Let's Play: Touhoumon: Another World

[Jjeinn-tae]

Touhou, it's like some black hole that sucks everything into it and which there is no escape. Fans of the series have seen fit to combine it with practically every franchise on the planet, for instance:

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I hope everyday someone creates a mod for TF2. The hats are perfect.

Regardless, we are here for Pokémon, or apparently Bonéka　(...Fifth root of beauty?). Touhoumon: Another World; I have never played it, and will not be looking up anything, nor do I have any idea on whether it's actually any good. My favorite Let's Play's have all been of bad games though, so hopefully it'll at least be entertaining to anyone along for the ride.

But enough of Jjeinn's Slightly focused rambling. Let's get on with it, beginning with the time honored tradition of Pokémon roms, trying to be as similar to the original's startup as possible.

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There was a weird panty shot in there somewhere too... Is that relevant?


Complete with Japanese lyrics

START!

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Part of me says: That's horrible! But the other says: Where can I get my own Cirno?!!



...So a gynecologist? He always did seem...




So, who are we then? Suggest names too.

Boy:

...Ok... I'm pretty sure that's a skirt...

or Girl:

Is that a loaf of French Bread?



And shall we confound me even more than the unknown moves will, and do a Nuzlocke?

Chapters

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1: 1/4th cups water

2: Rising

3: Knead Dough Thoroughly

4: Misfortune (Enough to Cause Instant Death)

5: 2cups Red Cherries, Ground

The Team (As of Chapter 4) Like it's needed yet.

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Whey

Found: Kanto (Gift)

Good Girl

Found: Hakurei Shrine (Gift)

Loituma

Found: Western Road (Water)

[Terry576]

I think I'd rather play that L4D mod with those characters. Marisa would be my favorite and I would play L4D over and over and over.

I'm digressing. Apologies. I'd say go with the one who doesn't wear a stupid hat, and be THE FRENCH GIRL who has FREE BREAD.

It's FREE BREAD. I mean that's not even a choice.

[Jjeinn-tae]

Ah, but if you were Marisa, nobody else would be able to get guns or pills. You're in trouble in a zombie apocalypse if you can't chug an entire bottle of Ibuprofen every 30 minutes or so.

Hmm, FrnchGRL... is that too long? how many spaces do we have?... 7, darn too long.

You raise a good point about the bread though, hopefully she is trained in bread-fu, she might need it.

[Terry576]

Call her Français.

(it's ironic because that means french)

[Prime32]

I hope everyday someone creates a mod for TF2. The hats are perfect.

There is one.

Regardless, we are here for Pokémon, or apparently Bonéka　(...Fifth root of beauty?).

Apparently it's Indonesian for doll.

[Cogwheel]

Woooo free bread.

Also, that poster? That poster would mean that Patchouli is Francis. This is so absurdly wrong (and amusing, for me) that I don't even know where to start.


Also, it means the witch is not the witch. Let the head-exploding begin.

[Jjeinn-tae]

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You have made my day Prime, that is a great thing to wake up to. Though I wonder why it's not Ninkyou then, guess it doesn't sound enough like Pokémon

Also, that poster? That poster would mean that Patchouli is Francis. This is so absurdly wrong (and amusing, for me) that I don't even know where to start.

But Francis a Patchouli share so much in common, a hatred (Or perhaps strong dislike) for stairs and modern technology (and movement in general). It does break down after that though, particularly with Francis' feelings towards vampires. Parsee would be better, definitely.

Ok, we are a young girl named Francais then, traveling the world capturing little girls, stuffing them into balls and forcing them to fight other little girls captured by other people.

...Or not, the "s" goes off page, anyone got another suggestion? I'll go with Francy if no-one thinks of anything.

[Cogwheel]

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You have made my day Prime, that is a great thing to wake up to. Though I wonder why it's not Ninkyou then, guess it doesn't sound enough like Pokémon



But Francis a Patchouli share so much in common, a hatred (Or perhaps strong dislike) for stairs and modern technology (and movement in general). It does break down after that though, particularly with Francis' feelings towards vampires. Parsee would be better, definitely.

Ok, we are a young girl named Francais then, traveling the world capturing little girls, stuffing them into balls and forcing them to fight other little girls captured by other people.

...Or not, the "s" goes off page, anyone got another suggestion? I'll go with Francy if no-one thinks of anything.

France.

This will be the first RPG ever where the protagonist is France. All the France.

[Terry576]

France.

This will be the first RPG ever where the protagonist is France. All the France.

I second this motion so hard.

SO HARD

[Jjeinn-tae]

Ok, "I am France, oui oui!"


Chapter 1: 1/4th cups water

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She got out, and did the only thing she could think of: Make the madness continue, and bake bread.



