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{{Infobox Game
 
| type          = official game
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| titleN       = {{ruby-ja|東方怪綺談|とうほうかいきだん}}
 
| titleEn      = Mystic Square
{{Infobox Touhou |
| image         = [[File:th05cover.jpg|256px|Mystic Square]]
|title       = {{lang|ja|東方怪綺談}}
| developer1   = [[Team Shanghai Alice|ZUN Soft]]
 
| publisher1   = [[Amusement Makers]]
''Mystic Square''
| publisher1Cat = Amusement Makers
|image       = [[Image:th05cover.jpg|256px|Mystic Square]]
| released     = Trial: November 21, 1998<br/>Full: December 30, 1998
|developer   = [[ZUN]]
| convention    = Comiket 55
|publisher   = [[Amusement Makers]]
| genre1       = Vertical Danmaku Shooting
|released     = Trial: November 21, 1998
| gameplay     = Single-Player Story Mode
 
| platforms     = [[PC-98]] (NEC PC-9800 / EPSON PC-486/586)
Full: December 30, 1998
| requirements = *Intel 486 66MHz
|genre       = Vertical [[Danmaku]] [[shooting game|Shooting Game]]
*2MB hard disk
|gameplay     = Single-Player Story Mode
*EGC
|platforms   = NEC PC-9800 / EPSON PC-486/586
*PC-9801-86 (FM SOUND BOARD)
|requirements = Intel 486 66MHz, 2MB hard disk, EGC, PC-9801-86 (FM SOUND BOARD), 520K RAM
*520K RAM
}}
}}
'''{{lang|ja|東方怪綺談}} ~ Mystic Square''' (romanized: ''Touhou Kaikidan'', meaning ''Fantastic Eastern Tales of Romance'') is the fifth game in the [[Touhou]] series, released for the Japanese [[PC-98]] in 1998. It is the first game in which [[Alice Margatroid]] appears and features four selectable characters - [[Reimu Hakurei]], [[Marisa Kirisame]], [[Mima]], and [[Yuka Kazami]]. As the final PC-98 Touhou game, Mystic Square's gameplay is the ''most'' similar to that of the Windows games.
{{thtitle|Touhou |Kaikidan|ruby=Bizarre Romantic Story| ~ Mystic Square|jp=東方怪綺談 ~ Mystic Square}} is the fifth game in the ''[[Touhou Project]]'', and is the last game for the Japanese [[PC-98]], released in 1998. It is the first game in which [[Alice Margatroid]] appears and features four selectable characters - [[Reimu Hakurei]], [[Marisa Kirisame]], [[Mima]], and [[Yuuka Kazami]].


As so often is the case, something is amiss within [[Gensokyo]]. A massive quantity of demons are pouring from a cave high within the mountains. Seeking the source of this invasion, [[Reimu Hakurei]] and co. must travel through ''Makai'' itself to confront the one behind the problem.
==Gameplay==
{{Main|/Gameplay|l1=Gameplay|/Strategy|l2=Strategy}}
''Mystic Square'' allows the player to select from among four unique protagonists, each hailing from one of the 2 prior [[danmaku]] [[shooting game|shooting games]] in the series. Series mainstays [[Reimu Hakurei]] and [[Marisa Kirisame]] are joined by former enemies [[Mima]] and [[Yuuka Kazami]] for a journey reaching to the depths of the Makai. ''Mystic Square'' also marks the first appearance of [[Alice Margatroid]] as an opponent, who later stages a comeback in ''[[Perfect Cherry Blossom]]''.


== Gameplay ==
Although limited by the PC-98 hardware, ''Mystic Square'' is the most refined of the PC-98 Touhou titles, and features gameplay quite similar to [[Windows]] Touhou games. It employs a variant of ''[[Lotus Land Story]]'''s Dream Bonus system, rewarding the player for taking risks (i.e. collecting point items from the top of the field area). Its rank system, however, is more lenient than ''Lotus Land Story''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s.


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==Concept==
The final Touhou [[PC-98]] game developed by [[ZUN]], ''Mystic Square'' followed its predecessor ''[[Lotus Land Story]]'' as a bullet hell-styled game. This iteration adds two more characters to the cast, but eliminates a choice of shot types for any individual character.


:''Main article: [[Mystic Square: Gameplay]]'' (includes a more detailed description of the game and information on scoring)
As the final PC-98 Touhou game, ''Mystic Square''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s gameplay bears the most resemblance to that of the [[Windows]] games.


Mystic Square allows the player to select from among four unique protagonists, each hailing from one of the 2 prior [[danmaku]] [[shooting game|shooting games]] in the series. Series mainstays [[Reimu Hakurei]] and [[Marisa Kirisame]] are joined by former enemies [[Mima]] and [[Yuka Kazami]] for a journey reaching to the depths of the Makai. Mystic Square also marks the first appearance of [[Alice Margatroid]] as an opponent, who later stages a comeback in [[Perfect Cherry Blossom]].
===Name===
The game's title is a reference to a [[Wikipedia:Mystic square|mystic square]], a specific type of magic square, which is an ''n x n'' grid with numbers 1 through n<sup>2</sup> arranged to give the grid special properties; the fact that Sara's theme is called "Magic Square" proves this.


