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thetsyman
As I just reffed the first match of the Ranbat I'd like to say something to future competitors. Save. Your. Replays. KBF wasn't on so I had to make a judgment call myself and I decided to void the two matches where Cog and Moose both forgot to save replays and force them to do them over. There was no harm done in the end as the result was the same (though the matches themselves were much closer the second time). KBF can give a better ruling on this when he gets back on but I'd recommend you remember to save your replays either way.
Replays, Senility and a hard-ass who kept claiming to be "the law".
If you go to "Config" from the main menu, set the Replay Save setting to Always, this won't be a problem..
But I'm going to have to ask that everyone do that.
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Originally Posted by
Drizvolta
Quick question on ruling: if we believe the match had lag, how should the players ask for a re-do, and how should a referee decide if they should re-do the match?
This is tricky, because it's inevitable. If the lag is unusually high for the players playing, I'll look into it.
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EifieFlare
Y'know, you are forgetting that you have won before.
Something I will continue to blame on lag and flukes.
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...so I guess that makes me a fairy.
No no no. That would be me. The cold kind, both in strength and sheer genius :smalltongue:
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Here are the replays for Round 1: Driz Vs. SC. I won, but it wasn't easy, and SC had injured his thumb beforehand.
http://www.mediafire.com/?tlwbnefs8x8tx44
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Seraphian
I love how the timing in the music matches up with the match so well in this video.
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Just played against Alter. He kicked my butt :smalltongue:
We were not able to obtain a witness, but since we have badly matching schedules and we had an opportunity, we took it.
Here are the replays. http://www.mediafire.com/?5ueffvhb8ruyu3j
The two Patchouli vs Sakuya matches are the real matches, the other two were just for fun that we did afterword.
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I'm not a part of the contestants, but if someone is needed to watch a game, I'm available. Just tell me what I'd need to do and contact me through Steam.
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Originally Posted by
Volatar
Just played against Alter. He kicked my butt :smalltongue:
We were not able to obtain a witness, but since we have badly matching schedules and we had an opportunity, we took it.
Here are the replays.
http://www.mediafire.com/?5ueffvhb8ruyu3j
The two Patchouli vs Sakuya matches are the real matches, the other two were just for fun that we did afterword.
Yeah, well, I need to learn how to use more than 3 skills. :smalltongue:
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Originally Posted by
AlterForm
Yeah, well, I need to learn how to use more than 3 skills. :smalltongue:
Sakuya has three skills: Knives, More Knives and Messing About. The last part consists of dealing with time and space.
Spell cards are much the same.
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Originally Posted by
Cogwheel
Sakuya has three skills: Knives, More Knives and Messing About. The last part consists of dealing with time and space.
Spell cards are much the same.
Imagine a maid character in a fighting game. To win the round you must first throw knives, then more knives then finally mess about.
Spell cards work the same way.
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Won against Eifie, 4-0. Replays here.
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Kamiye beats AlterForm, 2-0
Round 1
Round 1
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If I'm not mistaken, as soon as Dis and Penguinizer finish their match, we're all at the second round.
Uh, except for me. And Kamiye. Kinda jumped the gun there.
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Me and Dis finished what could technically be called our games. Here are the replays. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5OHHPTNG
Dis won 2-1.
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Hisoutensoku Ranbat Update
Round 1 was fun and a bit surprising! Here's the results of that, and what was already played of round 2:
Results:
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Eifieflare
vs.
Bye
Cogwheel
vs.
Anonymoose
Drizvolta
vs.
Sepharian Concytus
KBF
vs.
Bye
Penguinator
vs.
Dispozition
Kamiye
vs.
Bye
Volatar
vs.
Alterform
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Eifieflare
vs.
Cogwheel
Kamiye
vs.
Alterform
Upcoming matches:
Spoiler
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KBF
vs.
Dispozition
Penguinator
vs.
EifieFlare
Volatar
vs.
Sepharian Concytus
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Cogwheel
vs.
Drizvolta
This is technically round 3, but the matchup is decided, so I guess.. But I'd like this, and most of round 3, to be streamed if possible.
Please try finish your match within day or two.