What? He's too good for a skirt? The other boy was man enough to wear one.


Every Let's Play! comments on that line.


He's my next door neighbor to the East, my rival, and has a name of less than 7 letters.


He wanted to take my capital!


AH! DON'T SHOUT AT ME!


Whether you want to or not.
What's that mean?


Worry not, all travelers must be shrunken down, have you not heard of "travel size?"


Ah, good morning world and all who inhabit it!


...Wait...


...Something's wrong...


My feet have a mind of their own!


OAK! I don't expect you to understand or care, but I need help. My feet are walking on their own!


I don't see how that helps me!


Seriously! I am not in control of my actions!


Can you not hear me?!


I don't even know what I got.


...Or who won...



I hope my feet are taking me somewhere where I can get help.


Small place, this is...


...Oh... I guess the feminine need to shop is irresistible.


Merchant Man! Help me, my feet have a mind of their own!


It all makes sense now. OAK did this!


YOU JUST WANTED A ROBOT GIRL!


I knew he'd be in to this.


...


Bonéka


By the discarded cans of ZUN! It's still not over. What does he want from me?


Random Encounter!


...Or a portal to Narnia... Or is it Wonderland?


...


What a wimpy rainstorm...


...


I swear, that thing just fell right out of the sky!


Aww... It's a widdle vampire.


AH! IT'S AFTER ME!


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At first, I was really worried I messed that up somehow, with the autopilot and all... I was going to go a little further than this, but writing it up, this is a good chapter end.

[FantasyFoxMan]

Lulz, autopilot.

Also, I tried downloading this myself a few days ago, but for some reason it just doesn't seem to want to work with VisualBoyAdvance. I'm not sure why.

EDIT: Oh, no, wait, that was Touhoumon World Link that wasn't working right, nevermind.

[Prime32]

Lulz, autopilot.

Bah, everyone knows how a Pokémon game begins anyway.

[Terraoblivion]

Awww, you went with Maribel rather than Renko. I mean, I like them both, but Renko is just such a good friend for the nascent Yukari!

Also, which starter did you pick? That's kind of the style of information that would be nice to have.

[Jjeinn-tae]

Yeah, I couldn't find a link to that that worked either, FantasyFoxMan that's why I went with this one.

Bah, everyone knows how a Pokémon game begins anyway.

But it does make it difficult if you wanted to hold a vote on, say what starter to pick, or what to name them.

Awww, you went with Maribel rather than Renko. I mean, I like them both, but Renko is just such a good friend for the nascent Yukari!

Also, which starter did you pick? That's kind of the style of information that would be nice to have.

It actually didn't let me, I haven't had control directly on any part that I've shown and didn't even find out till later.

If you're curious though, I do know what we got:

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Sunny Milk
She's a quiet fire type, with the ability Run Away (increased chance to escape) and has the moves Tackle and Sand Attack.



This is the only forward information you guys will get... Probably...

[Prime32]

But it does make it difficult if you wanted to hold a vote on, say what starter to pick, or what to name them.
[...]
It actually didn't let me, I haven't had control directly on any part that I've shown and didn't even find out till later.

Spoilers for the next update or two:

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Reimu gives you a second (choosable) starter, and you get to name your first starter at the same time. Your first starter is a random member of the Three Mischevious Fairies.

[FantasyFoxMan]

Huh. It must be random, since I got Luna Child as opposed to Sunny Milk. Kinda wish I hadn't picked Marisa now since I have two Electric-types.

Now that I'm playing this hack, I feel the need to look for as many bugs and oddities as possible, and so far, I've definitely found quite a few. That isn't going to stop me from enjoying the hack, though. It is still quite impressive, bugs aside.

[Mirrinus]

Touhoumon hacks sure have come a long way since my day...

[Jjeinn-tae]

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Touhoumon hacks sure have come a long way since my day...

Ah, you're the one who did the Labyrinth of Touhou Let's Play! My knowledge of its existence is actually what inspired me to do one of Touhoumon... Luckily this is a different hack from the one you did, I would have felt bad about that. I'll have to read that one sometime here...

Chapter Two: Rising

Just a little heads up, I accidentally closed it while I was recording, which caused a crash of the recording... There are some weird graphical glitches from that, they weren't like that when I played. Of course, FRANCE is cognizant of it.

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...Wait a minute...


YES! MY FEET SERVE NO MISTRESS OTHER THAN MYSELF!

Now time to do what any sensible person does when awaking in a strange room with no idea how she got there...




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She knows! Run!


Running away is not going towards them, FRANCE.


