Touhou: The Early Years 

the average touhou fan don't know its a game

we call them "secondaries" fyi

so true

​@polinskitom2277 the games?

Thats me youre talking about

You described it perfectly

More like modern anthropology

It’s like we’re going back to the past, to play some shitty games that suck ass perhaps

To be fair, while these games are a bit "out of the way", their association with the Touhou series pretty much guarantees nobody will forget them. The third, fourth and fifth games even have bit of a fanbase, considering.

@@FamilyTeamGaming Eeeeh, I mean, old games just don't get talked all that much after their time in the sun on release already passed. Specially when the games are on languages not widely available to the western world and more obscure software that usually has less robust emulators like something like the NES. When I played Evo Search for Eden for the pc98 I had to some manual fiddling to get the game to work and every time there's some little hurdles that say what you can do these days, of buying an old game in gog or steam or a virtual console you're losing bits of people who might be interested, but not interested enough to put the effort to fiddle with sometimes quite fiddly emulators. While the pc98 games are more known because of their association with windows Touhou, I'd say it's fair to call them obscure because the barrier of entry for the average schmuck to get interested enough to play them is quite high compared to like, just finding a download of EoSD or buying the games on steam, as I'm sure there's a large contigent of Touhou fans themselves who aren't aware of these games aside from them existing if it wasn't because the series still counts them for the numbering and surface level info that is available on the various Touhou wikis.

I mean I would take the risk, world damnation versus saving $20/month on body care

that's pretty standard for the rest of the series

@@Mordecrox Nawww, I would rather choose World damnation over $20 per month, for body care

play Touhou

Ages are very much a non-factor in Touhou because it is whatever Zun wants it to be. Sumireko still does not drink, even tho she should be an adult by now.(Unless it is a stated thing that Doppelgängers don't age)

@@lpfan4491 Drinking age is 20 in Japan, so even adults can't drink for a little while and Sumireko ain't THAT old. She's like 18 max.

@@mousysaint9143 She was like 15 when she entered the series and more than 5 years passed since then.

the l0li-looking characters are kinda umcomfortable, but other than that, i like playing Touhou

@@lpfan4491 wow

Dude same.

It's GrAYFRUIT. Of course he'd do it in order.

ikr, last thing id expect is him starting with touhou 1

​@@testhekid ikr? The majority of people believe that Touhou 6 is the first one

@@ironmaster6496 me included, lol

Toby breaks accent. I mean, he’s trying his best.

@@SlyHikari03 I'm sure that takes more effort than just staying in the accent.

@@sansprobus7209 yeah… I mean.. You never know with Toby..

induru games

Yep the prawwjekk

I feel like Dan from Gamegrumps is another example

I mean it depends on the game with Joel.

same that's my favorite line in the series

he completely missed it in the original stream

i was searching the comments to find someone talking about how unhinged yuuka was in the pc98 games and lo and behold i found someone with a matasoup yuuka pfp

heyo matasoup yuuka is hot as fu- i mean uh is based af

​@@steepslopesmm2Mine is "Dog meat"

but she might be telling the truth as her sister does actually have a really powerful ability. So both Scarlet sisters having busted powers would make sense. The probable reason why Remilia never uses her ability is it would most likely be considered "cheating" in a danmaku battle

i hear you, but consider: it's funnier if she just straight up lies about it

@@FlippinEgg damn brat, tricking an adult lying about your power, mesugaki vampire correction 💢💢💢😭😭

@@lyrebird5982 disgusting...

Meanwhile Flandre who definitly has the power to kill and just won't because she lives the basement neet-life:

neat

What about PoDD Lunatic NO MISS NO BOMB 1CC videos?

@@thedropperofdroppedItems you are still allowed to die

livid, why

​@@commenteroftruth9790because touhou sucks

@@BorfieKai u smel

​@@BorfieKaiL + Worship Hakurei

Hello fellow Dunkey fan

@@skeetsmcgrew3282 Dunkey?

@@skeetsmcgrew3282 Dunkey!?

Drama Monday ?!

Threehee

Holy shit. I’m not the only one that noticed that.

Even their names have similar energy to them

It's def not the same, but the first few notes are similar

Oh, I know it as "Time Will Tell"

Actually, he said it correctly; Touhou Project's official name doesn't use the japanese word for project (whichever it is), it actually uses "project" even in its original language. Moreover, this is weirdly common in Japan; Smash Bros in japanese still uses english terms too, such as "Game Set!" instead of simply "Game!" in english.

The bullets are eye candy for viewers, a hellish labyrinth for players. Both perspectives are enjoyable!

