Quote from: "Exa"Quote from: "redrackham"NOt exactly an official manga, but i'm reading a lot of TOUHOU doujin.
Good, good... Touhou is good for you! ^^
* looks his avatar *
So it's not that unknown that I had thought...
so... it seems that there's a sizable number of you guys that play it.
I'm a newb to the Touhou stuff, so any info for a newb will be greatly appreciated. :3 I'm still getting used to the game. (currently playing perfect cherry blossom)
I'll make this a touhou thread, so you can talk about touhou anything. ^^
What is this Touhou everyone talks of?
Please, I am indeed more then willing to know.
Okay, some links, first:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou (Wikipedia link, good for basic information)
http://pooshlmer.com/touhouwiki/index.php?title=Main_Page (The Wiki dedicated to the series, very rich in information)
http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php (A forum dedicated to the series)
http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=148 (HongFire's Touhou club section)
I hope that's enough for starters...
OOOKay......i'm not really an old fan of Touhou, i haven't even play any game because i don't know yet where i can get (or download) the game.
I know Touhou from the doujin at poolshimer/wiki and this site : http://www.freewebs.com/aortic/touhou.htm
If any of you have the link to the site that provide free or trial game....please let me know....i really want to play it.
and for all you lazy people or dont have a hong fire account (probably both :3) heres some comic samples *i dont like calling them doujins*
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b178/Shamensyth/Touhou/44cbfd21.png http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b178/Shamensyth/Touhou/6467a36b.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b178/Shamensyth/Touhou/c72f8421.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b178/Shamensyth/Touhou/4016373f.jpg
hmmm i think i had a site giving some of the games let dig up my overly cluttered bookmarks and see if i can find it.
Xeon said "hmmm i think i had a site giving some of the games let dig up my overly cluttered bookmarks and see if i can find it."
Ooooh........please tell me where i can get the *ehm* free touhou game if you can find the site.
When I discovered Touhou, it was a fantastic experience!
Great games, not too long (good if you have to study ;) ), magnificent music, an enormous amount of great high-level doujins...
But they are not only pure high quality: they are also really really difficult!
And this is really important! As a gamer, I don't like the lack of challenges in the last generation games.. it's difficult to find something really hard to finish, but at the same time, really entertaining! Well, Touhou is difficult, very difficult, but entertaining!
So try it and spread the word! ^^
Quote from: "Nafoi"When I discovered Touhou, it was a fantastic experience!
Great games, not too long (good if you have to study ;) ), magnificent music, an enormous amount of great high-level doujins...
But they are not only pure high quality: they are also really really difficult!
And this is really important! As a gamer, I don't like the lack of challenges in the last generation games.. it's difficult to find something really hard to finish, but at the same time, really entertaining! Well, Touhou is difficult, very difficult, but entertaining!
So try it and spread the word! ^^
It's always good to know if there are more and more Touhou players! ^^ Even though I'm not a great gamer (1 continue clearing is difficult), but I still like the series very much because of the musics, the great variety of characters, the well-made world, the doujins... hard to say it all ^^ It has a different feeling for me than most of the other shoot 'em ups.
I think Touhou's great. I have all the games that have come out including some of the games not created by ZUN himself like Touhou Hana or Marisa Land or Super Marisa etc. etc.
I haven't beat all of them yet, just Phantasmagoria of Flower View and Immaterial and Missing Power, but I'll be happy to help walk you through those or the others to the extent I know or help you out with it. Especially if you're playing as Sakuya.
Okay....i really love the Touhou dojin and after i watch some MAD video and several touhou video on youtube.....i really want to play the game....
The problem are :
1. I don't have credit card (if i have to buy it), and i don't know where i can buy it...
2. In my place, japan pc games are very rare. The common japan games are Hentai simulation games....
3. If i have to download it (if it's free), i don't know where i can get that.......
SO, if anyone can help me find touhou games, please help me.......
EDITED :
I have solve the problem, a member in this forum gave the link to me just a while ago....now, i'm trying to beat Shoot the Bullet game.....have some tips or tricks ? I'm new in playing touhou game and i haven't even clear stage 1 since i don't know how to shoot...-_-
Quote from: "Shateiel"I think Touhou's great. I have all the games that have come out including some of the games not created by ZUN himself like Touhou Hana or Marisa Land or Super Marisa etc. etc.
Yes, side games are really funny (and challenging, like a Touhou game should be =) ), Super Marisa World makes good references to the old Mario games... :)
Quote from: "Shateiel"
I haven't beat all of them yet, just Phantasmagoria of Flower View and Immaterial and Missing Power, but I'll be happy to help walk you through those or the others to the extent I know or help you out with it. Especially if you're playing as Sakuya.
Heh, a Sakuya player. =D In IaMP, I use Sakuya too (she was the first char I ever used in a Touhou game, because IaMP was my first Touhou game).
In Shoot the Bullet press Z to take a picture and C to focus and charge up the camera faster. Standard controls for a Touhou game. No player spell cards to make use of X, though.
