OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY
4. You can freeze enemy bullets!
"The enemies are just fairies; don't they have too many bullets?"
They do.
* Since this is from Cirno's perspective, it looks like there are more bullets than usual.
However! This isn't enough to do Cirno in.
Cirno has a secret weapon.
Namely, the "Ice Barrier", which is activated by her normal shots.
The ice attack only effects her immediate vicinity,
but somehow it can freeze any bullet it touches.
You can even safely touch frozen bullets.
If the ice shatters, the bullet will be completely destroyed!
They will even freeze nearby bullets when they shatter.
You can continually freeze nearby bullets by aiming for areas
where the barrage is thickest, and thus destroy the enemy's barrage.
If you just can't avoid the bullets, you should use your head instead
of relying on Cirno's brains and find an effective freezing pattern!
5. Ice Power!
The Ice Barrier won't stay at full power forever.
Even idiots can get tired.
Ice Power (the % gauge above your player icon)
can't be used unless it's above 30%.
When it's close to 100%, you can use it continuously.
It will run out almost immediately at 30%.
When you use the Ice Barrier, Ice Power will return to 0%.
How to renew Ice Power.
* it will refill naturally over time (slowly)
* hitting enemies with your shot (fairly quickly, important during boss fights)
* defeating stage enemies (instantly)
* grazing enemy bullets (for high-level players, very important in later stages)
* storing it (refills more quickly than usual)
9. I Don't Get It
This game is really hard, and the controls are really complicated,
and the text is really difficult, and I just don't get it.
How should you try to clear it?
If you haven't gotten any hints yet, try watching the demo play.
If you leave the title screen alone, it will start a demo.
You can also read this explanation of the controls from the menu that
appears when you pause the game.
The dialogue is hard to follow because they're fairies.
They'll probably have completely forgotten everything they said
as soon as the fight is over.
Title theme: 春の氷精 (An Ice Fairy in Spring)
Stage 1 theme: 可愛い大戦争のリフレーン (A Cute Refrain of a Great Battle)
静かなる月の光 (The Quiet Moonlight) - Luna Child
Spell Cards:
Moon Sign "Lunatic Rain" 月符「ルナティックレイン」
月符「ルナサイクロン」 Moon Sign "Luna Cyclone"
月符「ダークスティルネス」 Moon Sign "Dark Stillness"
障光「ムーンライトウォール」 Harmful Light "Moonlight Wall"
夜符「ナイトフェアリーズ」 Night Sign "Night Fairies"
月光「ムーンスティルネス」 Moonlight "Moon Stillness"
光壁「ウォールブレイク」 Wall of Light "Wall Break"
月光「サイレントサイクロン」 Moonlight "Silent Cyclone"
Misty Lake stage theme: いたずらに命をかける "Staking your life on a prank"
Misty Lake (night) stage theme: 年中夢中の好奇心 "Year-round Dreamy Curiosity"
輝ける日の光 (The Glimmering Sunlight) - Sunny Milk
Spell Cards:
日符「アグレシブライト」 Sun Sign "Aggresive Light"
日符「ダイレクトサンライト」 Sun Sign "Direct Sunlight"
陽光「サンシャインニードル」 Sunlight "Sunshine Needle"
陽光「サンシャインブラスト」 Sunlight "Sunshine Blast"
虹光「プリズムフラッシュ」 Rainbow Light "Prism Flash"
光精「ダイモンドリング」 Light Fairy "Diamond Ring"
光符「ブルーディフレクション」 Light Sign "Blue Deflection"
降り注ぐ星の光 (The Starlight Streaming From the Heavens) - Star Sapphire
Spell Cards:
星符「スターライトレイン」 Star Sign "Starlight Rain"
星符「レッドスター」 Star Sign "Red Star"
星光「スターストーム」 Starlight "Star Storm"
流星「プチコメット」 Shooting Star "Petite Comet"
星粒「スプリンクルピース」 Stardust "Sprinkle Piece"
星符「トゥインクルサファイア」 Star Sign "Twinkle Sapphire"
Magic Forest (night) theme: 真夜中のフェアリーダンス "A Midnight Fairy Dance"
ALL THREE FAIRIES AT ONCE spell cards (oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii)
光符「エクステンシブメテオ」 Light Sign "Extensive Meteo"
星熱「アイスディゾルバー」 Starblaze "Ice Dissolver"
光星「グレートトライアングル」 Bright Star "Great Triangle"
協力技「フェアリーオーバードライブ」 Cooperative Technique "Fairy Overdrive"
「スリーフェアリーズ」 "Three Fairies"
光符「ルチルフレクション」 Light Sign "Rutileflection"
空符「エルフィンキャノピー」 Sky Sign "Elfin Canopy"
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