unless there's a way to make the video player 640x360.)
Moriya Suwako

Petya wrote:

Manpuku jinja is making a new full episode animation for Reitaisai.
The first one was the PCB episode, this time it looks like it will be the EoSD episode.
Fortunately it looks like lot of characters from other games will make an appearance.
I'm looking forward to the animation! :D
Petya_old
Hopeless Masquarade webdemo updated to rev2.
-fixed directx9 support so now the game doesn't have broken graphics on WinXP
-improved netcode
-gameplay balances and tweaks
Rouward
I'm not sure if there's a way to play online via direct IP. I can play this on LAN, but I wanna try online if possible.
Pizzicato

Rouward wrote:

I'm not sure if there's a way to play online via direct IP. I can play this on LAN, but I wanna try online if possible.
latest demo patch has a network/online battle.

i hope it has a rollback feature, preventing frequent lag spikes unlike hisoutensoku, which needed a 3rd party app called "sokuroll"
Zerostarry
TOUHOU 14 IS HERE!

http://kourindou.exblog.jp/20469044/

-Reimu has short hair!
-Marisa is using some type of flamethrower
-No playable Futo (yet)
-Playable Sakuya
MLGnom
So Sakuya is back as playable character? (according to fifth screenshot and google translate). Some people might be happy about this. :3
Pizzicato
all of my hypes >w<

MLGnom wrote:

So Sakuya is back as playable character? (according to fifth screenshot and google translate). Some people might be happy about this. :3
i'm not :(
no sanae? D:
Petya_old
From what people translated the story is something like this:

Some unknown power has corrupted and trying take control over Reimu's yin yang orbs, Marisa's hakkero and Sakuya's knives. (and of course the usual high youkai activity in the area)

The shottypes will be the characters abandoning their main weapon or trying to use the corrupted weapons resulting in things like Marisa's bomb will be Dark Spark (as seen on the screenshot)

Zun also said something like the game will be retro mixed with neo and that it's simple danmaku with no scoring gimmicks.

If this means that the game will be EoSD like than I probably won't have that much fun with the game but we'll see.

Oh and Zun apparently doubled the resolution of the game engine to 1280x960 but it still runs in a 640x480 window by default.
Yoishi
No Youmu ;_;
can't wait for the demo

Blog Translation
The game to be released on 5/26 is the following.



Touhou Project 14
The playable demo for "Touhou Kishinjou ~ Double Dealing Character" will be released. As usual, it'll be playable up to stage 3.

The theme I went for this time was "Neither novel or retro, an ageless neo-retro danmaku shooter". So basically it's the usual where I went for a simple to enjoy game, but I tried removing a lot of the complicated game mechanics.



The general synopsis is as follows:

Reimu, Marisa, and Sakuya's individual weapons have suddenly started acting on their own. On top of that, the Youkai who are usually quiet and subdued have suddenly start wreaking havoc. Will the three follow the weapons or abandon them to fight their own battle?

And that's the lowdown of the story. Anyway, the three playable characters will be Reimu, Marisa, and Sakuya.







*Screenshots are a work in progress and are liable to change at any time.

Wow, time flies by! This is the 14 installment in the main line of games, though I guess it's like 21 if we include the side-games as well.

This time, I've doubled the resolution of the game. However, I haven't increased the game window size. That being said, players can continue playing with the familiar window size but with higher game resolution. If you own a respectable computer, you should be able to play at 1280x960.

The disk will cost 300 yen.
If you are attending Reitaisai, please feel free to drop by the "Shanghai Alice Gakuendan" booth.

Oh, and if you're wondering the other title will be available at the Twilight Frontier's booth.
Touhou Project 13.5
"Touhou Shinkirou ~ Hopeless Masquerade"

But of course, do drop by my booth as well!


[end of translation]
Coro
I'm also kinda sad that Youmu's not playable, but then again she wasn't really a regular.
Looking forward to Shinkirou full version~
Petya_old
Tasofro tweeted that they'll start revealing the characters starting tomorrow.

