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Title: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: KumaKinko on June 13, 2009, 02:12:53 AM
I didn't see a UFO thread so I'll make one.
 Space loli is EX boss, I'm calling it.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Alice on June 13, 2009, 02:19:46 AM
I didn't see a UFO thread so I'll make one.
 Space loli is EX boss, I'm calling it.
It is Wriggle.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: KumaKinko on June 13, 2009, 02:22:53 AM
It is Wriggle.

Wriggle with a fish bowl on her head
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Zengar Zombolt on June 13, 2009, 02:26:09 AM
Wriggle with a fish bowl on her head
SPACE WRIGGLE, FUCK YEAH.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Schpwuette on June 13, 2009, 02:31:00 AM
Anyone have a good idea as to when it's coming?
Late this month maybe? (optimism yay)

I hope it comes out before I leave the internet for a holiday for 5 weeks >.<
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: KumaKinko on June 13, 2009, 02:33:30 AM
Anyone have a good idea as to when it's coming?
Late this month maybe? (optimism yay)

I hope it comes out before I leave the internet for a holiday for 5 weeks >.<

what if it comes out TOMAROW
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Zengar Zombolt on June 13, 2009, 02:35:49 AM
what if it comes out TOMAROW
Ears will bleed.
Eyes will pop out.
Heads will roll.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Gpop on June 13, 2009, 02:44:26 AM
Anyone have a good idea as to when it's coming?
Late this month maybe? (optimism yay)

I hope it comes out before I leave the internet for a holiday for 5 weeks >.<

Most likely by C76, summer Comiket.

Also, all I know is that Mima WON'T be in the game, and her fanboys should stop begging ZUN for her.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: KumaKinko on June 13, 2009, 02:48:05 AM
Most likely by C76, summer Comiket.

Also, all I know is that Mima WON'T be in the game, and her fanboys should stop begging ZUN for her.

I kinda' started hating Mima from the combination of me not being able to properly make her tail and staff in GK and realising that my fanon Mima is a smug bitch that no one sholuld ever like.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Sodium on June 13, 2009, 02:51:06 AM
Most likely by C76, summer Comiket.

Also, all I know is that Mima WON'T be in the game, and her fanboys should stop begging ZUN for her.
Mima's in the game in that MarisaB's shot type is similar to some PoDD thing.

And that's pretty much it. =3
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Moerin on June 13, 2009, 02:51:35 AM
...Space Wriggle?  I heard Space Wriggle.  And yes, I can get behind that in more ways than one ahem.

Of course, everyone knows that Yumemi will be either the final, extra or phantasm boss, because... Just because, okay.  Let me have my dreams.

And, uh, it's not just fanboys who'd like to see Mima return.  There's too many unanswered questions about her that need to be resolved, and that can't happen untill she returns, so... Yeah.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Herasy on June 13, 2009, 04:00:15 AM
And, uh, it's not just fanboys who'd like to see Mima return.  There's too many unanswered questions about her that need to be resolved, and that can't happen untill she returns, so... Yeah.

And the other characters don't have unanswered questions?
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Easy Mode on June 13, 2009, 04:22:28 AM
I like the idea of Space Wriggle. Yumemi would fit more into the story.
But... I'm pretty sure Aya will be the final boss. Just to spite the Mima fanboys.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Alice Fact on June 13, 2009, 03:36:55 PM
And the other characters don't have unanswered questions?
"Why do I refuse to stand against myself?!"
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Shackles 'n chains, shackles 'n chains. Stage 7 boss is either Kumoi's apparent sister, her apparent sister again, or both of them together.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin on June 13, 2009, 03:55:18 PM
Um ... you mean the Extra Stage boss, right?

My theory: last boss will be YOUR MOTHER!

Wait, I know! Mother Brain loli!
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Patoyo on June 13, 2009, 04:12:27 PM
I heard somewhere that Iku returns in UFO.
 Iku WILL be the final boss.
Who's with me.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: WRATHIE_Beatrice on June 13, 2009, 04:32:00 PM
that was an april fools joke..
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Wordspoken on June 13, 2009, 04:35:10 PM
Actually, putting Mima in the game might not be a bad idea. We Mima fanboys (and girls I think) expected her to be in SA, now with UFO same thing. And with possible Touhou 13, we'll still praying for her return so putting her in the game would at least shut us up. Maybe.

I'm still drooling for an epic stage 4 boss fight between all three playable characters.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: WRATHIE_Beatrice on June 13, 2009, 04:36:22 PM
well.. yea.. Mima is good too =D
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin on June 13, 2009, 04:40:33 PM
Actually, putting Mima in the game might not be a bad idea. We Mima fanboys (and girls I think) expected her to be in SA, now with UFO same thing. And with possible Touhou 13, we'll still praying for her return so putting her in the game would at least shut us up. Maybe.
you just keep telling yourself that
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Patoyo on June 13, 2009, 04:48:52 PM
Stage 4 fights between the playable character could be possible if you consider the storyline.
Reimu is after the ship.
Marisa is after the ship.
Sanae is after the ship.
There's no way they couldn't encouter each other.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin on June 13, 2009, 04:53:04 PM
For that matter, this is one of the few games (as far as I know) where all the possible playable characters are shown directly interacting with each other prior to going off after the incident (as opposed to i.e. just the members of each team talking to each other in IN).
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Moerin on June 13, 2009, 04:58:01 PM
you just keep telling yourself that
Think about it this way: If Mima returns, the fanboys will shut up about her returning.  If she never returns, they will never shut up about it.

Also, I had a thought that the Stage 4 boss would be different for each character, like ReimuA would fight Marisa, ReimuB would fight Sanae, etc.  Probably not likely, but it would be interesting I guess.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin on June 13, 2009, 05:14:07 PM
Think about it this way: If Mima returns, the fanboys will shut up about her returning.  If she never returns, they will never shut up about it.
Yes, but ZUN can't hear them and is thus largely unaffected.

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Also, I had a thought that the Stage 4 boss would be different for each character, like ReimuA would fight Marisa, ReimuB would fight Sanae, etc.  Probably not likely, but it would be interesting I guess.
I was thinking that, too, actually.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Helepolis on June 13, 2009, 05:16:17 PM
Seeing Nazrin, Tatara and Ichirin are new designed characters, I highly doubt we will see old characters as enemies.

And I repeated this plenty on #SM: the final boss is probably some loli hot bitchy pirate captain or some lost soul with a parrot. Ex boss would be some nasty ghost or something (not mima).