Although limited by the PC-98 hardware, Mystic Square is the most refined of the PC-98 Touhou titles, and features gameplay quite similar to Windows Touhou games. It employs a variant of [[Lotus Land Story]]'s Dream Bonus system, rewarding the player for taking risks (i.e. collecting point items from the top of the field area). However, notwithstanding the fact that its rank system is ''far'' more lenient than [[Lotus Land Story]]'s, Mystic Square is the first game in the series to punish the player for the use of bombs.
==Story==
{{Main|/Story|l1=Story|/Translation|l2=Translation|/Characters|l3=Characters}}
Following the events of ''[[Lotus Land Story]]'', a massive quantity of demons beings to pour out of a cave, once again buried in the mountains. Seeking the source of this invasion, [[Reimu Hakurei]] and the other playable characters, [[Marisa Kirisame]], [[Mima]], and [[Yuuka Kazami]] must travel to [[Makai]] and journey to the fortress [[Pandemonium]] in order to confront the one behind the problem, [[Shinki]].


== Story ==
==Music==
{{Main|/Music|l1=Music}}
The soundtrack of ''Mystic Square'' includes 23 songs. Unlike previous games, which usually had unused songs revealed in soundtracks or ''Mystic Square''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s own music room afterwards or in Akyu's Untouched Score, this game didn't have any more music made for it.


:''Main article: [[Mystic Square: Translation]]'' (includes the translated script and the manual)
==Press==
''Mystic Square'' was developed and released in 1998 at [[:Category:Comiket 55|Comiket 55]]. It was the last [[PC-98]] Touhou game, and eventually on September 19, 2002, all the five [[PC-98]] games have officially stopped being sold, a little after ''[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]]'' was released.


For no apparent reason, large quantities of demons and [[youkai]] begin to travel from Makai, the world of demons, to [[Gensokyo]], swamping the land and leaving [[Reimu Hakurei]] with a lot of extermination to do. Frustrated, Reimu tracks the source of the invasion to "The Cave in Which the Door to Makai is Said to Be," which lies in the mountains behind the [[Hakurei Shrine]]. Reimu decides that it is her duty as a [[shrine maiden]] to root out the cause of this mess. Unbeknownst to her, [[Marisa Kirisame]] has learned of her plans and decides to follow along with the hope of discovering some unique powers to steal within Makai. Elsewhere, [[Mima]], the evil spirit of the [[Hakurei Shrine]], and [[Yuka Kazami]], the [[youkai]], decide to travel to Makai as well, although they have their own reasons for doing so.
Mystic Square's soundtrack was included on ''[[Akyu's Untouched Score vol.2]]'' at [[:Category:Comiket 71|Comiket 71]] in the winter of 2006.


Within the cave, the heroine encounters the guardian of the gateway to Makai, [[Sara]], and dispatches her with ease before beginning a high-speed flight through the boundary between worlds. Therein the heroine happens across a demon traveling in the opposite direction named [[Luize]] and crushes her as well. The heroine then arrives in Makai above a massive dark city, where she is confronted by [[Alice Margatroid]], who attacks her with the help of her living dolls. After defeating her, the heroine flies away from the city and toward a grim fortress that rises up in distance. Along the way the witches [[Yuki]] and [[Mai]] appear and attempt to impede her progress, ultimately to little effect.
==External Links==
 
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Entering the fortress Pandæmonium, the heroine soars past fantastic crystal designs while battling through legions of enemies. At the top she is met by a strange individual named [[Shinki]] who politely informs her that the demon invasion is entirely the fault of a civilian travel agency that is arranging tours of [[Gensokyo]] and that it lies outside of her jurisdiction. Before the protagonist can inquire as to the meaning of this they are interrupted by [[Yumeko]], who adamantly insists that Shinki retire so that she may dispose of their uninvited guest. After defeating the [[maid]], the protagonist meets Shinki again, who now explains that she is actually the god and creator of Makai itself. She promises to look into the tourist issue, but only after severely punishing the heroine for disrupting her realm so. This final battle is extraordinarily violent and Shinki's tremendous power leaves much of Makai in flames.
*[http://www16.big.or.jp/~zun/ Team Shanghai Alice]
 
*[http://www.kt.rim.or.jp/~aotaka/am/index.htm Amusement Makers Official Site]
At an unspecified later date, the heroine again encounters [[Alice Margatroid]], this time in a strange wonderland. Alice now possesses a large grimoire that grants her great magical powers and challenges the heroine to a rematch. After a lengthy battle and her second defeat, Alice laments her inability to defeat the heroine before fleeing with the book.
*[http://www16.big.or.jp/~zun/html/pmd.html Selection of PC-98 game music (PMD)]
 