Don't know if it was to make people stop asking or was actually serious.
Dai
Zerostarry
Argh I was just about to post that >:
Shirokami Misato
It feels so bad not to be able to buy both 13.5 and 14
If I had the money I'd buy all of the copies for myself, just to make a pillow with them and hug 'em all at the same time.
Petya_old
The next revealed character:
SPOILER


Futo's stage:
Pizzicato
murasa pls make it
Zerostarry
Murasa is in the backgrounds in one of the stages so probably not
Pizzicato
oh god no
Dai
Miko is so badass
Petya_old
That's one evil overlord cape she's got there:
Pizzicato
dat cape
so sexy!
Zerostarry
the glorious crown prince is here.

EDIT: Nitori confirmed

Petya_old
What....
In other words: I was 100% sure Sanae, Kanako or Suwako is next.

It will be hard to surpass this surprise.
Pizzicato
suwako cant fly



sanae and suwako in bg

it's kanako.
MLGnom
Kanako also in bg. (Her head is in corner). But Nitori was a little unexpected. :3c
Pizzicato
that's her in a charge meter. buuut who knows.
(i still have hope for okuu)
Petya_old
They say Nitori will haved some kind of ammo and if it runs out you can't use specials.

So if we assume background characters are not playable Sanae, Suwako, Kanako, Aya and the Aki sisters are out. (Hina and Momiji is missing)

Maybe the underground is the next level featuring SA characters with a playable Orin or Okuu.
Pizzicato

Petya wrote:

They say Nitori will haved some kind of ammo and if it runs out you can't use specials.

So if we assume background characters are not playable Sanae, Suwako, Kanako, Aya and the Aki sisters are out. (Hina and Momiji is missing)

Maybe the underground is the next level featuring SA characters with a playable Orin or Okuu.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS
PLEASE

though they really need a slot for the moriya
Zerostarry
first legit 1cc aaaa

Pizzicato


koishi? really?
Petya_old
Good job on the 1cc.

Anyway it looks like only the boss character(and maybe midboss) is not revealed yet and of course they won't show her.
Zerostarry
From shrinemaiden

The Imaginary Personality - Koishi Komeiji

She couldn't remember a thing.
Before she knew it, she had joined the crowd.
No one noticed her presence.
Living her life day in and day out without any dreams or hopes.
But these unusual events caused her to throw down the gauntlet,
creating just a tiny change in her daily life.

Special Skill: Super Reflexes
When the command for heavy melee attacks, heavy projectile attacks and special moves are entered, the move is "set" and will activate will come out automatically when certain conditions are fulfilled such as enemy placement or passage of time. One of each of the three attacks can be set at a time, and an icon will indicate when a move is prepared.

Last Word: Brambly Rose Garden
Pulls the opponent into a storm of rose danmaku.
The roses are unblockable and the suction of the attack
will slowly draw them in.
If performed within a certain distance,
it will forcefully submerge enemies in a sea of roses.

By the way, Tasofro's Twitter account said she is the last (non-boss) character.

And that's it, no more characters, not bad i guess, these 2 last are pretty random
Koishi is pretty cute in that art
Dai

Princess wrote:

By the way, Tasofro's Twitter account said she is the last (non-boss) character.
Explain non-boss!
MLGnom

Dai wrote:

Princess wrote:

By the way, Tasofro's Twitter account said she is the last (non-boss) character.
Explain non-boss!
Playable character?
Petya_old
Non-boss as in the characters that are available at the start and boss characters are characters like Iku and Tenshi in swr.

And if I remember right you couldn't play as Iku and Tenshi until you beat story mode in swr so they don't want spoil characters so you can be surprised when you reach them in story mode.
Dai
so there is a possibility of a new character

oh well dunno
MLGnom
It was same with Suwako and Okuu in Hisoutensoku.

