Mode(s) Single-player Genre Shoot 'em up | Initial release date 14 August 2015 | |
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Similar Double Dealing Character, Urban Legend in Limbo, Ten Desires, Imperishable Night, Undefined Fantastic Object | ||
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Touhou Kanjuden ~ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom (東方紺珠伝 〜 Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom., lit. "Eastern Tale of the Ultramarine Orb") is a Scrolling shooter game developed and published by Team Shanghai Alice. It is currently the 15th installment to the long-running Touhou Project series. The demo was first released in May 10, 2015 with a full release on August 14, 2015 at Comiket 88.
Contents
- Touhou 15 legacy of lunatic kingdom ost title theme the space shrine maiden appears
- How to play legacy of lunatic kingdom 101
- Gameplay
- Plot
- Playable characters
- Boss characters
- Development
- References
How to play legacy of lunatic kingdom 101
Gameplay
Like the previous games in the series, Legacy of the Lunatic Kingdom followed the previous main games within the Touhou Project series, with a spell card based danmaku system. The gameplay theme is neither novel nor retro. It is a "2000's neo-retro Danmaku shooter", creating simple gameplay while removing a lot of the complicated game mechanics.
Four characters can be selected, each with their own storyline and their own shot system. Another new feature is the option to choose between Pointdevice Mode or Legacy Mode. In Pointdevice Mode, whenever the player dies, they have the option of restarting from the previous checkpoint, with almost no penalty, as many times as they like. Legacy Mode, on the other hand, plays like the rest of the games in the series, with the character given a set number of lives to clear the entire game. Pointdevice Mode makes it easier to clear the game, because a player can keep trying until they succeed, but aside from this feature, the game is much more difficult than normal. The author stated that he was inspired by games such as I Wanna Be The Guy, which feature extreme difficulty combined with the ability to freely retry each stage.
Also in the game is the chapter record feature which evaluates the overall score of the player in each stages. It works by recording how much the player grazes or took down enemies without retrying and getting shot. Percentage of the score depends on how much the player perform, which can give certain bonuses such as heart and bomb fragments.
Plot
Following the events of Urban Legend in Limbo, a weird probe crashes into Youkai Mountain and started to roam around. Reimu and Sanae decided to investigate the probe and found out it was of otherworldly origin. And worse, trees withered and mist fades as the probe passes by. At Eientei, Eirin and Kaguya are fully aware that this day would come for the Lunarians to take action to invade Gensokyo. In response, they prepared a special medicine and asked Reisen to deliver it to Reimu and her friends. Meanwhile, Marisa is still studying about the Occult Balls, finding out why one of them is different as Reisen appears with the medicine. With Gensokyo facing a new crisis, Reimu and the others must stop the one behind the incident.
Playable characters
Boss characters
Development
ZUN first announced the game on his blog on April 22, 2015, confirming the title and the characters. He himself said that the game will have a huge departure from the original game's formula, and implementing "different" and challenging gameplay changes yet retaining the core elements of the series.