Ah, yes, I certainly am a proud Sakuya player. Nothing like barraging an opponent with torrents of knives. ^-^ It seems a lot of people do start out with IaMP, but I started right with the old C64 Highly Responsive to Prayers and tried them out all in order.
OI! Stop shutting others out of the discussion! Where can i find these beauties???
i have since forgotten where I got Touhou. It's just been sitting here on my hard drive doing nothing until now. XD;;
I'm sure some members here know. ^^
in any case, I must really suck at this game cuz I'm getting pwned at stage 3/4 on EASY in The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil. XD;;;
Hmmm seems like more people are getting interested in touhou i see :3
i'am currently playing imperishable nights on hard and getting my A&$ kick :3
mayb some pros can give me some tips XD.
GAAAH !!!!
I'm playing embodiment of scarlet devil and i haven't finish it....
Japanese people sure are crazy....how did they finish such a difficult game like this.....bullet (danmaku) everywhere !!! You will need a high concentration ability to dodge all the bullet enemies shoot at you.
In EoSD i play normal and.....i always stuck at stage 5 when i face sakuya....actually, i'm run out of continue every time i clear stage 4.......
If there's any pro player around here.....please give use -the noobs- some useful tips or trick.....
Quote from: "redrackham"GAAAH !!!!
I'm playing embodiment of scarlet devil and i haven't finish it....
Japanese people sure are crazy....how did they finish such a difficult game like this.....bullet (danmaku) everywhere !!! You will need a high concentration ability to dodge all the bullet enemies shoot at you.
In EoSD i play normal and.....i always stuck at stage 5 when i face sakuya....actually, i'm run out of continue every time i clear stage 4.......
If there's any pro player around here.....please give use -the noobs- some useful tips or trick.....
Well, Touhou is hard, especially if you're not prepared for more intense danmaku patterns. And don't forget that most Touhou games give you the good ending only if you can clear the game in one continue... (sometimes you need to do it at least on Normal, like in EoSD - that's the reason why I couldn't see the good ending of it. With using continues, I probably could clear the game, but this will end up in a disappointing bad ending...
Sorry, I can't help you, but on the forums I mentioned earlier, you can find very advanced players, they could help.
Uhm.. for the beginners I suggest training with Imperishable Night, in easy mode (but if you do this, Tewi and Reisen will probably laugh at you... those who know the IOSYS will probably understand what I'm saying :P).
Embodiment of Scarlet Devil is probably the most difficult one...
Another good advice is to begin with Homing Style characters (Reimu), so you can concentrate in dodging, without worrying for what you are shooting at.
at the beginning touhou is REALLY HARD, especially the 4th and 5th screen of every game (I still remember how hard I was pwned in the 4th screen of Perfect Cherry Blossom.... and I'm NOT talking about the Prismrivers!).
The best advice is to train! Try to finish the game, even continuing in easy mode (at the beginning it's really easy to die ^^")
And train in the 4th and 5th screens a lot!
Day after day you'll notice that you're getting better ^^
True true touhou is extremely hard in the beginning. just won imperishable nights on lunatic with Marisa without losing a life *although it did took a while*
and now im of to try and actually survive Phatasmagoria of Flower View on lunatic using a sakuya and Remilia combo.
and also i heard a rumor that some1 was porting imperishable nights to the ds, homebrew though hope its true.
@Nafoi
Ummm....i try to play Imperishable Night but.....damn ! It's more difficult than EoSD.
In EoSD i'm able to read the pattern of enemy's danmaku attack....but in Imperishable Night....i can't since it's more intense and almost no room to dodge the danmaku.
In EoSD i usually lost a live when i lost my concentration but in Imperishable Night, i lost a live because of panic -__- after seeing danmaku filling up my computer screen (like when facing Marisa (using Reimu) or when facing Reisen.....)
But i still struggling to finish both (EoSD and Imperishable Night) now.
Btw.....what the mean of Graze in both game ? I notice that in Imperishable Night, you can move through enemies' danmaku without getting killed (up to some extent) but you can't do it in EoSD....is it 'Graze' that i metioned before ?
To "graze" means to fly near the enemy danmaku. It adds points to your total score.
In touhou games either you and the bullets have a "hitbox".
You can see your character's hitbox when you focus (to focus you have to keep pressed the shift button).
In EoSD you can't see your hitbox, so you'll have to understand where it is.
Reimu's hitbox is smaller than the one of the other characters, so it's easier to use.
The bullets have a hitbox too: you can be killed only if you touch the bullet's hitbox with your hitbox. usually bigger bullets can be grazed more effectively since their hitbox is a lot smaller than them.
For me Imperishable Night is easier than EoSD (I usually play in lunatic mode, but it should be easier in easy mode too)..
Marisa is surely tough, but reisen it's actually pretty easy: just stay away from her and you should be safe: most of her bullets slow down near the end of the screen and are easy to dodge (but don't try to take the bonus points when you finish one of her lifebars or you'll be caught by her next bullets :P).
Plus, in Imperishable Night, if you are caught by a bullet, you have some time (a little instant :P) to press the bomb button and save your life (sacrificing two bombs). In EoSD you can't do this.
