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My favourite character so far is Etarnity, and so is her theme, I also really liked the Stage 3 theme. ReimuSpring for the shot type.

I think ZUN's Etarnity looks very cute

>>17444694
>Who is your current favorite character of the 1-3 bosses, Etarnity, Nemuno or Aunn?

Eternity

>Which theme is your favorite?

Aunn's

>Which character/season combo do you like the most?

Marisa Fall

>How will the game be creepy/depressing?

Maybe darker than most other ones in the series but I can't see ZUN going full edgy, ever. It'll probably be more serious in a way that the final battle has serious consequences on Gensokyo

>>17444694

> Current favorite character?
Etarnity.

> Current favorite theme?
A Pair of Divine Beast, but very close Swim in a Cherry Blossom Colored Sea.

> Character/Season combo?
Aya/Autumm.

> How will the game be creepy/depressing?
Nah, but it's a surprise the first time you listen the boss themes are really pretty dark than stage themes.

>>17444694
>How will the game be creepy/depressing?
You people are concentrating way too hard on one out of context quote from like a 3-hour long video podcast.

>>17444694
>Who is your current favorite character of the 1-3 bosses, Etarnity, Nemuno or Aunn?
>Which theme is your favorite?
I like all three newhus and their themes. The characters all have pretty amusing personalities (it's probably helped by the variety of the cast), and their BGMs are pretty good, though not fantastic.

>Which character/season combo do you like the most?
Got hooked on summer Cirno, and now I can't handle the objectively better combinations. Marisa with Winter or Autumn is also very nice.

>How will the game be
>creepy
ZUN will throw a vague hint at the series ending in-universe.

>depressing
No Yuuka.

>>17444936
He's mentioned the creepy factor more than once

>>17444694
Favorite character is Aunn, favorite song is a tie between stage 3 and Etarnity's, and I'm liking Reimu Winter's mix of power and a small hitbox. No idea what to expect regarding the creepy/depressing remarks or if they really mean anything, except for maybe >>17444991 or Lily getting a portrait never ever.

I really enjoyed the demo. Sure, the gimmick is odd, but can't you say the same about all Touhou games? It felt like I was playing PCB or MoF again. I hope more games in the future use the traditional resources like this one.

>>17444995
Probably more characters with ominous looking weapons like Nemuno or like Seiran in the last game.

>>17444694
>How will the game be creepy/depressing
Was this hinted at in some way? I've been out of it recently.

MIMA is going to be the stage 4 boss. I can feel it in my bones.

>>17445229
>I can feel it in my bones.
There's going to be a skeleton touhou and really spook things up.

Nemuno's theme is pretty boss

If Aunn showed up. Maybe it's time for the Hakurei god to do the same.

>>17445300
The Hakurei god is dead

>>17444694
>How will the game be creepy/depressing?

Mima will not be in the game.

Why does it say 2017/8/31 at the bottom?

>>17445648
Day it starts being sold in stores.

>>17445669
but it's being sold at comiket, right?

>>17445687
Yes, it's sold at Comiket on the 11th and is made available in stores like melonbooks etc. on the 31st for everyone who couldn't/didn't want to attend Comiket.

>this game will come out before the translated chapter of the final Forbidden Scrollery

there's something seriously wrong with this world...

>>17445718
Nobody cares about forbidden scrollery

>>17445793
And nobody cares about EOPs.

>>17445793
I... care about it.

When will we be able to download it from Moriya Shrine?

>>17445718

There's a summary if you didn't know yet

>>17445921
After someone gives a link here.

>>17444694
>Who is your current favorite character of the 1-3 bosses, Etarnity, Nemuno or Aunn?
Aunn is very cute

>Which theme is your favorite?
Stage one, it's very damn awesome, I think it's one of my favourite stage themese in the series overall.

>Which character/season combo do you like the most?
Marisa/Autumn, I know she's baby mode but it still feels good and fun to play.

>How will the game be creepy/depressing?
Something about reflecting how seasons work or whatever? Only ZUN knows what goes on in his head.

>>17444694
>Who is your current favorite character of the 1-3 bosses, Etarnity, Nemuno or Aunn?
Aunn easily
>Which theme is your favorite?
Nemuno
>Which character/season combo do you like the most?
Reimu/Winter
>How will the game be creepy/depressing?
Eh, it won't.

Aunn is my favorite due to her gimmick and the implication from WaHH that she's been at Reimu's shrine for a while now. I love when Reimu has to deal with nuisances living at her shrine. I also like her theme a lot.

I will be honestly disappointed if Yuuka, the Akis, Lily, and Letty don't all appear. It's a seasonal game, you need the seasonal characters. That just seems like common sense, I feel like it'd be a huge missed opportunity to not have characters like "The Flower Master of the Four Seasons" in it. Maybe put them in the Extra. Yuuka's nendo coming out seems like it'd be a pretty big coincidence though.

Whatever Zun does, please do not fuck up this game as much as LoLK.
Fucking Junko and Welcome To Hell ruined everything.

>>17446208
Cry more, faggot. Aggresive 2hus best 2hus.

>>17446208
I enjoyed Junko, and I loved her as a final boss. We've had bosses with much worse bullshit patterns than she has, but she still manages to be possibly the most challenging final boss we've had yet.

Though I would like a calmer boss this time around... someone like Junko probably doesn't fit too well in this game.

>>17446311
I like her danmaku- it might not be as grand scale as other final bosses stuff but it fits the character really nicely- it's *simple* and straightforwards for the most part, there's just a lot of it and it's really nasty as straightforwards stuff goes, which fits as she's just going all out to fuck you up.

>>17446311
>I would like a calmer boss this time around

Aunn already brought curvy lasers back so I'm not sure your wishes will be granted

>>17444694
>Who is your current favorite character of the 1-3 bosses, Etarnity, Nemuno or Aunn?

Aunn. The idea that she has been there skulking behind the Hakurei Shrine this whole time is funny.

>Which theme is your favorite?

Deep-Mountain Encounter

>Which character/season combo do you like the most?

Aya/Autumn

>How will the game be creepy/depressing?

Probably won't. Game will at most have disturbing undertones in the story but mainline games have never been outright depressing/creepy.

