Month: May 2017

Touhou, if you have not run into it before, is an underground cultural phenomena of bullet hell shooters and fighting games, made by the one-man team “Team Shanghai Alice”. Recently, the team has announced the release of a new fighting game “Touhou 15.5 Antinomy of Common Flowers”–and a demo dropped for the game on the 7th. Well, sort of.

For those wanting to try the game, the only legal means to obtain it would be with 200 yen at Reitaisai, a yearly Touhou festival in Japan. As for what we know of the game itself, it’s going to be at least a 20-character roster with it’s own twist on a tag/assist mechanic. Sanae & Koa Gaming has put together this demonstration of combos for the character Marisa, and from it we can see the game has characters floating permanently in the air. Those hoping for a return to the more grounded style of Immaterial and Missing Power, arguably the series’ most well-known fighter, may be disappointed. For the rest, though, this weird fusion of Marvel‘s tag system and Astra Super Stars‘ floating may be just what they are looking for.

Sources: Sanae & Koa Gaming; AoCF official blog