東方覚醒珠 ~ Fan-made Virtual Autography || Marisa Lunatic No Bomb (Continuous Play)

Here it is guys! Fresh new fangame Touhou Fan-made Virtual Autography has arrived - aka STG game with a flavor of JRPG. I must admit they did epic job combining Map Orb game with danmaku. How epic? Well, you'll see by yourself. Really awesome work.
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[ STORY ]
Map Orb Game, a game that gained immense popularity in Gensokyo at the end of the year. It's a game where players capture fairies with dichromatic balls name "Map Orb" and use them to fight over territories for their factions.
Map Orbs can be obtained from marked spots all over the Gensokyo. Because of their wide distribution and rising popularity, humans are starting to step in the depths of the mountains, and youkai are intruding villages non-stop just to get the orbs.
As the situation escalated, three humans have readied themselves to deal with it:
A shrine maiden whose responsibility is to maintain the order of Gensokyo.
A magician who simply wants to study unknown games.
And... a high school girl who knows better than anyone about starting incidents that spread balls.
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[ OVERVIEW ]
東方覚醒珠（※二次創作） ～ Fan-made Virtual Autography is a recent Touhou fangame, released 20 March, 2021. It combines bullet hell genre with JRPG as you see above. All the details I'm gonna describe below.
The game consists of six stages across four difficulties, along with Extra stage.
What should be noted is that each of stages can be played separately (in contrast to usual STG), and you will reach the ending sequence as well, thus completing the game.
I guess this is the intended way to play it.
Of course you are able to play all six stages at once too - this is the harder way since the difficulty in FMVA is a bit higher than in typical Touhou.
This is how I made this run, fairly speaking.
Apart from Reimu and Marisa, we can choose Sumireko as the player, which to be fair is quite strong if you can sustain unfocused shot.
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[ MECHANICS ]
Besides usual bullet hell, there's also the "JRPG" side of the game. Instead of normal lives, you have HP bar. Your character is equipped with orb containing fairies that play a major role here.
Before a run you can select fairies to your team. Each of them has a special ability which will affect either the player or fairies themselves. Rated from 1 to 5 stars, they will vary by added HP, damage dealt, health effect from heart items and better/worse extra effect, like smaller hitbox, faster speed, bigger grazing radius and so on.
Once in a while you'll encounter a few mobile-game-like automatic "Party Battle" on each stage. Then, the faries will attack the ones you encountered, attacking first. Depending on their performance, you'll take more or less damage. Once HP reaches 0, it's a Game Over.
HP can be recovered by heart items dropped by enemies and grazing bullets, which replenish a lil' bit of it.
You can charge fairies by collecting white and red orbs. Collecting enough of them gives them power for the next encounter. Additionally, every X levels you'll be able to use a bomb, depending on a fairy unit chosen. Each of them can hold a bomb at a time.
Bombing effect can be stacked. If you hold Bomb button while having more than one fairy ready, the power of bomb will be much greater.
Unfortunately enough, if you like scoring, then the game probably isn't for you. There isn't any score counter nor graze indicator. Yet, this wasn't the goal of FMVA - it had to be a mix of two different worlds, which is genuinely awesome.
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[ FINAL THOUGHTS ]
Fairly speaking (pun not intended.), it is a really brilliant game. For certain, a unique take on danmaku genre and how well one can mix some other genre into it.
Despite the fact one can easily beat the game with countless hits but with OP fairies (which isn't quite balanced...), I can definitely recommend this game to anyone wanting something different that usual bullet hell dodging :)
0:00 - Prologue
3:13 - Stage 1
5:04 - Stage 1 Boss - Mimi Kuroudo
6:17 - Stage 2
8:35 - Stage 2 Boss - Shounen Hiraga
10:08 - Stage 3
13:24 - Stage 3 Boss - Yukari Yakumo
16:06 - Stage 4
20:04 - Stage 4 Boss - Sasuta no Izuhime
22:41 - Stage 5
26:15 - Stage 5 Boss - Mariko Sengakuji
28:59 - Final Stage
32:12 - Final Boss - Otomo no Kazuha
38:01 - True Last Spellcard
39:29 - Ending & Credits
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[@Chivi-chivik]

This game is weird, but it works, I really like it. It's fun how failing here depends on the RPG battle and not on you getting hit. Tbh, I think that they could've perfectly added a score count, even if that's not the focus of the game, but oh well, I still like the game anyway, it's very original.

[@thefriendlymimikyu8627]

FYI: the two crows seen in stage 3 are Yukari's Familiars, Zenki and Goki (if you knew that, cool, i was just telling the people who didn't know)

[@sandrab6335]

They're in stage 4. They were stage 3 bosses.