As long as stage 4 and 5 bosses are better than stage 3, I don't care. Oh yea and the music =.=
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Sodium on June 13, 2009, 05:40:01 PM
As long as stage 4 and 5 bosses are better than stage 3, I don't care. Oh yea and the music =.=
What are you implying with this? That UFO's music wasn't good? If so...-_-
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: nintendonut888 on June 13, 2009, 05:45:49 PM
Yes, ZUN will put Mima in the game to shut you guys up. He will go against all logic and throw her in randomly for you guys. The same way he caved in and made yukkuris canon, made Kaguya a helpless NEET and made Alice/Marisa canon.

Anyway, I'm doing my best not to think about UFO until I have the computer to run it. :(
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Helepolis on June 13, 2009, 06:05:47 PM
What are you implying with this? That UFO's music wasn't good? If so...-_-
Ichirin's theme was pretty bad imo while Nazrin's and Tatara's were awesome.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Alice Fact on June 13, 2009, 06:09:30 PM
Seeing Nazrin, Tatara and Ichirin are new designed characters, I highly doubt we will see old characters as enemies.
So what about Wriggle, Mystia, and Keine?
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: KomeijiKoishi on June 13, 2009, 08:26:52 PM
Ichirin's theme was pretty bad

Go to hell. Immediately.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Gpop on June 13, 2009, 08:33:31 PM
Ichirin's theme was pretty bad imo while Nazrin's and Tatara's were awesome.

Out of the three, Nazrin's theme was the only noticeably good song out there for me. Kogasa's theme was pretty bland, as well as Ichirin's.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Helepolis on June 13, 2009, 08:43:04 PM
Go to hell. Immediately.
I am already there with Shiki Eiki-sama ~ . But seriously, I was hoping for a more grand theme because of Unzan's fisting actions. It sounded all so . . . unexplainable. And if you take Nazrin's theme for example, it fits perfectly, same goes for Kogasa. But yea, that is how I feel about it.

So what about Wriggle, Mystia, and Keine?
Imperishable Unidentified Fantastic Night Object. I don't know. Guess speculations are useless, ZUN knows.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Azinth on June 13, 2009, 08:59:22 PM
Gameplay-related things that I'm hoping for:

-Late-game danmaku that doesn't screw the non-Reimu characters over.
-A final spellcard that isn't as lame as SA's final spellcard.
-An extra stage that I actually care about.
-For ZUN to see the light and bring the old continue system back (please...? ;_;)

The above things were the only really big gripes I had with SA.  Fix these, and I'm sure it will be awesome.  Oh yeah, and stage 3 is BS, nerf it, etc.

Other things that I'm hoping for:

-Epic stage 4-6 themes (I'm sure ZUN has got this one covered like he always does)
-More ridiculous character designs/concepts (we've had stuff like a nucear crow loli and a necromancing wheelbarrow-pushing catgirl.  ZUN has some mighty big shoes to fill.)
-Not Mima rofl

Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Ghaleon on June 13, 2009, 09:05:16 PM
I'm hoping it gets released sometime after my first lunatic 1cc...which I hope is in less than a month.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Helepolis on June 13, 2009, 09:11:08 PM
Gameplay-related things that I'm hoping for:
-For ZUN to see the light and bring the old continue system back (please...? ;_;)
Seeing the current demo version of UFO hasn't got it, it is going to be quite hard =[ I too want that back.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Gambit on June 14, 2009, 01:04:49 AM
Sadly, I am use to the new system now. It has gotten to the point where I don?t even bother to continue anymore in the games that allowed it. Still wish ZUN would change it back though. Also, if ZUN is going to keep the new continue system then he at least needs to make so that once you reach a stage it becomes unlocked for practice instead forcing you to clear it.

Yumemi or Iku coming back would be nice even though it probably will not happen.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: WRATHIE_Beatrice on June 14, 2009, 01:05:24 AM
All i wan is for the UFO system to be tweaked.. it's going to be memorizing and planning when the UFOs should come out and etc and that's not very cool
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin on June 14, 2009, 01:11:50 AM
Oh yes, by the way: I promised I wouldn't use haxcheats for the next game ZUN made in which he took Easy mode seriously. This is not that game. (The nature of continues only makes it worse.)
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Desert on June 14, 2009, 04:02:53 AM
I really like UFO. Maybe it's because it was the first Touhou game (er... demo... but whatever) I played, there's definitely something that just makes it stand out to me.

I also enjoy the UFO system, mainly because it works in a sorta risk and reward way. Though I can't help but feel that lives should still require 5 star pieces rather than 3. I dunno, maybe it's because I feel that there's something wrong about gaining 2 lives before the end of the the first stage.

Now the continue system that was introduced in MoF. I say it feels more like "Would you like to practice this stage?" rather than an actual continue system. Though I gotta say, I kinda like it like that, especially since I have this "1cc or bust" (I think I used that right, but correct me if I used it wrong) mentality when it comes to arcade style games.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Garlyle on June 14, 2009, 04:10:32 AM
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maybe it's because I feel that there's something wrong about gaining 2 lives before the end of the the first stage.
I've maxed lives on the demo.  It's not that hard @_@
(But then again, you get FAR fewer bombs in UFO than any other Touhou game to date...)
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Sodium on June 14, 2009, 04:30:33 AM
I've maxed lives on the demo.  It's not that hard @_@
(But then again, you get FAR fewer bombs in UFO than any other Touhou game to date...)
HAHAHAHA...Green UFOs. Filling them gets you a bomb, and they drop a third of a bomb when you kill them. SO YEAH. And you keep any bombs after you die, although that means you don't get the two bombs you get when you have 0 when you die.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: theshirn on June 14, 2009, 04:36:07 AM
HAHAHAHA...Green UFOs. Filling them gets you a bomb, and they drop a third of a bomb when you kill them. SO YEAH. And you keep any bombs after you die, although that means you don't get the two bombs you get when you have 0 when you die.
But that means you're not getting any lives.

I'm kind of hoping for a repeat of Mystic Square for Stage 4.  The heroine encounters and fights both of the other two...AT THE SAME TIME!

...oh, wait, I hated that fight.  Never mind.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Tengukami on June 14, 2009, 04:41:57 AM
UFO has definitely grown on me. Even though I continue to be baffled by the people who say Sanae B is the strongest. And before you all rush in to prove Sanae B is the strongest: I KNOW. I've heard it all - the shot spread, the time down to tenths of a second that it takes to kill bosses, the ability to shotgun - I get it. But only with Sanae A do I consistently pick up 2 extends before I even fight Nazrin a second time.

