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==Canonicity of Windows and PC-98==
==Canonicity of Windows and PC-98==
[[File:ZUN playing Mystic Square.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[ZUN]] playing the fifth Touhou game ''[[Mystic Square]]''.]]
[[File:ZUN playing Mystic Square.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[ZUN]] playing the fifth Touhou game ''[[Mystic Square]]''.]]
The connection between the [[PC-98]] era and the [[Windows]] era is a hot topic in the Touhou fanbase. In the english fanbase, the term "PC-98" refers to the first 5 games of the ''[[Touhou Project]]'', whilst "Windows" refers to any official material (i.e. games, CDs & print works) created after the sixth Touhou game (''[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]]''). Though the PC-98 games were created by ZUN, he has stated that ''[[Highly Responsive to Prayers]]'' was simply a "study project",<ref name="MU talkshow DoT">[[Meiji University talkshow "Dawn of Touhou"]]</ref> and the PC-98 era can be considered derivative works,<ref name="ZUN's E-mails">[[ZUN's E-mails]]</ref> which can be skipped.<ref name="GBB3">[[ZUN's reply to messages on the former Gensou Bulletin Board 3]]</ref>
The connection between the [[PC-98]] era and the [[Windows]] era is a hot topic in the Touhou fanbase. In the english fanbase, the term "PC-98" refers to the first 5 games of the ''[[Touhou Project]]'', whilst "Windows" refers to any official material (i.e. games, CDs & print works) created after the sixth Touhou game (''[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]]''). Though the PC-98 games were created by ZUN, he has stated that ''[[Highly Responsive to Prayers]]'' was simply a "study project",<ref name="MU talkshow DoT">[[Meiji University talkshow "Dawn of Touhou"]]</ref> that one can just think that EoSD began from a clean state, starting a new series,<ref name="GBB2">[[ZUN's reply to messages on the former Gensou Bulletin Board 2]]</ref> and that he generally has noting to say about the PC-98 era, which can be ignored as one would do with derivative works.<ref name="ZUN's E-mails">[[ZUN's E-mails]]</ref>


===Is there an actual connection, then?===
===Is there an actual connection, then?===
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