LoLK is about the only one to have ever even slightly change the mold by having a sense of urgency.

The only theme that really shines is the menu theme. Just as good as 8 and 13.

Who is your current favorite character of the 1-3 bosses, Etarnity, Nemuno or Aunn?
Aunaun
Which theme is your favorite?
Colorless Wind on Youkai Mountain
Which character/season combo do you like the most?
Haven't decided yet, Reimu/Spring maybe?
How will the game be creepy/depressing?
I'll let myself be surprised (or disappointed)

>Who is your current favorite character?
Aunn

>Which theme is your favorite?
Colorless Wind on Youkai Mountain

>Which character/season combo do you like the most?
Unsure right now

>How will the game be creepy/depressing?
I will look forward to being surprised or disappointed

>>17446059
>Yuuka, the Akis, Lily, and Letty
>Maybe put them in the Extra.
Lily could fit anywhere on the stage part, but what about the rest? With so many characters, how would you fit them all in? Should the mid-boss depend on which season you use?

>>17446059
>I will be honestly disappointed if Yuuka, the Akis, Lily, and Letty don't all appear.
Well, Lily appeared. At most, they would all be midbosses and Yuuka wouldn't fit as a midboss. Maybe she'll be in 15.5.

Yuuka is coming back. I can feel it in my heart.

>>17446393
>LoLK is about the only one to have ever even slightly change the mold by having a sense of urgency

Umm..

I can't wait for more lewd fanart of Aunn-chan.

>>17446532
Aunn is for daughteru and dog pictures only. No lewd.

>>17446532
I think Aunn's tongue feels like a wet, hot carpet. I want to use it violently.

>>17446513
Nobody was even aware of how serious the situation was until the final stage when they reached the Blazing Hell when urgency kicked in. Up to that point Reimu/Marisa were just investigating a outbreak of Evil Spirits only knowing they stemmed from Hell. Far as they were concerned it was a regular extermination job interrupting their sauna break upto that point.

With LoLK the story starts out with a terraforming spider robot rampaging around the Youkai Mountain destroying everything in sight and the Lunarians of all people running around recruiting the cast which is a cause for concern.

I'm so excited! The countdown threads for new ZUN stuff are always fun. Hopefully this will be uploaded faster that DBoA from last year around this time.

>>17446550
goat

https://mobile.twitter.com/Yatsuzume/status/895204899239206912

Tenkushou bingo. You're welcome.

Yeah, I can't wait when everybody start posting how the new game sucks and ZUN should retire as always. I'm really excited!

>>17446702
ZUN recently said that he'll keep making games for at least other 20 years so we're barely halfway through

>>17446702
That's to be expected if you follow nearly any game at all for an extended period of time. Especially if you come to 4chan, and even more so if you've ever been to /v/.

>>17446707
It's hard to believe that we may look at games like DDC or LoLK and look at them the same way as games like PCB or IN.

>>17446715
Yeah, ZUN improved a lot over the years. It wouldn't be fair to compare them the same way.

>>17446715
According to this: https://twitter.com/NForza26/status/895179058933358594 even later Touhou games may really be looked at with nostalgia and childhood memories

>>17446672
Why

>>17446702
Wait, will the 60 year old grandpa make my new porn characters?

Is it weird if I think that 12.8 has the best gameplay?

>>17446725
>largest buyers of merch are elementary/middle schoolers, and a considerable amount of them being girls
Does that mean that the original audience of the series will look like creepy manchildren to the new audience in ten years?

>>17446745
They already do

>>17446749
That's a shame. How could they expect us to outgrow it when there's so much porn?

>>17445353
So the hakurei god is Mima?

>>17446311
>>17446311
Her danmaku is bar none the most boring one, it's so plain and bland and people try to excuse it by claiming she "wants to kill you" as if that had never happened before with much less generic danmaku.

>>17446672

>>17446707
>Touhou 26
>oh hey guys look it's Mima as a stage 2 boss
Very cheeky ZUN.

>>17446772
Alright

>>17446550
>Nobody was even aware of how serious the situation was until the final stage when they reached the Blazing Hell when urgency kicked in
What does that matter? Point is the incident did have a sense of urgency, late or not.

Also as usual LOLK ended without the supposed sense of urgency and dark tone people claimed it was going to have, Junko went over to Eirin to drink tea with her and that's that.

>>17446743
It's close.
Gameplay:
12 > 12.8 > 8 > 11 > 10 > 6 > 7 > 13 > 15 > 14
9, 9.5, 12.5, 14.3 and fighting games are different.
Music:
12 > 10 > 6 > 7 > 11 > 8 > 12.8 > 9 > 10.5 > 15 > 13.5 > 15.5 > 13 > 14 > 12.5 > 9.5 > 14.3
Difficulty:
15 > 12 > 11 > 14 > 6 > 12.8 > 7 > 10 > 8 > 13
9, 9.5, 12.5, 14.3 and fighting games are different.
I do not rank story or graphics because mainline 2hu games have neither of them.

>>17446772
OK

>>17446743
The gimmick is fun but I hate having to tap to shoot normally, I feel there should be a better control scheme

>>17446532
They've barely got any fanart.

I hope Aunn becomes the Hakurei shrine pet.

Will three fairies of light reappear?
Fuck ZUN. They are the best trio but we never seen them in a main game.

>>17446794
You mean she isn't already?

Oh boy, it's almost out isn't it?
I can't wait to see dolphin porn just like when LoLK was released.

>>17446799
ZUN could have her go to the Myouren temple and never come back, but I don't think he's that cruel. Hopefully she won't get the Shinmyoumaru treatment and be a resident for a little bit and then leave.

>>17446799
She's so damn cute. It would be amazing if Reimu could take off her shirt.

>>17446809
Suika left, Sukuna left, Aunn will leave too to make way for another guest, Mima.

>>17446820
Stop this Mima shit already.
Zun doesn't give a shit about most of the PC-98 characters except for Alice and Yuuka.
He probably forgets who is Mima by now.

>>17446827
Calm down.

>>17446820
Bet you Komano will only get a few cameos here and there in the next manga and then leave off screen just like it happened with Sukuna.

>>17446799
I want to break her horn to see her cry.

