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warpshadow:
I have just started to play Touhou games (have downloaded a couple of the demos) and I have a few questions.
1.Spell cards. Exactly what are those. As far as I can tell spell cards are just a bonus if you fight a boss for a certain amount of time without dieing or using a bomb. Most bosses have mutliple spell cards each with their own fire pattern. Is there anything else I am missing.
2.How do you get focused fire? I hear there are two fire patterns but all I know is that you hold down the z button to shoot.
Zengar Zombolt:
--- Quote from: warpshadow on July 18, 2009, 09:50:30 PM ---I have just started to play Touhou games (have downloaded a couple of the demos) and I have a few questions.
1.Spell cards. Exactly what are those. As far as I can tell spell cards are just a bonus if you fight a boss for a certain amount of time without dieing or using a bomb. Most bosses have mutliple spell cards each with their own fire pattern. Is there anything else I am missing.
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Spell cards are pretty much named patterns that give some goodies if you capture them. (namely, the capture bonus, some Point Items and Power items if you aren't at max power)
--- Quote from: warpshadow on July 18, 2009, 09:50:30 PM ---2.How do you get focused fire? I hear there are two fire patterns but all I know is that you hold down the z button to shoot.
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Hold shift. It works on all games.
Drake:
Spell Cards are more than just extra patterns, kind of. They're usually more beautiful and complex than noncards, they're given a name and a cut-in appears. You also get a Spell Card bonus if you capture the card (no deaths or bombs) and a bonus for how many bullets were in play when you beat it. Some also give you a few items. It's also usually a counter for how far you are in a battle.
Going past the games, in Touhou these flesh out the character a bit, giving a demonstration of their ability or style. You have a specific amount of cards to use and once you're out of cards you formally lose the fight.
Alice Fact:
--- Quote from: warpshadow on July 18, 2009, 09:50:30 PM ---1.Spell cards. Exactly what are those. As far as I can tell spell cards are just a bonus if you fight a boss for a certain amount of time without dieing or using a bomb. Most bosses have mutliple spell cards each with their own fire pattern. Is there anything else I am missing.
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Nope, except they're intended to "show off" more than what we refer to as "non-spells", but some non-spells can be worse.
--- Quote ---2.How do you get focused fire? I hear there are two fire patterns but all I know is that you hold down the z button to shoot.
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Hold Shift. It does various things in various games, but it generally slows your character down and changes your weapon in some way (might concentrate it, might change what it can do, etc). This only applies to the Windows games (the sixth game and onward).
Sodium:
--- Quote from: lgb on July 18, 2009, 11:03:11 PM ---
--- Quote ---2.How do you get focused fire? I hear there are two fire patterns but all I know is that you hold down the z button to shoot.
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Hold Shift. It does various things in various games, but it generally slows your character down and changes your weapon in some way (might concentrate it, might change what it can do, etc). This only applies to the Windows games (the sixth game and onward).
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Actually, there's focus in LLS and MS; it's just that it only affects the speed of movement, but doesn't increase the shot damage at all.