So if there is Koishi so maybe chance for Flandre? I haven't seen her anywhere in background (especially with Remilia in Hakurei Shrine bg)
Dai
I found this on /jp/
Pizzicato

Dai wrote:

I found this on /jp/
is it really mamizou?

also holy fuck that leak
Zerostarry
eugh not another old hag :<
Pizzicato
we already got 3 lolis from this game
Moriya Suwako
Oh wow Koishi is a playable character in HM :o
Petya_old
yeah it turns out that facebook post was made back in january but no one listened to him.

The guy looked through the first demo's data in a hex editor and Tasofro left the name strings of all the characters in the code and it has Mamizou in there too and an empty string where the final boss should be (probably the name wasn't finalized back then).
MLGnom
Nobody said that they haven't added any more characters after demo release. D:
Sc_Flandre
:D !
Icyteru
26th may 2013 release 13.5
Pizzicato


what the fuck

tasofro

seriously

edit: apparently this is hoax
Zerostarry
TH14 SPOILER


ITS COMING GUYS
Dolphin
http://whereismynewtouhou.info/

Just going to leave this here in case someone is waiting eagerly (I know I am). :D

idk if this link was posted yet, if so sorry!
Moriya Suwako
Yeah the full version of HM, the demo version of TH14 as well as Manpuku Jinja's newest Touhou anime will come out today. :)
How fantastic Reitaisai is!
←Here's the cover of the anime.
Moriya Suwako
By the way it seems that there's a fatal bug in TH13.5.(It was found after finish producing the CDs)
http://puu.sh/31l1g.rar
↑Here it is. I uploaded it but actually i dunno the detail. :(
Jinxy

Princess wrote:

TH14 SPOILER


ITS COMING GUYS
But wait, there's more!



A Stg1 Mermaid and Stg2 Dullahan, apparently. The first one Princess put up is a Stg3 Werewolf.
SPOILER IN A SPOILER: Cirno is first stage midboss
Dolphin

Moriya Suwako wrote:

By the way it seems that there's a fatal bug in TH13.5.(It was found after finish producing the CDs)
http://puu.sh/31l1g.rar
↑Here it is. I uploaded it but actually i dunno the detail. :(
Tasofro uploaded a patch to their site.

You can find it here http://www.tasofro.net/touhou135/
Kobold
Marisa op.

Download here: https://mega.co.nz/#!eYVCXT7S!N2NCfVnTf ... JTW2_TaC0I ( full game, untranslated )
Kurangceret

It came out! The demo! came out~!!!!!!!!
Pizzicato
does anyone else crash while playing koishi on 13.5?
MLGnom

Pizzicato wrote:

does anyone else crash while playing koishi on 13.5?
Have you added fix patch from official site? There was some fatal flaws and it should fix them.
Pizzicato
can you link me?
pretty please :D

i cant read japanese

if it's 1.01 i already did that
and it seems like im not the only one getting this
MLGnom
Ah I see. Yeah Koishi is a little buggy right now. D:
Yoishi
I've tried the demo a little bit now. It's good to see ZUN kept Spell Practice in, I really like the stage 3 boss, she has some fun attacks, I think I only managed to capture one on Lunatic though they were pretty hard >.<.

Did a run on easy to see how many resources you can get
SPOILER
That was a full bomb stock +1, getting an extra bomb with a full stock already doesn't loose it, after using one your stock is still full.


can't say anything for the scoring system all I can see at the moment is graze to increase PIV, hopefully there's a bit more to it than that.

Overall it's been a fun game so far
Pizzicato
>Easy


Kobold
Training Mode Equivalent:

Back to Game
Chracter Select
Back to Menu
xxx
Enemy's Health
Enemy's Gauge Bar
xxx
Karma Bar(?)
CPU's Actions: Guard / Jumping / Downwards / Computer / Player 2
Computer Difficulty
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx

---

xxx = I don't know. :I
Pizzicato
im also crashing whenever i reach hata no kokoro

I FEEL SO BAD
Kobold
It's weird how DDC's difficulty gap is a big one.

