• Welcome to Touhou Wiki!
  • Registering is temporarily disabled. Check in our Discord server to request an account and for assistance of any kind.

Ten Desires: Difference between revisions

From Touhou Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(revised the mention to "spell practice" mode; this is a known fact now and was moved out of the "Press" section)
Line 22: Line 22:


The Trance gauge consists of 0 to 3 flames that are built up by collecting blue and gray Divine Spirits. The player begins the game with 1 flame filled, and can collect up to a max stock of 3. The player can enter Trance either by getting hit with at least 1 flame filled, or by manually activating the state when all 3 flames are filled by pressing the '''C''' button. If the player enters Trance by getting hit, they will lose a life after the Trance timer runs out. While in Trance, the player's shot is much stronger, the player is invulnerable, and divine spirits are worth more. After exiting Trance, the Trance meter will be empty.
The Trance gauge consists of 0 to 3 flames that are built up by collecting blue and gray Divine Spirits. The player begins the game with 1 flame filled, and can collect up to a max stock of 3. The player can enter Trance either by getting hit with at least 1 flame filled, or by manually activating the state when all 3 flames are filled by pressing the '''C''' button. If the player enters Trance by getting hit, they will lose a life after the Trance timer runs out. While in Trance, the player's shot is much stronger, the player is invulnerable, and divine spirits are worth more. After exiting Trance, the Trance meter will be empty.
The game also features '''Spell Practice''' mode; the only other game to have included this is ''[[Imperishable Night]]''.


==Story==
==Story==
Line 38: Line 40:


==Press==
==Press==
The game was announced by ZUN in his blog on 28th February 2011<ref name="zun_announce">{{cite web|url=http://kourindou.exblog.jp/14332117/|title={{lang|ja|東方}}Project{{lang|ja|第}}13{{lang|ja|弾 東方神霊廟 ~}} Ten Desires.|author=ZUN|date=28 February 2011|language=Japanese|accessdate=28 February 2011}}</ref>. ZUN announced the list of playable characters: [[Reimu Hakurei]],  [[Marisa Kirisame]], [[Sanae Kochiya]] and [[Youmu Konpaku]], making this the third main-entry Touhou game to feature four playable characters (the other two being ''[[Mystic Square]]'' and ''[[Imperishable Night]]''), excluding the multiplayer games. Judging from the title screen screenshot, the game will feature '''Spell Practice''' mode; the only other game to have included this is ''[[Imperishable Night]]''.
The game was announced by ZUN in his blog on 28th February 2011<ref name="zun_announce">{{cite web|url=http://kourindou.exblog.jp/14332117/|title={{lang|ja|東方}}Project{{lang|ja|第}}13{{lang|ja|弾 東方神霊廟 ~}} Ten Desires.|author=ZUN|date=28 February 2011|language=Japanese|accessdate=28 February 2011}}</ref>. ZUN announced the list of playable characters: [[Reimu Hakurei]],  [[Marisa Kirisame]], [[Sanae Kochiya]] and [[Youmu Konpaku]], making this the third main-entry Touhou game to feature four playable characters (the other two being ''[[Mystic Square]]'' and ''[[Imperishable Night]]''), excluding the multiplayer games.


The plot has been roughly described as follows: A myriad of [[divine spirit]]s suddenly appear out of nowhere. Reimu and Marisa set out to investigate, while Sanae seeks to use the godly spirits to her advantage, and Youmu intends to exterminate all the spirits that aren't under her right.
The plot has been roughly described as follows: A myriad of [[divine spirit]]s suddenly appear out of nowhere. Reimu and Marisa set out to investigate, while Sanae seeks to use the godly spirits to her advantage, and Youmu intends to exterminate all the spirits that aren't under her right.

Revision as of 01:28, 21 August 2011

東方神霊廟 (とうほうしんれいびょう)
Ten Desires
Ten Desires title screen
Developer

Team Shanghai Alice

Publisher

Team Shanghai Alice

Released

Trial 0.01a: April 15, 2011 (Web) Full: August 13, 2011 (Comiket 80)

Genre

Vertical Danmaku Shooting Game

Gameplay

Single-Player Story Mode

Platforms

Windows XP/Vista/7

Requirements

Low-class Intel Core CPU, DirectSound, VRAM 256MB, DirectX 9.0c (June 2010)

東方神霊廟 ~ Ten Desires (romanized: Touhou Shinreibyou, lit. Eastern Divine Spirit Mausoleum) is the thirteenth official game of the Touhou series. A trial version of the game was released on the web in April, and at Reitaisai 8 in May of 2011. The full game was released at Comiket 80 on August 13, 2011. [1]

Gameplay

The major additions to the basic danmaku gameplay in Ten Desires include the Divine Spirits and the Trance gauge.