Please schedule a match ahead of time. After about two days, you will be required to work out a scheduled time or you may be disqualified.
Player Info:
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Alterform
Profile Name: Alterform
Tunngle Username: Alterform
Registered Character: Patchouli
Anonymoose
Profile Name: Anonymoose
Tunngle Username: Anonymoose314159
Registered Character: Marissa
Cogwheel
profile Name: Cogwheel
Tunngle Username: Cogwheel
Character: Suika
Dispozition
Profile Name: Dispozition
Tunngle Username: Dispozition
Registered Character: Utsuho
Drizvolta
Profile Name: Drizvolta
Tunngle Username: ThymeParadox
Registered Character: Sakuya
EifieFlare
Profile Name: EifieFlare
Tunngle Username: EifieFlare
Registered Character: Youmu
Kamiye
Profile Name: Kamiye
Tunngle Username: camBARZ
Registered Character: Sakuya
KBF
Profile Name: KBF
Tunngle username: notkbf
Character: Cirno
Penguinator
Profile Name: Pengy
Tunngle Username: Penguinizer
Registered Character: Sakuya
Sepharian Concytus
Profile Name: SC
Tunngle Username: satatami
Registered Character: Remilia
Volatar
Profile Name: Volatar
Tunngle Username: Volatar
Registered Character: Sakuya
Bracket
Seraphian has provided an IRC channel:
irc://irc.deltaanime.net/hisoutensoku
As previously noted:
- Games are played best of 3 sets.
- When registering for the tournament please register what character you will use in the first round; you must always use this character in the first round. At the end of a set who ever lost is allowed to change characters for the next set. This is to prevent unfair counter picking first round, and to make character selection simpler in general.
- Sanctioned matches must have at least one other registered player watching as a referee, make sure to save replays in case of contested matches. If you feel the ref was biased or otherwise a case of an unfair ref send a PM and the replays.
Games will be held using Tunngle, in Tunngle's 12.3 lobby.
If possible, please try to coordinate with at least a ref, but hopefully a streamer and commentators via the chat room of the GitP Hisoutensoku Steam Group. Also, please post the coordinated time for your match for the convenience of the refs, streamers and commentators.
If you are interested in streaming or commentating, show up and be available in the group chat room, watch for match times, and/maybe send a PM or a Steam message to KBF.
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There are a couple of massive gripes I have with the game.
A: River Mists, who thought this was a good idea?
B: It's sometimes rather annoying when it's impossible to tell if an opponent can be hit during the spinning in air animation. Largely because there is no way.
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Penguinizer
A: River Mists, who thought this was a good idea?
The dartboard, which dictates all things.
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B: It's sometimes rather annoying when it's impossible to tell if an opponent can be hit during the spinning in air animation. Largely because there is no way.
Flail anyway. It's what I do.
I am not a good player, no.
Also: Streaming. That's, uh, going to be tricky. If Driz, or anyone spectating can steam, sure, that's great. Otherwise, it may be difficult. And, uh, laggy. Could experiment with some practice matches first, I suppose.
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I know that I cannot stream while playing. I just don't have enough bandwidth. I might be able to Fraps and Youtube the matches after the fact though.
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And speaking of talking about the actual games...
The Ten Desires demo is out.
Seems like one of the harder games in the series, also seems to feature a lot of returning characters as bosses. At least there are two out of the four actual characters that are bosses in the demo. The new bosses are quite cute too. They also have interesting gimmicks. Kyouko, the one with the funny ears is the stage 2 boss and steals Reimu's border hax from IN, while Miyako, the hopping vampire who is the stage 3 boss, brings selfhealing to the table on her final spellcard.
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Ah, thanks for the link.
Well, as far as the demo goes, nothing too wow-worthy, but not bad. The second boss's barrier hax blindsided me completely. I still have no idea how the mechanics work, either - I gather geathering those wisps is good, but I have no idea what they do.
However, I have a gripe. Marisa's laser is no longer penetrating! I mean, continuous penetrating lasers are a classic of the genre since Gradius, if you have lasers at all they have to be penetrating! :smallmad:
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Terraoblivion
Seems like one of the harder games in the series
This is Touhou fan code for "does not give out a million lives", yes? Third boss on lunatic is pretty annoying with that healing though I gotta admit.
