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Hidden Star in Four Seasons

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東方天空璋 (とうほうてんくうしょう)
Hidden Star in Four Seasons
Hidden Star in Four Seasons
Developer

Team Shanghai Alice

Publisher

Team Shanghai Alice

Released

Trial: May 7, 2017 (Reitaisai 14)

Genre

Vertical Danmaku Shooting Game

Gameplay

Single-Player Story Mode


Touhou Tenkuushou(Jade Scepter of the Skies) ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons (東方天空璋 ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons) is the sixteenth official installment of the Touhou Project. It was announced by ZUN on his personal blog on April 20, 2017, at 22:09 JST.[1] A playable demo was released May 7, 2017, at Reitaisai 14, while the full version is scheduled to be released at the next Summer Comiket (August 11-13, 2017).

Gameplay

There are four main characters: Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Tanned Cirno, and Aya Shameimaru. He referred to his gameplay intentions to be an "ordinary STG" with no big twists[2].

Concept

Story

After all 4 seasons arrive in Gensokyo simultaneously and the fairies become engorged with enormous raw power, the heroines go out to solve this incident. Cirno simply wishes to conquer Gensokyo.

Stage 1 occurs in an unknown area, and is where the area of Gensokyo in Summer is centered

Stage 2 occurs somewhere near Tengu mountain, and is where the area of Gensokyo currently experiencing Autumn is centered

Stage 3 occurs in the Hakurei Shrine, and is where Spring is centered

Music

Press

Hidden Star in Four Seasons was first announced on ZUN's blog on April 20, 2017. He confirmed playable characters and posted in-development screenshots.

He noted that he is aiming for a "light and refreshing feeling" and would like to "return to [his] roots with something that simply aims to make you feel good to play"[2]. On May 5, ZUN showed the demo CD that would be released at next Reitaisai.


Gallery

English patches

The following Touhou Community Reliant Automatic Patcher repositories provide complete translations of Hidden Star in Four Seasons:

Touhou Patch Center (http://srv.thpatch.net/)
Standalone English Patch (for Trial Version) (http://www.mediafire.com/file/lszb7ww5110rca9/th16_%28thpatch-en%29.zip)
  • This is a stationary and portable patch. It doesn't require installation and is based on the abovementioned automatic patches. See here for more details.

References

  1. ZUN (April 20, 2017). "東方Project 第16弾です" (in Japanese).CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,20728.0.html