And I agree Tatara's theme is awesome - I have it on my phone to listen to in .mp3 player mode when I ride the bus to work (Satori Maiden - 3rd Eye is my ringtone, and Beloved Tomboyish Daughter is my alarm).

But I can't hear Ichirin's theme without remembering that one Nicovideo Hisamoto parody video and giggling like a schoolgirl.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: nintendonut888 on June 14, 2009, 05:35:40 AM
What I'm most baffled about is why you people continue to call her Tatara. You calling Kogasa "Tatara" would only work if you also called Ichirin "Kumoi."
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Tengukami on June 14, 2009, 07:47:39 AM
What I'm most baffled about is why you people continue to call her Tatara. You calling Kogasa "Tatara" would only work if you also called Ichirin "Kumoi."

Speaking for myself, it's the name I remember. I'm always like "K ... K-something. The umbrella girl ... Tatara!"
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Mima on June 14, 2009, 10:58:29 AM
Actually, I'd prefer it if I didn't appear in UFO. I'd much rather wait until Touhou 13. Why? Because UFO is goddamn awful with the worst music, gameplay and characters in the entire series.

It is also why I remain skeptical and uncaring about the full release and doubt it'll improve although I'd like to be surprised.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Sodium on June 14, 2009, 11:20:52 AM
Actually, I'd prefer it if I didn't appear in UFO. I'd much rather wait until Touhou 13. Why? Because UFO is goddamn awful with the worst music, gameplay and characters in the entire series.
And then Mima was a troll. Just like in the games. =3

Well, you're still a nice shot type in MS.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Gpop on June 14, 2009, 05:42:56 PM
Well if Mima were to EVER return, at least make it somewhat epic and fits her. I agree with what Mima said and probably wait for TH13. UFO is just not for her at all.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Garlyle on June 14, 2009, 05:54:16 PM
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Actually, I'd prefer it if I didn't appear in UFO. I'd much rather wait until Touhou 13. Why? Because UFO is goddamn awful with the worst music, gameplay and characters in the entire series.

It is also why I remain skeptical and uncaring about the full release and doubt it'll improve although I'd like to be surprised.

Touhou demos generally suck - almost all the really good music, danmaku, and characters are stage 4 onwards usually (With a couple exceptions of your choice, of course).  The fact that we're getting noteworthy unique-ish danmaku as early as stage 3 has my hopes up.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Azinth on June 14, 2009, 06:03:07 PM
Nah, judging UFO based on a demo version that only contains about a 3rd of the entire game and is still in the middle of testing is perfectly reasonable and not jumping to conclusions at all.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Pako on June 14, 2009, 06:25:47 PM
How about Rika for extra boss.
She is an engineer so she could build an UFO right?
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Wordspoken on June 14, 2009, 11:21:54 PM
Think about it this way: If Mima returns, the fanboys will shut up about her returning.  If she never returns, they will never shut up about it.

Actually, should Mima appear the would be rejoice and then we would speculate when is she going to appear again  ;D

Best way to deal with drooling fanboys is to ignore, them. Please forgive me.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: nintendonut888 on June 14, 2009, 11:25:00 PM
Oh yeah, I forgot something: The people criticizing UFO's music are horrible people. I HATE the demo and consider it SoEW-level in fun, and I still think the music is some of the best ZUN's ever composed.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Kanako Yasaka on June 15, 2009, 03:05:55 AM
It grew on me. I hated it at first but it really grew on me.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Slaves on June 15, 2009, 03:52:19 AM
UFO is neat.

Every stage so far has had new danmaku, and the character art is awesome. It's easier than SA by a long shot. Except stage 3. I can never capture Ichirin's 2nd card. And Kogasa's a beast. Music is very nice, ZUN has topped his previous "most epic stage 1 boss theme" with Nazrin's theme. UFO System is really unique(and incredibly frustrating).

Also,
Extra stage will be at the Moriya Shrine
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: KomeijiKoishi on June 15, 2009, 11:41:07 AM
Also,
Extra stage will be at the Moriya Shrine

NOT AGAIN! D8
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Helepolis on June 15, 2009, 03:43:52 PM
The people criticizing UFO's music are horrible people.

ICHIRIN'S THEME IS BAD
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: KomeijiKoishi on June 15, 2009, 05:34:20 PM
Donut, don't try it. I tried it, and it has no sense criticizing people hating UFO's music.
Problem is, that UFO comes right after SA, where pretty much every track is a master piece.
So it's pretty hard for UFO to follow.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: nintendonut888 on June 15, 2009, 05:51:15 PM
You know what's funny? SA is in the lower tier of Touhou OSTs IMO. Songs like 3rd Eye and Last Remote and Walking the Streets of a Former Hell are countered by bleh songs like Heartfelt Fancy, The Dark Blowhole, and the title and ending themes.

Meanwhile, the only tracks in UFO I'm not terribly fond of are A Tiny Tiny Clever Commander and whatever the stage 2 theme is.

Oh man my opinions are popular.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Kanako Yasaka on June 15, 2009, 05:54:08 PM
Not as popular as mine! ^__^

/offtopic

I'm extremely excited for UFO, but it sucks that I'll have band camp before it comes out. ;_;
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Helepolis on June 15, 2009, 06:00:11 PM
Donut, don't try it. I tried it, and it has no sense criticizing people hating UFO's music.
Problem is, that UFO comes right after SA, where pretty much every track is a master piece.
So it's pretty hard for UFO to follow.
SA every track a master piece? Not sharing that opinion of the bandwagon. I have my own taste + opinion. I guess I am allowed to say for myself that I did not like entirely Ichirin's theme. The opening of the song is just bleh for me.

Example: so many people like Utusho's theme, while I don't.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: LordVant on June 15, 2009, 06:54:15 PM
I quite like all the musis....then again, I like pretty much all music. There isn't really anything I can't get into. So I guess my opinion doesn't matter much then huh? ;D
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Polttopallo on June 15, 2009, 07:00:55 PM
UFO scoring system is probably going to make me rage  ;D

Lots of restarts... I don't even want to think about it...


Oh, and Marisa's new look. It's pretty cool!