This is alright for a Touhou game I think, if only because it doesn't let you hide at the bottom of the screen all game if you wanna get any items. Charging right up next to dudes and spamming charge shots all game means I can pretend I'm some sorta Panzer Jager/RX-10 hybrid, too, and I can get right behind that.
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Terraoblivion
Site doesn't like hotlinking.
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*happy dolphin noises so high pitched that they're inaudible to human ears* Downloading nao... Right now... 13 minutes left. So close, soooo close. C'mon... 12 minutes... 11 minutes... C'mon hurry up hurry up hurry up!! Gah, back to 12 minutes!?! Noooo... :smallfrown:
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I think iit's a little too easy even in normal and hard... And the third stage boss I think she was a Zombie because her position is a zombie position...
Gameplay with Youmu is cool even if I hate Youmu...
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Drascin
However, I have a gripe. Marisa's laser is no longer penetrating! I mean, continuous penetrating lasers are a classic of the genre since Gradius, if you have lasers at all they have to be penetrating! :smallmad:
Lasers in Gradius typically don't penetrate though. Unless it's like, disruptor or something, and nobody likes disruptor. Cyclone laser is like a bazillion times cooler than disruptor. Disruptor sucks.
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kamikasei
Site doesn't like hotlinking.
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9682/th13y.jpg
I guess cuteness is subjective, but...
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Kamiye
I think iit's a little too easy even in normal and hard... And the third stage boss I think she was a Zombie because her position is a zombie position...
Taking into account both the outstretched arms and what looks like a charm pasted to her forehead, I'd agree with the undead route. No idea what the second one is supposed to be though.
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Just gave it a quick mess around there and my first impression is; playing with Youmu first will only disappoint you. I chose Youmu first and thought that her mechanics(her charge-up attack when focusing) was for everyone, and I was dying to see the other's versions of it. Went in to them afterwards and was disappointed(Reimu's homing-unfocused/straight fire-focused is nifty, Marisa's... Why? Just WHY?! Direct fire for focused and unfocused?(admitedly, this was just messing around on first stage for two seconds. If one of her attacks does change, I'll take this back.), Sanae's spread-focused(which reminds of UFO's Marisa-B))
And when I saw Yuyuko, I thought each character would have their own stage 1 and boss(Reimu-Yukari, Marisa-Alice?, Sanae-Kanako/Suwako), but Yuyuko is the only boss for stage 1. Bah. And why is she a stage one boss for everyone? I can imagine a friendly sparring match between her and Youmu, but Sanae? Who she's never met before? Here's hoping the translation makes sense of that.
The bombs are okay, all round. I think the new ones are pretty cool.
- Reimu: Fantasy Seal. Eh, been there, done that.
- Marisa: Ah, good old Master Spark. It tilts direction when you move which is kinda nifty, but not really useful.
- Sanae: HOLY SPOOSH PENTAGRAM TO THE FACE! The bomb seems only decent, but it does look pretty cool.
- Youmu: Can't really tell how powerful it is yet, per say. I'm not really a fan of screen-wipe bombs either, but her bomb is freakin' AWESOME. Ahhn~ Just... J-Just ahhn~
The whole overdrive-when-you-die thing is pretty cool, and I love Youmu's especially. Just the thought of her hacking-and-slashing like hell at whatever's infront of her:smallbiggrin:.
The music... It's good, yeah, but it feels really different from ZUN's other stuff. Not saying that that's a bad thing, but it feels a little odd for some reason. Then again, you can see there's still a resemblance to UFO and Fairy Wars, so it didn't come smack-bang out of nowhere.
The stages and bosses themselves are alright. I didn't notice anything particularly good or bad about them. The stage 2 boss is cute when she doesn't have her drunk look on, though I can't tell if those things on her head are ribbons or ears. Stage 3 boss(Yes I've forgotten their names already. Shut up.) I think might be a Jiang Shi, judging by the talisman on her head(I know the talisman is depicted being used against various other undead in that manner, but I've only really seen it applied to Jiang Shi. Also makes sense, seeing as she's a zombie, and all.). Also, I actually thought that the talisman was part of her hat on first glance. I may need to go get my eyes checked.:smalleek:
Oh, and
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Originally Posted by
EifieFlare
Taking into account both the outstretched arms and what looks like a charm pasted to her forehead, I'd agree with the undead route. No idea what the second one is supposed to be though.
omake.txt says 山彦, which the internet says is some sorta echo youkai. Seems thematically appropriate with the bouncy attacks.
