How to get to grips with Touhou - general hints, tips and advice!

[Zil]

I want some more advices on Kanako's and Suwako's spellcards...
they really giving me a hard time...
tnx...

There's an entire thread devoted to getting help with spellcards. Ask the question there.

[Luna Scarlet]

whats the title thread or link?

[Sapz]

Spellcard Help thread. You can find stuff like that here.

[UnspokenDyslexic]

Typically, for practice and preparation, is it better to practice and 1CC easy, or go straight ahead to normal mode with as many 'cheats' as possible to somehow complete the 6 stages so as to unlock practice mode?

working to 1CC normal PCB

Oh and 'cheats' as in 5 lives, max bombs, slow mode etc

[Zengeku]

I recommend skipping to Normal mode. Easy mode doesn't really teach you much about anything. The idea of unlocking the stages for practice is good but you shouldn't use slow-mode. 5 lives is fine when you just want to unlock but you shouldn't use slow-mode since it will add slow motion that isn't meant to be there and you won't improve as much from dodging it.

[Seiga Kaku]

How am I supposed to enable the number pad for IaMP? Using spellcards by going down+downright+right is extremely awkward and rarely works, and there has to be a better way.

[shadowbringer]

don't know how to enable the number pad, sorry. Down/Downright/Right is used not only for the spellcards (assuming you've declared them beforehand with Down Down D with 1 level of the Super meter or more and the declared spell hasn't timed out or you have enough Super meter levels to cast, and you're not spirit-drained as well), but for various special (non-supers) attacks as well.

[Kanade]

It all comes down to practice... I don't think there are no better advice than this.

Oh and watch some replays as well, to guide you that is.