(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/7716/ufomarisa.jpg)
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Cadmas on June 15, 2009, 09:02:56 PM
At the end of UFO Sanae kills Reimu to become the new main character.
While Marisa opens a fast food chain called Mc'risa's.
In Touhou 13 Suwako, Kanako, and Sanae are all playable characters.
All Danmaku and bombs have been replaced with food items, and the goal of the game is to feed all the hungry youkai to make them stop eating people and also to gain faith.
Extra lives are gained when you fill up the Faith o' Meter and gain mass advertising.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Helepolis on June 15, 2009, 09:51:19 PM
At the end of UFO Sanae kills Reimu to become the new main character.
While Marisa opens a fast food chain called Mc'risa's.
In Touhou 13 Suwako, Kanako, and Sanae are all playable characters.
All Danmaku and bombs have been replaced with food items, and the goal of the game is to feed all the hungry youkai to make them stop eating people and also to gain faith.
Extra lives are gained when you fill up the Faith o' Meter and gain mass advertising.

You should work for ZUN. Oh wait, ZUN works alone.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: shadowbringer on June 15, 2009, 11:36:32 PM
UFO scoring system is probably going to make me rage  ;D

Lots of restarts... I don't even want to think about it...

at least I can ignore not having the UFOs eat away as much items as I'd like them to (though I can't ignore dying when trying to summon one, or getting the wrong one, or letting the UFO fly away). But in SA, I would restart the game as soon as I think that my graze counter isn't good enough. I mean, I like having fun while scoring (even if it makes the game harder; later on I would at least have a personal mark to improve in a more technical/adequate way), this is to me a very important factor in deciding which games I should try to put more effort into, and UFO imho has appealed to my greedy side in a positive way.

I'd like TH12 (and the future Windows games) to be enjoyable for non-Touhou shmup players as well (with more strenght than I'd like more TH fans to actually play the games, possibly in par with how I'd like TH fans to not proritize fanon over canon. Seriously, reading that one Sanae+Kogasa 4-koma is making people stop liking Sanae is saddening). More people playing for highscores would be nice.. (hearing that TH games are boring, as much as I can understand these, isn't)

Last, but not least. I'm a proud Mima fan. If you Mima-haters (and Mima-fans haters) have something to say about her fans, say it to me as well. I dare you to.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: theshirn on June 16, 2009, 01:38:52 AM
At the end of UFO Sanae kills Reimu to become the new main character.
While Marisa opens a fast food chain called Mc'risa's.
In Touhou 13 Suwako, Kanako, and Sanae are all playable characters.
All Danmaku and bombs have been replaced with food items, and the goal of the game is to feed all the hungry youkai to make them stop eating people and also to gain faith.
Extra lives are gained when you fill up the Faith o' Meter and gain mass advertising.
final boss is Yuyuko
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Cadmas on June 16, 2009, 02:16:28 AM
Quote from: theshim
final boss is Yuyuko
Such a battle would be never ending.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: shadowbringer on June 16, 2009, 03:43:17 AM
Such a battle would be never ending.

Yuyuko vs. Memory, in a Twinkle Star Sprites-style duel. You guys know you want it.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Quintafeira12 on June 16, 2009, 09:40:10 AM
The Extra stage will include Clones of whichever character you're playing, only blue skinned.

That's what aliens do... Anal probes and cloning. Probably anal probing wouldn't go very well considering they'd get danmaku up their noses were they to try. But cloning is always cheap.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Wordspoken on June 16, 2009, 06:09:43 PM
You know what's funny? SA is in the lower tier of Touhou OSTs IMO. Songs like 3rd Eye and Last Remote and Walking the Streets of a Former Hell are countered by bleh songs like Heartfelt Fancy, The Dark Blowhole, and the title and ending themes.

You picked two of my favorites.  ;D

But really, it's meaningless talking about whose taste of music is better, you know? Popularity is another issue.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Tengukami on June 16, 2009, 07:05:11 PM
4th stage boss will be one of the stock Touhou characters from a previous game; someone who has never been a boss of Stage 4 before.

5th stage boss will be an alien scout sent to Gensokyo by her superiors.

The final boss will be a giant UFO that spawns a bunch of tiny UFOs that fire danmaku at you.

In the extra stage, the pilot of the giant UFO will invite you to fight her enemy, which is another alien.

Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Schpwuette on June 16, 2009, 07:53:16 PM
4th stage boss will be one of the stock Touhou characters from a previous game; someone who has never been a boss of Stage 4 before.

5th stage boss will be an alien scout sent to Gensokyo by her superiors.

The final boss will be a giant UFO that spawns a bunch of tiny UFOs that fire danmaku at you.

In the extra stage, the pilot of the giant UFO will invite you to fight her enemy, which is another alien.

O Great Prophet, what will these aliens look like?
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Tengukami on June 16, 2009, 08:02:46 PM
4th stage boss will be one of the stock Touhou characters from a previous game; someone who has never been a boss of Stage 4 before.

5th stage boss will be an alien scout sent to Gensokyo by her superiors.

The final boss will be a giant UFO that spawns a bunch of tiny UFOs that fire danmaku at you.

In the extra stage, the pilot of the giant UFO will invite you to fight her enemy, which is another alien.

O Great Prophet, what will these aliens look like?

I normally avoid the stock "your mom" response, but that O Great Prophet remark somehow makes it feel appropriate.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Schpwuette on June 16, 2009, 08:08:05 PM
But I was honestly curious :'(
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Slaves on June 16, 2009, 08:08:22 PM
I'd normally expect a lot of ribbons and frilly dresses, but seeing what ZUN's done with Utsuho and Ichirin, I'm not so sure.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Tengukami on June 16, 2009, 08:11:15 PM
I'd normally expect a lot of ribbons and frilly dresses, but seeing what ZUN's done with Utsuho and Ichirin, I'm not so sure.

Very true. A lot of SA characters were frills-free. I'm just hoping the aliens aren't green with big round heads and antennae.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Slaves on June 16, 2009, 08:29:50 PM
He would never be so unoriginal. The game might not have any aliens at all, for all we know.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Tengukami on June 16, 2009, 08:35:57 PM
He would never be so unoriginal. The game might not have any aliens at all, for all we know.

True enough. I was just spitballing.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin on June 16, 2009, 10:55:31 PM
Now I'm imagining SA's stage 4 with a midboss-UFO in place of Orin.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Mima on June 17, 2009, 04:24:42 AM
Think about it this way: If Mima returns, the fanboys will shut up about her returning.  If she never returns, they will never shut up about it.

Actually, should Mima appear the would be rejoice and then we would speculate when is she going to become playable again ;D

Fixed.


Also, MoF's demo gave me bad vibes, turned out a bad game, SA had a great demo, great game. I expect UFO to follow the same pattern and since the demo started bad, it usually doesn't improve much.


