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According to ZUN,<ref>[[Strange Creators of Outer World/Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom interview with ZUN|Strange Creators of the Outer World]] | According to [[ZUN]], the game's PointDevice Mode takes inspiration from games such as "[[Wikipedia:I Wanna Be the Guy|I Wanna Be The Guy]]", where the player can respawn from the beginning each time they dies.<ref name="SCoOWLoLKint">''[[Strange Creators of Outer World/Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom interview with ZUN|Strange Creators of the Outer World]]'': The Challenge of "Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom"</ref> Since games that were similar to IWBTG kept appearing and it was starting to become somewhat of a genre, he wanted to try out something similar. He also noted that the reason he came up with the concept of the "[[Ultramarine Orb Elixir]]" was because he wondered why those types of games never gave a reason for as to why the player character was allowed to respawn at the beginning after each death. | ||
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Revision as of 13:33, 2 January 2016
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Trial: May 10, 2015 (Reitaisai 12) |
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Vertical Danmaku Shooting Game |
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Single-Player Story Mode |
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Touhou
Gameplay
There are four playable characters: Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Sanae Kochiya, and Reisen Udongein Inaba. Before release, ZUN noted big changes to the gameplay, which would be "very different" (though still retaining core shoot 'em up fundamentals). He also made mention of the challenge and difficulty in implementing these changes, especially in time for the demo's release. [2]
Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom allows a selection between game modes: "Legacy Mode", which functions similarly to previous Touhou Project titles, and "Pointdevice Mode", a gameplay mode that removes lives and continues from the game but adds chapter checkpoints. When the player is hit in Pointdevice Mode, the game reverts back to the state at the beginning of the current chapter with only a small penalty to power. Additionally, after choosing difficulty and character from the menu, Pointdevice Mode grants the option to resume the previous game session.
Grazing is notably changed from previous titles, slowing the fall of point items so long as the player continues to graze. Prolonged grazing of bullets grants an additional 5 graze points. Graze becomes very important as players may be awarded a life fragment (in Legacy Mode) or a bomb fragment (in Pointdevice Mode) at the end of each chapter depending on how many graze points were earned and how many enemies were defeated.
Concept
According to ZUN, the game's PointDevice Mode takes inspiration from games such as "I Wanna Be The Guy", where the player can respawn from the beginning each time they dies.[3] Since games that were similar to IWBTG kept appearing and it was starting to become somewhat of a genre, he wanted to try out something similar. He also noted that the reason he came up with the concept of the "Ultramarine Orb Elixir" was because he wondered why those types of games never gave a reason for as to why the player character was allowed to respawn at the beginning after each death.
Story
Music
Press
Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom was first announced on ZUN's blog on April 22, 2015. He confirmed playable characters and posted in-development screenshots, along with making vague mention of gameplay and story, the latter of which would remain a secret. Of the gameplay, he noted the difficulty of implementing it in time for the demo release at Reitaisai 12, which he would work on until then and would be released on CD-R.
Gallery
CD Demo featuring Seiran
English patches
The following Touhou Community Reliant Automatic Patcher repositories provide complete translations of Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom:
- Touhou Patch Center (http://srv.thpatch.net/)
- lang_en - Community translation from the Touhou Patch Center wiki
- Standalone English Patch (http://www.mediafire.com/download/31198gzq19i09oz/th15+%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.
External Links
Notes
- ↑ The Ultramarine Orb (紺珠 Kanju) is a gem said to belong to Zhang Yue, a prime minister of China's Tang dynasty. When he forgot something, he would hold the gem in his hand, and be able to remember everything.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 ZUN (April 22, 2015). "東方Project 第15弾です。" (in Japanese).CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Strange Creators of the Outer World: The Challenge of "Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom"
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