Author Topic: Possibly-crazy stuff you didn't notice for ages (Read 176650 times)

jigglyppuff8 · « **Reply #120 on:** June 19, 2010, 10:11:44 PM »

Final boss motif
Touhou 6 - Septette for the Dead Princess
Touhou 7 - Ghost Princess of the Netherworld
Touhou 8 - Former Princess of the Moon
Touhou 9 - Shiki (Four Seasons) Eiki (Reflection Princess)

Demonbman · « **Reply #121 on:** June 19, 2010, 11:27:47 PM »

EoSD and PCB are the only windows games without talismans

Remilia Scarlet is the only Windows boss to not use any other color but red, except her opener, which uses blue 02s

Iryan · « **Reply #122 on:** June 19, 2010, 11:39:51 PM »

Quote from: Demonbman on June 19, 2010, 11:27:47 PM

EoSD and PCB are the only windows games without talismans

Remilia Scarlet is the only Windows boss to not use any other color but red, except her opener, which uses blue 02s

And Star of David's blue 02s, and the blue knifes in Curse of Vlad Tepes, and the purple 05s in Red Magic, Scarlet Gensokyo and Vampire Illusion, and the entirety of Young Demon Lord.

So yeah...

Demonbman · « **Reply #123 on:** June 20, 2010, 06:01:18 AM »

Whoops, my bad

On another note, you can Graze Unzan's eyebrows

Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin · « **Reply #124 on:** June 20, 2010, 06:13:53 AM »

Quote from: Demonbman on June 19, 2010, 11:27:47 PM

EoSD and PCB are the only windows games without talismans

What do you mean by talismans?

Demonbman · « **Reply #125 on:** June 20, 2010, 06:17:39 AM »

Think Byakuren's Last Spell

Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin · « **Reply #126 on:** June 20, 2010, 06:19:09 AM »

Oh, you meant as enemy-bullets, gotcha.

Iryan · « **Reply #127 on:** June 20, 2010, 10:01:42 AM »

Well, talismans got introduced in IN.

Butterflies got introduced in PCB.

Glowing droplets got introduced in MoF.

They all got used ever since.

DgBarca · « **Reply #128 on:** June 20, 2010, 02:48:21 PM »

Quote from: Iryan on June 20, 2010, 10:01:42 AM

Well, talismans got introduced in IN.

Butterflies got introduced in PCB.

Glowing droplets got introduced in MoF.

They all got used ever since.

Most of the glowing bullets like Kogasa second card in extra were introduced in StB.

CK Crash · « **Reply #129 on:** June 20, 2010, 03:13:48 PM »

PCB introduced arrowheads, butterflies, curvy lasers, music notes, and curved daggers.
IN introduced amulets, stars, literal bullets, oval pellets, inverted bullets, and additive blend fireballs.
PoFV introduced some more bullet types, but I don't think any of them carried over into the other games except Komachi's coins.
StB introduced the new additive blend fireballs.
MoF introduced tiny spinner bullets.
SA introduced explosions and hearts (not just Utsuho's explosions either, Orin, Satori-Alice and Suwako have used them as well)
UFO introduced droplets, umbrellas, brofists, anchors, runic lasers, curvy laser the revenge, and purple fire (many of these could be seen as familiars though)
DS introduced minipellets, and has additive blend versions of many other bullets, some of which are used instead of lasers for the spark attacks.

That's probably most-ish of them :V

Drake · « **Reply #130 on:** June 20, 2010, 05:41:18 PM »

DS sparklasers are actually a bullet on their own.

Pianoforte · « **Reply #131 on:** July 12, 2010, 01:53:00 AM »

Patchy is anemic/asthmatic, and lives in a vampire den. Maybe Remmy takes her blood when she can't find any prey?

Chronojet ⚙ Dragon · « **Reply #132 on:** July 12, 2010, 02:50:44 AM »

Quote from: Drake on June 20, 2010, 05:41:18 PM

DS sparklasers are actually a bullet on their own.