With all the talk of Mima, it's someone like Yumemi who's more likely but I don't want her to appear either in a game like this either.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Darkblizer on June 17, 2009, 06:09:40 AM
Random thought: Ichirin and Unzan Ex
midboss would be very scary.

Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: R-9A2 Delta on June 17, 2009, 08:25:03 AM
I came up with a crack theory at the release of UFO before I found out Ichirin hired Nazrin.

Nazrin = EX stage midboss.
SOOPUR CHEN = EX boss.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Quintafeira12 on June 17, 2009, 10:58:51 PM
He would never be so unoriginal. The game might not have any aliens at all, for all we know.

While true, It's doubtful at the point that we already have spaceships running abound.

They might never get in it and never see an alien, but there's a real hard time denying that they won't exist, since belief in UFO's aren't a part of Gensokyo's culture.

...
Unless that "Unbelieved Facts go into Gensokyo!" theory was true after all and this is its official canon debut. Then we'll get aiens for the simple fact that people don't believe in them in the real world.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Slaves on June 17, 2009, 11:06:31 PM
He would never be so unoriginal. The game might not have any aliens at all, for all we know.

While true, It's doubtful at the point that we already have spaceships running abound.

They might never get in it and never see an alien, but there's a real hard time denying that they won't exist, since belief in UFO's aren't a part of Gensokyo's culture.

...
Unless that "Unbelieved Facts go into Gensokyo!" theory was true after all and this is its official canon debut. Then we'll get aiens for the simple fact that people don't believe in them in the real world.

Even if we do get aliens, they may look completely human. After 11 completed games, I don't think it's safe to make any predictions on what ZUN comes up with next.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin on June 17, 2009, 11:07:41 PM
I personally prefer to count Kaguya et al as aliens. Regardless, we can still assume that if there will be aliens, they will definitely be loli.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: M. Burusu on June 18, 2009, 02:09:44 AM
The one assumption we can safely make about any Windows Touhou game -- 90% or more of the cast will be loli.

Unzan is the only reason it isn't 100% of the cast. Unless you don't want to count him, but that's just cheating.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: shadowbringer on June 18, 2009, 02:20:34 AM
- Kaguya, Eirin, Reisen, Chiyuri, Yumemi, Ruukoto, the Watatsuki sisters and Reisen II count as aliens to me, and ZUN can moefy various kinds of youkai
- much has been said about Yumemi, but judging from the flower at the right side of the screen, and the Star-Lotus ship thing at the title, I think that it will be an original character
- one theory of mine (which can't be confirmed, but still), is that the game could feature the mythological Vimanas (ancient flying vessels)
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin on June 18, 2009, 04:08:47 AM
I'm pretty sure Chiyuri, Yumemi, and Ruukoto are from Earth, not the Moon ... :o
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Demonlord Pichu on June 18, 2009, 04:53:58 AM
I'm pretty sure Chiyuri, Yumemi, and Ruukoto are from Earth, not the Moon ... :o
To Gensokyo they're (technically) aliens...or whatever. I haven't even played UFO yet.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Wordspoken on June 18, 2009, 02:54:37 PM
Oh hell...we'll never get it right, because nobody knows what goes inside ZUN's head.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Zengar Zombolt on June 18, 2009, 03:03:10 PM
Knowing ZUN the last stage will be on the bottom of the ocean or some unrelated place like that.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin on June 18, 2009, 03:17:33 PM
Yes. It will be ... a Star Ocean!
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Cadmas on June 18, 2009, 03:24:16 PM
Wonder if there will be a rocket loli. :3
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Demonlord Pichu on June 18, 2009, 04:43:17 PM
Wonder if there will be a rocket loli. :3
Humanized Mimi-chan? I can get behind that
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Tengukami on June 18, 2009, 04:54:06 PM
Knowing ZUN the last stage will be on the bottom of the ocean or some unrelated place like that.

Or maybe the PC will be gapped to Area 51.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: RainfallYoshi on June 18, 2009, 05:15:09 PM
I don't care what anyone says, I'm hoping for another appearance by Chiyuri and Yumeme. This is the perfect opportunity for them to come back again since they were also mistaken as a UFO of sorts.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Doomsday on June 18, 2009, 09:29:28 PM
im not sure whether i want to see returning characters in UFO. sure, Yumemi and Chiyuri could fit well into the plot, but i'd much rather see new characters for the fanbase to do awesome and weird shit with.
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okay maybe i DO wanna see Yumemi & Chiyuri make a comeback >_>
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Tengukami on June 18, 2009, 09:34:02 PM
I wouldn't object to a Yumemi or Chiyuri comeback, either. Or even Sariel.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin on June 18, 2009, 10:54:10 PM
... how would Sariel even work?
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Tengukami on June 18, 2009, 11:53:22 PM
I dunno ... just trying to show Sariel a little love >_>
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Doomsday on June 28, 2009, 11:14:19 PM
nearly 1.5 months till Comiket/probable release of UFO

wow. it only feels like yesterday when the demo was released o.O
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Herasy on June 29, 2009, 12:16:14 AM
Feels like several months to me, I wonder why?
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Drake on June 29, 2009, 12:18:13 AM
Feels like several months to me, I wonder why?
I know, wasn't the demo only released in March?
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Tengukami on June 29, 2009, 12:27:02 AM
Ah memories. I remember being up all night that night, watching one person after another on Pooshlmer being like "cmon the festival doors have been open NINE HOURS NOW why hasn't someone uploaded it yet???", followed by a lot of fake torrents getting posted. I gave up, went to bed, and as I was lying there I thought, "Eh, might as well give it another look", and went to Pooshlmer via mobile phone. And there I saw that between the time I turned off my comp and got into bed, an explosion of "OMG ITS REAL! ITS REAL! THE TORRENT IS REAL! YOSH! UPPING IT NOW TO MEDIAFIRE!" had erupted.

Maybe I'm not cynical enough, but I think it's pretty cool how some random soul in Japan posts a torrent on his obscure blog and it initiates a chain reaction reaching across the globe.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin on June 29, 2009, 01:23:32 AM
Maybe I'm not cynical enough, but I think it's pretty cool how some random soul in Japan posts a torrent on his obscure blog and it initiates a chain reaction reaching across the globe.
That, my friend, is one of the beautiful things about the internet.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: WRATHIE_Beatrice on June 29, 2009, 05:27:14 AM
Ah memories. I remember being up all night that night, watching one person after another on Pooshlmer being like "cmon the festival doors have been open NINE HOURS NOW why hasn't someone uploaded it yet???", followed by a lot of fake torrents getting posted. I gave up, went to bed, and as I was lying there I thought, "Eh, might as well give it another look", and went to Pooshlmer via mobile phone. And there I saw that between the time I turned off my comp and got into bed, an explosion of "OMG ITS REAL! ITS REAL! THE TORRENT IS REAL! YOSH! UPPING IT NOW TO MEDIAFIRE!" had erupted.