*[http://www16.big.or.jp/~zun/html/music_old.html PC-98 Touhou music arranged for the SC-88Pro (MIDI)]
== Additional information ==
 
*[[Mystic Square: Characters]]
*[[Mystic Square: Music]]
*[[Mystic Square: Strategy]]
*[[Mystic Square: Miscellaneous]]
 
== External links ==


*[http://www16.big.or.jp/~zun/ Team Shanghai Alice]
===Unofficial===
*[http://www.kt.rim.or.jp/~aotaka/am/index.htm Amusement Makers (Former) Official Site]
*[https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,18989.0.html ZUN's MIDI files played on a real SC-88Pro, including his Mystic Square arrangements]
*[http://www16.big.or.jp/~zun/html/music_old.html Selection of PC98 Game Music (MIDI)]
*[http://www16.big.or.jp/~zun/html/pmd.html Selection of PC98 Game Music (PMD)]
*[http://snesmusic.org/hoot/v2/ Hoot] Multisound Emulator
*[http://snesmusic.org/hoot/v2/ Hoot] Multisound Emulator
*[http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=128 English scoreboard, at Maidens of the Kaleidoscope]
*[http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=128 English scoreboard, at Maidens of the Kaleidoscope]
*[http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=24685 English scoreboard, at Shmups Forum]
*[http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=24685 English scoreboard, at Shmups Forum]
*[http://www.mediafire.com/download/yxcg7mvg1lj1i6g/TouhouProjectPC-98-CompleteEnglishPatchPack100.rar, Touhou Project PC-98 Complete English Patch Pack by xJeePx]


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東方怪綺談 (とうほうかいきだん)
Mystic Square
Mystic Square
Developer

ZUN Soft

Publisher

Amusement Makers

Released

Trial: November 21, 1998
Full: December 30, 1998 (Comiket 55)

Genre

Vertical Danmaku Shooting Game

Gameplay

Single-Player Story Mode

Platforms

PC-98 (NEC PC-9800 / EPSON PC-486/586)

Requirements
  • Intel 486 66MHz
  • 2MB hard disk
  • EGC
  • PC-9801-86 (FM SOUND BOARD)
  • 520K RAM


Touhou Kaikidan(Bizarre Romantic Story) ~ Mystic Square (東方怪綺談 ~ Mystic Square) is the fifth game in the Touhou Project, and is the last game for the Japanese PC-98, released in 1998. It is the first game in which Alice Margatroid appears and features four selectable characters - Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Mima, and Yuuka Kazami.

Gameplay

Mystic Square allows the player to select from among four unique protagonists, each hailing from one of the 2 prior danmaku shooting games in the series. Series mainstays Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame are joined by former enemies Mima and Yuuka Kazami for a journey reaching to the depths of the Makai. Mystic Square also marks the first appearance of Alice Margatroid as an opponent, who later stages a comeback in Perfect Cherry Blossom.

Although limited by the PC-98 hardware, Mystic Square is the most refined of the PC-98 Touhou titles, and features gameplay quite similar to Windows Touhou games. It employs a variant of Lotus Land Story's Dream Bonus system, rewarding the player for taking risks (i.e. collecting point items from the top of the field area). Its rank system, however, is more lenient than Lotus Land Story's.

Concept

The final Touhou PC-98 game developed by ZUN, Mystic Square followed its predecessor Lotus Land Story as a bullet hell-styled game. This iteration adds two more characters to the cast, but eliminates a choice of shot types for any individual character.

As the final PC-98 Touhou game, Mystic Square's gameplay bears the most resemblance to that of the Windows games.

Name

The game's title is a reference to a mystic square, a specific type of magic square, which is an n x n grid with numbers 1 through n2 arranged to give the grid special properties; the fact that Sara's theme is called "Magic Square" proves this.

Story

Following the events of Lotus Land Story, a massive quantity of demons beings to pour out of a cave, once again buried in the mountains. Seeking the source of this invasion, Reimu Hakurei and the other playable characters, Marisa Kirisame, Mima, and Yuuka Kazami must travel to Makai and journey to the fortress Pandemonium in order to confront the one behind the problem, Shinki.

Music

The soundtrack of Mystic Square includes 23 songs. Unlike previous games, which usually had unused songs revealed in soundtracks or Mystic Square's own music room afterwards or in Akyu's Untouched Score, this game didn't have any more music made for it.

Press

Mystic Square was developed and released in 1998 at Comiket 55. It was the last PC-98 Touhou game, and eventually on September 19, 2002, all the five PC-98 games have officially stopped being sold, a little after Embodiment of Scarlet Devil was released.

Mystic Square's soundtrack was included on Akyu's Untouched Score vol.2 at Comiket 71 in the winter of 2006.

External Links

Official

Unofficial