[@wagnersimoes6222]

bro i never know that yukari have familiars

[@haifafarras8540]

They're canon? I thought they're just in ctc

[@Nn.65juk]

​@@haifafarras8540they are real...

[@hidingbox9074]

Pokemon Touhou? This looks awesome! Most likely will purchase it while its currently on sale

[@CDJAM-webm]

holy shi???? pokemon in my touhou??!??!!?!?!?

[@Kuma_Akayami]

@@CDJAM-webm yes .-.

[@AzuRemilia]

Probably my new favourite fangame - the bosses are all very creative both in design and in personality, the patterns are unique (especially love Mariko's) and the music just tops it all off. The Last Word theme is the most hype theme I ever heard

[@CDJAM-webm]

so true

[@luckluster]

Looks good and thanks for sharing it with English speaking audience, this game definitely went under a lot of people's radar due to pretty different genre merging and not being free outside of demo. Cannot wait for you to play Extra stage, since it's probably my favorite part of the game, both music, aesthetic and gameplay wise.

[@abysslector4188]

33:08 Border Of Life For a sec. Last Stage Gives me Touhou 7 Last Stage vibe tho especially the Last word

[@SackyBalls444]

Beautiful patterns in this game. I like the concept, but it's just bizarre that dying has zero negative effect as long as your fairies win the battle (which is all too easy to set up). I feel like deaths should at least take SOME HP away, but that's just me.

[@torqueandrikotoone]

I have a theory as to why there is no HP loss. In a simple bullet hell, HP loss is inevitable, but in a bullet hell, You're goal is to make sure you don't get hit. Also, the character you play as and the fairies are in 2 different planes of existence, just as a video game would. So getting hit by a bullet, it wouldn't cause you to lose HP but power up the morale of the opponents units, giving them a extra attack. This is more accurate when you realize that it is doing the same on your end by dropping items to power up your units, which gives them a extra attack when you collect enough. Also, the reason that the all the opponents units instantly get a extra attack when you die is because they are more experienced than you. They already have the correct fairies to magnetize any black attack item toward them, as well as the abilities of those fairies being maxed out due to the previous battles they went through. You have no idea of how to level up the abilities of your fairies because they never explained how to do so. (Besides, No location based game which has been currently released has both a casual and competitive side to them)

[@okguy167]

As one who played the game, you'd be surprised how hard it is to actually eliminate every enemy. Even if one survives, 5 hits does a ton of damage, and unless you set up a team like Creepy did here, there's no way you can take out a full squad. Especially since you have to clear stage 5 to even have a chance at getting that red one...

[@AzuRemilia]

Ok, that last word sequence always gives me goosebumps. Amazing how much just music can do

[@CDJAM-webm]

Ikr

[@MathyOld]

wait i just realized its a *pokemon go reference*

[@Youhadabadday2021]

I love how the first boss is for once not some generic semi-related small fry, but some rando who got invested in the incident that knows the ins and outs of the incident's mechanics and is willing to teach our protagonists how to play.

[@tivien]

Stage 4 be like ✨Ha✨

[@Hizumi9922]

This is a really interesting Game. I really love these Patterns and the idea behind it. It seems 2021 would be a awesome year! i look forward to more games.

[@minaly22]

Everything felt fresh and creative! What an amazing fangame.

[@abysslector4188]

39:35 Mariko "Wow you got a lot of books here" If only if Mariko said "Where'd you get this books from" Marisa : "I steal it from Scarlet Devil Mansion Library" *Flashback* (Patchouli : GIVE IT BACK YOU PITYHEAD OR I'LL TELL THE YAMA)

[@steeltalon937]

Even with 3 fairies only about damage you still managed to fail some party battles. Seems rough.

[@loafofchihuahua]

The patterns in this game are amazing! What kind of math goes on in those spell cards

[@moodu.m.a1888]

I was waiting to see someone play this

[@iceing11]

I love this game's tracks so much!

[@Ice-yp4wg]

I noticed Mariko was homing near the player during the dialogue. Is she trying to do a Wriggle Kick?

[@davidlewis6728]

yes, but i think it is also meant to show her personality. imagine someone constantly talking over you whilst getting in your face, monologuing about how interesting your philosophy is. it's befitting of someone who spends all their time obsessively reading and archiving poetry in a tomb all the time like it's their life's purpose, right? that's at least my interpretation of her characterization.

[@Ice-yp4wg]

@@davidlewis6728 imagine getting pichun-ed in the middle of the dialogue tho

[@Ice-yp4wg]

@@davidlewis6728 but yea, that's actually one way to express a character

[@davidlewis6728]

@@Ice-yp4wg ya, lol. i would say its clever in a game and characterization sense, but really detracts from actually focusing on the dialog, and kind of feels like a cheap way to lose a life.

[@Ice-yp4wg]

@@davidlewis6728 good thing there isn't really a life system in the game that depends on whether or not you get hit

[@syomituu_]

The full version looks cool overall!! I wanted to listen to the OST of the game, but unfortunately no one did it... Edit: nvm someone did it anyways

[@luckluster]

Someone uploaded it few days ago, just search for the title of the game.

[@syomituu_]

@@luckluster oh yeah, I did that like 3 days ago and there it is, the OST of the whole game

[@sparktwochristopher7240]

I'm still waiting for someone to make a friggin wiki page for it

[@CDJAM-webm]

@@sparktwochristopher7240 same here

[@change9197]

33:08 Sounds Familiar

[@lenzho4687]

Yuyu?

[@change9197]

@@lenzho4687 yep

[@bigmama828]

The stage 5 boss has me dying with laughter

[@dotumantaraye]

these boss introductions are my life i can't-

[@ProsaicMedusa1942]

i like how they follow the beats in 29:00

[@blanctree]

The fairy make the beat

[@CDJAM-webm]

touhou fanmade virtual autography is just a rhythm rpg bullet hell shoot 'em up awsum

[@Rafly9016]

Touhou and Pokemon reference that's a good crossover game I like it

[@-ArdhaniChandra]

What actually determine how high your fairies Attack? Not the Number of attack the fairies are

[@korohacker]

Each of the fairies have a HP, ATK and Heal power stat. You can see them at the Edit Party menu, or before you start any stage. These fairies are also categorized by their star ratings, from 1 star to 5 stars. Kinda like Housamo, you can only have one fairy of 4 stars and above in your team, forcing you to strategize and rely on your skills as well

[@Se--Se]

Did anyone else notice the strange shadow Izuhime turns into in her last spellcard?

[@Se--Se]

@Kohaku_Sato328 is that supposed to represent something?

[@MrMohamedAhmed730]

It’s seems Touhou Gameplay then is awesome I think Purchase with a lot of Games

[@childofgod759]

got this game on my switch lol now i can play touhou in bed

[@youdonotcare]

How do you get red Kerria fairies I have one and I have no idea how I got it

[@okguy167]

Kaleidoscape.... I wonder if it would be better to time it out above the auto-collect line. Like, the whole thing, due to how many items the boss is letting go. Edit: those items aren't auto-collectable. You're better off doing as Creepy did here.

[@Lucy_LostWord]

Wow

[@anonymuz796]

Fake Byakuren looks funny

[@korohacker]

I really wish I could love this game more, because it's such a novel and interesting concept, but something just isn't there somehow. That factor that makes most Touhou games and fangames enjoyable; it's vexing. I mentioned it in their Steam page, but when even The Shattered Sky feels more fun than this game, then something must be off, probably with myself. Also huh, seems there's not much difference in bullet density between Easy and Lunatic, probably due to how the danmaku moves. That would explain my difficulty in clearing Stage 6

[@CirnoSt]

Ta potente

[@CDJAM-webm]

38:14 RANDOM BULLSHIT GOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[@kirimusse]

This thing is now in the Switch eShop, what the hell.

[@Kuma_Akayami]

Pokemon in touhou . _ .

[@OkOk-ht6gr]

I like

[@Lucy_LostWord]

ringside

[@OkOk-ht6gr]

@@Lucy_LostWord you wanna get banned?

[@Lucy_LostWord]

@@OkOk-ht6gr what

[@crestvortex]

What script did you use for

[@donkeydiddler]

It even looks similar to zun's artstyle

[@kirimusse]

Len'en 4 BPoHC, but it actually is Touhou.

[@minepose98]

Even down to how you can just facetank things and be fine

[@misery_shun]

@@minepose98 Bruv Truer words cannot be said

[@thinglet2478]

What’s a waka

[@Hizumi9922]

Japanese poem. :3

[@thinglet2478]

@@Hizumi9922 Thanks Yuuka

[@mehmetoruch]

I see a Nazi Symbol

[@RubyRubyRabbit]

This used to be a symbol of good luck before n4z1 stole it. Watch the video "Why This Symbol Appears In Japanese Video Games"

[@celchi7548]

21:48 Biden's america

[@BingleintheBangle]

Didn't get it at first. Then I saw the spell name xD Good one

[@celchi7548]

@@BingleintheBangle yeah the translation of this game is a bit wack but how did this happen lol

[@karlbjorn1831]

Wow