>>17446550
Ringo and co. were hardly a threat. By the time LoLK came by, the worst danger (Sumireko nearly sterilizing the earth) had already been stopped.

Granted, SA wasn't nearly as bad as people make it out to be either. The only one person who thought that Okuu could burn Gensokyo to the ground was Okuu herself.

I have just replayed PCB phantasm again and something bugged me.
Has Reimu always known about Yukari's existence? Or does she only know about Yukari after PCB?
Yukari lives really close to the shrine, right?

>>17446804
Did you know albino dolphins can blush? Also, excuse you that's gross and you know it. The only things South Park did right were the early seasons, the movie, the games and that FLCL scene - sicko urination standing up is preferred.

>>17446871
Looking at the dialogue, it seems that they only met at the end of PCB.
But it feels weird because they look like they have known each other for years.

>>17446871
nobody knows where she lives other than Ran and Chen.

Reimu says she can make Yukari appear by basically scratching the barrier with her fingernail.

>>17446864
>Ringo and co. were hardly a threat
David Tennet and his fellow Whovian actors would disagree under hypnotic suggestion, I'll bet you nine hundred and ninety nine US DOLLARS on that one.

>>17446892
>David Tennet
It's spelled 'Tennant'

>>17446766
As I recall, sport, ZUN himself doesn't even know.

>>17446919
Not sure why you answered seriously to that joke post.

Based on the silhouettes, there are at least 3 final bosses right?

>>17446725
I remember even ZUN said in an interview that he toned down the clothing damage in newer games because the average age of fanbase is going down.

>>17446871
I suspect it's one of those old bits which has actually been slightly retconned from when ZUN didn't really know what they were doing back then.

You're right PCB is pretty explicit that it's the first time ever the Yakumo's even met Reimu

But all the other side materials that came much later when ZUN started fleshing out the lore show that Reimu/Yukari were aware of each other from much earlier.

>>17446957
PMiSS suggests they knew each other as early as the spellcard rules' writing.

>>17446955
>average age of fanbase is going down

Wow. Care to elaborate on this?

>>17446921
John Madden.
> "Not what, who. The only one we ever met that could speak coherently called itself a human. The others quickly swarmed it."
>and so it continues to have begun anew again

>>17446982
Just look at the reply chain.

>>17446982.
https://www.reddit.com/r/touhou/comments/62sdfj/ive_been_a_bit_curious_about_zuns_stance_on/dfp7dxm/
I'd really love to give you other sources but tohomemory is dead, along with its article about how more and more middle-schoolers are becoming Touhou fans.

>>17446772
Doesn't make it any less fun to play faggot. Not all danmaku has to be le ebin "pretty pattern". Go practice Oomonoimi's Dinner if you want pretty danmaku or something, shit like that has nice designs but it's easy as all fuck.

>>17447047
Congratulations on missing the entire point of the series

>>17447052
The point of the series is danmaku expressing the characters' personalities, most danmaku, specially the ones that come from the elite, being pretty and charismatic is a consequence of that.
I'd understand the complaint if character types like Junko were somewhat common, but she's literally one character out of what, 130+?
That's her personality, she doesn't even have an introductory title for fucks sake, but yeah instead of smiling at that people gotta get autistically butthurt.

>>17447052
The point of the series isn't "girls will always shoot things in a pretty pattern at you", otherwise Junko would've never came to exist and non-spells would've never been a thing. At this point not even ZUN cares about your bitching and moaning.

>>17446788
That's because the Japanese otaku are honorable and would never pirate anything, not even a demo.

>>17447129
I distinctly remember Kogasa getting a lot of fanart between the demo and full release.

>>17447131
She was on the demo cover, wasn't she?

>>17447052
In that case you should have no problem with Junko because her theme is absolutely superb.

>>17447138
So was eternity larva.

>>17447088
Uh yeah it literally is, that's how ZUN described it in 2003
>Beauty of danmaku is, to bosses, the ultimate waste. If they wanted to kill, they wouldn't even need 1/10th the amount of bullets. In that way, you can tell that the bosses aren't out to kill the main characters. (^^;

>>17447147
You wouldn't sexualize a larva, would you?

>>17447131
Kagerou too.

>>17444694
Anyone got the pic of when the manga/cd's tie into the game ? I want to start reading those but no idea where I am chronologically q

>>17447172
just go by release date.

>>17447149
And where does it say that instead they're always out to shoot in a pretty way? In order to quote things as a source to your claims they have to actually support them in a way.

>>17447172
You can read the CDs at any time; Maribel and Renko's story is only loosely related to the main story.

You'll want to play most mainline games and spin-offs before each manga, but save GFW for after you get familiar with the Sangetsusei series and ULiL for after you're familiar with Ibarakasen. Suzunaan can pretty much be read any time after you're current in the games (excluding 16), and Silent Sinner in Blue is really the only part of Bougetsushou that you need to read. I believe that Kourindou can be read at any time, but I barely remember it.

Going by release date would be a safe way to do it, but I usually just end up binging on them and read an entire series in a one or two sessions.

>>17447172

>>17447234
>>17447217
Thank you friends

If Sunny Milk is not in this game I'm gonna cry.

>>17447214
The part where it says there's no reason for a boss to shoot a complex pattern, which implies they do?
I mean if you're going to play dumb we can just go directly into the rules of spell card duels, which is just "the prettiest pattern wins".

>>17446986
>"Who is Hina, lol."
you just reminded me of that one
im in tears

>>17446951
There COULD be only one; a puppeteer working a pair of life-sized marionettes.

>>17446951
>>17447343
Probably, but I think there will be four stage 6 bosses depending on which season you chose for your character.
There will be 4 (playable characters) x 4 (bosses) = 16 routes.
That's what Zun has been doing in the last two years.

>>17447321
No, it never says anything like that nor does it "imply" it. Neither do spell card rules. Stop spreading misinformation just to prove your point, which is retarded and leads to nowhere by the way.

>>17447352
add a tick to the bingo if [when you finish all of the routes and the actual ending in reimus scenario pops up]

>>17447354
There can be no spread of misinformation if all I'm posting are facts. Now go on and call this a photoshop or a mistranslation.

