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    Quote Originally Posted by EifieFlare View Post
    Try SA or UFO? Those games are usually considered quite difficult. Or maybe play through the stages again, but jump straight up to Lunatic? I've heard people say that Extra is actually about the same difficulty as Hard, due to differences like how long each session lasts or less predictability in patterns.

    Or if I'm just bad at recognizing modesty, ignore me.
    It was much more that I only recently got into shmups, and made actual progress on the "you asked for it" stage.

    I got PCB instead, and that has quite effectively shot my ego, since there are far fewer lives, a far more stringent "press x to use a bomb and not die" timer, and the stage 4 bosses, as well as Youmu and Yuyuko happily crushing me.

    And it appears, on this computer, that there is a slight delay between me pushing a button and something happening.
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    I call Utsuho. Assuming these are adoptable, of course.
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    Of course.

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    Hey. Though I have managed to get through PCB without continuing at last, there's still a few parts that are still a bit difficult. Namely, all but one of Yuyuko's spellcards, (the only one that doesn't give me trouble being the one with the exploding homing lasers) and Resurrection Butterfly in particular.

    Any strategies that aren't bombspam?
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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Final_Stand View Post
    Hey. Though I have managed to get through PCB without continuing at last, there's still a few parts that are still a bit difficult. Namely, all but one of Yuyuko's spellcards, (the only one that doesn't give me trouble being the one with the exploding homing lasers) and Resurrection Butterfly in particular.

    Any strategies that aren't bombspam?
    Practice. Honestly, I do it all on the fly, so I can't help you. Though that approach seems to even work on Lunatic, at least on PCB.

    Also, homing lasers are the safe one for you? Pardon me while I boggle at that for a bit.


    Oh, for Resurrection Butterfly, don't... well, don't move much. Really, all you need is slight left/right movement from your starting point, for the most part. It's actually a lot easier than some of her other cards.
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    That.. That was awesome.
    But 20 minutes in MMD? I can't even how many man-hours were put into choreographing that. Is D-2 one person or a group?

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    So, I recently became interested in drawing stuff again, and in a happy coincidence (starting here), I made Alice's House, but from a different view for kicks. (also asked Glyphstone about posting in the thread again and it's ok)
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    *legasp* People are posting in this thread again?

    And that's pretty damn good, memn. Mustn't be easy to pull off perspective in Inkscape. Also, doooooo Eiiiiiienteiiiiii.
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    I was hoping someone had the ability to ressurect this thread. :)

    Picked Hisoutensoku up again yesterday as a matter of fact.
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    And as this has been resurrected, I have something to add too. While in Japan on vacation with my parents I naturally hit the shops of Akihabara hard and found that Touhou is even bigger than when I was here last. I don't think I'll exaggerate by saying that roughly 50% of all doujins were Touhou, a figure that is roughly the same for merchandise of most kinds. Only Madoka even got close to having a similarly visibly presence. It was quite insane really. Did allow me to get a sukusuku hakutaku plushie, plushies of Mokou and Alice and a really cook Byakuren figure, though. Also a Homura nendoroid, but that's not really relevant to the thread.

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    Phones and precise spelling are sadly not close friends.

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    And as this has been resurrected, I have something to add too. While in Japan on vacation with my parents I naturally hit the shops of Akihabara hard and found that Touhou is even bigger than when I was here last. I don't think I'll exaggerate by saying that roughly 50% of all doujins were Touhou, a figure that is roughly the same for merchandise of most kinds. Only Madoka even got close to having a similarly visibly presence. It was quite insane really. Did allow me to get a sukusuku hakutaku plushie, plushies of Mokou and Alice and a really cook Byakuren figure, though. Also a Homura nendoroid, but that's not really relevant to the thread.
    Alright, I gotta cave. Why the heck is Touhou so big? I love it, but I am not actually sure why!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Volatar View Post
    Alright, I gotta cave. Why the heck is Touhou so big? I love it, but I am not actually sure why!
    Can't claim to have researched it, but my estimate would be that it is unique enough to be something in its own right, while also being very open to personal interpretation. The quality of the music and the distinctiveness of the designs of the characters help too. I've also found that ZUN is good at communicating ideas and feelings with very few words. My love of Maribel and Renko comes from this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Volatar View Post
    I was hoping someone had the ability to ressurect this thread.
    This thread is a little like Kaguya: might not always be active, might not always be popular, but it will never. die.

