Are there any furs that are into Touhou here? If so, what's your favorite character(s)? Mine are Alice, Momiji, and Yukari. In additon, what's your favorite Touhou game? Mine are Perfect Cherry Blossom and Subterranean Animism. If you don't know what Touhou is, Touhou is a SHMUP hell shooter series done by indie Japanese company Team Shanghai Alice, which is actually only one person runs it, who goes under the name ZUN. If you want to try it out, I suggest you play Imperishable Night with Border Team on easy mode if this is your first time.
Download for Imperishable Night:
http://cloudstor.es/f/dQ4/Gameplay:
Touhou Imperishable Night Hourai Elixir (Lunatic)I'll explain the playable "Teams", mechanics, and controls below.
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"Teams" are basically the playable characters in this game, they consist of two different characters per each team. There are four teams in total. I'll explain what they each bring to the table.
Illusionary Border Team [Easy] - This is the easiest team to play, as it offers the most survivability than the other teams. Packing a smaller hitbox, slowest speed which can be helpful when moving between small gaps, homing, and immunity to being damaged by familiars for the
human side of this team. The human side of this team is
Reimu Hakurei,
she's great for stage portions because of
her homing bullets, which cover the whole screen.
Her bullets that aren't homing have decent spread. However
she's not that great damage wise on bosses due to
her damage being lower from having homing and spread. Next on the
youkai side of the team we have
Yukari Yakumo,
she damages by shooting needle-like bullets and her lock-on shikigami.
She's more single target damage oriented than
Reimu. When it comes to bombs,
Reimu's bomb packs quite a punch in situations where all of the orbs from
her bomb hit the boss, however sometimes that will not happen due to enemy familiars being in the way.
Yukari's bomb is pretty bad, it can do decent damage if you can get the borders to touch a boss, but otherwise it's pretty bad damage wise.
Magic Team [Hard] - This team had the worst spread out of all the teams, it's also considered by some the worst team at that. The team has a wider auto collection area and can use the auto collect without having full power as
human. The human side of the team,
Marisa offers decent damage, but lacks a lot of spread.
She has some spread, but for the most part it's very small.
She fires these slow moving bullets with a flurry of others moving much faster than the slow moving ones. Next on the
youkai side of the team is
Alice Margatroid,
she has nothing in terms of spread. However,
her laser shot is penetrating, which means it will go through all enemies it touches in it's path without going away. This team moves the fastest out of all the teams, which is both a good thing and a bad thing. The speed can cover the spread issue if you move to where enemies spawn quickly, and it's bad because you might bump into a bullet by accident because of the speed. They are considered damage wise, the worst team, however there is a glitch you can do called the
Malice Cannon, which is done by focusing and unfocusing every .5 seconds. This causes both of their shots to fire at the same time, if they all hit a target they become the top damager in the whole game. Bomb wise,
Marisa takes the cake for the best bomb, it does massive damage and has a lot of spread. And then there's
Alice's bomb, which is complete garbage in terms of damage, but it does have some spread to it which can be helpful if you're wanting to bomb during a stage.
Scarlet Devil Team [Hard] - This team provides a lot if the player can take advantage of what it has to offer. This team has items fall slower when using the
human side of the team, in addition a bomb item will spawn ready for pickup if the player dies with an extra bomb that was unused for the new life. The
human side of the team is
Sakuya Izayoi,
she offers quite some nice spread,
her damage for single target is pretty low though. For the
youkai side we have
Remilia Scarlet, the way how
she works is
she'll drop familiars that will stick in place on where you pressed focus. They shoot bullets upward. They will go away if you unfocus.
Remilia does the most DPS in the whole game if all of
her shots hit a boss at the same time when not including the
Malice Cannon glitch. Bomb wise,
Sakuya's bomb is okay for stages, it's not that great for bosses though.
Remilia's bomb does decent damage, and can clear all the bullets on the screen if you use it right.
Netherworld Team [Medium] - This team is quite quirky, unlike most teams where the human side tends to have spread for stages and the youkai side does the most DPS, here it's reversed. The team's perks are the
human side of the Human/Youkai gauge is halved, in addition you are rewarded a bomb item when you complete a stage. The
human side,
Youmu Konpaku, offers quite a lot of damage if you get
her myon to attack the boss along with your normal shot. You can achieve this easily by focusing and then going back to unfocus, as her myon will spawn shooting foward. Normally, the myon will shoot in the opposite direction you move in, so moving right for example would make it start shooting leftward. On the
youkai side of the team we have
Yuyuko Saigyouji, she hands down has the best spread in the game, covering pretty much the whole screen when at full power.