Divine Spirits are released when enemies are killed, bosses are damaged, and at certain scripted events. There are 4 varieties of spirits: blue, gray, purple, and green. Blue spirits increase the value of point items collected at the top of the screen, and most importantly, fill up the trance gauge a little bit. Gray spirits behave like the yellow-outlined point items in Mountain of Faith, granting the maximum possible amount of points no matter where on the screen they are collected. Gray spirits also fill the trance gauge more than blue spirits do.

Similar to Undefined Fantastic Object, lives and bombs are gained piece by piece. Purple spirits add 1 life piece and green spirits add 1 bomb piece. Initially, the player requires 8 life pieces to gain an extra life, but this value increases by 2 or 3 for every life gained this way (8, then 10, then 12, then 15, and so on). 8 bomb pieces grants the player an additional bomb, and this amount never changes. Certain enemies drop purple and green spirits, and bosses drop 1 purple spirit and 1 green spirit after every spellcard (with the exception of their final spellcard).

The Trance gauge consists of 0 to 3 flames that are built up by collecting blue and gray Divine Spirits. The player begins the game with 1 flame filled, and can collect up to a max stock of 3. The player can enter Trance either by getting hit with at least 1 flame filled, or by manually activating the state when all 3 flames are filled by pressing the C button. If the player enters Trance by getting hit, they will lose a life after the Trance timer runs out. While in Trance, the player's shot is much stronger, the player is invulnerable, and divine spirits are worth more. After exiting Trance, the Trance meter will be empty.

The game also features Spell Practice mode; the only other game to have included this is Imperishable Night.

Story

The Story of Ten Desires takes place after the events of Undefined Fantastic Object. Divine spirits show up in Gensokyo, and our heroines are sent to investigate. They visit the Dream Palace Great Mausoleum under the Myouren Temple to find that the divine spirits flew here to witness the resurrection of a Saint, Toyosatomimi no Miko.

Music

Ten Desires contains different versions for each stage and boss theme: The normal version, heard during normal gameplay and in the Music Room, focuses primarily on the melody and harmony, and contains relatively few background voices compared to ZUN's previous compositions. Upon entering trance mode, the music switches to the second "spirit world" version (except during the final boss battle). It is recorded using a lower sampling rate (22050 Hz), and focuses primarily on the rhythm and accompanying voices. Mixes have been created utilizing both soundtracks, which produces a different sound than when listening to either track on its own.

The following is a comparison of the above using the stage 3 theme.

Press

The game was announced by ZUN in his blog on 28th February 2011[2]. ZUN announced the list of playable characters: Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Sanae Kochiya and Youmu Konpaku, making this the third main-entry Touhou game to feature four playable characters (the other two being Mystic Square and Imperishable Night), excluding the multiplayer games.

The plot has been roughly described as follows: A myriad of divine spirits suddenly appear out of nowhere. Reimu and Marisa set out to investigate, while Sanae seeks to use the godly spirits to her advantage, and Youmu intends to exterminate all the spirits that aren't under her right.

He has kept difficulty down this time and simplified the game mechanics in order to suit a wider audience. [3]

Due to the cancellation of Reitaisai 8 because of the Touhoku earthquake and tsunami and subsequent moving of the event to May 8, 2011, the demo release was postponed. The trial version was released for free download on the Internet on April 16, 2011[4]. Proceeds from those who bought the demo at the postponed event were donated to charity[5].

The full game was released August 13, 2011 at Comiket 80. A few days later, two patches were released in quick succession in order to fix bugs and a few small display issues.

References

  1. ZUN (26 July 2011). "定期的に夏は何が出るのか、神霊廟はいつ完成するのかと聞かれるので言っておきます。そりゃもう夏コミに神霊廟の完成版を出すつもりです、それ以外に何が出るというのかとw" (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 July 2011.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  2. ZUN (28 February 2011). "東方Project13弾 東方神霊廟 ~ Ten Desires" (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 February 2011.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  3. Sir Alex (1 March 2011). "Touhou 13 Announced!". Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  4. ZUN (16 April 2011). "東方神霊廟 ~ Ten Desires. 体験版" (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 April 2011.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  5. Tateito1 (25 March 2011). "どうせ二軒目ラジオたいした事言わないと思ってたら、神霊廟はWEB配布が先だった件について" (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 March 2011.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)

External Links

Official