For reference, not all Touhou games are made equal. Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom (the game that would be released roughly year after the video) and Unidentified Fantastic Object are very unforgiving, whereas something like Imperishable Night is a good starting point.

@jerrychen8138

2 ай бұрын

funny how my first touhou game was Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom (I still beat Imperishable night first)

Here's your warning start with touhou 8 first. It's an easier one. Also touhou is a giant fandom, and if you do touhou reaction or plays of it you'll get lots of people checking your channel out. Last tidbit, touhou is basically the hidden boss of the internet. You have probably seen or heard touhou stuff and not known it was touhou. Touhou is everywhere on the internet and once you look it up once you'll be shown it in bits forever. The internet is crawling with touhou and let me welcome you to touhou hell.

@OpPezGaming

Жыл бұрын

… I’m not coming out of this alive aren’t I?👀

@dileblade7659

Жыл бұрын

@@OpPezGaming it's a long rabbit hole that never dies. It's a fun ride but it never ends. In game respect on easy mode you'll probably just make it out of stage 4 and lose in stage 5 on your first go. There are 6 stages and and extra after that. Those are for the normal games, not the fighting or any that aren't a whole number (7 and 7.5 as an example).

@v.emiltheii-nd.8094

Жыл бұрын

Well said! Touhou is that level of one of a kind thanks to the dojin comiket culture (not generally the NSFW variety). This is gonna be a bumpy ride and there is a saying that dodging bullets in Touhou is like dodging rainwater droplets.

@v.emiltheii-nd.8094

Жыл бұрын

Rain usually PICHUN's me every single time. Pichun is the sound made in Touhou when a character gets hit.

@Tenshiisgood

Жыл бұрын

I agree, I start with touhou 8 and yeah I picked Reimu and Yukari team bc They are easy to play as

he's dipped his toes into the community by making this video. And he's not getting those toes back.

@OpPezGaming

Жыл бұрын

Or my sanity. tbh, I didn’t expect the Touhou Legion to flock to this video. Now I got some shoes to fill! Fortunately, I lost my toes so I can fit them in nicely! 🙃

@michaelsong3733

Жыл бұрын

@@OpPezGaming lol. It's not as bad as it may seem. And theirs lots of ways to get into the community (I got in through a fanfiction so I would know). Just dont dive in head first and you might keep your feet.

I saw a couple of your videos like a year ago! Never did I expect to see you jump down the Touhou rabbit hole, but it's a pleasant surprise

@OpPezGaming

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad to see you’re sticking around! I won’t lie, it’s an interesting experience, so far! I want to play more Touhou content, but with IRL stuff happening, I want to focus on that more! That said, I do want to return at some point!

Here is some nifty trivia about the PC98 Touhou games compared to the Windows ones: - PC98 are generally non-canon (except if ZUN includes characters like Yuuka and Alice. Fans still want Mima (who is Marisa's master) to appear in a future 2hu game and copium meme about it). - In the PC98verse there were no spellcard rules system in place in Gensokyo which meant duels would've ended up more brutal and deadly. Nowadays it's more of a safe for work/play method than anything else...even if the Touhou characters abuse it for mundane things. "Oh? Your dress doesn't fit you? How about some bullets throwed in your direction and some moving around to dodge them? That will make it fit!" Pretty whimsical tbh! As they say "You can't be trapped or bound by common sense in Gensokyo!"

Oh and one final fact (not final at all): It's about Demetori remix of Border of Life from 2008. I saw it on some guy's video and i liked it so much I decided to search it in the description. And that's how I was introduced to Touhou (& Yandere Simulator re-introduced me to Touhou through Cirno). Oh and speaking of good Touhou music...Bad Apple reaction is a MUST.

And of course, there is ANOTHER thing I forget to mention. Man I'm on a roll tonight. Second easiest Touhou game would be Touhou 10 - Mountain of Faith. Also the anime is okay. Still worth a watch even if you don't understand anything that's happening.

Since that video uploaded until now, there are 10 more games, the latest is Touhou 18.5 100th Black Market 03:53 Luna Nights is fangame

Some tips. Touhou is Honestly an easier Curtain Fire game, ZUN's bullets are nice and slow and ZUN likes to make his patterns beautiful first and foremost, and he genuinely wants his players to learn to 1cc on normal, unlike quarter eating games. Some people even recommend using Touhou to learn shoot em ups. Honestly Touhou 6 is a good way to learn, it might not have a hitbox and it might require you to play on normal to reach the end, but it has less bullets on screen and looks less scary. Rumia's attacks show how to control aim and therefore bullet heard, Stage 4 teaches you to route a level and bullet cancel killing specific enemies. Later Sakuya's "Misdirection", spell teaches you standing still is just aw valuable as movas well. Even funny meme fairy Cirno's nonSpells teach you to macro dodge. From beginning to end the game is about 30 to 40 minutes, the gameplay is dense though so learning to get good is where the main game is. Mastering a stage or dancing through a pattern is an amazing feeling. There's also a pretty fun feeling brute obliterating the final boss because you saved up way too many bombs. Some people play lunatic (Those people are lunatics) Some people play hard (Those people play arcades) Most people play normal (It's satisfying and you can get good at it relatively quick) Some people play easy (For those new to the genre and are too intermediated to start normal yet, its good practice)

@Luna_Crestt

Жыл бұрын

I'm sane (I think) and I play on Lunatic mode!

