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Touhou Project

Post by TKGB_Mental_Gear »

Hello,

I'm new to the forums but been visiting this site for like a month. I seemed to now have a deep fondness for shmups than before which was none.

Anyways to the topic. I recently discovered a shmup called "Touhou Project" but I don't understand what exactly the Touhou Project is. I'm sure someone here has heard of it.
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Post by Frederik »

Welcome!

Wikipedia often helps:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou_Project

In general, it´s a series of Doujin shmups done by a single guy called ZUN. His most well-known games are Perfect Cherry Blossom and Imperishable Night. Type in those names in YouTube and you´ll discover a ton of replays on it. Well, this is pretty much where my knowledge ends - but you surely will find some experts on those games here :wink:
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Post by dave4shmups »

Where are the demos for all these? I keep hearing how great they are, but even the new shootthecore site is down. :?:
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Post by stratos »

There is a dedicate site for ZUN's material: http://www.shrinemaiden.com/


Unfortunately, the forum (BBS section) seems to be down at the moment. Go there, you coul'd find something interesting.
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Post by Knoskoloz »

Theres also an english touhou wiki http://www.pooshlmer.com/touhouwiki/ind ... ouhou_Wiki
irc channels for english touhou fans are also available
#[email protected]/ and #[email protected]/
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You can buy them here: http://www.paletweb.com/
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Post by TKGB_Mental_Gear »

I saw the video on youtube. Man that's insanity. And I though Battle Garegga was hard.

OI! Anyways I got a clear understanding now on the Tohou Project so thanks alot.
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Post by Sword »

TKGB_Mental_Gear wrote:I saw the video on youtube. Man that's insanity. And I though Battle Garegga was hard.

OI! Anyways I got a clear understanding now on the Tohou Project so thanks alot.
Touhou games on normal difficulty are not that hard, actually. They do have a couple of selectable/unlockable harder modes, so maybe you saw vids of one of those.
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Post by HeLGeN-X »

I have every Touhou game up to this date, and I only play them all on Lunatic mode, quite challenging, but I still think even Mushi's maniac mode is harder.
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Post by stuntman »

Blade wrote:You can buy them here: http://www.paletweb.com/
I ordered both Perfect Cherry Blossom and Imperishable Night from there a couple of days ago. They haven't mailed me with a bill yet. I thought they'd have contacted me by now....I'm getting desparate to have the full versions :?
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