She actually does okay damage on bosses, but it's really low compared to the other youkai. The disadvantage of the
human side being more oriented for single target, while the
youkai side is more spread oriented, is that you'll have to focus for bullets that need precise dodging, and on bosses where this situation occurs you'll be forced to use the
youkai side. Bomb wise, both of their bombs are actually pretty good.
Yuyuko's bomb is considered the best bomb in the game, while
Youmu's bomb is also good if it hits enemies.
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Controls
Press Z to confirm/shoot
Press X to bomb
Hold down Shift to focus (let go of shift to unfocus)
Switching from focus and unfocus switches between human and youkai, human being unfocused and youkai being focused
Press ESC to pause
Use the arrow keys to move
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Mechanics
Bombing- This is an ability that you use when thinks aren't looking good or if you're about to die. You activate it by pressing X, bombs are different for each character.
Scoring- This is pretty much self-explanatory. You can increase score by collecting blue items and collecting red items when your power is full. Extra lives and bombs will also be converted to score when you complete the game.
Power- This is the value that when increased, adds/improves your shots. The maximum value is 130, you increase it by collecting red items. You lose power when you get hit.
Auto collect- On the top of the screen, there's an area that will cause you to auto collect all items on the screen if you go on it and press focus. If you're at full power though, you can auto collect without having to focus.
Time points- This is important if you're having to use continues or going for score. On normal difficulty, it will cause bosses to do an extra spell card when they're usually supposed to die. This is useful for scoring because you can get the spell card bonus, points for hitting the boss, and grazing. This is useful for continues because it will cause time to move at intervals of 30 instead of an hour after the stage ends.
Continues- When you run out of lives, you will be prompted if you'd like to use a continue. Using a continue will allow you to continue the game from right where you died, and also gives you some lives. Using a continue costs 30 minutes. When the time reaches 5 AM, it's game over. Using a continue will also prevent access to Stage 6B, forcing you with Stage 6A.
Graze- This is a system that rewards you for getting dangerously close to bullets without dying. When you get your hitbox really close to a bullet, it will reward you with graze. Graze will also add to your score, so this will be key for scoring.
The Human/Youkai Meter- This meter on the bottom left corner of the screen will fluctuate depending on what you do. If you're using the human on your time and you shoot with it, it will move towards the human side of the meter, it's vice versa for the youkai side. When it's around 100% on the human side (or 50% if you're using Netherworld Team) it will make shots that hit enemies generate time points. And then for youkai, when it's around 100% on the youkai meter grazing will generate time points. Be wise with this meter, as this is key for getting enough time points for stages.
Familiars- These are the circular things enemies will spawn. Familiars usually tend to spawn bullets, and will fly out at you. A human can hit them and a human getting hit by one will kill (unless you're using Reimu), however youkai are immune to it, and cannot shoot it either. Killing the enemy that spawned the familiar will result in the familiar vanishing, and you will be rewarded with time points. In general, you'll be wanting to kill the master of the familiar and not kill the familiar so this way you get extra time points. Be aware that gaining time points will make the Human/Youkai Meter move towards one of the sides depending on which side you were using when you received them. Swapping from side to side can be important on stages if you're wanting time points.
Spellcards- These are basically abilities that enemies have that have names. The abilities that don't have names are usually dubbed as "Non-spells" by fans.
Last Word Bomb- When you bomb right when you get hit by a bullet, you will prevent the death and will preform an advanced version of the bomb of the opposite side you were using when you got hit.
Hitbox- Focusing will make your hitbox appear, it's much smaller than your actual character's sprite.
Point- You increase this value by collect blue items. When you go over the cap, you are rewarded an extra life, and the cap is increased further more for more bonus lives.
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Character bios
Reimu Hakurei: A typical shrine maiden from Hakurei Shrine. She always lives on ideas off the top of her head, and doesn't consider something seriously. The only thing she does that actually resembles a shrine maiden's duties is enjoying tea and life on the veranda. She is quite simple-minded, thus when she's angry she's angry, and when she smiles she smiles. Her open personality makes her well-liked by both humans and youkai. Due to that, many people stay close to the shrine.