You could say that Imperishable Night is easier because the innovations in the game help you staying alive :P
Plus in the options of Imperishable Night, you can set the number of your lives per continue up to seven, and this helps A LOT :D (but try not to get addicted to the high number of lives ;) )
i wanna try this but where can get em?
can anyone link the game for me?
Quote from: "SleepyD"i have since forgotten where I got Touhou. It's just been sitting here on my hard drive doing nothing until now. XD;;
I'm sure some members here know. ^^
in any case, I must really suck at this game cuz I'm getting pwned at stage 3/4 on EASY in The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil. XD;;;
Well, I feel like bringing this thread out from the depths. ^^;
I've been playing EoSD again lately.
I know it's one of the harder ones, but I have this desire to do things in order. XD; And the challenge is much appreciated.
I'm trying to clear EoSD all in one continue on Normal. Farthest I've gone is the beginning of stage 5.
I blame "China" for killing my stock of lives before going into the library that is stage 4. I know how to clear her stage strategy-wise, but my precision with the keyboard controls isn't as great as I would like it to be.
Quote from: "Nafoi"
Plus, in Imperishable Night, if you are caught by a bullet, you have some time (a little instant :P) to press the bomb button and save your life (sacrificing two bombs). In EoSD you can't do this.
Actually you can. It's just IN gives you way more time to do so than EoSD does. The wiki says you have to bomb within 0.1 seconds after getting hit in EoSD, while IN gives you 0.9 seconds. Also in EoSD, there is no bomb penalty.
I've done it before in EoSD, but you have to be lucky. I've played IN a few times, and yeah, it's WAY easier to counter-bomb.
Edit: I see that the EoSD death-bombing applies to all games from TH06 onwards. In IN, the extra feature is that from 0.1 to 0.9 seconds after being hit you can still counter-bomb, but with penalties.
Perhaps a good call, to avoid flooding just about EVERY section with touhou-isms, let us now proceed to tell of our failings or successes with Danmaku in this thread.
For my part, I actually started off with Subterranean Animism, with its strange bombing system - thus I've never really gotten the card bombing around my head, so I instinctively avoid using bombs 90% of the time...and when I DO start using them, it's usually too late anyway -w-;
EoSD is strange. I always found Meiling pretty simple, but my worst fear was - strangely enough - Cirno's first non-spell. Yep. Stupid as it sounds (lol), but I always find it extremely hard to dodge it properly - even now I usually go around it and fling out to the sides to throw their aim off.
I think I managed to get all the way to Patchy once, but she slaughtered what lives I had left so brutally it wasn't even comical.
On IN: Reisen is extremely frustrating, but that's probably because I lose my nerve completely while going through the stage to get to her (TEWI YOU ASSHOLE, also FUCKING_RABBITS). What I've found, however, is that playing Shoot the Bullet is a quite marvelous training method to learn how to graze and stuff.
Anyways. UFO is crazy. PCB is surprisingly easy, to a part...
...until Youmu comes in and screws shit up good.
So: as of yet I've never gotten further than Stage 5 (normal) without using a continue (PCB/IN, hard as well on PCB) and little further with them. There seems to be a high gap in between the 4th and 5th stages in many cases.
Never played easy mode, and never will, out of sheer pride. -.-
2007? Really, I started this that long ago?
haha, well, since my last posting, I STILL haven't been able to 1cc EoSD. And as usual, once I use a continue, my skills just become crap at that point for some reason. (so I still haven't cleared it)
Although, nowadays I'm able to clear Meiling and Patchy will little loss of life. It's that accursed maid that kills me so. many. times. By the time I get to Remilia, I'm dangling by a thread with a life or two.
Then I die.
So far most of my deaths have occurred in Sakuya's stage. heh
Yeah, Youmu came out of nowhere...
And I've played UFO a bit... Couldn't get past Stage 3. lol...
UNZAN, DAMNIT, UNZAN, I HATE UNZAN SO MUCH. UGH.
I dunno why, but I really like the Prismrivers' theme. It's catchy. -w-;
I must also mention that it is hideously annoying to attempt to play Touhou on a laptop...
...since the keyboard is screwed up and doesn't allow you to go down and left at the same time. -_-
I AM FORCED TO PLAY WITH A CRAPPY GAMEPAD ´A`
my laptop (before it died just a few days ago) wouldn't allow z+shift+down+left/right
If I release one of those buttons, it does that 3-key combo just fine... but when I'm using shift, I generally need to go in a particular direction rather carefully... heh
Bring this up to pace with my:
Shoot the Bullet talk...
I'm doing really well in it, and it's been semi-confirmed that the next touhou game is Shoot the Bullet 2 (no idea of the actual number)
STB2, you say!?
That sounds awesome indeed.
Hmm, I must say that playing Touhou with a controller (PS3 controller) is a lot harder then I thought as the games progress...
Usami Renko with a pokeball...?
I won't even ask.
Because Renko just does not get enough love...
But my Signature will make so much sense when I finish it.