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Originally Posted by
Miscast_Mage
The stage 2 boss is cute when she doesn't have her drunk look on, though I can't tell if those things on her head are ribbons or ears.
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/637...hiyamabiko.jpg
I think ears.
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So I went on and downloaded the demo. Thoughts:
- Youmu's focus mechanic is interesting, but short range is short - probably not something for someone with my limited amount of skill.
- The new sound chime on death of things feels like it'll get old fast methinks
- Second stage boss was quite entertaining
- The "berzerk" or whatever thing on death is neat. Wonder what triggers it though (It didn't seem to happen every time)
- I wonder what the bloe "blobs" are for. Probably another score increasing mechanic.
Oh and as much as I think Spark is showing his Elitest side, he might be right about this not being as Terraoblivion says.
Edit: Oh and circle-healthbars from Fairy Wars, I approve :smallbiggrin:
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The blue blobs, or spirits, are used to charge up ghost mode, while the purple ones give pieces of extra lives and the green ones bomb pieces. The ghost mode seems to power you up and probably increases the gain from the spirits. In addition to triggering on death, you can also toggle it on with C apparently. This is pretty much the full extent of my knowledge of how the gameplay works beyond the obvious.
I also think Miscast Mage got it about what Miyako, the stage 3 boss, is. I couldn't recall the name, but I knew what kind of being she seems based on. They are pretty amusing in actual Chinese folklore, due to how utterly derpy they are.
As for what the stage 2 boss is, I think this is a summary of who and what she is. "The character on the left is Kasodani Kyoko, who is basically the Japanese equivalent of Echo. She's a youkai who returns echoes to happy voices on mountains, but recently a superstition that echoes are reflections of sound waves has spread (...yeah.) so she started practicing Buddhism. She started being feared by humans because they thought hymns were emanating from uninhabited mountains. She entered Gensokyo relatively recently and currently stays with Byakuren."
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Just gave Reimu a quick whirl. Is it just me, or is her supermode freaking Fantasy Heaven?
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Originally Posted by
Terraoblivion
The blue blobs, or spirits, are used to charge up ghost mode, while the purple ones give pieces of extra lives and the green ones bomb pieces. The ghost mode seems to power you up and probably increases the gain from the spirits. In addition to triggering on death, you can also toggle it on with C apparently. This is pretty much the full extent of my knowledge of how the gameplay works beyond the obvious.
Figured out purple and green ones myself ;) Also it's not the blue spirits that charge up the ghost mode - it's the grey ones. And pressing C doesn't seem to toggle it - pity as it'd be quite usefull.
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C turns it on, but only if you've already got a fully charged hyper ready. Unless you were talking about turning it off again once it's started, there's no way to do that, yeah.
(Did I ever mention that Daioujou has hypers? And that Daioujou players are considerably more manly and charming than Touhou players, due to the less abundant lives/less generous bomb mechanics in that game? Because I'd just like to put that out there.)
(ELITISM ELITISM ELITISM)
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Originally Posted by
SparkMandriller
C turns it on, but only if you've already got a fully charged hyper ready. Unless you were talking about turning it off again once it's started, there's no way to do that, yeah.
(Did I ever mention that Daioujou has hypers? And that Daioujou players are considerably more manly and charming than Touhou players, due to the less abundant lives/less generous bomb mechanics in that game? Because I'd just like to put that out there.)
(ELITISM ELITISM ELITISM)
Eh, DaiOujou's not bad, started playing it recently. Fourth boss is a pain in the neck, though, can't seem to get past it. It's at least much better than its prequel, which was aggressively boring.
Also, thanks for the info on mechanics, Terra :smallsmile:.
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Wait, she's echo? As in... the law of physics, echo? Or there's some type of spirit called an echo? And is it bad that my mind worked around to ping and now I want ZUN to include a ping youkai at some point? Network spirits, anyone?