@LTDLetsPlays

10 ай бұрын

For a easier entry to this type of game I suggest Bullet heaven 2 from Kupo games it’s very worth the money and it’s quite long comparatively

There are MANY touhou fangames out there in many genres. This cause ZUN is very lax on his copyright enforcement. (best summed as he claims ownership on the data used to make the games themselves while the rest (story settign characters ect) are free to use) Thus anyone can make a fan game and sell it. As for parodies, I've personally seen Ace Attorney Pokemon Mario kart Doom Slay the spire Dinner Dash Wario Ware

Oh man.... I've been waiting for this!

Tbh the Touhou characters are possibly the most overpoweredly broken characters in...well...the internet.... generally MUGEN and Saltybet if you're a Twitch explorer. Their feats are just insane bananas. On par if not better than the Umineko characters. Honestly pair a Touhou character against Superman...they will outsuperman them. There is an old friend of mine called MagiFtw who covers Touhou content and it comes in all sorts of flavors. I might add some of his video links in the future until Discord decides to work on my end.

Tbh Touhou games are pretty easy if you wanna learn how to navigate through beautiful danmaku patterns. It's a lot slower than Mushihimesama. But it does have some more...well..."skill issue" moments. And I think that's all my cents on the matter.

One final sidenote (damn I talk a lot). The Guilty Gear X opening link is from my older channel. Back in the day I did a habit of getting the trailers from the gaming Magazine LEVEL and uploaded them on my channel. The only one that got claimed a lot was the MGS4 Old Snake E3 trailer.

@v.emiltheii-nd.8094

Жыл бұрын

The CD I mean...

Dunno if I mentioned this before but I do like how Castlevania Reimu is in Touhou Lost Word. Tried pulling for her but no luck so far.

Great reaction. I'd be excited to see you try a game. They can be very fun.

@OpPezGaming

Жыл бұрын

Stay tuned. Haven’t decided on what game I’ll be playing yet (main games or spin-offs, but my viewers have sent some recommendations), but expect some videos on the horizon!

@SuperChrim

Жыл бұрын

@@OpPezGaming Hype!

Did you know?. Undertale has reference from touhou such some story , easter eggs music and some skill They are familiar. This is why sometime you see undertale vs touhou

Oh yeah speaking of Ikaruga, there is a 2hu parody of that called Madara Sakura. Pretty decent game.

most people don't play the games and mostly are into the memes and fumos(plush merchandise of touhou characters) also if you like lore then there are the touhou mangas and the touhou wiki

Oh also...Nemuno might be related to the Gintama MC.

"Not Great, but good" They didn't include "Kobito of the Shining Needle" because I would cause any normie to have an immediate seizure from the greatness.

Now that I'm done yapping about Touhou and since I can't find the OG comment for a reply I have to say two things: - Koefficient played Nikke and got 7 SSRs (6 if we excluse Diesel) with his wallet trying to get Volume (he got Noah (wasn't thrilled about it), Sugar, Liter, Winter Rupee, Noise, & Privaty). Might link the video. - I got over 8000 gems now. If Modernia comes home in a 10 pull I'll save the rest for the Ordinary Recruit banner.

@v.emiltheii-nd.8094

Жыл бұрын

Welp still getting her even with 1700 gems and 7 and more vouchers. Also found the video. (derp)

For people getting into Touhou I recommend Bullet heaven 2 For 2 reasons it’s quite easy until all the challange modes are on Very visually appealing both in patterns and visuals (bullets have different colours and shapes) and Quite long like several stages to get you used to the bullets

I believe the game you are refering to in 6:10 is Mushihimesama. And yes, it actually is hard. :D

@OpPezGaming

Жыл бұрын

I checked sometime after this video and it unlocked a core memory. It’s all thanks to the final boss theme.