I'm spying a touhoumon in here... -w-
Haven't played a touhou game in a while. But oh god UFO is freaking hard, I don't know if mah Skillzz are just rusted or not but I can't even finish stage 4 without using a continue on Lunatic. Murasa and her second Sailor rage just decimates me. Also Stage 2 suiciding bombs makes me rage.
(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/9269/85951902.th.jpg) (http://img692.imageshack.us/i/85951902.jpg/)
PIC related
Also Touhou CANNOT BE CONTAINED IN A SINGLE TOPIC!!.
Side Edit Question: Also anyone here know where to get Piano Music Sheets for them Touhou music -x-.
http://pooshlmer.com/wakaba/res/433963.html
Ask here for music sheets for touhou music
And Nejin, you are right it is touhoumon and my shameless promotion for my unofficial hack for it ^^;;
Anyway in it I'm raising currently:
Chibi Star Sapphire
Chibi Sakuya (starter)
Chibi Ran
Chibi Mystia
Chibi Medicine
Chibi Alice
IDK why, but PCB seems to be easier than EoSD by a good margin...
Well my new signature reflects my progress in touhoumon, and I must say that it looks good to m--...
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Damnit I saved it as .jpg!!!!!
Damn those evil .jpgs, they shouldn't even be supported so people should be forced to use the almighty .png
Hmm, If I could simply increase the limits to about
700 x 150 then I'd have so much more room for what I want to add...
That being natures, and badges obtained.
Seems like I'd want some of that Touhoumon for myself, now... -w-
Oh, and Reitaisai 7 should be just about over. Prepare for MASSIVE INFLUX OF JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. <3
doublespoilerdoublespoiler
I figured out how to use Share, and my hash search functions are at the ready!
It seems that i'm utter complete SHIT at IaMP! Reimu beats the crap out of me with her BALLS.
Due to starting off with SWR, which looks just about the same as IaMP but has entirely different mechanisms and controls, it took well more than a month for me to grasp what the shit was wrong with my gaming -_-
Found a good list of acoustic/classical Touhou music if any of you are interested.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4BBDDF8940E8AC40
Okuu's pretty epic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am2YEfPfYjk
just put the playlist on autoplay and on random or something, and if you find a good song go use your google skills and get it! (or rip it off the video, your choice)
Quote from: "Xeon"
Also Touhou CANNOT BE CONTAINED IN A SINGLE TOPIC!!.
haha, well, I think multiple topics would only be needed if we had more than like 10 people talking about it. heh At the moment, the thread is moving slowly enough that it's manageable in one thread, imo.
Ooh. OOH. Oooooooooh.
Okuu indeed. -w- Orchestrals <3
I venture back to my old homes and see that the thing I've been diving into has now being discussed.
As far as Touhou goes, I'm more immersed in the community than I am the games, although I will play them for a good time waster and such. I prefer the PC-98 series over the Windows for some reason, perhaps because I was exposed to PC98 alot more than Windows and have thus grown attachted to it. Meh.
Speaking of which - is there any easy way to emulate PC-98 software/os on your usual box? It'd be pretty interesting to see the roots of things...
well, when I acquired the touhou games, the PC-98 games did come with an emulator...
never really bothered to look around.
A MASSIVE INFLUX OF MUSIC HAS BEEN OBTAINED...
There's this guy who does an amazing youtube channel with lots of cool arranges of touhou music (for example the Okuu theme one we saw in the clip thread earlier) one in metal flavor, one in classical/unplugged and one techno one. Turns out, his website offers mediafire ddl's of the packs with the mp3's themselves...THE GLORY IS BOUNDLESS.
So, have at ye.
http://poltergeistmansion.tk/
FYI, Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil is the BEST
HAY GUISE
So, we finally FINALLY have our UNL translation. Get your 12.3 fixed up good, DL @ gensokyo (http://gensokyo.org).
Now, I know most of the time people are averse to fandubs. Especially music.
But if you haven't gotten tired of Bad Apple!!, I have 2 covers for you. I thought they were pretty good, but your mileage may vary. (Slightly OT, I... dislike Vee's voice acting, but she tends to voice the annoying girl anyway, so I guess it fits)
[English] Cristina Vee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owFulRTR1Sc
[Deutsch] Strawbelly Cake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaCO0ryF-GM
If you don't want to discuss that, any reaction to Touhou 12.8? :D
What this?
http://zepy.momotato.com/2010/07/23/touhou-128-yousei-daisensou/
Well, it does ruin the whole TH13=13thwintouhougame thing...but then again...
THEN AGAIN...
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g239/NejinOniwa/e582cfee41827d9b54105af0f8a81a6c.jpg)
So, eye gets my own gaem? I TRULY MUST BE THE STRONGEST THEN OHOHOHOHOHOHOHO
Meh, Christina's version was awful IMHO. But them again, most dubbed versions of japanese songs are awful. Miku's "Take It Easy!!!" for example. *shivers*
HALT,
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9rHk8jdmuWc/SyZVVtO4_dI/AAAAAAAAAM4/kjeYTd9Za1I/s400/9136e93f3d82fb8d105c97ade806fc3236fc768b.jpg)
â'¨ am the strongest! YOU MUST PASS THIS CRAZY GUITAR RIFF TO MOVE ON
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziiTPbrKa9g
ah... Cirno's Perfect Math Class... heh
This was the first version that I liked:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RMW8QIdui0
Made me want to hug a Cirno.