Either the YT algorithm or you're actually not that interested to search the gameplay

I guess I should formally welcome you to touhou! I hope you enjoy your stay☺ ps: don't forget to bomb

@@femboylover1 Or charge/trance/glitch-exploit, if available

well i mean, they are arguably non-canon even tho thats still debatable, and they are pretty easy compared to the later games more intense bullet patterns

@@Sleepy_Kitsune You say that its pretty easy but I legit wanted to rip out my fucking skin on Touhou 2's extra stage

@@DiscoPope i meant as compared to later games, bullet hells are always a challenge in general

It's also because out of the 5 games, One of them is HRtP, which isn't even bullet hell, so most people ignore it on principle, The next is, SoEW, which close to nobody likes, Then PoDD, which.... Has a very small but dedicated fanbase but I'm really not entirely convinced many care outside of it care about it that much, And then finally you get LLS and MS which are alright games, but still not many would play it because of the accessibility of even playing them to begin with, on top of the fact people might not necessarily care for how the design of the series still needed many layers of polish even that late on.

The saddest thing is that it has arguably the best villains of the series: Yumemi, Shinki and obviously Mima. And i mean actual villains not misguided or literal antagonist (they're still great characters nonetheless, just not evil)

well, that lore is only established in the Window era. In the PC-98 one however, it's the fucking free-for-all hellscape no-rule-allowed kind of bullshit there.

fix the typo before its too late.

>nonlethal Definitely not in the PC98 games buddy, they shoot to kill in those games

as @residentfacehead3465 says, the typo needs to be fixed @strikermodel since that is a not nice parody name of Undertale. I can't say more ok? Just know that typo is unfortunate.

It's too late... 💀

dont worry, he played the bad ones.

@@gremlinman9724 💀

I have never seen someone type 2hu and that's amazing.

The two-hoo thing is ironic, right? Like, I cant tell whether or not people know it isn't pronounced that way

That's the gate to Makai, the demon world

Don't forget houhou and souhou!

And that it, itself, has good music

He’s mentioned the series offhandedly on occasion in VODs, so I did figure he’d get to the Touhou games eventually; but somehow seeing him play them still feels strange… excited to see what he thinks of the windows-era games, though, and if he’ll try any of the spin-offs/fighting games and such. Probably not, but you never know.

Good old engrish.

although i have to say, i think this might take a bit longer than metal slug or street fighter

Nah, they're still up there if you know where to look. Some people even went the effort to get the actual PC-98 series computer.

They argubly should have been, really. Touhou 1 and 2 in particular barely sold and they are the least popular of these games. Under the same circumstances, many other games would have become lost media, they got lucky.

Greetings fellow gungeon fan

Idk what that has to to do with anything but I'm so proud of you Flaherty

@@moxy1296 It doesn't because I know nothing pertinent to the video's topic Also thanks I will water them every day :D

Dimension of Reverie from 4 is highkey a top tier Touhou song as well

MICHAEL IS COMING

I still plan to continue making fan edits! I've made a couple since the King's Field video, the main reason there hasn't been more is just because I have a lot to do at the moment and less time to do them in.

Cap or real?

@@lpfan4491 second thing on Itch if you search for "Touhou", somehow.

Wowza

Also amazing to see ZUN's art style completely change as the century turns. Touhou 5's is all dark, sharp, vibrant, and 90's anime style; Touhou 6's is soft with whites and pastels, almost looking like watercolor to an extent.

3 is like that too. It's worth noting that certain characters have attacks that confuse the AI and can score "unplanned" hits, though, which can end fights prematurely. In this game, those are Reimu's yin-yang orbs, Rikako's gears and Yumemi's crosses.

there's no way we just watched the same video

while i agree on the whole style thing and it aging well (enough), that is still a game i would absolutely not touch with a 10ft pole. out of respect.

​@@18themxxn_ It has aged about as well as a NES game, which can be either a compliment or a roast depending on which NES game we compare it to. All things considered, I too would say it has aged well; not exceptionally so, but it's still perfectly enjoyable nowdays.

Yukkuris?

Hey man, take it easy!

Its not decapitated, its just a head, the same way a smiley face isn't a decapitated head

Well, the numbering is a dead giveaway, it's like Team Fortress 2

Zun:"Fans should translate the games, I know I couldn't." Also Zun:"Fans are not allowed to upload the endings online, even in textform."(Which is required for fantranslations) Fans:*Hurt in confusion*

@@lpfan4491 To be fair, uploading a translation patch isn't quite the same as uploading the endings online, since you still have to beat the game to watch them.

Is it Koakuma?

@@fhornmichaelmac Gonna say yes

@@buff00n3ry you're probably thinking of Momiji. Yeah she's crazy popular for a character with 0 relevance and barely an official look, but she's not "second most popular", that's a bit hyperbolic.

Also the patterns just keep getting more and more interesting