Also speaking of fun fact: In Touhou 16 we finally got a granny-looking character called Nemuno Sakata based on Japanese mythos about mountain hags (while still looking youngish cuz anime). In Touhou Lost Word they kinda made her talk like a Southerner. "Git out of mah lawn!" Also her theme and her cleaver scares me. Some guy edited her in a Diablo video as an enemy...guess which one. All in all I'd rate her an 8/10 cus she's actually kinda cool. 😎

@shirleymaemattthews4862

2 күн бұрын

Imagine instead of a southerner type voice...THEY ALL HAD STEREOTYPICAL EAST ASIAN ACCENTS LOL

Ok, something that they don't mention is that the Phantasm stage only exist in the 7th game and you have to "capture" 60 spellcards (not dying or using a bomb) + completing the Extra stage in order to unlock it (if I recall correctly). Also, Bad Apple is Touhou. That's like everyone's first introduction.

@OpPezGaming

7 ай бұрын

Shockingly, I’m an exception to the Bad Apple introduction! I don’t know how I managed to avoid it all of this time but I did!

@55alegria

7 ай бұрын

@@OpPezGaming Wow! That's really impressive! So how did you got introduced to Touhou?

@OpPezGaming

7 ай бұрын

@@55alegria I didn’t know it was Touhou related at the time, but it was a video back in 2007-2008 involving an edited McDonalds ad using Flandre’s theme (I think that’s her theme). McRolled was the video’s title!

@55alegria

7 ай бұрын

@@OpPezGaming Oh yeah! that is like the second way, third being Cirno's math class memes, fourth is Undertale (which for me it lead to Bad Apple)

This video is a bit dated. The artwork of mainline Touhou has vastly improved, two more fighting games have been made (15.5/Antinomy of Common Flowers is great on single player and PVP) and the Switch Eshop has started officially selling Touhou fangames. The ones I recommend are Azure Reflections to test the waters in case you're planning on playing the official games, Lotus Labyrinth if you like roguelikes, Spell Bubble for a puzzle-music mix, Luna Nights for being the best Touhou Castlevania so far and Shoujo Tale of Beautiful Memories if you want a game in the style of the original Super Mario RPG.

@OpPezGaming

Жыл бұрын

I’m aware that the video is dated. I reacted to this video because a viewer of mine linked this for me to react to. Thank you for the recommendations!

just wait till he learns about the fumos

@OpPezGaming

Жыл бұрын

…the …what?

@v.emiltheii-nd.8094

Жыл бұрын

​​​@@OpPezGaming Aka the discount version of Neondoroids but Touhou. They're cute!

Tbh Touhou is best fandom on the internet....for the mostly most part. The minor of minority is sth you'd better stay away from...and I don't mean the NSFW stuff. When Touhou gets dark it gets pitch black dark. Don't google Yukkuris. Sure they look cute in a weird way but you don't wanna see the dark 💩 those buggers go through it makes Danganronpa death games look normal. 💀 Still cute in a weird way like I said! And Tbh that's not the most Nightmare fuel I've seen of Sakuya. WARNING ⚠️🚨 HERE! -I once saw a sleep paralysis demon gif version of her made of knives with her mouth looking...well....like her 'bottom mouth.' And she was doing sideways stretches! 💀- Let the mental scarring commence!

Some Touhou fangames I recommend: - Fantasy Maiden Wars for the Super Robot Wars gameplay - Touhou Skydrift for the Mario Kart Double Dash gameplay - Aya & Momiji - Double Focus for the sidescroller goodness. - Concealed the Conclusion for an easier bullet hell experience - MegaMari for some MegaMan - Rain - A Touhou Project Story for something more cozy - The Disappearance of Gensokyo if you like Diablo gameplay. - Touhou Scarlet Curiosity for hack n slash projectile spamming gameplay - Touhou Genso Wanderer if you like roguelikes - Touhou Soccer if you expect a Captain Tsubasa type game but get nukes and supers that have absolutely NOTHING to do with playing football - Touhou Genius of Sappheiros if you like JRPGS - Udongein X if you wanted Reisen to be in a MegaMan X game. - Touhou Sky Arena if you like 3d fighting games with flying mechanics - Some 3D or 2D remakes of older games - Touhou Puppet Dance Performance And lots more 💩...this being off the top of my head...

@OpPezGaming

Жыл бұрын

Screenshotted! Something tells me I should check out a handful of these spin-off games before the main games just to get my toes wet. Also, I tried checking out some of the mainline games and apparently not all of them are available on Steam? The eighth game, in particular, is not on Steam but it’s downloadable on Archive (dot) org.

@v.emiltheii-nd.8094

Жыл бұрын

​​​​​​@@OpPezGaming In my case I go to MoriyaShrine for the games since they have them compiled there and the site always updates with both official and unofficial 2hu titles. That's my go-to site! Also I got deleted for mentioning the other site. Thanks KZread! Not all games are on Steam since that trend started back in 2016 with Th16. For example Th6 isn't on Steam cuz ZUN lost the source code to it.

@v.emiltheii-nd.8094

Жыл бұрын

​​​@@OpPezGaming Do*jinStyle with an u. But that game site hadn't been updated in a long time..