>>17447359
Please no.
Getting extra in IN and FW was a chore.

>>17447375
I'm still fucking mad that all Yuyuko took at the capital was a fucking sake bottle.
A FUCKING SAKE BOTTLE.
Pure Yukari, planned all of that only to get shitted on by your best friend.

HOLY SHIT
IT LEAKED

>>17447424
damn they look like shit.

>>17447424
Three
THREEEEEEE
Honestly, The coloring on the portraits are too beautiful to be Zun's.

>>17447424
They literally just have turds on their heads. It's like he traced from the silhouette and just forgot to color those parts in.

>>17447424
>Character portraits span out of the main screen.
Shit attempt.
It's like the guy wanted us to clearly see all three of them or something. Wait, that's probably it.
Also, look at the hairs, probably not Zun's.

>>17447424
Too nicely drawn and horribly overlayed

>>17447416
You don't understand. They certainly could have pulled off some assassination or stolen some hugely important artifact or treasure, but instead they took an artifact of minor importance. It was still a treasure to them, but it just wasn't something that they'd immediately notice. Lunarians are really obsessive over their possessions, sense of superiority, and their purity. Once they realize that it was stolen by an outsider it would shatter all of those ideas. Imagine that you fancy yourself a chess master, and you're going up against someone that you assume is much, much worse than you. You absolutely dominate him, taking his queen and most of other pieces with extreme ease. Then, out of nowhere, he says "checkmate", gives you a smug smile, and leaves. It's not like he beat the shit out of you and hurt you physically or anything. He just shattered your self-esteem. That's what Yukari and Yuyuko did.

>>17446725
So Japanese elementary school children actually do play easy modo?

>>17444694
>Who is your current favorite character of the 1-3 bosses, Etarnity, Nemuno or Aunn?
They are all good. I said this in another thread, but Eternity has the best design, Nemuno has the best song and Aunn has the best fight.
>Which theme is your favorite?
Deep Mountain Encounter is amazing.
>Which character/season combo do you like the most?
ReimuSpring. Fun to play survival, fun to score with.
>How will the game be creepy/depressing?
In the same way LoLK was horrifying or whatever it was that ZUN described that game as. ie it won't

>>17447375
Still no signs of "these girls will ALWAYS shoot in a pattern that serves no purpose other than looking pretty" anywhere. So yes, implying it says that is false and misinformation.

Can anybody help an EOP? Is Cirno's bomb good or not?

>>17447375
If making the other person "miss" wasn't the primary objective but solely producing beautiful patterns, then there wouldn't be any need to fire them at each other in the first place.

>>17444694
>How will the game be creepy/depressing?
Etarnity and Nemuno seem like reasonable indicators. Etarnity's theme is extremely dark, mysterious, and dramatic for a fairy, to the point that a lot of nips seem to think she'll be EX midboss just from it alone. Nemuno's character has some dark elements to it between direct references to murder in her spell cards and a very violent theme. Depending on how far the fairy mutation progresses and/or their implications, it could get dark/creepy like that because nobody expects seriousness from fairies. Since the game is about them in particular, maybe some dark revelation about the nature of fairies and their existence or role in Gensokyo.

I doubt the game will go full edge/horror, just some dark themes and implications like are seen periodically in the side materials.

>>17447605
It's no longer implied when that is the explicit purpose of the spell card duel. At this point you would've made a better argument by saying something stupid like "nonspells aren't part of the spell card battle" rather than outright denying reality because the possibility of being wrong might hurt your ego.

>>17445285

>>17447765
i wish HGoC was a real game

>>17447706
I've never seen someone insist this much with a retarded argument they came up with all on their own. Look at the picture you posted again. It says "the most beautiful one wins". In no way does it say that just because that's the way to determine a winner there can't be several other purposes, or that a character can't perfectly engage on a duel and not shoot pretty patterns if they want to. Also going by what YOU just posted, the purpose is also to crush the opponent. It's perfectly fine if they shoot just to kill because they don't give a flying fuck about winning a danmaku beauty contest. By the way, you still haven't responded to >>17447672
The only reality here is that you keep regurgitating the same useless shit over and over and saying that the other person is wrong in hopes of tiring the other person and making them say you're right. Now if you're done defending poorly your trash claims, I'll go invest my precious time in a much better way.

>>17447765
>hgoc
>tumblr

get out of jp "please"

>>17447765
That album was so good, I love the stage 6 boss and extra boss themes so fucking much.

>>17447641
Just check the wiki.

>>17447883
Well... Where do YOU get pictures from obscure audio compilations in the guise of a game if not from tumblr?

Takiyasha's theme is THE. BEST.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETipFOu899k

Would Nemuno star in a Deliverance sequel?

>>17446713
>/v/
please don't name that board

>>17447856
Going by what I posted, the defining factor that separates the spell card duel from the normal battle is the use of complex patterns, rather than raw power, to defeat the opponent. In case you've somehow missed it this whole time: spell card duels are completely nonlethal methods of solving conflict. In fact, the SSiB page I posted is Marisa suggesting a spell card duel specifically to prevent unnecessary bloodshed.
Everyone in the games, including Junko, abides by the rules. It isn't perfectly fine to shoot with nothing but intent to hit, as the rules prohibit the use of meaningless attacks. Both in lore and in gameplay, danmaku battles are beauty contests, and in PMiSS, the specific rules were formed because the beauty of danmaku appealed to youkai and women.

>Now if you're done defending poorly your trash claims, I'll go invest my precious time in a much better way.
Cool, see you in a couple hours.

>>17448071

>>17446702
That's been happening since SA, don't expect it to ever end.

>>17448095
Yeah I'm only back because you stupid faggot keep insisting with your empty-headed argument.
What you posted explicitly says one of the purposes is to crush your opponent, but keep deluding yourself into thinking it doesn't say that. Are you going to be the one resorting to mistranslations as an argument now?
>It isn't perfectly fine to shoot with nothing but intent to hit
>both in lore and in gameplay
Except Junko does this, so you've been BTFO by the man himself. Anything else?

>>17446311
>possibly the most challenging final boss we've had yet.
Haha what. Only Eirin and Yuuka are easier than her.

Is Touhou 15.5 or Antonym or whatever coming out with 16 tomorrow?