I also don't remember being able to toggle the super-mode with C. I'll try again later to confirm, and I'm hoping you can, because honestly, it's a little less useful when you have to die to use it. >_>
And yeah, Yoshika's(I'm assuming that's her first name, but I think ZUN used western naming convention at first, then switched to japanese style, so... yeah, not too sure about that, though Miyako sounds more like a first name anyway.) whole regenerating thing... I lost two continues to her. On normal. Playing as Youmu is encouraging me way too much to run up and slash the enemies in the face. Seriously, I don't think I've shotgunned this much thoughout the entire Touhou series combined.:smalleek:
Oh, and someone added on the touhou wiki that Kyouko is a Yamabiko, apparently, as Terraoblivion described.
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Oh damn, now I have to get a new game that you haven't played so I can feel superior. One you're less likely to have access to.
So anyway I was playing Otomedius G the other day, which as we all know is a fantastic game and well suited to connoisseurs such as myself, and hahaha oh man I can't keep this up that game is shocking.
(also my strategy on the fourth boss is to bomb everything and then when he does his last attack get really close so the laserbomb aura hits the spinning things and does damage to them too.)
(this is not a great strategy and you probably shouldn't follow it.)
On further reflection this game seems like it'll be awful memorisation city to figure out the best spots to hyper to get the most outta those ghosts. Kinda sucks. Like having to figure out all the places to bomb in 10 and 11, except now you need to do it to get more bombs/lives, too, oh man. So that kinda sucks.
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Yeah, I was a little worried about memorisation too, but as long as the game isn't so difficult that I have to resort to memorisation, then I wouldn't worry about it. As long as I can clear it, I'm happy. Because then I can unlock the EX stage where memorisation is easier due to having twice the difficulty of the whole game crammed into a single level! YaaayOh Goddess kill me now. Kill me and everyone in a five mile radius if it's anything like UFO's EX stage.
Oh, and another game...? I... uh... Umm... Mars Rising?
...Oh spoosh me, now I want to go play that again. >_>
Hmm, random thought: The way Youmu has her own little style gives me an idea. I've been planning on messing around with Danmakufu during the summer(Though I'm a little spooshed off because my course doesn't teach C++ untill next year so I'll have to adapt from Java on my own), and creating player scripts with variations like this, as opposed to just a slightly different speed/shot-type/bomb, would be pretty good practice, and actually sounds pretty fun. I may mess around with Danmakufu before then, and I'll end up posting any tinkerings of mine here either way, if anyone's interested. And yes I'll be posting the scripts over at Maidens of the Kaleidoscope as well, before anyone mentions that. I really need to create an account there sooner or later.
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So I've been talking with a friend who's well versed in Chinese folklore. Apparently, Jiang Shi are sealed because they eat souls, or rather, Chi. Through... the mouth.
I have now added MeilingxMiyako to my long list of ships. :smalltongue:
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...Why did I not make that connection? Then again, Chi isn't the first thing that pops into my head when I think of Meiling. It's more gatekeeping and punching people in a world where volleys of magical bullets are the norm. Besides, aren't soul-eating monster-things usually depicted as eating said souls with their mouths?:smallconfused:
And why are you shipping already?!:smalleek: And long is this list?
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Originally Posted by
Miscast_Mage
...Why did I not make that connection? Then again, Chi isn't the first thing that pops into my head when I think of Meiling. It's more gatekeeping and punching people in a world where volleys of magical bullets are the norm. Besides, aren't soul-eating monster-things usually depicted as eating said souls with their mouths?:smallconfused:
No, I mean 'mouth-to-mouth' eating. :smalltongue:
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Again, isn't that common? I've seen the whole "sucking out someone's soul" depicted as through the victims mouth more times than not. Though directly on the mouth I'll admit is rarer outside of obviously-bad-so-it-shoves-in-as-much-fanservice-as-possible things.
...And now I can't stop thinking about the power perversion potential of Touhou powers. Thanks.
In case you're wondering(EoSD cast only... for now >:3c)
- Rumia: Some people like it with the lights switched off.