It was like this. I woke up in the morning in front of my TV, and then my feet started walking me out of town on their own. Then the neighborhood Banéka "professor" forced me to his lab with his grandson and then he gave us Banéka and forced us to fight with them before his grandson ran out of the lab and my feet walked me to the next town. Then I went shopping and had to deliver a package to the professor and he gave us iDollDexes and I left and ended up being transported to a completely different place after stepping in some grass and got attacked by a vampire!

... That's quite the fervent dream.


the shrine.


I just told you!



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Later:


*nod*


And some awesome baking recipes.


...Apparently if my memory isn't possible.



this shrine.

...I guess...



Aren't you supposed to have familiar surroundings for that?

No, now shoo! Let me think.


Oh hey, what's this?





Aww, she's winking at me... And a zombie apparently.




It's always a good sign when the playing children run away from you screaming.


OK.



D'aww




Huh.



A mighty four-pace-wide sea indeed.

...

Yeah, this place is boring, I'm out of here.



OK.


...I already did. You could try relaxing sometime.


It was? What's out there?

Oh no! I just noticed! Mystia has been shunted into the ground! You saved my life!



Shouldn't we be worried about the planet eating people?



...OK, I guess we're just going to ignore her...


Should be safe in...


...

Maybe hallucinations are common with anemia?


Why do you have statues of yourself over there?


Hello?


Oh, wait, you're talking. What'd you say?


OK, reliable person, got it.


...They changed again...


So...



I'm not sure I want to get near those now. Are you sure they won't turn into dynamite or something?


...OK...

OK, choice time, We get to chose a starter, and nickname both her and Sunny Milk. No, I have no idea what types any of them are besides Marisa, which FantasyFoxMan has informed us to be an Electric type. What say you?


...Also I think I'll do this the original Nuzlocke way:
1. Catch the first Pokemon you encounter in each route/cave/whatever and nothing else. If you fail to catch it, too bad, continue onwards.
2. If you Pokemon faints, consider it dead and release it.

Took a little bit of thought, but I've never done a run like that, and might as well do it while I'm flying blind. I've heard that the type matchups are slightly different here, that'll be interesting.

[FantasyFoxMan]

Welp, since YAPE (short for Yet Another Pokemon Editor) can't open Touhoumon: Another World, I can't go in there and find out the types of Boneka. But I just checked through replaying twice, and Sanae is Grass/Water, and Reimu is Normal/Flying.

I say pick Sanae 'cause she's a good girl. :V

[Terry576]

Pick Marisa! She's clearly the best.

Her Last Word form has Angel Wings. Of awesomeness.

[Terraoblivion]

Go with the good girl. We need someone to harass any umbrellas we meet in the future! And pilot the giant, nuclear powered robots. Also, I just plain like her more than Reimu and Marisa.

[Prime32]

Someone got not-very-far in a video playthrough. Part 1 covers about where we are. (I haven't watched any further)
http://www.youtube.com/v/2YbaVCXbX7Q

[Jjeinn-tae]

Welp, since YAPE (short for Yet Another Pokemon Editor) can't open Touhoumon: Another World

If you're wanting to play, I'm using Visual Boy.




And OK, we'll go with the Good Girl, though if she kills my Kogasatar I'll hold you lot responsible. I could only give it up for a week, I don't think I'd survive.


And any nickname ideas for Sunny Milk? We must have one, and I'm drawing a blank.

Edit: D'oh, and I managed to forget the only real joke I had for that update... I got distracted by the graphical glitches when pulling out the frames...

[Prime32]

And any nickname ideas for Sunny Milk? We must have one, and I'm drawing a blank.

Whey.

[Deme]

I like the name idea... And this LP.

[Jjeinn-tae]

Whey.

Ooh, good one.

I like the name idea... And this LP.

Why thank you Deme.



And, I shall make an update tomorrow, don't know how fast I'm hoping to make the updates, I'd love to do 6 a week, but that just doesn't seem practical.

Ugh, busy day, I have everything recorded though, just need to pick all those frames.

[Jjeinn-tae]

...OK, lesson learned, never exit out of the program before turning recording off. My recording function is broken. Or rather, I cannot open the videos.

Luckily this was early in, game got pretty glitchy there, I'm going to go back and catch up to this (I'll make sure to get Sunny Milk again too).

[The Dark Fiddler]

Why are you recording instead of just taking screenshots?

[Jjeinn-tae]

Goes to fast for me, plus the captures Visual Boy takes are .png's which take up a lot more space than .jpg's, I don't think you guys are really going to look up close enough where you can see the difference, are you?

[The Dark Fiddler]

But wouldn't taking a video of you playing and (as I think you're doing?) taking screens from that take up more space?

I mean, if you just used the built-in screenshotter you could avoid all the issues you apparently have with the recording software. Or maybe not? I dunno, just hoping to help.