>>17448576
No, 15.5 will come out during winter 2018

>>17448606
Comiket 93?

>>17448576
>>17448606
>>17448615
Or not because they're having development peoblems

ZUN said in the latest web radio 15.5 is only 30% complete, so yeah, probably 2018 release.

I heard some people saying this releases on the 10th. Why was that?

>>17448536
I'm not that guy and I think you're too heated and frankly I haven't read most of these posts but ZUN's made it clear that Junko is an exception, that danmaku battles are about grace and beauty, and that if they genuinely wanted to only beat the other person they wouldn't need nearly as many bullets.

The firework battles are largely for show and shit. People are not often serious. Junko was serious because Junko is a rage spirit who had just learned that stuff and was like "oh, whatever".

The battles are technically about both, but ZUN's made it clear from very early on that the first point is how pretty the patterns are, the second is how difficult they are to dodge. He likes patterns, which is why he made Touhou into a danmaku STG series.

>>17448667
By late tomorrow night it will already be the 11th in Japan, so somebody's bound to snag it and upload it somewhere.

>>17448606
2018 to make the same ULiL fucking game mechanic but with 5 new characters? fack, tha'ts bullshit.

>>17448700
Hopefully they'll be making positive improvements

>>17448706
ULiL didn't fix HM so what makes you think this'll be anything but a character pack?

How long does it generally take after a Touhou game's initial release before it gets a bug patch? Do the games always get bug patches?

>>17448711
a few days.

the fighting games take longer.

>>17448709
ulil was optimized better, at the very least

So is it out tomorrow?

>>17448738
I live in Australia, can confirm.

>>17448576
No. They ran into serious development issues so it will be coming later. Kind of like what happened to 7.5 and 8 (the former was released later). The date given was "an event in Fall 2017 or later". I'm expecting 2018, personally.

>>17448700
ULiL is fine, fuck off back to your Soku discord circlejerk.

>>17448933
I'm surprised there's still ULIL fanboys around, though you lot had died alongside your game which did a few months after release.

>In today's (Aug 9) Touhou Station #4 stream, ZUN began by revealing that his grandmother had passed away 5 days before the master copy deadline, and he absolutely needed to spend 2 days back at his hometown attending the funeral. He considered giving up on Summer Comiket, but the print company (for pressing the disc) gave him one additional day to finish the game.

That was nice of the printing company.

>>17448950
>his grandmother had passed away

But he's 40. How old was she?

>>17448938
>ULIL fanboys
>s

>>17449018
Asians live a long ass time, maybe in her 90's.

>>17448938
I treat it like a Bigfoot sighting every time I see it streamed on Twitch.

>>17448950

RIP Zunma.

>>17449026
It's only racist if it isn't true.

>>17449034
what are you talking about

>>17447416
Re-read it again. It was brilliant. If they stole valuables, the Lunarian might come to Gensokyo and wreck shit up. Yukari won't want that. So Yuyuko decided she nab the sake and went home. It's valuable to them, but there's no point of coming down to Gensokyo and take it back because by the time they realized it, Yukari and gang already finished the drink. It's a really nice way of saying "Fuck you" to the Lunarians.

>>17449132
As expected from Yuyu

ZUN should just have published his game on steam ffs.
At this point, even without English, a fuck ton of people would still buy it.
Waiting for CD release is retarded.

>>17449348
But muh <span class="sjis">｡･:*:･ﾟDOUJIN SPIRIT｡･:*:･ﾟ[/spoiler]

>>17449018
Still 17.

>>17449394
Too soon, bruv.

What do the character/season combos do?

>>17449405
the seasonal options add weak versions of the character's main shot types as secondary options and their releases all have different effects

>>17449409
can you just play without seasons

>>17449348
Agreed, it's time for touhou series to grow up and for that, this needs to happen
>all touhou games released on steam with voice acting, cinematic cutscenes, toned down difficulty, updated graphics, remixed orchestral music, high quality art done by fanartists
>add option to skip gameplay for those who play it for the rich lore
>have extra stage (and all stages in general) unlocked from the start, 1ccs are outdated and archaic
>pointdevice mode for every singel game
>acknowledge memes (Overdrive, Marisa Stole The Precious Thing, McRoll) in the game like other games like overwatch and TF2 do
>official translation by professionals like NIS america
>epic last words like the tasofro games
>retcon more characters to be more inclusive (miko and marisa as trans, kokoro as autistic)

>>17449411
No, you can play without releasing though.

Is there a pastebin with all the Touhou games and stuff?

>>17449425
Just go to the homepage of the wiki site.

>>17449431
What wiki?

>>17449434
https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Touhou_Wiki

>>17449413
more last words would be cool though
i really liked them in IN

TOMORROW

>>17449348
I think the reason why he hold back with Steam for releasing 2hu on it is the DRM. I think ZUN don't like that idea.

>>17449436
This only has the patches bro.

>>17444995
He hasn't, it's just different people interpreting the same source quote.

>>17449522
http://moriyashrine.weebly.com/

>>17446794
She will probably hang around for a while, and then leave like the others did. It's implied she's been at the shrine for a while now and nobody has noticed, at least.

It's too bad, I really think it'd be funnier if Reimu just kept amassing freeloaders. Having a bunch of characters that just like to mess with shit in Reimu's home would be amusing manga fodder. I'm sad Suika and Sukuna left.

Hopefully we'll get some scenes of her chasing Clownpiece around the shrine at least.

>>17449413
get bent ass bandit and take your shit ideas with you

>>17449529
thanks cutie

>>17449348
ZUN "Digital era is good thing but sucks. I will never put my music album on the download sites. So I added story booklet to my CD."

>>17449538
if you can't see that the post was entirely facetious you should probably leave

how long should it take for the game to be available for download, and in english, after the game is released?

if i haven't played games 7-15, will playing game 16 spoil anything from the previous games?

>>17449585
could be anywhere between 10 minutes and 10 hours

>>17449585
Probably later tonight or in the morning tomorrow (Eastern time), probably within the next week.

Usually previous events in other games aren't referenced in the new main game until you get to the endings. Though since Aya and the Youkai mountain is in this game I suggest you at least take a look at TH10.

