Touhou 18: Unconnected Marketeers

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Kinda surprised nobody's posted this one here yet, but a few days back ZUN announced the next mainline Touhou title - not too many details yet, but it's due out in May and will have a Reitaisai demo later this month. I'm also taking it upon myself to give it the "Weirdest Subtitle So Far" award for the series.
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Sounds like this will be the first Touhou game to include a scathing critique of modern day capitalist societies.
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I just knew there would be a new Touhou every two years. It’s good to see you again, Reimu and Marisa.
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xxx1993 wrote:I just knew there would be a new Touhou every two years. It’s good to see you again, Reimu and Marisa.
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What if I told you there was a way you could see them every night?
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I'm extremely here for rainbow knives Sakuya.
Rastan78 wrote:Sounds like this will be the first Touhou game to include a scathing critique of modern day capitalist societies.
Somehow I'm guessing you haven't read too much Touhou dialogue if you think they haven't been doing that already. :p
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Ms. Tea wrote:Somehow I'm guessing you haven't read too much Touhou dialogue if you think they haven't been doing that already. :p
whether or not this is a joke it is hilarious

I wonder if the game will be accidentally good this time?
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Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Zun the Drunk? I thought not. It's not a story the Gaijin would tell you. It's a Weeb legend. Zun was a Dark Lord of the Drink, so powerful and so wise he could use the booze to influence the code to create a good shmup... He had such a knowledge of the shooting games that he could even make several good sequels. The dark side of the Booze is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful... the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, his creations became greater than his own designs for them, then his followers bastardized his work and made it look really bad by comparison. It's ironic he could break through mediocrity at first, but that he spawned an endless void of it, which consumed him as well.
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2hu girls with regular skin tones, what the hell is that?!
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Because I knew they’d come back. There will always be a new Touhou every two years.
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BIL wrote:Cracking subtitle imo Image
I would have thought it was a parody if I heard it anywhere else.
PerishedFraud ឵឵ wrote:Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Zun the Drunk? I thought not. It's not a story the Gaijin would tell you. It's a Weeb legend. Zun was a Dark Lord of the Drink, so powerful and so wise he could use the booze to influence the code to create a good shmup... He had such a knowledge of the shooting games that he could even make several good sequels. The dark side of the Booze is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful... the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, his creations became greater than his own designs for them, then his followers bastardized his work and made it look really bad by comparison. It's ironic he could break through mediocrity at first, but that he spawned an endless void of it, which consumed him as well.
Is it possible to... learn this wankery?
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xxx1993 wrote:Because I knew they’d come back.
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Mortificator wrote:Is it possible to... learn this wankery?
Not from Atlus.
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xxx1993 wrote:Because I knew they’d come back. There will always be a new Touhou every two years.
Don't tell me you memorized their birthdays like Heart Aino's. Why can't you memorize the birthdays of real women like Chun Li? ;)
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How do you know I know Heart Aino's birthday?
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xxx1993 wrote:How do you know I know Heart Aino's birthday?
you mentioned it in another topic. The one for Rolling Gunner.
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Oh, right. But yes, her birthday is January 14th.
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xxx1993 wrote:Oh, right. But yes, her birthday is January 14th.
What did she have for breakfast
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Are we going to talk about Arcana Heart or Touhou here?
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xxx1993 wrote:Are we going to talk about Arcana Heart or Touhou here?
There is no difference between the two
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Because they both star a nearly all-female cast?
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No, there is literally no difference. Wake up. Open your eyes. Also Zun is Ellinor Waizen.
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So, I'm guessing that you did memorize the Touhou girls' birthdays?
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I don't even know if the Touhou cast have birthdays...
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Rastan78 wrote:Sounds like this will be the first Touhou game to include a scathing critique of modern day capitalist societies.
that's wily beast and weakest creature, friend.

not even joking

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buggle wrote:
Rastan78 wrote:Sounds like this will be the first Touhou game to include a scathing critique of modern day capitalist societies.
that's wily beast and weakest creature, friend.

not even joking

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Haha, I love how ZUN left no room for nuance there and straight up defined a capitalistic society.

Anyway, more Touhou = more fun! And they’re more accessible than ever ever since they’re getting Steam releases.
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I feel like this is gonna have degenerate item spam like 14.3 did. Alternatively, please don't add 20,000,000 subtypes to the game, ZUN, sir...
Aside from collecting powers through the story, players can purchase them from an in-game shop.
nooooooooooooo

Well actually wait that makes this sound like a Fantasy Zone-type system. That would be fine. Just no permanent upgrades like Len'en 04, please. I don't see a "Shop" button on the main menu, so... hopefully...?

Well actually wait even if it was a Len'en 04 type system, I could just have "no upgrades" and "upgrades" like Len'en 04 does. Although Len'en 04 is super dumb if you try to play it without upgrades, but also super dumb if you do, that would still be fine. Hell, even with a Fantasy Zone-type system, I still could, maybe...

Hm. We shall see...
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Slaz wrote:And they’re more accessible than ever ever since they’re getting Steam releases.
Seems that's more or less confirmed for this latest one, as the Shmups Twitter notes that there's a SteamDB listing for a demo. Also links to a demo playthrough.
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