- Cirno: I remember skimming through a Men's Health magazine that recommended using ice-lollies for... certain purposes in the bedroom. Cirno could replicate that, and then some.
- Hong Meiling: Surely you can think of something unwholesome with as broad a power as "Control of Qi" :smalltongue:
- Sakuya: If you can't think of anything to do with time manipulation, you fail.
- Patchouli: ...I'm just gonna say magic for this. Also, Koakuma.
- Remilia: Vampire loli. 'Nuff said.
- Flan: Same as above, but for (immortal)masochists and/or suicidal people.
Ignoring Daiyousei because she doesn't really have any powers that we know of... except kinda-teleportation? You could probably do something kinky with that.
Edit: Forgot link to appropriate tvtropes page Super happy fun page that you should check out because it'll only take a second!:smallbiggrin:
Bwahaha! I R EVULZ!! >:3
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Originally Posted by
Miscast_Mage
...And now I can't stop thinking about the
power perversion potential of Touhou powers. Thanks.
In case you're wondering(EoSD cast only... for now >:3c)
- Rumia: Some people like it with the lights switched off.
- Cirno: I remember skimming through a Men's Health magazine that recommended using ice-lollies for... certain purposes in the bedroom. Cirno could replicate that, and then some.
- Hong Meiling: Surely you can think of something unwholesome with as broad a power as "Control of Qi" :smalltongue:
- Sakuya: If you can't think of anything to do with time manipulation, you fail.
- Patchouli: ...I'm just gonna say magic for this. Also, Koakuma.
- Remilia: Vampire loli. 'Nuff said.
- Flan: Same as above, but for (immortal)masochists and/or suicidal people.
Ignoring Daiyousei because she doesn't really have any powers that we know of... except kinda-teleportation? You could probably do something kinky with that.
Edit: Forgot link to appropriate
tvtropes page Super happy fun page that you should check out because it'll only take a second!:smallbiggrin:
Now that you mention it, TVTropes did originally have a page entirely for Touhou under "Fetish Fuel." There are a lot more ideas where those came from...
Incidentally, what used to be that page has actually been turned into an entire Wikia site. :smalltongue:
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Originally Posted by
Associate
So I've been talking with a friend who's well versed in Chinese folklore. Apparently, Jiang Shi are sealed because they eat souls, or rather, Chi. Through... the mouth.
Also, you can only defeat them by taking a mushroom from a graveyard, putting it in their left sock, and throwing it into a river. :smalltongue: Jackie Chan Adventures would not lie to me.
And Miyako is Kanako's daughter, obviously.
I'm calling Ms. Echo's fanon personality as "likes to appear smarter than she is".
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Originally Posted by
Miscast_Mage
Again, isn't that common? I've seen the whole "sucking out someone's soul" depicted as through the victims mouth more times than not. Though directly on the mouth I'll admit is rarer outside of obviously-bad-so-it-shoves-in-as-much-fanservice-as-possible things.
True enough.
In another vein, why did I not think of this?
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Orin is taking her home!
It just appears like she's carting the corpse off, but in reality she's taking her off for...other stuff.
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Take a look at the Ten Desires art for Reimu and Sanae. Particularly at their shoulders.
You can panic now.
EDIT:
So divine spirits are basically baby gods born from strong desires... and the incident is being caused by someone's strong desire to be resurrected so they can have revenge?
...nah.
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Originally Posted by
Prime32
Take a look at the Ten Desires art for Reimu and Sanae. Particularly at their shoulders.
You can panic now.
Those sleeves look as detached as they've ever been, as far as I can tell. Nothing to panic about. The armpits are eternal and unchanging.
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Originally Posted by
Prime32
Take a look at the Ten Desires art for Reimu and Sanae. Particularly at their shoulders.
You can panic now.
EDIT:
So divine spirits are basically baby gods born from strong desires... and the incident is being caused by someone's strong desire to be resurrected so they can have revenge?
...nah.
Heh. ZUN is such a tease.
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Re: Touhou II: Story of an Eastern Thread
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Re: Touhou II: Story of an Eastern Thread
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Prime32
Heh, those pictures are missing.
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memnarch
Heh, those pictures are missing.
