Touhou 14 - 東方輝針城 ～ Double Dealing Character released!

[cuc]

In Marisa A's Extra dialogue, Raiko explicitly said the magic she found is called Taiko Drum Master. My guess was completely correct: Raiko's new outside world drummers are people who play the Taiko Drum Master games.

Raiko: There are many people good at playing taiko in the outside world.
Raiko: They use this tool called something like "Taiko Drum Master".

I also find her battlecry (common to each route) interesting in this light:

Raiko: O drummer of the outside world! Now is the time to sound the beats of battle!

Raiko's story reads to me like a response to the commonly seen "our traditional culture is dying" rhetoric: Japanese culture will live on, even in video games.

[Lavalake]

I still don't have the game.
Is the game limited or are there still copies?
But judging from the videos, I am looking forward to the music. All the music.

[cuc]

The official games are never out of print. No worry about that.

[MaStErSpArK94]

Raiko's story reads to me like a response to the commonly seen "our traditional culture is dying" rhetoric: Japanese culture will live on, even in video games.

Japanese culture will live on even more  through video games if you consider that many Touhou fans live outside of Japan, and thanks to ZUN's games we are able to learn about myths and fairy tales that we probably would never have heard about otherwise.

Props ZUN, as always.

[teefa85]

If Raiko got her power from a video game in the Outside World...I can well see some fanart/doujin of her learning about games from Sanae or playing with Sanae...

[ToyoRai]

The question now is how do the Tsukumo Sisters keep their existence.

[Sagus]

The question now is how do the Tsukumo Sisters keep their existence.

Raiko's profile says that she thaught other tsukumogami awakened by the mallet's influence how to exist even after the mallet's power entered it's re-absorption period.

[ToyoRai]

The question is what is this method. We know how Raiko keeps her existence, but we don't know what the other tsukumogamis will do to survive.

Spoiler:

Benben uses Guitar Hero*shot

[Sagus]

The question is what is this method. We know how Raiko keeps her existence, but we don't know what the other tsukumogamis will do to survive.

Spoiler:

Benben uses Guitar Hero*shot

Presumably, it's the same thing. Her profile just says that "[Raiko] taught this method" to the others, and the only method discussed is the one involving "magic from the outside world".

Spoiler:

maybe there's a koto hero in touhouverse's outside world for Yatsuhashi to use :V

[Sage Ω (Ultima)]

So, does Sakuya have a smaller hitbox than Marisa? I'm starting on another 1CC.

[The Noodles Guy]

I think that Sakuya's hitbox is bigger.

[Sage Ω (Ultima)]

I think that Sakuya's hitbox is bigger.

You sure? Don't go by who can graze the furthest since Sakuya normally has the highest graze box.

[Raikaria]

I just had a thought.

ZUN said some of TH14 was inspired by recent events in his life at some interview.

The Stage 6 boss is a Dwarf a small, human-like being.
With a mallet that can bring objects to life.

Life.
Small, Human-like

ZUN got married.

ZUN.Jr soon?

[The Noodles Guy]

ZUN has watched LOTR.

[pineyappled]

shingeki no small person

[Gpop]

In Marisa A's Extra dialogue, Raiko explicitly said the magic she found is called Taiko Drum Master. My guess was completely correct: Raiko's new outside world drummers are people who play the Taiko Drum Master games.
I also find her battlecry (common to each route) interesting in this light:
Raiko's story reads to me like a response to the commonly seen "our traditional culture is dying" rhetoric: Japanese culture will live on, even in video games.

Raiko confirmed as rhythm gamer

[Aba Matindesu!]

So, Mima jokes, Nice Bowl jokes, and Fix-it Felix jokes where?

Raiko confirmed as rhythm gamer

new favorite character

[Gpop]

Btw I'm totally making a Raiko character for Rock Band and give her the electronic drum set that looks similar to hers.

[ToyoRai]

@Gpop You're telling me her survival card didn't already gave that away?

Spoiler:

And wow, I knew Sukuna was small, but I didn't imagine her being as small as the game shows her

[teefa85]

Btw I'm totally making a Raiko character for Rock Band and give her the electronic drum set that looks similar to hers.

That ought to be awesome.

[Tengukami]

I'm just really, really happy to see what he's done with stages, music, and physics.

[Sage Ω (Ultima)]

My only problem is that ZUN used an odd resolution selection. You'd think he would use 640x480, 1280x720, and 1920x1080. My monitor doesn't normally support 1280x960 in fullscreen mode. Which means I have to use 960x720, which looks off in window mode but in full screen it doesn't stretch out like 640x480.

Regardless, this game far exceeded my expectations, DDC is my no.1 Touhou now.

[not ZUNs wife]

My only problem is that ZUN used an odd resolution selection.

Which also leads to some graphics inconsistencies, like high-res character portraits among pixel-stretched sprites.

I think it's also part of why the game lags sometimes - ZUN hasn't quite optimized some of the computer-generated effects being rendered to large bitmaps, so there's some parts where DDC hogs resources. I get a 30 FPS drop when pausing after pichuun.

But these are pretty inconsequential issues.

Regardless, this game far exceeded my expectations, DDC is my no.1 Touhou now.

It's risen to my top 3 main series Touhous, among IN and UFO. I hope more people will warm up to DDC once it gets more of a foothold in the fandom and the official print works/spinoffs. The main mechanic ties well to the gameplay and the atmosphere makes it feel like ZUN's own "Alice in Wonderland". _{Shanghai Alice, that is.}

gg ZUN I forgive you for TD

[Nyyl]

The bosses seem to be pretty easy in this game. It only took a two tries to clear extra, and on my first hard 1cc I was able to capture everything from Shinmyoumaru except for the timeout card (lousy grumble hitbox grumble deceiving)

That aside though, the music, atmosphere, and visuals are better than anything I could've expected. Might end up being one of my favorites, if not my absolute favorite

[Savory]

Daw, this game has the cutest final boss.  :3

[Zengeku]

I agree. From a secondary's point of view, this game is awesome! Very cute girls and nice music. 

[teefa85]

I'm certainly having fun with my sprite art of them.  They're so much fun to try and work out.

[yukiluck]

I was hearing Reverse Ideology, so i made the reverse audio version of Reverse Ideology, ZUN is a Genius...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEa3JiYselk

[Sage Ω (Ultima)]

ZUN should release a 1.00b patch that stops Reimu's rod from moving away from the boss. It's really annoying when it's soo far away that it barely scratches them, making spell cards last longer.

[Validon98]

ZUN should release a 1.00b patch that stops Reimu's rod from moving away from the boss. It's really annoying when it's soo far away that it barely scratches them, making spell cards last longer.

And that's why you unfocus and refocus to get it back on target. That's what I did and it does a lot of damage.