She lacks training in both melee and spells (or rather, she rarely does them), but she covers that up with the numerous talents she's born with. So she's quite tough, enough to make you wonder if she's really a human. While she warps or uses guided shots, it's all straight from her perspective. Mean shrine maiden.
Yukari Yakumo: A youkai living at the edge of Gensokyo. Her ability allows her to manipulate boundaries. It is uncertain how long she has been alive, but her existence at least predates the history of Gensokyo itself. Her personality is hard to understand; unlike other long-lived entities, she displays none of the bitterness commonly associated with old age. She is difficult to approach, but that's due more to her deviousness than any uneasy feeling that people may have around her.She owns one shikigami, and lets her shikigami do all her daily chores for her. Yukari herself always leads an easy life. From that shikigami's perspective, it's like her master is holding her hostage, so it's quite maddening. The danger and potency of the power to manipulate boundaries is beyond imagination. It's something that can only be controlled by those who are able to withstand its stress, or some weirdo youkai like Yukari.
Marisa Kirisame: She is an ordinary magician living in Gensokyo. She's also a collectomaniac. No one has any business in the Forest of Magic, so she lives there in comfortable solitude while studying to improve her magical ability.You might imagine witches as being indoor-type people, but Marisa is a rather active outdoor-type person. She prefers a lively atmosphere over silence, but still doesn't like to be disturbed when she's studying. The Forest of Magic is the perfect place for her because almost no one bothers to visit her there. Marisa would also like to point out that, "Concealing my half-finished works is NOT the reason I'm living in there."
Alice Margatroid: A magician living in the Forest of Magic.Her ability allows her to use magic. Puppetry is a part of magic too. She rarely goes out by herself, but she had no other choice this time. She has many similarities to Marisa, namely living in the Forest of Magic, being a magician and a collectomaniac. However, they have an absolute difference in that Alice is a magician as a species while Marisa is a human magician. Other than that, they're also different in using forest's mushroom as preference or not. Of course, Alice is the one who doesn't like using them. Because of that and other things, they're on bad terms. Magic is her weapon. A magician's magic is always originally developed by the magician.
Sakuya Izayoi: A maid who serves a devil. She lives in Scarlet Devil Mansion. She can manipulate time. She is the head maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, but due to her master's nature she's practically head of the household. She is utterly devoted to her master, and she feels no shame in being a "servant";on the contrary, she's so easy-going it feels nice to watch her. Sometimes she's a little spacy, but it's hard to tell if she's serious or faking it. In either case, she's a fairly serious person. Her weapon is throwing knives. Since silver is hard to come by, she's looking for other materials to use, too.
Remilia Scarlet: A vampire who resides in the Scarlet Devil Mansion. She can manipulate fate. She has apparently lived for over 500 years. Considering how long she has lived, she acts rather childishly. Creatures of her kind forfeit their growth and maturity in exchange for eternal life. In other words, she can live forever because she never grows up. It goes without saying that she is weak against sunlight, can't cross flowing water, hates garlic, and despises sardine heads. Crosses have no effect on her. It puzzles her to hear that her kind are supposed to be weak against such a thing. She uses bats and arrows as her weapons. She can spawn an unlimited number of bats from herself.
Youmu Konpaku: Both human and phantom being. She's a half-human and half-phantom in the Netherworld. Her ability is swordfighting. She attacks her enemy with Roukanken and Hakurouken. She has two kind of body: human and phantom. This means she's incompletely useful girl. She's supposed to be a swordfighting teacher of Yuyuko-sama, still, she's treated as a gardener so far. She's so immature you can't help liking because of her straightforward and pure character, yet she's always made fun by anybody for her nature. The nature of residents in Gensokyo is beyond simplicity. Main weapon is the swords, and her effort.
Yuyuko Saigyouji: She exists in the netherworld as a ghost maiden. She can manipulate death, and she has been existing as a ghost since ancient times. It is said that experiencing death in Gensokyo is strangely cheerful in many cases. And she is also a cheerful ghost, too. Moreover, she may occasionally utter reckless words and act spontaneouly, may be actually cunning and may be really stupid. When she passed away, she may have forgotten one important thing. Her favorite weapon is the Phantom Butterflies. She uses it as an indiscriminate attack, because she doesn't consider the situation at hand at all.
(bios were taken from
http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Touhou_Wiki)
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