>>17449348
You don't own anything digital, it's pointless.

>>17449413
>remixed orchestral music

>>17449348
Or he could do as he likes and fuck you

>>17449413
Miko IS trans. Maybe.

>>17449585
>Being afraid of spoilers in 2hus games
Why? It's not like any of these games have spectacular or extraordinary stories.

>>17446827
>Stop this Mima shit already.
Not even a Mimafag, but you might as well leave 4chin now. Because that maymay won't stop anytime soon.

The Mima bones has been here for over 10 years and it probably will still be here in the next 10 years.

>>Who is your current favorite character of the 1-3 bosses, Etarnity, Nemuno or Aunn?


The butterfly, i want to stick my dick in her

>>Which theme is your favorite?

Eternity's theme

>>Which character/season combo do you like the most?

Marisa Winter


>>How will the game be creepy/depressing?

In a creepy manner:
A 2hu with a deformed body

in a depressing manner:
Mima not being in the game

>>17449413
There's already enough autistic characters in Touhou as it is.

>>17444694
>Who is your current favorite character of the 1-3 bosses, Eternity, Nemuno or Aunn?
aunn
>Which theme is your favorite?
none of them, really. this is the first touhou game where i don't like any of the music
>Which character/season combo do you like the most?
reimu/winter
>How will the game be creepy/depressing?
the stage 4 boss might be slightly off putting for a second or have a tragic backstory

>>17449348
a compilation of all the 16 games in the main series would sell really good on steam.

touhou would be able to be played by a lot more people if you didn't have to patch anything and could download all the games at once.

I always find 10-12 normal modes significantly harder than 6-8.
Not sure why though.

Why do ZUN needs to shoehorn a gimmick in every game after 12?
Sometimes it can be good (TD, FW) but for most parts they are annoying.

>>17449730

They will not only sell well

but also lose it's traditional title of being a D O U J I N S O F T game series

>>17448676
I'm glad we agree it's pretty much about both then, and that they're not a "completely non-lethal" way of solving incidents.

>>17448676
My feelings are completely irrelevant to the current discussion. I'm glad we agree it's pretty much about both then, and that they're not a "completely non-lethal" way of solving incidents. Junko is yet another example of that.

Wait, how do you get more life in HSFS?
By getting a to a certain score like EoSD?

>>17449737
Because he's been making them for 20 years.

If they had no gimmicks, you'd complain that it's always the same.

>>17449824
Well it should be non-lethal, even with Junko, but who knows. That's the rule, at least.

>>17449837
From the looks of it, yes. And you need to release to raise your Score Item value instead of grazing. If you're smart enough you can raise your value high enough to get lives easier.

When do we get story spoilers? I want to see the newhus already.

Aunn is probably the best characters among the first three.
Too bad her theme is shit.
All of the songs are really bland so far.

>>17449413
>miko and marisa as trans, kokoro as autistic
Miko is literally trans. Kokoro is pretty much autistic and Marisa acts tomboyish enough.

>>17444694
>How will the game be creepy/depressing?
You know that the game won't be serious when there is Cirno and Aya in it.

>>17449912
Imagine having taste this bad.

God dammit. Cirno + Summer is so shit.
Can't even kill bosses most of the time before running out of time unless I release.

>>17449977
You just need to time your release better. ;^)

>>17449977
But spamming releases is the best thing about Summer.

>>17449901
You'll have to wait, we'd be lucky to have proper translations of their Character Bio on day 1.

I hope Zun fucks with us and make some spells literally impossible to clear unless we use release.
Just like there won't ever be any no bomb no ice 12.8 lunatic run.

>>17450021
I just want to know if Yuuka shows up.

>>17449348
For once I'm thankful that Japan resists change so much. Physical copies are great.

24 more hours.
I can't fucking wait this long.

>>17449912
Yeah, the trumpets are bad and the percussions are limp as shit but it gets good when the piano comes in
Stage 1 and stage 3 themes are also ok. Stage 2 is the real stinker through and through, though. The patterns are shit, the boss is takane in her poverty days, both songs are forgettable and the stage looks like my first attempt at making a bullet hell 5 years ago

>>17450078
Then your disappointment will most likely be inevitable.

>>17450078
Remember how people feel when they thought that Yumemi will get in ULiL?
Don't be like them.

>>17450217
Stage 4 boss will be Yuuka, but DEAD. That's why ZUN said stages 4-6 will be depressing.

>>17450219
>That's why ZUN said stages 4-6 will be depressing.
When did he say that?

I don't think I can defend the music of this game.
I have replayed the demo for 30 times and I don't remember a single tune.
It feels like Zun changed his style since DDC and opted for composition and immersion instead of catchy tune (except for Clownpiece's and Junko's theme).

>>17449848
But it isn't.

>>17450228
Well to each their own, I can barely remember anything from TD and I find the music in Hsifs to be vastly superior

>>17450244
>>17450228
Well, I hope he won't do another Miko's theme.
Most underwhelming last boss theme ever.
That drop at the end of the song was literally Zun's way to make you blue balled.

I haven't seen so many B A D O P I N I O N S in one thread

>>17450228
that's a good thing to opt for

back in the day I listened to his "catchy tunes" a lot, but recently it just feels cringy listening to the exact same songs again. they tried way too hard to be catchy they just end up sounding like ice cream van jingles. they get stuck in your head better for a while, but what good is it if they don't last?
meanwhile the music CD stuff never gets old

>>17450282
I agree but this also means that they will be harder to rearrange or make a remix of.

What if you can just release autumn and circling around the last boss for the entire fight?

What the fuck is "release"

>>17450352
Press C to release your season gauge. Retard.

>>17450365
He's probably talking about the concept of "releasing", like what does it do besides grants you effect. What does it do story-wise.

I really like autumn Reimu. The homing shots can cover most situations. The additional autumn shots are also fairly strong to quickly kill big fairies.
For stage clearing and boss fights, this combo can help me in almost all situations. The release is also damn strong.

>>17449713
>that fucking spacing
>>>/reddit/

>>17450500
I wish saying that word got you an insta ban

>>17450371
It's just that cherry border from PCB Mk2.