Normal - yeah I can handle this
Hard - wtf is this, this is super hard now
[patche]

Kobold wrote:

It's weird how DDC's difficulty gap is a big one.

Normal - yeah I can handle this
Hard - wtf is this, this is super hard now
I'll try hard right now.

-5 minutes later-

lunatic already omg
Gabi
Made a small combo video for byakuren. She's fun to play but it's retarded that you have to declare a skill before being able to use it :/



amateur editing ~_~
Coro
Had a few local multiplayer matches~

Pizzicato
-Seren-
and so last week, i started playing Touhou 8 and gosh, so hard even on easy mode :/ . i cant pass beyond Eirin Yagokoro, she's too tough; i'm so stuck with her. And also, Marisa/Reimu are fairly tough too, glad i passed them =w=
Elly-chan
what're your guys' impressions on the new characters?

i hate kagerou with a burning passion + wakasagihime is fucking radical
Dai
I love Kokoro, but her masks are creepy
Pizzicato
werewolf and mermaid <3

that dullahan is overrated
Yasen Baka
I tried playing Touhou Mystic Square. It all went well until Yumeko boss fight. Then, I had to waste lots of continues on the fight against Shinki. My god, those fat homing blobs were horrifying.
Zerostarry


A good run going tumbling down... so easily :<
Yasen Baka
Good job on capturing Kogasa's third spellcard. I always end up bombing and dying during that attack. Are the lasers aimed randomly or is there a pattern?
GenoClysm
touhou gud
very good
Rio-
I Played Touhou Project since 3 weeks ago, and I got addicted to Play It.
Yep, Even the Arts in the Games is a little bad, but still I love Danmakus-Genre Game 8-)
Zerostarry

MetalGearSnake wrote:

Good job on capturing Kogasa's third spellcard. I always end up bombing and dying during that attack. Are the lasers aimed randomly or is there a pattern?
-Stay on the very bottom
-Be under her as much as possible. The longer you take on the card, the harder it gets

I think Kogasa's second card is harder than any of Nue's spells from what I've seen
Pizzicato
some major changes on 13.5 1.10b patch i heard
Apex_old
Touhou Fortress 2:

Scout: Remilia Scarlet
Young appearance and aggressive personality.

Soldier: Cirno
She is not clever, and just pretend those icicles she launches are rockets

Pyro: Marisa Kirisame
She specializes in light and heat magic.

Demoman: Utsuho Reiuji
Explosive launcher at her right hand and that red eye at her chest.

Heavy: Flandre Scarlet
She has the power to destroy any thing she sees

Engineer: Hieda no Akyuu
She has photographical memory.

Medic: Hijiri Sanbyakuren
Her peaceful behaviour fits it well.

Sniper: Aya Shameimaru
She shoots people with her camera and gets money for it

Spy: Izayoi Sakuya
Silver knife, that elegant demeanour and dead ringer
Jinxy
Apex_old
That was only intended to be a drawing on Deviantart or so
Dexxon
Why nobody talk about PC98s ?
Yoishi

Dexxon wrote:

Why nobody talk about PC98s ?
I played some SoEW today. I've wanted to try scoring in the Extra stage for a while, so finally got around to unlocking it.

Dumie
i was just wondering that can i just jump to a random game and start playing and figure out whats going on in the story or are they all related to each other and that id have to play in series to understand the plot o3oll
Yasen Baka

Dumie wrote:

i was just wondering that can i just jump to a random game and start playing and figure out whats going on in the story or are they all related to each other and that id have to play in series to understand the plot o3oll
There isn't a main plot in Touhou. Each game has its own story and don't really have a connection to one another, so you can pretty much start on any Touhou game. However, there will be some characters that have appeared in the previous games (mainly final bosses) making their appearances again on later games. I recommend you just start with Touhou Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
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