    And I'll agree, a good part of Touhou's popularity does come from its incredible music-and its creativity. ZUN's not a good artist, but he IS a good designer, keeping in mind that he gives every character a distinct silhouette, and I'll add some voice to the TV Tropes theory that it's something of the fandom's desire to improve on ZUN's original art that makes the fans so productive. I'll also point out that Touhou is ooold-Highly Responsive to Prayers came out back in 1996, so it has had plenty of time to pick up steam. I'll also point out that it was released as part of a university club, so it could quite easily have pulled together a core fanbase-a productive core fanbase-to expand on initial work straight from the start.

    There's also the fact it's a setting where pretty much every piece of folklore and its grandmother are tossed into one place populated entirely by girls in gothic lolita fashion, but that's a story for another less SFW thread.

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    Did allow me to get a sukusuku hakutaku plushie, plushies of Mokou and Alice and a really cook Byakuren figure, though.
    Tell me they carried something Utsuho-related.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyborg Mage View Post
    This thread is a little like KaguyaMokou: might not always be active, might not always be popular, but it will never. die.

    ...
    Fixed!

    Edit: Terra, can we has pictures please?
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    In addition to the above points, having lots & lots of (distinct) characters lends itself naturally to lots & lots of merchandise. Touhou might even have a below average merchandise/character rate .
    A permissive policy on the creation & sale of fanart leads to more quality stuff being made (Touhouvania, Memories of Phantasm, etc.), attracting more fans and causing it all to snowball once it gains sufficient momentum (and were well past that point now).
    It wouldn't really surprise me if Touhou were to become entirely creatively 'self-sufficient' at some point.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyborg Mage View Post
    This thread is a little like KaguyaMokouKaguya: might not always be active, might not always be popular, but it will never. die.
    Actually fixed. I suppose you can find a better use for absolute immortality than sitting around on the interwebs all day?

    Oh, and go look up A Bad End. Say what you like, Mokou's expressions are never THAT hilarious.
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    Quote Originally Posted by memnarch View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Cyborg Mage View Post
    This thread is a little like KaguyaMokouKaguyaMokou: might not always be active, might not always be popular, but it will never. die.
    Actually fixed. I suppose you can find a better use for absolute immortality than sitting around on the interwebs all day?

    Oh, and go look up A Bad End. Say what you like, Mokou's expressions are never THAT hilarious.
    More fixed;
    <- That look like Kaguya to you? I didn't see her bringing the thread back...


    Re: A Bad End. Closest thing was this, but there's no pictures there.

    However, there is picture I found, so I guess Kaguya still wins the goofy expression contest.
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    Sillier.

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    THIS is A Bad End. No wacky shipping here-just 197 pages of epic-level Kaguya insanity. Though Mokou does do well for herself in the wacky expression department... The whole thing is here, just so you know.





    In any case, I see a peaceful, reasonable conclusion to this argument, so I'm sure you can make the time at some point and we can politely talk this matter over with all due SEAMLESS CEILING OF KINKAKU-JI!
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    Limiting Edict "Iwakasa's Moon Curse"
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    ... You just made that? I'm impressed. Sadly, I lack MAD INKSCAPE SKILLS, so a YouTube link will do.

    Just imagine if you DIDN'T have Houdini's magic camera.
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    Well, I'd made this one a while back for one of those Iron Avatarist contests and it seemed more appropriate (currently in thread) if I edited out Marisa and Alice.
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    Still awesome in any case. *ponders making request*
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    Well, I'd made this one a while back for one of those Iron Avatarist contests and it seemed more appropriate (currently in thread) if I edited out Marisa and Alice.
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    That was a while ago; maybe I'll find time to do another one at some point.
    I really like Alice's "oh god why am I even here" expression, for what it's worth.
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    Why didn't anyone tell me they'd used a continue?


    First off, everyone's aware of ZUN getting married, right?

    Second, remember Memories of Phantasm?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktj-t5uNcEc
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm_bnWf-4AQ

    Third
    http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/123033.html#123033
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85kQTOmIVgw
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4iOqfBUUx0
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    Well, since Hisouten was mentioned, I thought I might try a couple games against com to see if I still know how to shot web.

    My god, I've become terrible. I barely remember how to projectile properly, and came near losing to AI several times. I kept whiffing with Komachi like there's no tomorrow. I used to know how to play this game, I swear.

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