Quote from: "NejinOniwa"So, eye gets my own gaem? I TRULY MUST BE THE STRONGEST THEN OHOHOHOHOHOHOHO
Freezing bullets does sound fun. :D
Quote from: "Red-Machine"Meh, Christina's version was awful IMHO. But them again, most dubbed versions of japanese songs are awful. Miku's "Take It Easy!!!" for example. *shivers*
Heh, maybe I've been listening to too much J-Pop and Autotune. I'm all desensitized to it. Or maybe I'm concentrating too much on the lyrics. Often, the lyrics translation will make a song 10x better for me. I thought that was well done in CV's version.
Welp, in any case, in the past few weeks I've been just taking in EastNewSound's stuff, and fell in love with this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2pQtkFaEv0
Lyrics: http://kafkafuura.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/lucid-dream-lyrics/
Edit: and just now. this piano-y remix of Cirno's Odenpa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwiyKtROYZg
hoooly crap. I love it.
Hey... Hey?
I know this was... all covered in this first page of the thing. I mean, the thread. Forums. Whatever. I dunno...
Anyway, um. For those of us who hate clicking the mouse, can someone give an explanation about what Touhou is? Well, rather, clarify a random explanation?
Is it an online game? What genre? Ehh... I dunno. I use Touhou backgrounds on Izumi, my laptop. It sounds cool, from what everyone says. And the characters are kawaii. But I can't find out too much about it, other than the regions where it was released and the... um. Stuff.
svx can has playing Touhou? <3
http://touhou.wikia.com
Have at you.
As for the games, get them at your local torrent supplier.
Speaking of which, I NEED TO GET FAIRY WARS NAO OwO
EDIT: FAIRY WARS GET, AWESOME AS FUCKMAHELLIONIZING CARPET BOMBS OVER JERUSALEM >:3
Quote from: "svx"Hey... Hey?
I know this was... all covered in this first page of the thing. I mean, the thread. Forums. Whatever. I dunno...
Anyway, um. For those of us who hate clicking the mouse, can someone give an explanation about what Touhou is? Well, rather, clarify a random explanation?
Is it an online game? What genre? Ehh... I dunno. I use Touhou backgrounds on Izumi, my laptop. It sounds cool, from what everyone says. And the characters are kawaii. But I can't find out too much about it, other than the regions where it was released and the... um. Stuff.
svx can has playing Touhou? <3
Touhou wiki is good for finding specific information, but I've found, not so good at introducing new people to it.
I've been mulling in my head a series of articles that's essentially "Touhou for the uninitiated"
I haven't really written anything concrete, but I think this is a good starting point.
Touhou is a series of shoot em ups (shmups) that fall into the "bullet hell" subcategory of shmups. The source material are the games created by Team Shanghai Alice, whose only known member is ZUN. ZUN is the programmer, artist, and writer of these games.
He releases these games as a doujin game. He does not enforce copyright in the slightest. The Touhou fanbase is largely centered on fan-made material. There are probably terabytes worth of touhou doujin music out there by now. You'll find a ton of doujinshi and and doujin games as well. These allow for multiple fan interpretations of the characters and stories. They run the gamut from moe moe touhou, to srs bsns touhou. Touhou can be anything you wish it to be, really.
If you have more questions, feel free to ask. I want to flesh out these thoughts of mine, write these articles, and maybe help remove misconceptions that some people have about touhou.
Quote from: "NejinOniwa"
EDIT: FAIRY WARS GET, AWESOME AS FUCKMAHELLIONIZING CARPET BOMBS OVER JERUSALEM >:3
yes. :D
(http://i349.photobucket.com/albums/q364/tcmapler/34393cirno.jpg)
THIS DAY.
â'¨/â'¨/10.
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS: "â'¨ DAY" AND "THE STRONGEST DAY"
REJOICE.
Strongest day was last year, though... -w-;
True Nejin, true...
Heres to living till â'¨/â'¨/â'¨â'¨
And on that day, I shall summon the legendary Articu- I mean, THE STRONGEST, to visit us in all our boundless glory!
ALL HAIL THE STRONGEST
ALL HAIL THE GREAT CHILLY ONE
ON THIS DAY WE RAISE OUR HEADS TO YOU
GREAT ONE, STRONGEST, the â'¨ of â'¨s - CIRNO!
Oh, and speaking of STRONGEST DAY, it seems like the english patch for Fairy Wars came out yesterday...
http://www.gensokyo.org/th128e_patch_1.0.exe
Strongest day, indeed.
Oh, also, DRAWING SOME ATTENTION TO THIS LULZ- AND ATTENIONWORTHY THING IN MY SIG HERE:
Touhou Danmaku Yuugi -flowers- TRPG (http://gallery.gensokyo.org/archive/Touhou_Danmaku_Yuugi_%20-flowers-%5bRPG%5d.zip)
With less dungeons, possibly less dragons, but MOST DEFINITELY MORE DAKKA!!!.
