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Phantasmagoria of Flower View

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東方花映塚
Phantasmagoria of Flower View
Phantasmagoria of Flower View
Developer

Team Shanghai Alice

Publisher

Team Shanghai Alice

Released

2005

Genre

Competitive Vertical danmaku shooting game

Gameplay

Single-player Story Mode, Human vs. Human Match (Shared screen, LAN, Online), Human vs. Computer AI Match, Computer AI vs. Computer AI Match

Platforms

Windows 2000/XP

Requirements

Pentium 800MHz, 505MB hard disk, Direct3D, DirectX 8, VRAM 32M, DirectSound, 128MB RAM

Phantasmagoria of Flower View (東方花映塚, pronounced Touhou Kaeidzuka, meaning Flower View Mound) is a danmaku vertical-scrolling shooter, and is the ninth official game in the Touhou series. It is rather unlike most of the previous Touhou games released so far in that it's a VS type game, where two equally matched characters fight head to head. In this regard, the game most resembles the Touhou game Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream for the PC-98, and Twinkle Star Sprites for the Neo Geo/Dreamcast.

This game takes place in the mystical oriental land of Gensokyo, as usual. Spring has arrived, but something seems to be wrong. Flowers are blooming and the fairies are becoming active as usual, but the sheer number of flowers and fairies are completely unnatural; even non-spring flowers are blooming. Playing as one of 16 characters, you must battle your way through 9 difficult encounters to Muendzuka to uncover the truth behind this abnormal spring.

Gameplay

Main article: Phantasmagoria of Flower View: Gameplay (includes a more detailed description of the game and information on scoring)

Phantasmagoria of Flower View is considered to be a competitive vertical danmaku shooting game, in which two characters engage in moderate-to-heavy danmaku gameplay within individual and separate play areas (aka. split-screen). Upon meeting certain conditions, players are able to unleash a variety of character-specific Spell Attacks upon their opponents in an attempt to whittle down their remaining health points, in a manner not unlike a VS. puzzle game such as Puyo Puyo.

In Story Mode, the player will face 9 increasingly intelligent AI opponents, each more capable than the last. Phantasmagoria of Flower View also features a Match Play Mode in which the player may face off against individual AI opponents or compete against other human players, as well as observe AI vs. AI matches. With the netplay patch, multiplayer is also possible through LAN or over the Internet, although it has proven to be unstable, at best.

Story

Main article: Phantasmagoria of Flower View: Translation (includes the translated script)

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Additional information

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