>>17450500

>>Not a redditor
>>Spacing being my habit

>>17450540
>>
Sure kiddo

What's the weight limit on these threads?

>>17450625


Every 3000 years

>>17450625
Every 495 years

>>17450228
ZUN music music changed since TD

>>17450228
Last good thing was DDC title. I don't have my hopes up

>>17450726
TD was the beginning but still had a few knockout themes like Night Sakura of Dead Spirits and Desire Drive.

>>17450803
>Last good thing was DDC
FTFY

>>17450851
>>Last good thing was Soew
FTFY

>>17449413
>all touhou games released on steam with voice acting, cinematic cutscenes, toned down difficulty, updated graphics, remixed orchestral music, high quality art done by fanartists
>have extra stage (and all stages in general) unlocked from the start, 1ccs are outdated and archaic
>pointdevice mode for every singel game
>epic last words like the tasofro games


These aren't that bad and I would like them.

>>17450229
What makes you say that?

Wait, come to think of it I think LoLK as a whole was supposed to be an exception. On the other hand even if you bad end that game, nobody dies.

>>17450868
>Last good thing was hrtp
FTFY

>>17450881
I bet you only play easy modo

>>17450907
Of course!

>>17450911

>>17449413

Not sure if this is bait or not. if it's not, you are a moron.

>>17450950
Don't worry, its a seasoned pasta in jay.

>>17450803
>Dislinking Raiko's theme

Absolutely horrible disgusting taste

You know speaking of music I always found it interesting how Sukuna's theme is loved all over the internet except /jp/, where it is much more polarizing

>>17450985
I love Sukuna's theme because I'm not GAY

>>17450985
True primaries left /jp/ years ago
Hell they thought LoLK was better because it had infinite retries and funny randumb designs

>>17450985
Little Princess is an abomination.

Im ZUN friend sorry for bad english i have information about game new

-Suwako is a person behind the event
-Aunn is planing to be a character for playing in 17
-this start a war about climatic change that will end in 19.5
-Sun, Star and Luna in extra mode
-final boss with 3 body that change if you use a character in especifically

>>17451003
>-this start a war about climatic change that will end in 19.5

What? This is the start of a event that will keep going for 5 years?

>>17451003
Do you have any proof of this?

>>17451003
Race war now, gas the youkai

>>17451003
>-this start a war about climatic change that will end in 19.5

So this is what ZUN means by depressing? It ends with a war which is about to keep going for 3 games in a row?

>>17450997
Nah, it's just your garbage taste that's an abomination.

>>17451003
Please be fake. Religious war in 4 consecutive games almost killed 2hu.
It was the most boring plotline ever.

>>17451065
>Fags complain about Lunarian dicksucking and accuse Gensokyo to being unable to have its own incidents anymore
>Looks like we're finally getting the next big thing in Gensokyo
>BAWWWWWWW WHY

>>17451090
What? Where the fuck in my post did I complain about Lunarian?

>>17450972
this

>>17450997

That's what your mother said when she popped you out.

12 HOURS

>>17451141
savage

>>17451065
Oh right, a random guy babbling some random things is actually true

12 HOOOOOOOOOOOURS!!!!

AAAAAH I STILL HAVEN'T CLEARED DDC WHAT I AM GOING TO DO

>>17451574
Just play easy modo lol.

Who else can't wait?

>>17451619
I literally didn't slept just to sleep all day to make the wait for the release """""shorter""""".

>>17451619
I'm doing everything I can to distract myself so I don't go too crazy

I can't wait for our new Clownpiece.

>>17451715
The smart money's on the Stage 6 boss as the meme factory.

>>17450228
I think title theme, Etarnity's theme and stage 3 theme are good. Maybe it will be like DDC and stages 5, 6 and extra are going to have some godly tracks.

Im suffering to kill time

>>17451791
>pointdevice

There's your problem.

>>17451804

>>Having to graze for bombs and lives on legacy mode
>>Clown piece
>>Dormey
>>Always dying at stage 4

>>17451715
I remember two years ago the first thing we got were the names:
CLOWNPIECE
JUNKO
HECATIA LAPISLAZULI
And nobody had any idea what the fuck to make of it

>>17451828
Apparently, this anon is too badasas to have full lifes at stage 3. Have fun.

>>17451876

>Not a lunatic

>>17451846
Any archives of the threads?

>>17451065
Probably not a war, but there's obviously some kind of religion theme this time around.
>Etarnity making references to god
>Nemuno can create sanctuaries/holy ground
>Aunn finds and protects places of faith

>>17451828
>>17451791
It's all easy peasy and slow on easy mode. what can you possible have problems with? LoLK normal is like 10 times harder.

>>17451947

The entire game itself

>>17452010
Hold shift for slow movement, press X for bomb.

>>17452021

Im not that inexperienced.

To be more specific:

The grazing system is an issue
along with some of the spellcards

>>17452034
You don't need to graze in Point Device?

>>17452044

For spells/bombs i do

>never got past the "rain" part in LoLK stage 6 normal PD

>>17452089
>>17452089
this one is easy if you hug the left wall

>>17444694
>>17451925
>>17372002

it's already on auctions and shit, so shouldn't be long

>>17452120
but muh score

>>17452168
>caring about score in pointdevice

>>17445718
There was a summary out but it actually just got released.

Kind of lucky there was only a few chapters left, this group likes to do weird shit like translate Kosuzu-chan as "Little Kosuzu" every fucking time so Reimu says it twice in one sentence.

Also it makes Clarste look like a retard for dropping it based on some stupid reasoning literally two chapters before the end which is funny.

How early should I go if I want to buy it at Comiket?

>>17452200
>caring about the score in general

This isn't the Atari-early Nintendo era.

>>17452285
Very

>>17452132
So the likelihood of the first 3 bosses being their own faction is pretty high?

>>17452285
Now. I'm not joking.

>>17452299
Is an hour before opening safe enough?

>>17452309
They seem to have an even looser connection than DDC's trio.

>>17452325
>>17452318
Just to be sure

>>17452089
>>17452120
Okay I did that by carefully moving left and right to misguide the stars. Hugging wall is too difficult for me.
Now I'm stuck at Junko's ring.

>>17452379
Stock up on adult diapers and MREs.
You're going to need them.