Fuckmahellit, man. I wish I had a group for that. ;_;
i was in class thursday, and this nice girl was singing "bad apple". :3 (well, she started singing it a little while after i came in. :3)
we've become friends, which is nice, and she's taught me the proper pronunciation of "touhou". :3 ("toh-ho")
I thought I taught you that already... ->-
I haven't been getting my daily dosage of Touhou lately. Any important Touhou stuff I've miss in the pass 8 months?.
Well, Fairy Wars, for one...
Otherwise most is getting on as it should. Nobody knows anything about th13 yet, but that's that, I suppose.
Quote from: "Chocofreak13"i was in class thursday, and this nice girl was singing "bad apple". :3 (well, she started singing it a little while after i came in. :3)
we've become friends, which is nice, and she's taught me the proper pronunciation of "touhou". :3 ("toh-ho")
glad to hear it.
...and i assume you used to pronounce it in a way that would make me quietly facepalm?
When I was there, at least, it sounded something like, Tuu-huu. (or Tew-hew)
-w-;
My niece pronounces it as Too-hyuh, but she was cosplaying as Reimu at the time so I couldn't care less ^^.
pix or it didn't happen. >:3
Maybe at the next Hobbycon ^^.
GAIZ, LOOK. TH13 DEMO!
http://www.mediafire.com/?o3lnq6s0yedld76
Youmu is actually very, very nice to play as. -w-
Quote from: NejinOniwa on April 24, 2011, 04:58:52 PM
GAIZ, LOOK. TH13 DEMO!
http://www.mediafire.com/?o3lnq6s0yedld76
Youmu is actually very, very nice to play as. -w-
I posted this link the day it came out but anyway...
ZUN, OUR GOD HAS BESTOWED UPON US A GREAT GAME -DEMO- WHICH IS AWESOME (Other than Sakuya not being included...maybe she will be the Final Boss!?!?)
(http://i349.photobucket.com/albums/q364/tcmapler/8e56eb2e67dd00f07e7aaf758f427873.jpg)
Cheers mate!
I love touhou <33333
i have games 1-12.8
:3
Wait what
Why do you have the PC-98 ones anyway?
Because, i want to have nearly all of them >:3
Did you have physical copies or just the torrent downloaded ROMS (I'm guessing ROMS because not many people outside Japan would have physical copies due to computer compatibility issues)? I have a physical copy of TH6 which is always sitting on my desk (I also have the packaging it came in because its covered in Japanese stamps which looks really awesome).
Th06 was the very first touhou game I played.
<33333333333
I'm planning on buying a physical copy of 12. 6 is my favorite and 12 comes in a close second x3
A question: Is it possible to appreciate Touhou fully, without ever playing the games?
Usually I think a person needs experience with a video game to appreciate the fandom surrounding it, but Touhou seems to have such a HUGE fanbase and so many fan comics, artworks, etc, that it seems like you could know a lot about the characters, setting and story without ever touching the actual game. Y/N?
Y
but I recommend you play at least one touhou game (Other than the fighting games) so you don't meet a touhou fan that goes "Wat is ur favorite game!?" and you end up having to say "Never played."
Kraus' post sums it up p/y well.
Personally though...
I CAN'T DECIDE, DAMNIT. >_>
I mean, 6-8 are good as hell. 9 is pretty sweet, and also the one I ever came closest to clearing. 10, meh. 11 was the first I played. 12 HAS UFOS AND AWESOME SHIT.
So LOLIDUNNO?
Lets just go with the fact that they are all great and awesome games?
I'm going to hook up my X-Arcade to a computer and play a touhou fighting game along with some other classics
I'll post pictures later.
@Kraus and Nej: That makes sense, thanks.
I've never been motivated to play the games outside of seeing what they're actually like... it looks bastardly difficult. .__.;
Yes. Yes, they are.
I've wanted to try the series, although the only problem is the one I downloaded (Perfect Cherry Blossom) was unfortunately corrupt. Maybe once I find another site that has it, I can finally test my might and see how good I am at a game I've heard is hard as a rock
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5057070/Touhou_Project_Compilation_%5BTH01_-_TH12.3%5D
GO NUTS
and this, http://the-hakurei-shrine.deviantart.com/blog/39294940/
If you're like me and you don't have the time and patience to wait for torrents~
@Canary: That will be better; I've always felt a direct download was faster than torrents (The stuff I usually try to get doesn't have enough seeders; leading to it taking days to download what my wimpy connection could do in an afternoon)
well I'm on a hamachi server that this guy put up for TH12 and stuff.
Do you guys play those touhou fighting games?
Not IaMP, but I've cleared both SWR and Hisoutensoku...don't play much anymore though. Might do.
I downloaded Perfect Cherry Blossom last night, and plan on trying it out (And probably going to get my ass handed to me) tonight
Well, PCB is one of the easier games, imo.