Did ZUN stretch the graphic at all?

Quote from: Pianoforte on July 12, 2010, 01:53:00 AM

Patchy is anemic/asthmatic, and lives in a vampire den. Maybe Remmy takes her blood when she can't find any prey?

Who else has heard this before?

Quote from: Demonbman on June 19, 2010, 11:27:47 PM

Remilia Scarlet is the only Windows boss to not use any other color but red, except her opener, which uses blue 02s

This gives me a bad thought, every time I read this...
Dammit,

Spoiler:

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Please skip this post.

Sedrife · « **Reply #133 on:** July 12, 2010, 05:25:58 AM »

Spell circles. Allow me to give you an example.

Here are the spell circles of twenty characters playable since Hisotensoku.

Can you guess which one is Meiling's spell circle? It's the bottom row of the middle column. It is a spiral of rainbow color. Why would she have this spell circle?
Rainbow is a type of dragon god (refer to DS 3-5). China has a character "dragon" "(龍) on her hat. She uses rainbow danmaku, and often makes names of her special moves and spell cards belated to dragon.

If we can accept her manipulation of Qi ~ use the power of the dragon god, we establish the fact that China is a symbolism of the dragon, the highest diety of Gensokyo. This is reflected upon the fact that her Vs. fight dialog with Sakuya and Remilia. I remember in one of the doujin I read, China is actually the dragon itself.

Lots of other interesting things can be found through analyzing the character's spell cards.

May I add for an extra food for thought that Remilia is the mistress of people whose abilities are natural weakness to the vampire?

Ubiquitial · « **Reply #134 on:** July 12, 2010, 07:51:36 AM »

Quote from: Sedrife on July 12, 2010, 05:25:58 AM

Spell circles. Allow me to give you an example.

Here are the spell circles of twenty characters playable since Hisotensoku.

Can you guess which one is Meiling's spell circle? It's the bottom row of the middle column. It is a spiral of rainbow color. Why would she have this spell circle?
Rainbow is a type of dragon god (refer to DS 3-5). China has a character "dragon" "(龍) on her hat. She uses rainbow danmaku, and often makes names of her special moves and spell cards belated to dragon.

If we can accept her manipulation of Qi ~ use the power of the dragon god, we establish the fact that China is a symbolism of the dragon, the highest diety of Gensokyo. This is reflected upon the fact that her Vs. fight dialog with Sakuya and Remilia. I remember in one of the doujin I read, China is actually the dragon itself.

Lots of other interesting things can be found through analyzing the character's spell cards.

May I add for an extra food for thought that Remilia is the mistress of people whose abilities are natural weakness to the vampire?

there's another rainbow circle on the right.

Iryan · « **Reply #135 on:** July 12, 2010, 09:13:56 AM »

Quote from: Ubiquitial on July 12, 2010, 07:51:36 AM

there's another rainbow circle on the right.

That's Tenshi. Interestingly, the sequence of colors is reversed in comparison to Meiling.

You know, I am a little confused that Sakuya didn't get clock imagery in her circle somewhere.
Also, even though the majority of circles are obvious, I am not sure which one is Suika's...

Zengar Zombolt · « **Reply #136 on:** July 12, 2010, 11:02:14 AM »

Quote from: Iryan on July 12, 2010, 09:13:56 AM

Also, even though the majority of circles are obvious, I am not sure which one is Suika's...

Second row, fifth Column IIRC.

Angel on the Steps · « **Reply #137 on:** July 12, 2010, 11:14:12 AM »

Where exactly are those spell circles from? I bet it's obvious and I'll smack myself, but I can't say I've ever noticed those! :ohdear:

Iryan · « **Reply #138 on:** July 12, 2010, 11:20:03 AM »

Quote from: Angel on the Steps on July 12, 2010, 11:14:12 AM

Where exactly are those spell circles from? I bet it's obvious and I'll smack myself, but I can't say I've ever noticed those! :ohdear:

Touhou 12.3.