@v.emiltheii-nd.8094

Жыл бұрын

Also the two Touhou Blooming Chaos Roguelikes, as well. Oh also MS site has English translations too.

Tbh the "Warning⚠️Warning⚠️Warning ⚠️" song I linked describes Touhou perfectly. And hoooooo boyyy it features the absolute worst Stage 5 boss I've ever fought. Insanity torch indeed!

About Zun's artwork....at least that's improving I'll say as much. Same with his beer skills...although the difference is 0.3%. Btw do you know there was a Touhou Smash Bros like game that got sadly canned? Zun usually is hands off with whoever makes Touhou fangames cuz of the dōjin game culture and stuff...as long as they don't profit from it. The Touhou Smash Bros creator didn't get the memo and wanted to profit from it. So ZUN went ham on that punk. As for the official Touhou game releases it's every 1 or 2 years at the May Comiket. Also Reimu for Smash when, Nintendo?

@v.emiltheii-nd.8094

Жыл бұрын

"If it exists, it has a Touhou parody!" Also the only inaccurate thing about this video is the "little girls" bit if we consider the Touhou canon and well the age of the Touhou characters (with rare anime examples). But for the purpose of the info video I guess it makes sense. Also lotta sites like moriyashrinedotorg where you can find those Touhou games. Btw fun fact: You can add the Scarlet Weather Rhapsody characters to Touhou Hisoutensoku if you do some configdotini and merge both games into a single folder. 📁

@OpPezGaming

Жыл бұрын

@@v.emiltheii-nd.8094 The only one I recall off the top of my head is Yukari Yakumo being +1000 years old, because “Anime logic!” I know it’s sacrilegious calling Touhou anime, but it’s clear where it’s roots are from. Plus, in the fandom at least, she’s depicted as a “mommy type” character from certain corners of the internet, and I don’t hate that.

@v.emiltheii-nd.8094

Жыл бұрын

​​​​@@OpPezGaming And she's not the only one like with Kanako, Eirin, Keine, Yuuka, Komachi, Eiki (when the fandom doesn't pipsqueak-ize her worse than Edward Elric), Yuugi, Ran, Okina, Yuyuko, Keiki, and I could go on....even the younger looking ones like Cirno has at least 60 years old or in Flandre's case 500 years. Yukari is definitely that old if not older being a Sage and being there when Gensokyo first existed. I like how the fanon went with the "Forever 17" angle for her even in *Touhou Lost Word.*

12:45 Seija Kijin. Actually spoken as nijiK ajieS since her tendency of flipping things and doing opposite day of what everyone is doing. What a troll! I hate her so much! Worst boss! 🙃 (I obviously mean the opposite!) Also nice thumbnail Jackie Chan hand pose.

Oh yeah....I almost forgot. Rant time! If Th8 Imperishable Night and teeeechnically but not really Th15 - Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom are the easiest Touhou games... although that's not saying much then prepare to get your cheeks Uberclapped if you ever play Touhou 11 - Subterranean Animism. You wanna see Dark Souls/Getting Over it Rage? That's how its done. Zombie Fairies, suns thrown at you and much more punishing than a normal Touhou game cranked up to 11.... literally....enough said. Th12 - Undefined Fantastic Object would be the second hardest imo. Those Stage 5 bosses from SA and other titles have no chill (even the one from Th15 LOLK from above has the most BS Stage 5 boss Ive ever seen ever as a Touhou fan...and believe me...I played through Th15 without cheating and only managed to beat that boss after 22 times. And the final boss was peanuts compared to them! And the Stage 5 boss is called Clownpiece...the fairy from hell itself.) Also I never played Th11 due to its reputation and because I low-key care about my monitor staying intact. Mostly kidding, of course.

Not a fighting game expert but decent enough....

@OpPezGaming

Жыл бұрын

I exaggerate, but I’ve played fighting games for quite a while until 2019. Realistically, I would need a bit of time before understanding the mechanics.

@v.emiltheii-nd.8094

Жыл бұрын

@@OpPezGaming Luckily the Touhou fighting games are a lot more flexible. The older ones have card supers and typical fighting game motions while the newer ones are a bit more button mashy.

@v.emiltheii-nd.8094

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention floaty for the latter.

@v.emiltheii-nd.8094

Жыл бұрын

Now if you wanna show true skill play Kyanta 2.

11:27 WAIT..."lolis"...I THOUGHT THEY'RE LIKE FULL GROWN WOMEN...Like..most fan art and FAN MEDIA and some of the art potray Touhou girls (some of them, like Yukari or Ran or Sakuya) as having more "mature" figures and slight tall height!

Late to the party but you should really consider pausing instead of trying to talk over the video. Look at asmongold or any other variety streamer.