Until you get to Ran, that is... >_>
I played 9 all the way through on easy mode last night >w>
I'm going to do normal mode now, so I can get the extra stage~
anyway, I have a hamachi server for SWR and 12.3 :P
I'm playing with my friend today~
(http://www.q-otaku.com/newimages/easy%20mode.jpg) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLrnhvgUci0)
Really. I couldn't resist. -w-;
Bite me >w>
I always play easy mode first. then I go on.
-edit-
does anyone know how to get the network play working in PoFV? ._. I can't figure it out.
Hmmm... not sure how to respond to this new "this thread is dead" warning, but I guess since this was only buried by one page, it shouldn't be too much of a problem. I was actually planning on starting a new Troubleshooting thread for this, but this seems more convenient, as I highly doubt a new thread will actually go anywhere.
Anyway, I just installed this Touhou spinoff - Koumajou Densetsu: Scarlet Symphony, and I'm having trouble getting to run properly. The game looks fine, everything works, it's just really laggy. I've tried google looking for a means of solving this problem myself, but I can't find anything about problems with the game. I've read that it lags occasionally for some people, but I just started the game and no matter where I go, it's just painfully slow (well not that bad, but slower than a Castlevania clone should be). What's worse is I don't really know how to find out what's causing the problem, as it's not my computer. I can tell that this computer should more than meet the specs to play this, but for some reason, it just can't. Has anyone else experienced this issue?
Necroposting! Ha ha!
Last night, I 1cc'd (One credit cleared/no continues) Mystic Square one easy. Oh, how I remember when I had to use 2 continues against the 4th stage bosses and would run out on the 5th boss! I can also clear it on normal but have to use continues.
Now to 1cc Lotus Land Story on normal. The last time I played it, I was soooooooo close to doing so, but lost my last life at the very end of the final boss battle! AAARGH! If I had been able to avoid getting hit for one or two more seconds...
(on another note, MS on easy and LLS on normal are of comparable difficulty, but you have to clear LLS on normal or harder without continues to get the good ending)
Nice :3
Last time I tried playing Perfect Cherry Blossom, I didn't get as far as I did my first time (I only hit level 2, while I was at the end of level 3 on my first try); because I was tired and not really focused ^_^;;
Best I can do is 1cc Imperishable Night on Hard, but my ex had 1CCed everything on lunatic up to UFO. That man was CRAY. I still beat his ass on the fighting games, though, lol.
@Cockle: Damn! I can't 1cc any of the games on normal (though I've come close!!) let alone hard and certainly not lunatic! How did he do that? Does he just have mad skills, or did he practice a lot? Or both?
I have played some of the games on lunatic for the heck of it, and amazingly on my second try with that on SoEW, I almost cleared the game, only running out of continues halfway through the final boss!
not sure if this fits here, since i don't play it, but a couple weeks ago i bought a pair of touhou doujin. too bad they're both in chinese. ;v;
Quote from: Chocofreak13 on May 22, 2012, 03:03:20 PM
not sure if this fits here, since i don't play it, but a couple weeks ago i bought a pair of touhou doujin. too bad they're both in chinese. ;v;
Tell me where. Right now.
WHERE!?!?!?!
@aurora, he's crazy and practices a crapton. Man is more obsessed about touhou than me, and that's
REALLY saying something
Otaku Shop
44 Kneeland St (Basement)
Boston, MA, 02111 (Chinatown)
617-556-8258
(down the street from the Mcdonald's and Dunkin's)
they were $5 apiece. the owner's friend in Hong Kong writes them. they're quite good.
I AM GOING TO GO THERE NEXT TIME I'M IN BOSTON
AND I WILL BUY THEM OUT
OH MY LORD I'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE. WHY DID I MISS THE DOUJIN ARGH
i think they're new; i've been there before but i didn't see the doujin till last time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_D9we7bQsuo
Do i post ponies in touhou? Yes I do.
With good reason, of course. SOMEONE STOLE THE PRECIOUS THING!
I opened that and immediately my eardrums exploded violently.
Plus all the freaking clueless people in the comments, nothing pisses me off more.
Also the fact that they called MSTPT an 'old' touhou fad.
*crunch*
there, there. if we meet up over the summer and you still haven't found the doujin, i'll bring mine so you can look at them. :\
i killed it and shall rekill it with this, cause i thought you might be interested:
http://site.volksusa.com/sumikatimes/2012/07/02/customer-gallery-kud-and-sakuya/#more-12701
From SleepyD
haha, that link was my old Touhou thread in General Computers and Gaming. Feel free to take this conversation there if you like.
Well, I don't have any doujinshi links handy, and I'd have to think about that a bit anyway (I'll have that for you tonight, if I remember ^^; ). Some of the doujinshi out there might require some prior knowledge in order to really appreciate it, so I need to find more stand-alone examples (of which there are many).
Having said that, I can give you youtube links to videos and music. Keep in mind that ALL of these are doujin products created by fans.