Maybe I'm not cynical enough, but I think it's pretty cool how some random soul in Japan posts a torrent on his obscure blog and it initiates a chain reaction reaching across the globe.

i was at D-----style when it happened, i probably posted more on that particular day then i do in a month.

and /in just because of mima

like i said, the gensokyo-ians eat fish soley for survival as there is no such thing as Fish youkai.
Iku doesn't count
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Drake on June 29, 2009, 05:47:25 AM
yeah well I was one of the first western guys with a good torrent so there

It'll be the same situation soon enough.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: saiyoucho on June 30, 2009, 01:38:45 AM
Why does it say: Full: August 14, 2009 (Comiket 76)
On the release date on the UFO page at the wiki when the Comiket page states that Touhou will be in the eastern halls on the second day?
http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-c/C76/C76genre.html

Wouldn't it have to be released August 15th in that case? Also I wonder if it will take a crapload of time for UFO to hit the stores like White Canvas or if going Comiket hunting is the only way.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: KumaKinko on June 30, 2009, 01:47:22 AM
and the DAY it is released all the knew characters woll have MILLIONS of fan art, porn and fanon jokes
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Tengukami on June 30, 2009, 01:52:49 AM
and the DAY it is released all the knew characters woll have MILLIONS of fan art, porn and fanon jokes

Yup. And I'll be up all night F5ing a number of forums, waiting.

By the way - remember back when the only image we had of Nazrin was her sprite from the screenshot on ZUN's blog? Anyone have any copies of the art that was generated from that?
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: saiyoucho on June 30, 2009, 02:46:11 AM
and the DAY it is released all the knew characters woll have MILLIONS of fan art, porn and fanon jokes
That still does not explain if it is going to be released on the 14th or 15th. Which is the real date? >_>

I take it that the comiket site must be right and the date on the wiki is wrong?
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Tengukami on June 30, 2009, 02:52:58 AM
and the DAY it is released all the knew characters woll have MILLIONS of fan art, porn and fanon jokes
That still does not explain if it is going to be released on the 14th or 15th. Which is the real date? >_>

I take it that the comiket site must be right and the date on the wiki is wrong?

Well, the 15th is a holiday, isn't it? That would make the 14th more likely.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: saiyoucho on June 30, 2009, 02:56:47 AM
and the DAY it is released all the knew characters woll have MILLIONS of fan art, porn and fanon jokes
That still does not explain if it is going to be released on the 14th or 15th. Which is the real date? >_>

I take it that the comiket site must be right and the date on the wiki is wrong?

Well, the 15th is a holiday, isn't it? That would make the 14th more likely.
Yeah the 15th is a Saturday. But as written in that comiket link I posted earlier it seems that a whole myriad of tables are booked for Touhou related things at the 15th. And Comiket ranges from 14-16, so I find this really confusing.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Tengukami on June 30, 2009, 02:59:17 AM
and the DAY it is released all the knew characters woll have MILLIONS of fan art, porn and fanon jokes
That still does not explain if it is going to be released on the 14th or 15th. Which is the real date? >_>

I take it that the comiket site must be right and the date on the wiki is wrong?

Well, the 15th is a holiday, isn't it? That would make the 14th more likely.
Yeah the 15th is a Saturday. But as written in that comiket link I posted earlier it seems that a whole myriad of tables are booked for Touhou related things at the 15th. And Comiket ranges from 14-16, so I find this really confusing.

There's only one solution - stay on the internet from the time the doors open until the full release is available. Have three days' worth of food ready. Pee in a bottle. No sleeping!
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: saiyoucho on June 30, 2009, 03:06:35 AM
and the DAY it is released all the knew characters woll have MILLIONS of fan art, porn and fanon jokes
That still does not explain if it is going to be released on the 14th or 15th. Which is the real date? >_>

I take it that the comiket site must be right and the date on the wiki is wrong?

Well, the 15th is a holiday, isn't it? That would make the 14th more likely.
Yeah the 15th is a Saturday. But as written in that comiket link I posted earlier it seems that a whole myriad of tables are booked for Touhou related things at the 15th. And Comiket ranges from 14-16, so I find this really confusing.

There's only one solution - stay on the internet from the time the doors open until the full release is available. Have three days' worth of food ready. Pee in a bottle. No sleeping!
Well thing is that I'll be in Japan during Comiket, so I'm trying to clear out which day I'd have to go there to get Touhou. I don't have time to stay around and look at other stuff since I have a railpass to use up too. So I was thinking I'd be able to grab a copy of UFO and head away straight afterwards.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Tengukami on June 30, 2009, 03:07:20 AM
and the DAY it is released all the knew characters woll have MILLIONS of fan art, porn and fanon jokes
That still does not explain if it is going to be released on the 14th or 15th. Which is the real date? >_>

I take it that the comiket site must be right and the date on the wiki is wrong?

Well, the 15th is a holiday, isn't it? That would make the 14th more likely.
Yeah the 15th is a Saturday. But as written in that comiket link I posted earlier it seems that a whole myriad of tables are booked for Touhou related things at the 15th. And Comiket ranges from 14-16, so I find this really confusing.

There's only one solution - stay on the internet from the time the doors open until the full release is available. Have three days' worth of food ready. Pee in a bottle. No sleeping!
Well thing is that I'll be in Japan during Comiket, so I'm trying to clear out which day I'd have to go there to get Touhou as I don't have time to stay around and look at other stuff since I have a railpass to use up too. So I was thinking I'd be able to grab a copy of UFO and head away straight afterwards.

Don't the Comiket organizers have contact info?
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: saiyoucho on June 30, 2009, 03:08:58 AM
Don't the Comiket organizers have contact info?
I have no idea. I haven't been there before. I was kinda hoping that people on the boards here would know a lot about it.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: shadowbringer on June 30, 2009, 03:10:46 AM
and wait until the screenshots start appearing in imageboards. More likely, only after the ex-stage boss is shown, there will be torrents.