>>17450891
Pretty much everything, how Junko can "kill you unconditionally", how you can miss on your way to her thus ending bathed in the impurity of death, etc. Exception or not, once it's in the games it automatically becomes canon. I could see previous bosses being kind of harmless, but you still can't exterminate youkai with silly play. And dying/giving a beating through a danmaku battle is referenced all the time. Pretending it isn't a thing is extreme denial.

>>17452285
you better fucking post a download link to the game anon

>>17452432
>promoting piracy

Buy the games from Amazon or JBOX or GTFO

>>17452432

Nah

ill do it^^

>>17452432
You're not in a position to make demands, parasite.
Sit down.

>>17451635
I started taking a nap 3 hours ago but now I woke up and can't sleep any longer. Kill me.

>>17452456
fuck off moralfag

>>17452460
thank you jesus

>>17452432
I already give up. I doubt I can 5 hours outside this summer.

>>17452285
line up outside at 5am JST

>>17452460
When do you expect a download link to be posted??????????????? :o

>>17451908
/jp/ is one of the best archived 4chan boards. Well, dunno about /tg/, theirs is good too. I'm sure you can definitely find the threads with some smart searches.

>>17452432
>>17452456
>>17452460
I'll be uploading it. You guys don't have to bother uploading. I'll take care of it. Don't do it, I'm in charge now.

>>17452500
if you don't deliver I will eat you alive

>>17452483

When the time comes, my child.

>>17451846
Fuck I remember this, at first I thought we were being memed but when the acceptance kicked in I started thinking we were getting clowns for bosses
The man delivered. The story kind of went to shit at stage 4 but I really liked all fights and ended up liking the story anyways.

>>17451908
>>/jp/thread/S13925603#p13926542

I wanted to ask if people here liked the "Stage 5 boss is the main antagonist" twist of DDC

>>17452500
so basically, you aren't going to even get the game

>>17452456
I'm all for supporting ZUN, but paying double the retail price due to middlemen and shipping is like buying used games from ebay scalpers

>>17451003
Is this real life?
please be real

>>17452623
Yep, Seija is cool

>>17452623
No, Seija was awful

>>17452328
Nemuno's profile says that hags will work with other species, so her cooperating in strange groups is reasonably likely.

>>17452519
>Clownpiece's design was posted first
Just as I remember.

>>17452703
To be honest Lolk still feels new to me. Time passes too fast

>>17452390
I stopped at this spell. Do you move diagonally or just hope you can find safe straight line here?

>>17452709
>Time passes too fast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdXeCPOEB-Y

>>17452689
You're right.

>>17452750
Diagonally

>>17452519
Funny how much people criticized Lunatic Kingdom's newhus yet it ended up having so much lasting appeal.

>>17452794
That, or they were all still stuck in PDH's quagmire.

>>17452794
It's always the same. Get ready for the new wave of "hurr these newhus are bad, they look like fancharacters, the series has jumped the shark, ZUN a shit, DURR"

>Hidden Star
I have a feeling Stage 6 is gonna involve a solar eclipse.

>>17452709
Or is it how good the game is? To be honest I'm ready for the hype of release day, but I could've perfectly endured a few months more without a new game.

>>17452827
Holy shit, should we wait 10 days?

>>17452794
Clownpiece and Hecatia were fresh cringe material, but Junko was amazing and all the new fights were as well. Hecatia's gimmick of changing bodies made her design great. So tonight I'm watching carefully even though we're likely to be flooded by outside shitposters. But I'm not bitter so I'll enjoy the collective hype and keks I guess.

I want to play the game as soon as I can without the character designs being spoiled, but where else will I get a download for it so quickly?

>>17452868

CP is an awesome fairy

and Hecatia has a nice fuckable body

>>17452879
I can send it to you, dolphin porn free! I'm being honest so just message that email.

Funny how so many cucks at that one big forum are all so vehement against calling out any piraters, but in 10 hours all of them will be downloading the game the moment the link's out.

>>17452911
Forums are for fags. Are you a fag?

>>17452940

Yes

he is a pile of sticks

>>17452899
fuck
I misread your post and thought you were mocking me by saying that you'd send me dolphin porn, so I sent you a picture of my cock
sorry!

Who's your favourite soon to be oldhu from LoLK?

>>17452881
Clownpiece was a meme, but she's really pretty.

>>17452964

Sagume

>>17452958
I expected it, anyway. If there's anyone else who wants to avoid spoilers I'd be glad to send them a link once a safe one is available.

>>17452940

Guilty as charged.

>>17452981
That's actually really nice of you, thanks bud.

>>17452709
Same here, I first got into Touhou around the time it came out and I find it difficult to believe that was two years ago.

>>17452833
I was out of the country and away from the internet for most of the summer, so it was odd to come back and find out HSiFS was just around the corner. I couldn't care less about waiting on future releases because I'm still working on getting through all official Touhou content, but I'm still excited.

>>17452868
I initially liked Clownpiece and Hecka because of how goofy they looked, but I actually find them interesting because of the fairies manga.

>>17452964
Junk

Betting someone'll post a download link to a ZIP/RAR file containing a reskinned version of the game

remember the LoLK trial reskin of HSIFS' trial?

>>17452964
The pure spirit herself.

Also, don't say oldhu, it makes me sad, kind of.

>>17452703

Shit I remember initially thinking Clownpiece's design was fanmade. Then I saw the "Clownish moon" title for stage 5 and was like welp.

>>17452964
Junko and Hecatia

>>17452911
I remember a friend of mine joined their IRC once, and the topic of it was just a download link with "NEW GAME HERE" next to it.

>>17452964
I can't believe Sumireko will become an oldhu in just a few hours.

Didn't ZUN say that he's okay with piracy of the mainline games because they're so hard to acquire legitimately overseas?

>>17452964
Clownpiss

>>17452964
>>17452765
Sagume is great, I love her smug face and her theme is wonderful

>>17453086
It was more like he doesn't really care at this point.

>ZUN, the absolute madman, actually went and made the most fucking HYPE theme yet to end a demo and perfect for listening before finding out about the other three stages
Fuck anons I'm not sure I can make it I'm too excited for it