Music:
(let's see if I can get a good variety here...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlKrP7VXt14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsMNqUVv3mQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3OICXFTAW0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebQx-N2Gmb8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP7BYCRKC58
Some music videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS6IT9UMC8U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuygURfSq90
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4p1kkuM2Hg Nitoriiii ;_;
And lastly, a touhou anime (made by the people that made that last vid I linked):
Again, 100% doujin product, from the music, animation, voices all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w337ij3wtXA
From me.
Okay, I will check when I get the chance.
http://media.nintendojack.com/Music/Touhou/ (http://media.nintendojack.com/Music/Touhou/)
That there is the original OSTs, I take it? From which all good things come. lol
Here's some I can give you before I do a more in-depth search. I tend to work late, and I might not get to it in time.
a short comic. A bit NSFW, but hey.
http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/643815/
Canon/semi-canon doujinshi (since ZUN was involved)
http://mangafox.me/manga/touhou_bougetsushou_silent_sinner_in_blue/
http://mangafox.me/manga/inaba_of_the_moon_inaba_of_the_earth/
Ongoing comics (i.e. not finished, expect cliffhanger) on danbooru that I read:
http://danbooru.donmai.us/pool/show/1326
http://danbooru.donmai.us/pool/show/2493
Quote
>That's an odd-looking river. The riverbank is a nearly straight line with no slope, and just some larger stones put in a neat row along the edge, like a man-made rock garden.
>along the edge
Yukari is fooling around again.
Damnit. XD
I am not much in the games anymore (too addicting!), but I read the comics.
I just love the gensokyo.org site and I warmly remember how I helped many users making the first .torrent with the site archive when the site went down for excessive bandwidth usage.
Did you know there is an (unofficial) card game of the Maidens of Kaleidoscope?
http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/835738/touhou-variant-of-ghost-stories
That game looks pretty cool. ^^
I'm in the same boat as you, sort of ... I've actually yet to play the games, but I like reading Touhou comics and checking out fanart. The sheer amount of talent in the fan community is amazing.
I figure I'd bump this thread because I found a video from C83 that just activated my feels.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QG9m8KtFyE
>Browsing TokyoTosho
>[Tonde] Touhou Doujin Anime - A Summer Day's Dream
>EPISODE 2
NANIIIIIIIIII
Oh, also: looks like the CK2 Touhou mod (http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?622899-Mod-Kingdom-of-Gensokyo-Touhou-Relaunch) I mentioned earlier is finally fleshed out enough to be enjoyable. Try it out, y'all.
There's also a new game on the way: TH13.5 ~ Hopeless Mirror.
You know what, I'm finally going to post something here after all. Here's Brainscratch's commentary on Tohouvania 2! Well, part 1 at least.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_44W7a1V7cY
Here's a bit of fanart as well to go along with it.
Just in case you can't read the first text box: "Good job Sakuya. I always wondered what a man was."
I feel bad for all of them. Especially Ryan's friend.
I've been playing a Touhou clone for Android. Does that count?
Quote from: Bella on May 23, 2013, 10:47:31 PM
I've been playing a Touhou clone for Android. Does that count?
I guess...?
What was it by the way?
Touhou is a series of games, primarily in the vertical scrolling shooter/bullet hell genre of games.
So unless it actually was Touhou, then no.
That would be like saying "I've never played Street Fighter, but I've played Tekken! Does that count?"
That said, Touhou has the added complication that there are mountains upon mountains of fanmade games of many different genres, and since those are arguably just as valid as the games by ZUN, well... the only criteria at this point is whether or not it had Touhou characters in it.
Quote from: LeaflameSD on May 24, 2013, 01:53:41 AM
Quote from: Bella on May 23, 2013, 10:47:31 PM
I've been playing a Touhou clone for Android. Does that count?
I guess...?
What was it by the way?
BakaSTG.
Quote from: SleepyD on May 24, 2013, 09:26:45 PM
That said, Touhou has the added complication that there are mountains upon mountains of fanmade games of many different genres, and since those are arguably just as valid as the games by ZUN, well... the only criteria at this point is whether or not it had Touhou characters in it.
Yeah, the creator admits it's an homage to Touhou, but I'd be inclined to think of it as a Touhou fan-game due to a number of ... familiar ... faces.
Although their names are never mentioned, the playable character is Tewi, and the opponents are Chen, Nitori, Sanae, Medicine Melancholy, Daiyousei (I believe) and Rumia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_YDztmPwsM
TOUHOUSTEP!!??!??!?!?!!?!?
Also, Reitaisai 10 is over~ Now time to sift through the mountains of brand new fan material~
Also Touhou 13.5! (already translated, thank you very much, touhou fanbase)
And also Touhou 14 demo!
ENGLISH MASQUERADE WHERE PLS
I think it keeps crashing for me because I don't have applocale for the japanese version...
i don't even, why can't i into all of these toehoes, i need ze engrish
Oh jeez, I was too excited. Gomen. m(_ _)m There exists a self-updating TL patch for TH14. Aptly named Touhou CRAP: http://thpatch.net/wiki/Touhou_Patch_Center:Download
TH13.5 Patch and Translation is pending.
Aye. Well, good to see they're on the work of it at least.
http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Symposium_of_Post-mysticism
OH HEY, NEW FACT BOOK.