(this reminds me of how disappointed I was when I saw that it didn't take them more than a day to enable MoF's Extra Stage)

edit: I think that the wiki is indeed mistaken..
using translation tools on that page, ホール別ジャンル配置 means "hall arranged by genre", and the 東方 entries are indeed listed within day 2..

in the table above, the one entry that contains 東方 within day 1 is listed within 音楽(洋楽・邦楽) which was translated as "music", while the day 2 one belongs to the Touhou category (!), including arranges as well. Note that I'm not reliant on translation tools, but this is convincing enough to me, at least.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: WHMZakeri on June 30, 2009, 04:20:05 PM
I remember when I first saw SA-EX stage. It was the Moriya Shrine. Everyone who saw the picture said "Pft, yeah right, nice Shoop". Such comments continued to appear through Sanae until Koishi showed up. It was definitely a night worth of the biggest "HOLY CRAP!"
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: saiyoucho on June 30, 2009, 05:49:21 PM
Does anyone know how many copies that are usually released with each new game? Are we talking a few hundreds, or is it some thousands of copies?
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Drake on June 30, 2009, 06:17:36 PM
(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3771/1218023436076.jpg)

Dammit. I had most of the pictures before, but I lost them or something.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: shadowbringer on June 30, 2009, 06:35:09 PM
I dont know how many copies are sold, but I don't expect a shortage to occur (or haven't heard of one); heard that you can't buy more than one copy per person, and that some people try to sell their copies later by a much higher price, even though the games become available for online sale for less

(let's see the drawings people will come with, when the silhouette for the game's final/ex boss is shown :D)
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Wordspoken on June 30, 2009, 07:21:10 PM
Ah dammit. I have a chess tournament in the same weekend. Won't be here refresh-monkeying proper sites and commenting like the world would end.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: saiyoucho on June 30, 2009, 09:24:55 PM
I dont know how many copies are sold, but I don't expect a shortage to occur (or haven't heard of one); heard that you can't buy more than one copy per person, and that some people try to sell their copies later by a much higher price, even though the games become available for online sale for less

(let's see the drawings people will come with, when the silhouette for the game's final/ex boss is shown :D)
So basically there's no need to camp outside the building to get hold of a copy? Sounds nice. Then I might actually have a chance to find the tables before they sell out.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: KomeijiKoishi on July 01, 2009, 11:09:50 AM
Drake, this picture is made of win.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Slaves on July 03, 2009, 08:04:44 PM
Going to stay away from any Touhou sites until I can play the full version for myself. This is the first Touhou game I'm able to go "WHATS NEXT WHATS NEXT OOHOHOHOHO" at, I started playing the games after SA was released.

I don't think I'll survive, though.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: shadowbringer on July 04, 2009, 03:04:16 AM
good luck, if you do manage to resist the urge of curiosity and is persistent enough to clear the stages and see the endings/extra/characters by yourself, congratulations :D  (but consider that this may take a while..)
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Tenbatsu! Myon Rabbie on July 04, 2009, 10:55:52 AM
Im waiting for a pic of the front cover..
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Kiro on July 07, 2009, 06:14:55 PM
@saiyoucho:

In regards to getting the game at Comiket, you have to plan a lot better than how I think you're going about it.

I went to last year's Summer Comiket and was hoping in the offchance to get a copy of SA and I failed badly. I actually never found ZUN's booth (though I didn't explicitly try once I got in). The halls are huge and while the map in the catalog is pretty accurate, navigating through the rows and rows of tables takes some getting used to. Drawing up a floor plan and path is something I would definitely do the next time. And the talk I heard afterwards was that ZUN's booth was out of stock after about 3 hours and I didn't even get inside the con till after noon. (I think I stood in one spot outside for 45 minutes). My general impression is that if you're not waiting at the con within the first hour of trains starting up again in the morning, you're not getting the game.

In general though, I've learned the optimal way to do Comiket is to indeed get the limited merchandise goodies. Prioritize things on desire, rarity, what time you're able to go and how many people you are attending with who will also stand in lines for you. Try to be aware of what's available ahead of time. I missed out on a limited Touhou grab bag (oh the precious Yuyuko fan I missed out on) that Toranoana was selling because I missed the fact that there were commercial booths upstairs and a few of them sold Touhou stuff. Depending on the items, you'll probably make under 10 purchases the entire day and spend the bulk of the day in line unless you finish waiting in line and just wander the hall afterwards. Budget yourself too, or if you have a relatively high budget, just buy it. Unless you want to get something signed by the artist, you won't need to buy most doujin comics or music at Comiket. Stop by Akiba's Toranoana or other shops a few days after and snatch up the bulk of the recently released doujins there for a few 100 more yen markup.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: lmagus on July 07, 2009, 07:01:48 PM
lol

you need to plan yourself ahead that much!

i can't even imagine what it is to go to a place like this :P

and while UFO's music is good, i'm still waiting for something to take my love from IN's music, which is still my favourite Touhou sountrack.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Polttopallo on July 07, 2009, 10:49:33 PM
I dont know how many copies are sold, but I don't expect a shortage to occur (or haven't heard of one); heard that you can't buy more than one copy per person, and that some people try to sell their copies later by a much higher price, even though the games become available for online sale for less

(let's see the drawings people will come with, when the silhouette for the game's final/ex boss is shown :D)

I'm going to quote Talka.

This is what he said last year:
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SA is going for over 6k yen on Japanese online auctions... (Originally 1k.) It sold out almost instantly at Comiket. A lot of people were lined up at Shanghai Alice before 10 am. (Comiket opens at 10 am, so many of these people supposedly got in illegally by buying/exchanging circle tickets.)

link to that post:

http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:JWBGstxRtq4J:old.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php%3Ftopic%3D1153.0+comiket+subterrenean+animism+sold+out&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: shadowbringer on July 08, 2009, 04:44:46 AM
thank you very much for the information, next time I (hopefully) won't repeat that mistake :D  (hope that I'm not mistaken about the date as well..)
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Garlyle on July 08, 2009, 11:58:46 AM
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This is the first Touhou game I'm able to go "WHATS NEXT WHATS NEXT OOHOHOHOHO" at, I started playing the games after SA was released.

Same.  I got into Touhou roughly this time last year, just after SA came out.  So I'm planning to vanish for a bit and play it like crazy until I at least meet the Extra boss.

Too bad I won't understand a word of what's being said, but I have the feeling it won't take long to translate and patch, especially since it seems to be roughly the MoF/SA engine still.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: saiyoucho on July 08, 2009, 07:31:02 PM
@saiyoucho:

In regards to getting the game at Comiket, you have to plan a lot better than how I think you're going about it.

