Considering Marisa's new spark is called "Dark Spark" I can only expect it to be part of the "dark" trend with "dark" youkai wearing such "dark" clothes. Wonder if all that dark would make everyone in Gensokyo go blind? (Sorry I had to).
The full name of the bomb is (liberally translated)
Youkai Device "Dark Spark". Given the plot of the game it's like 300% obvious that the Hakkero has been possessed or corrupted in some way, which is why the Spark is Dark.
But.. isn't the Lunar Dial one of her weapons?I personally am thinking Lunar Dial could be corrupted just like Master Spark/Dark Spark is for one of Saku's Shot types, but I don't even know what corrupted time stop could be... Sakuya freezing herself in time?
Lunar Dial is not a weapon, nor even a thing. It's just the name of her theme song. Also later one of her spellcards. Although spellcards of course being
spells do not necessarily indicate the existence of an actual object. It's one of her thematic elements, but I doubt it actually exists as an object. Her weapons would presumably be her knives, which historically have been associated with "Illusion Sign" as Sakuya A from PCB. If she's like Marisa she'll probably have a "Dark" version of one of her spellcards.
I don't want a completely new cast of characters. Id just like most of them to be new. I also appreciate the return of old characters. It keeps the series from getting episodic. ZUN said TD's Extra stage was a hint to the next game, so I rather expect Mamizou to show up.
She might show up in HM first. Either way that would use up her promised appearance. I guess that keeps us on our toes.
seei.e., the story that we don't even know yet. It's an a priori dismissal of the game's still-unknown story, i.e., "if Sakuya is involved, then I know ahead of time that I probably won't like the story." Clarste can dislike Sakuya enough to have a lower opinion of the yet-to-arrive game, but I think a pre-emptive judgement of the story based solely on her presence alone is a little bit premature.
Of course this kind of griping is always common in the days leading up to a game release, and it's not really a big deal. But given the amount we don't know, I'd prefer to assume the best then express pre-emptive disappointment based on my own speculations.
I think you're misinterpreting me. I'm saying that Sakuya's motivations are relatively simple and straightforward, therefore it's easy to predict a general pattern that can get her into the fray. Either Remilia is interested in something and sends her to get it, or there's some kind of global problem that will affect SDM personally. It's possible to have opinions on those broad set-ups, isn't it?
My opinion is also being exaggerated. I've emphasized repeatedly that I only slightly disappointed. I don't hate Sakuya, and indeed she's always been one of my favorite characters. But I think the stories that involve her are less interesting than the ones that don't. Because her motivations are so limited. Having no personal motivations is actually one of her most notable character traits. In general I dislike this idea that's floating around that "we have no idea about anything and therefore can't say anything". We do know things. We know things about ZUN, about Sakuya, and about Gensokyo. We know that this is explicitly a throwback to the older games. These are the facts we can use to form impressions of as-of-yet unrevealed bits. Early impressions are obviously subject to change, but who said they weren't. "Slightly disappointed" "Not sure if I like the idea..." I've only used terms like this.
