>>1658 It might happen sooner than you think. I don't know how his liver survived 17 games. Maybe he already died and turned into a buddha or an oni.

>>1658 I'd sooner expect ZUN calling it quits after running out of ideas or because everyone has turned into secondaries and does not even play the main series anymore.

>>1667 Isn’t that the reality for quite some time? I’d wager most doujin musicians haven’t touched the game at all.

>>1667 >>1677 If certain Hololive and vtuber still often stream the games from time to time I think it's safe to assume people are still playing the games. Also, didn't WBaWC has the fastest sold out record during first Comiket release in history of 2hu games?

>>1632 Danmaku but in full 3D VR

>>1701 I can foresee the returns on that one.

>>1702 With teleportation controls

>fairy wars >cirno freeze chain power >shot the spoilers >aya snaps away bullets power pick a character, what's her power?

>>1823 >Seiran >can cause her bullets to appear from the opposing side of the screen ("shooting bullets from another dimension") >OR: Can repel a wave of danmaku with a swing over mallet (not destroy it, since that's Youmu's thingie). >Shimmy >can shrink bullets (low power) or herself (high power) >Mayoumi >can create a rotating circle of haniwa decoys. Each haniwa absorbs one potential hit before being destroyed.

>>1823 >Seija >using various items related to other characters because she stole them >Sumireko >Aya but with her magic tablet + teleport gimmick

>>1829 >Seija More like >You pichuun if your hitbox doesn't touch a bullet for a full second.

>>1823 >Eika >can turn danmaku into stones and stack them on top of one another when pressing a button while grazing what you want to use for the stack >stack does continuous damage to whatever overlaps it, but will be knocked down if your hitbox passes through it without focused movement >can set up multiple stacks at one time >stacks have strong dps compared to your weak normal shots so you're encouraged to stack as much as you can

>>1632 Ok, listen. Your character has 3-4 stances (shot types) that you switch between in flight, with your character having a different pose for each of them. The danmaku patterns are much more complicated than in current games, but each stance is immune to parts of it.

>>1893 >stances Like martial arts stances?

>>1894 God i wish Meiling gets into a proper fight and not a danmaku one. Unfortunately, almost everyone has the power of flight so her powelevel could never catch up.

>>1632 You are playing as a main boss. You have different spellcards you can unlock in the shop and have to fight against waves upon waves of main characters trying to stop you! Like touhou tower defense, kinda.

>>2199 >almost everyone has the power of flight so her powelevel could never catch up How do you fucking imagine her fight in EoSD? Chad Reimu flying overhead while she's running around at the gate, shouting to stop right there, chucking stones, and barely struggling to catch up on foot?

>>2199 Also, just play soku.

>>2199 She can shoot danmaku and chi balls. She's just not very strong in that aspect and based on her spellcards/moves you can assume most of her danmaku are comparatively short-ranged.

>>2204 Also, she can fly just fine

>>2204 IIRC she's just not very good with danmaku at all, because actual, physical fighting is more of her thing. If she didn't have to stick to spellcard rules, it wouldn't surprise if Meiling would tear someone's arm off without too much effort.

>>2209 Where do you recall that from? It's a common notion, but I don't think it's officially mentioned.

>>2209 >>2215 She was doing fine in shoot the bullet. Level 5 is pretty good.

>>2216 I love how her attacks have more rainbow in them than the Seven Colored Magician.

>>2217 That's because her colors are on her dolls and she's autistic so her attacks are colour coded.

>>2215 Mistake on my part. I thought Akyuu described her as such, but she simply notes that Meiling, while being very good at martial arts, doesn't have many youkai-like powers. Interestingly, Akyuu also notes that other youkai around the mansion might also come to Meiling's aid when she is attack - something normally rare when they rather would watch from the sidelines. Although these could just be meant to to be SDM fairies, rather than random youkai from the Misty lake.

how would a music shmup work?

>>2239 Audio analysis generated danmaku ? Like audiosurf with tons of bullets.

>>2240 or maybe like 140 but with autoscrolling and pew-pewing instead of platforming.

>>2202 Pretty much, yeah. I mean, Marisa broke into the mansion god knows how many times this way. >>2203 Too bad it was all a dream

>>2239 Ever heard of Beat Hazard?

>>2239 play Ikusaaaaaaan

>>2239 Similar to Raiko's boss fight I would think, having the bullet patterns based on the beats of the music. Add the Prismriver and Tsukumo Sisters into the fray, perhaps have your shot types be based on a musical instrument that's affected by the background music, and it would be an interesting .5 game.

>>2246 Quite a trip to see a monster gatekeeper that depends on the flesh and fear of humans dreaming of being an actual heroine.

>>2399 Is a farmer evil because he slaughters his livestock? Besides, Meiling canonically is such a nice person that other youkai would come to her aid during a fight - while they normally just watch and laugh from the sidelines. Meiling is a good girl.

>>2410 A farmer won't starve if the cattle is not stressed. Still, my wondering is less about if Mei Ling is evil or not but more about if she, or any other Youkai, can truly wish to be not a villain to humans.