The circles of the characters that appear in the 12.3 story mode can be seen during the credits roll. I am not sure where you can see the other ones, though. Possibly during a spell declare, I would have to check...

Ah, they appear in the background if you select a character in vs. mode.

I just noticed that the red one with eyes is Remilia's, and the bright red one without eyes is Reisen's. I would've suspected it would be the other way round...

Demonbman · « **Reply #139 on:** July 12, 2010, 11:23:38 AM »

They are behind the Characters when you select them in a VS mode

Angel on the Steps · « **Reply #140 on:** July 12, 2010, 04:22:47 PM »

Thank you! I looked at the spell card declarations too as it seemed the most obvious place, but there was nothing there... and it's amazing just how detailed those circles are when they're only seen once in game, and it's hard to make out the details then (or you just miss them, if you're half blind like me).

Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin · « **Reply #141 on:** July 12, 2010, 08:17:48 PM »

I just love Cirno's.

Blitzer · « **Reply #142 on:** July 12, 2010, 11:00:06 PM »

Quote from: KimikoMuffin on July 12, 2010, 08:17:48 PM

I just love Cirno's.

Agreed.

Speaking of Cirno, she became a nineball in PoFV. PoFV is the ninth Touhou game.

OkashiiKisei · « **Reply #143 on:** July 13, 2010, 12:47:05 PM »

Quote from: KimikoMuffin on July 12, 2010, 08:17:48 PM

I just love Cirno's.

Who doesn't? :3

That frozen frog in it is a clever touch.

Halca · « **Reply #144 on:** July 16, 2010, 04:06:39 AM »

Just about every character in the touhou series wants to, and will, eat you.

Blitzer · « **Reply #145 on:** July 20, 2010, 04:44:06 AM »

Embodiment of Scarlet Devil had the Stage 4 boss (Patchouli) as the EX-midboss.
Perfect Cherry Blossom has the Stage 2 boss (Chen) as the EX-midboss.
Imperishable Night had the Stage 3 boss (Keine) as the EX-midboss.
Mountain of Faith has the Stage 6 boss (Kanako) as the EX-midboss.
Subterranean Animism had the Stage 5 boss of the previous game (Sanae) as the EX-midboss.
Undefined Fantastic Object had the Stage 2 boss (Kogasa) as the EX-midboss.

We need the Stage 1 boss of a future game to come back as the EX-midboss.

Iryan · « **Reply #146 on:** July 20, 2010, 10:29:32 AM »

Quote from: RKS Blitzer on July 20, 2010, 04:44:06 AM

We need the Stage 1 boss of a future game to come back as the EX-midboss.

Compare:
vs.

Shizzo · « **Reply #147 on:** July 20, 2010, 03:34:06 PM »

Quote from: WBV Zengar Zombolt on July 12, 2010, 11:02:14 AM

Second row, fifth Column IIRC.

Actually, that's Suika's. Sakuya's the fifith column on the first row.

The only one that, for me, Doesn't fit is Youmu's (First of the second row)

Sakuya's red circle must have something to do with that red magic thing she had on her clothes on EoSD?

Quote from: Iryan on July 20, 2010, 10:29:32 AM

Compare:
vs.

He meant Midboss, not Boss...

But on another note, Rikako's so far the only person that has apeared on a Danmaku Game and never shot any bullets herself (Only by her tank)

Zerro · « **Reply #148 on:** July 20, 2010, 06:15:21 PM »

I've always noticed how the extra bosses have their picture in the background of their spells, but I just now noticed
that Mokou also has a close up of her face in the background.

Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin · « **Reply #149 on:** July 21, 2010, 06:34:36 AM »

Quote from: Linnah on July 20, 2010, 03:34:06 PM

But on another note, Rikako's so far the only person that has apeared on a Danmaku Game and never shot any bullets herself (Only by her tank)

That's Rika, not Rikako. (Probably.)