Sure, internet, cut out after I've deleted the old versions but before I've uploaded the new ones. :smallannoyed: Should be okay now.
To make up for it...
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Re: Touhou II: Story of an Eastern Thread
So apparently the zombie girl's power is the ability to eat anything and everything.
I can just see fan works with her (Miyako?) and Yuyuko just devouring everything in sight. Possibly ending with them trying to eat each other.
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I've played my 12.3 match with Dis, won 2-0. Replays here. Was pretty laggy, but they were fun matches.
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Huh, just made another connection between Meiling and Miyako(or Yoshika... Okay, I'm just calling her Corpsey untill I figure out which is her first name:smallannoyed:); Look at their hats, and realise that they're both from China(or Corpsy's case, she's a Jiang Shi, a chinese zombie, at least).
Also, scrounging around for fan-art on Corpsey, and I think this is my favourite piece so far(cause, y'know, she is a Jiang Shi), though I have to admit this one is pretty cute.
Oh, and does anyone else notice the plot between games slowlying coming together since MOF? Kanako was responsible for Utsuho getting her power in SA(and Koishi was visiting Moriya Shrine so it works both ways, I guess), the events of SA freed Murasa who was responsible for UFO, and now the UFO crew could be tied to whoever's responsible for TD. Make's me wonder what the TD crew are going to be responsible for.
Also, I like that the heroines are actually going and asking specific people now, as opposed to randomly flying off and beating up whoever crosses their path.
One more also; reading the translated dialogue/prologue, anyone think that Mima may make an appearance, possibly as a final/ex/(phantasm?) boss? I'm not saying she's likely to appear, but the circumstances would be a good excuse for ZUN to bring her back for a visit, if not solely to shut up the people constantly asking for her.
Edit: Just noticed, in Reimu's dialogue she comments that Corpsey has a good complexion for a zombie, or something along those alongs. ZUN nodding at the "Zombie Reimu" joke from MoF?
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Actually I think the zombie girl is Yoshika. Miyako is the other one.
See, this is why I can't have nice things.
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So, on the topic of Touhou 13... I'm wondering if I'm the only one who's deliriously happy that ZUN brought back Kogasa. :smallsmile:
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So, having read the translated stuff on the wiki, I have a question for those whose skills in Japanese are better than mine (in other words, "better than zero").
The word that has been translated as "Yahoo!" in reference to Kyoko and her spellcards... is it possible to translate that as yodeling? Because that seems to work really well with a singing mountain youkai... and gives me an excuse to entertain the mental image of a youkai in lederhosen :smalltongue:
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Eliirae
Actually I think the zombie girl is Yoshika. Miyako is the other one.
See, this is why I can't have nice things.
No, the zombie girl is both Miyako and Yoshika (that is, her name is Yoshika Miyako). The question is which is the first name and which is the last name, as both can be first names and the order ZUN writes names in varies, AFAIK. The echo girl is named Kyouko.
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I was also pleasantly surprised by Kogasa's appearance, so that'd be two.
I also like how the spirit mechanic encourages moving about. Haven't played as anyone but Youmu yet (and i'm still terrible at this type of game), been busy :smallwink::
I'd go with Yoshika as her name, but anything is better than another case of 'China', really.
Edit: fixed broken image. Imageshack misplaced the original one somehow.
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Eliirae
Actually I think the zombie girl is Yoshika. Miyako is the other one.
See, this is why I can't have nice things.
Yoshika Miyako is the zombie, Kyouko Kasodani is the echo girl with the odd ears. Spoosh it, i'm just going to follow how it's written on the wiki, so Yoshika and Kyouko I shall call them. Unless of course, I failed a wisdom check and you were poking fun at yourself confusing the names too. :smallconfused:
Pre-post edit: Curse you, associate! When did you take a level in ninja?:smallwink:
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FantasyFoxMan
So, on the topic of Touhou 13... I'm wondering if I'm the only one who's deliriously happy that ZUN brought back Kogasa. :smallsmile:
It was a rather pleasant surprise, yes.
Bero-bero-baa~ :P
Post-post edit: Gah, another ninja? One who put points into Craft:(Claywork)? Great clay zombie-girl, by the way. Though the hat strikes me as a little big...:smallconfused: