The Passion of the PC98 (Touhou)

[@Suwawako]

🌟 Sign up to Buyee today for an exclusive 10% discount coupon code. Do it guys, they gave me free stuff 🌟 🌟 tinyurl.com/buyee-suwawako 🌟 I am very sorry for taking so long to make this one. 😭 I genuinely underesdimated the scope of this project, plus it didn't help that school began ramping up it's "stress-o-matic" meters, my laptop broke (which I use A LOT as a supplementary tool for making videos and school), and personal life issues that made me go, "uhhhhhghghghghghhgh I'm not feeling it. maybe tomorrow." Another apologizes for no subtitles -- I really need to get on this HS class or else I won't graduate. I risked too much for this video, so hopefully you understand that I'm still on the Suwawako grind, even in the background. To make up for the fact, I hope you enjoyed the lovely voice actors and cosplay segments -- they were a pain in the ol' buttocks to organize, but I think the result looks great in the end. A dirtier version of Scott the Woz if you will. I'll try and return to uploading more often, I hope I don't have to make any longer videos for a while! (...cough Touhoufest, Anime Expo, JAPAN cough) Lovely voice actors: Reimu: twitter.com/Delta_Silver64 Marisa, Alice, Ellen: twitter.com/TEMMERS0N Shinki: twitter.com/voyagethousand Yuuka, Yumeko, Yumemi: twitter.com/izayoieyes Mima: twitter.com/Khaltzane_C Gengetsu, Mugetsu: twitter.com/Austin2600 Rikako, Chiyuri, Kana: twitter.com/yue_meihui Ruukoto, Mai, Kotohime: Suwawako

[@RaikoHorikawa727]

My favorite part was when mima said "it's ghosting time" and mima'd all over the place. Truly one of the touhou games of all time

[@PortalBreaker]

This is exactly the vid I needed, making a Touhou fan manga thats hand drawn for fun. I decided to make the arcs Touhou games in order (with creative liberties and different plot points) and pc98 era is where it starts so im glad I have this source along with the Touhou wiki and some official manga lol.

[@HaikuClover]

Mima returns in Touhou 20.

[@Jamie355]

I'm holding you to that Haiku

[@sonicspeedster2684]

She might have another appearance in Touhou 64

[@Vellerize]

Mimabros...

[@OmniPsych]

Mima never left. She's in our hearts ❤

[@handledav]

hmm

[@arutezza]

1:25 gosh i need that sariel keychain shes so cute

[@chronosanaki5174]

I hope he posts a link to the artist who made it, I wanna buy one someday

[@compactmoltenhot]

Please ZUN its been 678 years! Let us have Mima in Touhou 20!

[@IlluminaZ]

She don't fit in new canon

[@BamdTheBamd]

23:58 look mom i'm on tv

[@Countier_]

real

[@JadenRockz99]

Oh it's actually a real PC-98 Touhou review. Lmao.

[@JAYDEN-HOLIC]

I personally think the PC98 era of Touhou has some of the most beautiful games I’ve ever played, the music (personally) is absolutely amazing as well as the characters that were introduced to Gensoukyou! (Yuuka my beloved). It really is sad that most of the characters never came back in the windows era. Thank you ZUN for making my favorite games of all time.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Eh, imo, all of the games are range from poor to solid but could be better (6 is on the same level as 4 and 5) But at least the art is good, the soundtracks are kinda good, and more

[@asgeer5351]

I really think about that poor Elly who is still probably waiting with no opponent to fight, but eh at least we can say her design probably inspired some windows character ?

[@JAYDEN-HOLIC]

@@asgeer5351 Possibly inspired Hong Meiling since they're both Gatekeepers, though that may be a coincidence - but LLS also seems to have inspired EoSD in a lot of ways too, so maybe she did inspire some characters from the Windows Era

[@blockeontheleafeon]

I'm just glad someone else didn't go for the low-hanging-fruit interpretation of Gengetsu that everyone jumps to in the Fandom. That just warms my heart. Also, it's good to see someone else who loves Nocti's content. She made me appreciate Gengetsu that much more as well as create some sick as hell Touhou Remixes.

[@anthipoison1951]

best suwawawako video yet

[@CamoJakIV]

I knew about the PC98 era of Touhou for a while, but had yet to look all that deep into it beyond going through TVTropes, and fanart. I did find Shinki's design to look pretty cool, and yeah, the Alice and Shinki dynamic in fanworks can be quite wholesome. Back on topic, neat to listen to the history of PC98 Touhou in one video here. Good job on it.

[@spaghettiking7312]

All I'm going to say is that Mima is best villain.

[@Kayako_suzuki_2]

A história começa com a Reimu se atingindo com a própria arma, e termina com ela derrotando o literal diabo. Que evolução.

[@KoishiKomejiDayo]

Unrelated but suwawako could destroy someone's neck w/ those thighs

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Oh no

[@KoishiKomejiDayo]

@@LavaCreeperPeople 🙂....

[@flofloflofloflor]

wtf

[@jvts8916]

Interestingly, Genji was one of the few characters whose fate was explained. ZUN stated that he retired behind the shrine. He was also brought up in 19, where Reimu heavily implied Genji passed away of natural causes.

[@Just_a_guy_who_likes_stuff]

Mima my beloved 😍

[@hux0rd]

32:31. NOCTI MENTIONED!!! Love love looove her art Style, found out about her on instagram and aaaaa. Her artstyle is so.. idk, cute and cuddly, like a warm hug!

[@melfice999]

Can't wait for the Seihou video next.

[@Austin_2600]

Amazing video man :) Thanks for letting me voice the getsu twins! See you at Touhoufest!

[@dumpanimator]

Screw talking about Elly being bad Apple What happened to mugenkan? Is Elly just lost her job because reimu destroy the mansion? Why yuuka now live on garden Wait a minute if yukka have mugenkan and orange is just Mei Ling Lotus land story is Beta eosd But no one rebuild the manshion

[@the_eevee_man6395]

The game never mentions the Mugenkan getting destroyed. Also, Yuuka doesn't live in the Garden of the Sun, she just frequents the area. Nobody knows where her home actually is (if we assume that PC98 is canon, this would make sense because the Mugenkan is not actually in Gensokyo).

[@glennianheroes1383]

im going to get murdered for this but touhou 1 through 3 are genuinely some of my favorite touhous and extra fun fact as far as i know touhou is one of the few major game series that has 90s prerenders with non-identified programs used the only other game series i know of to have this occur is the mother series: 3 main models were made in cgi for mother 1 and 2, and a few items got renders in this program as well (the 3 "main" ones are giegue's ship, the skyrunner, and the phase distorter) oh yeah, and just so you know, sonic 3 and mario rpg ARE identified, just not widely known, cause i feel people will bring these up but no yeah that 3d program is just uh. Weird discontinued and technically available on steam through not being removed from a games download

[@ivboy3300]

I think it's funny how people think the PC98 Era is noncanon to the Windoes Games despite how it's relatively common for them to sometimes reference the early entries. Even Touhou 6 makes a claim saying it the title chronologically doesn't happen too far after the previous title, meaning that if isn't saying Touhou 5 is canon, it's saying Seihou is canon to Touhou, which means, in a convoluted way, the PC98 entries are still canon. It's funny how ZUN even outright explains stuff about PC98 characters at times in interviews, yet people still believe that the first 5 entries are disconnected from the rest.

[@wotanvonedelsburg1610]

Let's see if some old characters return. As far as I know, Mima was only sealed again.

[@BinglesP]

Ever since I got into Touhou, I've been fascinated with PC-98. There's just something about it, its art style and aesthetic, the characters, and the little lore it has are all so intriguing to me. Even my primary Touhou OC is based somewhat on ShinGyoku's female form(I don't know what connection I want to give between them yet, though).

[@Nahmona_Hooves]

Mima my beloved

[@roique3809]

Excellent video, really informative, I enjoyed it!

[@Vellerize]

LETS GOOO!!!!! pc98 is PEAK. God i Love FM-Synthesis music

[@blockeontheleafeon]

Same. There's a reason I enjoy the music of the B-Side versions of Vampire Survivors' Stages or Mamorukun Curse. It's the same type of Genesis Soundfont you'd hear in a Sonic game or something. It's a really cool sound.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Instrumentation is kinda poor even for fm synthesis standards, especially 1 and 2, but 3 and 4 and 5, have solid/kinda good soundtracks, imo At least for all of the soundtracks, the composition is great

[@Vellerize]

1 and 2 are a bit janky, yeah. The jank in 1 is very much resolved in the album versions however, since the songs are p much remade. @@LavaCreeperPeople Personally I consider the PC98 soundtracks, including the Akyu Untouched scores, to be some of the best in the entire series. Literally not a single song in 5 is forgettable, imo, (just as how basically no song in 7 is forgettable).

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

@@Vellerize Oh wow Here's my tier list: S: 7 = 8 = 10 = 11 = 15 > A+: 6 = 10.5 = 14 = 14.5 = 15.5 = 17 = 17.5 = DiPP album > (a little bit) a teensy bit higher: 12 = 13 = 16 = 18 = 19 > (barely) A: 5 = 7.5 = 9 = 12.3 = 12.5 = 12.8 = 13.5 = 14.3 = 18.5 >= (slightly) B: 3 = 4 = 9.5 = 16.5 > (not by much) C: 1 = 2 D: none E: none Akyu's untouched score would all be on A-tier while touhou 5 OST Akyu would be a teensy bit higher, on my list, lol

[@kinjoko]

8:31 I didn't expect to see my boy mu021 here

[@3RDplayer]

To think that from all the games I play the PC98 games the most to this day. HRTP and MS in particular. I dont even share the same nostalgia to them as a japanese fan would. But I played the games in order beginning from the very first when I became a fan. So they have this kinda "nostalgia" attached to them I suppose. Shinki rules supreme! I really want to find out why Wily Beast tortures your mind so much? Its my favorite (most played) modern era game. I should start a drinkin game whenever you bring up smashbros in the future. "How many times is he mention this game this time!?" instantly comes to my mind when I see a new touhou video of yours popping up. haha

[@msyon.]

H R t P Touhou 1 "Game time."

[@rowster__]

really enjoyed this video, was fun to watch. crazy to think how far ZUN has come now I look forward to Wily Beast and Weakest Creature LOL

[@vepply]

ngl i started with all the pc98 games at 1st because i basically played them like grayfruit did and his touhou vids were basically my 1st introduction to touhou/ the touhou games

[@mcv1v4ld19]

Yumemi is my favorite character, I love how silly is her introduction, and how strong she actually is, and strawberry crises is one of the best ost from Touhou, pc98 is a really fun generation, I like all the games in this generation

[@superbocky9891]

The dialogues in old touhou are even more unhinged but the music feels more melancholic/bittersweet its really a weird but interesting mix. I love the old touhou theme songs ☯

[@yuemeihui]

Hey! Pleasure to voice Chiyuri, Rikako, and Kana!

[@Suwawako]

:)

[@kosagasprited5613]

Touhou pc 98 games should be remade or reimagined at this rate…

[@Outertale_Enjoyer]

This really Is a Touhou pc98

[@ISmokedFishI]

13:36 The fast-tapping for rapid fire in SoEW actually is an intended mechanic and not just an exploit (it's explained in the game's manual). My guess for as to why ZUN decided to include this is that it's a mechanic also found in Darius Gaiden, one of ZUN's favorite old games, which generally had a lot of influence on him when creating Touhou.

[@Jadanbr]

17:20 hey, wasnt i who told you brazil has a crazy import tax

[@Nicius-]

Make a WR in a Speedrun is very like make a good scientific article, it's important and only a small quantity of people will see the process, but when you finish, a lot of people will quote, it's cool.

[@KirbyComment]

Miler's MS 202m hasn't been WR for a year. It's now 203m. The LLS score bit didn't really need to be there if it doesn't talk about what makes the run truly unique (extend cancels and avoiding graze). The two bosses in a row isn't that special and you never see the infamous timeout phases in a scorerun. The score bug in PoDD has been encountered for the second time by Lorenzo during a Lunatic Kotohime scorerun... ironically 5 days after this video being published. Also Chiyuri/Marisa not being able to use Charge Attacks while bombing and hypering is wrong. They can use Charge Attacks while bombing and every character can't use a Charge Attack during a hyper so that's not even a bug to begin with. I think SoEW, while barebones and not as well refined, I still appreciate for what it is since it is ZUN's first real shmup game and I can see there being real love and passion put into it. I mean he made a scoring guide for game on Normal Mode. I believe he estimated you can go up to 19 million on Normal. The reason why HRtP is so empty on the survival side of things is because of how unexplored the game is and there is the reality that (among the other PC-98 games), the Japanese pretty much don't touch it at all for cultural reasons surrounding emulation and piracy. Kind of an L video mainly because of what's in th3-5 - script could've used proofreading.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

0:48 wth that mima picture at the bottom 18:43 - 18:46, 34:48 - 34:42 BEST MUSIC EVER :D 22:21 Bruh 30:35 same, i think it's cringe, imo 32:14 eh, bad apple remix overrated, imo 34:10 Lol 34:21, 34:53 What is this busted music 35:54 mega man sound effect 40:44 D: 43:14 Alright, fair. True

[@shinki5361]

The Pc-98 era will always have a special place in my heart

[@mikubrot]

I find it interesting that the first 3 games were technically all slightly different genres

[@dogethedoge25]

that's really cute reimu on the thumbnail

[@doop4wow540]

I've read all the comments and not one mentioned the miku and teto plush so here you go to the people who noticed

[@singularbear8656]

I was bored and recently gave a chance to the pc-98 era of Touhou, fearing it might not have aged well. Mystic square was the first i played and caused me a great first impression.

[@Momijitheawoo]

I love pc-98 I even love it so much I’ll play it on my phone sometimes

[@Xxsoda_drinker_pro_fanxX]

In Touhou LostWord there’s one scene that shows Reimu and Marisa’s PC98 designs. (I think it’s at the end of the first chapter of the Hifuu mode) (Except they changed Marisa’s hair :/)

[@Satori-KomeijiHa]

Ah yes the PC 98 era Touhou...the only touhou games i played

[@slimjimoil93]

I implore you to try out the windows games

[@Satori-KomeijiHa]

@@slimjimoil93 Maybe I'll try it out lmao. Maybe I'll start with either Touhou 6 or 7...but i really wanna play Touhou 15.5 ngl

[@slimjimoil93]

@@Satori-KomeijiHa Yeah 6-8 are great choices. Pc98 touhou is way harder so you could probably blitz through those 3 in under a week. And you really can't go wrong with any of the fighting games. 12.3 is my personal favorite but again it's all up to you

[@Satori-KomeijiHa]

@@slimjimoil93 12.3 eh? Seem good to try ngl.

[@yokaipinata1416]

​@slimjimoil93 I loved your use of the word "implore", it's quite emphatic. In any case: Welcome to our world. This is exactly how we PC-98 enjoyers feel when met with fans who refuse to look at/acknowledge the beginnings of our beloved series. ❤️

[@JonathanKanelis]

The Rikako hyper glitch is actually rather fair because she doesn’t keep her invincibility, only the modified shot type. It also makes it so that she can’t shoot anymore so she needs to get in melee range to point blank enemies.

[@MukyuMyonNyanMimi]

"HRtP is a game which you'll really love or really hate." It's average, too hard (in the bad way) to love, not bad enough to hate. "If you're going to play Touhou two, make sure to play something better." Basically just, "Don't play this game.".

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Imo: 1- mid 2- poor 3- mid 4- okay/solid/alright 5- okay/solid/alright 6- okay/solid/alright

[@asgeer5351]

for Soew : Smash button attack to kill boss in 30 seconds, the weakest part of the game is clearly stage 2-3, the ending is pretty cool

[@FumoShortz]

Another Banger video Oomfie ᗜˬᗜ

[@izzymosley1970]

I guess you could say touhou 6 is when junya became ZUN.

[@The_Storm_That_Is_Approaching]

Currently playing Touhou 1. Still can't 1cc the Makai route. Fuckin Sariel

[@awkwurdtalke-gamesandgamer8236]

Random thought in my head: “You just got no-diff’d by a lvl 7 shrine maiden.”

[@QuakeGamerROTMG]

I don't think I'll ever understand the slander against 3 and 9. They're damn fun and I'd love to play against friends.

[@ProjectMirai64]

Nice video!

[@Beepers559]

To be honest, I’ll always wish for kikuri, yuugenmagan, and sariel to came a come back

[@Zeta235-U]

17:21 what do you mean if you are crazy karai

[@jariu9612]

Getting to 5 years and WBaWC still getting hit with strays for no reason lmao

[@MysticalLala]

The comment about 10% is a lot for a remilia figure was a straight jab at me wasnt it? I know what youre doing and it wont work! lol Also Wily Beast and Weakest Creature is one of my favorite games so imma get on u for the slander of my fav game LMAO

[@Suwawako]

Oof my trick almost worked

[@DarwishZulkifli]

2:34 nice angry birds clock

[@stolengoodsforme]

Good stuff

[@qweertii]

49 minutes???? oho time to eat

[@nadavvvv]

Ain't no way he didn't mention gengetsu timeout

[@NovaDelta]

Im sorry but you cant say that the Story of Eastern Wonderland's soundtrack is mostly terrible thats illegal

[@yokaipinata1416]

Sad you didn't talk about SoEW Extra (I mean, this _is_ the game that introduced Extra Stages to the series, so wasn't that worth the slightest of mentions?) but nice work otherwise. ❤️

[@cyberangel2787]

43:22 MOM, I'M ON TV!

[@yohhh6715]

Splatoon mentioned let's go

[@mennanaelkant7324]

"y..yu...you killed my sister.. good she was a menace anyway"

[@gugalaxy7772]

Good video

[@tungsten_core]

i honestly think touhou 5 is overall better than 6

[@blockeontheleafeon]

PC-98 Alice is superior to her Windows Counterpart due to the music associated with her as well as her being an Extra Stage Boss.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Both okay games. Not truly good, but passable, imo, like 4

[@swagmessiah666]

MIMACHAMA!!!!

[@CalderTF2]

th3 was the first one I beat

[@Wobuffet3]

meira isn't gay, she's just bad at wording her thoughts. she's a carbon copy of schezo from puyo puyo, who is always saying gay stuff on accident. that whole game itself is just one big puyo reference lol

[@Bloodshot_Eyes2]

can somebody tell me the name of the background song in 34:33

[@Austin_2600]

Senbonzakura - Hatsune Miku Probably a music box arrangement

[@marceloluis195]

17:22 BRAZIL METION CARALHO Sim eu vou gastar todo o meu dinheiro em fumo e figures de touhou como adivinhou?

[@MariMotomatsu]

BRAZIL MENTIONED 💪💪🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@RadicalCluster]

karmanations!

[@jordanjackson6151]

What was that at 18:57?

[@LancerinCompany]

Just here to say 666 likes, someone call Sariel!

[@thechild900]

crack

[@abd-animation-22]

Nopeلا

[@praise_kek340]

my introduction to touhou was hentai and not a nice one at that.

[@gdgohan460]

:)

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

All mid/poor games except 4 and 5, imo

[@GilgameshofBabylon]

At least we have a playable Mima in a sidegame. A gachagame sure, but it looks cute. Even if she's just possessing someone.