I went to last year's Summer Comiket and was hoping in the offchance to get a copy of SA and I failed badly. I actually never found ZUN's booth (though I didn't explicitly try once I got in). The halls are huge and while the map in the catalog is pretty accurate, navigating through the rows and rows of tables takes some getting used to. Drawing up a floor plan and path is something I would definitely do the next time. And the talk I heard afterwards was that ZUN's booth was out of stock after about 3 hours and I didn't even get inside the con till after noon. (I think I stood in one spot outside for 45 minutes). My general impression is that if you're not waiting at the con within the first hour of trains starting up again in the morning, you're not getting the game.

In general though, I've learned the optimal way to do Comiket is to indeed get the limited merchandise goodies. Prioritize things on desire, rarity, what time you're able to go and how many people you are attending with who will also stand in lines for you. Try to be aware of what's available ahead of time. I missed out on a limited Touhou grab bag (oh the precious Yuyuko fan I missed out on) that Toranoana was selling because I missed the fact that there were commercial booths upstairs and a few of them sold Touhou stuff. Depending on the items, you'll probably make under 10 purchases the entire day and spend the bulk of the day in line unless you finish waiting in line and just wander the hall afterwards. Budget yourself too, or if you have a relatively high budget, just buy it. Unless you want to get something signed by the artist, you won't need to buy most doujin comics or music at Comiket. Stop by Akiba's Toranoana or other shops a few days after and snatch up the bulk of the recently released doujins there for a few 100 more yen markup.
Oh hell. Well I've never been to Comiket before and I would probably be going alone too, so I guess it'd be pretty hopeless to try then.

And that probably goes for getting that Tasofro expansion/game/whatever new thing they'll release too.

Just one more question, how long does it usually take before the new Touhou games make their ways to one of the doujin shops?

Like White Canvas and such. I would really want to be able to get my hands on UFO while I'm still in Japan rather than waiting several months to buy a copy of it. Especially since I'm planning on buying all of the official games and soundtracks at the same time while I'm at it. =P
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Kiro on July 09, 2009, 02:04:13 AM
Just one more question, how long does it usually take before the new Touhou games make their ways to one of the doujin shops?

I remember not seeing any copies of SA in stores after Comiket although I missed going to White Canvas at the end. I wasn't good at finding any small shops that might have had it so I should just say that it'd be pretty difficult to find in general. Shop around to find a good price on the older games. I don't really remember what the prices were on some of these because I wasn't looking to buy them.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Drayen on July 09, 2009, 03:40:58 AM
I've been thinking about the last boss of UFO.. she absolutely needs to be badass-firepower style like utsuho except with master spark worthy lasers and shit that rips apart the screen, think independance day movie
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Drake on July 09, 2009, 03:51:07 AM
I've been thinking about the last boss of UFO.. she absolutely needs to be badass-firepower style like utsuho except with master spark worthy lasers and shit that rips apart the screen, think independance day movie
Except ZUN makes final bosses almost completely irrelevant to the situation, so likely it won't be an alien.

Probably a robot loli that emits a frequency that draws the ufos to her.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Drake on July 09, 2009, 04:14:16 AM
EX-Boss.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: RainfallYoshi on July 10, 2009, 12:18:23 PM
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This is the first Touhou game I'm able to go "WHATS NEXT WHATS NEXT OOHOHOHOHO" at, I started playing the games after SA was released.

Same.  I got into Touhou roughly this time last year, just after SA came out.  So I'm planning to vanish for a bit and play it like crazy until I at least meet the Extra boss.

Too bad I won't understand a word of what's being said, but I have the feeling it won't take long to translate and patch, especially since it seems to be roughly the MoF/SA engine still.

I hadn't thought of this until now. What a good feeling. I dunno that I'll be up for days refreshing pages and looking for links, but once I get it I won't be on Touhou websites for awhile so that everything is new and I discover the game myself.

Just the thought of "I get to discover the game myself before internet ruins it" is a really exciting feeling. Especially since what got me into Touhou was a video of Flandre.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Serela on July 10, 2009, 12:44:59 PM
I always thought that somehow Ichirin's sister is revived and she becomes the stage 6 boss.

Thats what I was always thinking. After all, if you read the translated script, it seems pretty clear that Ichirin has a very strong "superior female person that may or may not be her sister" who apparently could be revived if you collect all the pieces of the treasure (The UFOs). So it seems like she would be the Stage 6 or Extra Boss.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Tenbatsu! Myon Rabbie on July 21, 2009, 04:50:02 PM
I saw a dream about UFO's Extra Stage Boss.
She will be a Space Clown Princess, who carries the space ship in a huge chain. Also, the space ship is really a floating pirate ship.

End of discussion.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Helepolis on July 21, 2009, 04:56:03 PM
I saw a dream about UFO's Extra Stage Boss.
She will be a Space Clown Princess, who carries the space ship in a huge chain. Also, the space ship is really a floating pirate ship.

End of discussion.

You are like 5 pages too late.
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Tenbatsu! Myon Rabbie on July 21, 2009, 05:02:06 PM
.. Dance the dance of life?
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: M. Burusu on July 21, 2009, 06:44:27 PM
I'm actually more curious what the Stage 4 and Stage 5 bosses will be.
 
. . . Moe Laser Defense System? *nosebleeds*
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: shadowbringer on July 22, 2009, 12:00:24 AM
they'll be a mechanical bee loli and a fat insect queen loli. I think..
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Kuma on July 22, 2009, 12:41:09 AM
Blah blah fat insect queen loli. Blah blah

Her Midboss is A Souta Bee in knight armor
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin on July 22, 2009, 04:06:56 AM
"Bees. My god."
Title: Re: A UFO thread I guess
Post by: Garlyle on July 22, 2009, 05:29:47 AM
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES

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. . . Moe Laser Defense System?
Very likely o.o

Stage 4 boss... I actually expect a duel with another character, based on type (ReimuA and SanaeB fight Marisa, etc. etc.), just for stupid non-existant pattern reasons [IN was the end of the first 'trilogy' of classic windows Danmaku games... we're overdue for an ally fight - or maybe that'll be 13].  After all, Stage 4s have to vary up based on character you're playing.

Stage 5 has to be some conncetion to the stage 6 boss.  Defense System Loli goes here.

Stage 6 is some crazy girl who collects treasure en masse in the UFO - it has actually been stealing more shit from Gensokyo than Marisa!

EX Boss is Ichirin's masister.