/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Sanae has changed.

>>8315070
Gross.

>>8315113
at least no cowboy boots.

This game is so buggy. I ran into the Yuyuko bug and another bug after I beat a certain boss and pressed f12 to restart once I had saved in the shrine. It kept putting me back in another area before the boss was dead but it wouldn't let me beat him again so I was stuck and had to reload one of my backup saves.

Finally got started. Youmu is the best.

>>8315326
how many characters does this have anyway?

>>8315364
I think it has almost every Touhou as a useable character. If she's not a direct playable character, she can probably act as a shikigami.

>>8315364
Probably around 20 masters that can use shikigami and over 100 shikigami for the masters to use. It's hard to tell the exact amount right now since people just started playing.

I forgot to mention a new patch is up.

1.02 patch
http://www.gensoukyou.org/category/update/

Looks fun downloading now.

Quick question is keyboard/mouse okay for this or should I setup a control pad?

Does the game ever stop giving you full heals when you exit combat?

So far it has been pretty much hold Z to win.

How long will it take for an english translation?

>>8315627
Pretty much this, this game is too easy with this feature.

>>8315763

It took almost two years for GoS to be translated, so I guess we'll have to wait.

>>8315373
every touhou up to th12. there are no TD characters because of time limitations during development.

Here is the latest 1.02 patch on megaupload.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8VINP03E

Come on game did you have to put a full mana heal right next to the boss. Stop being so kind to me.

what's the difference between the 1.02 and 1.02x patch they have on their website?

>>8315913
did you play Genius of Sappheiros? That full healing circle doesn't make this game babby easy. This is not a roguelike or something.

Wow, I haven't even finished the first game. Anyone care to link me to the download?

>>8315865
>201 MB updates a day after release
never change Strawberry Bose

>>8315973
Nevermind, answered my own question.

The 1.02 patch is to go from 1.01 to 1.02
the 1.02x patch goes from 1.00 to 1.02

>>8315841
What about my bones?

>>8315041
does it have shitty fancharacters?
i hope it has shitty fancharacters again

>>8315974

Well, they said this game was gonna be relatively easier than GoS was. But yeah, after battle healing and healing circles were part of GoS as well.

>>8316121
Do the games have level scaling and can you grind for xps?

While we're talking about Strawberry Bose games... GoS seems to be crashing all the time at the Yuyuko cutscenes, I just beat her and it crashed in the cutscene after it, so, yeah. I didn't seem to find anything through Google, nothing seems to help.

>>8316166
compability set to Windows 95 or XP?

>>8316180
95

is this game similar to GoS where its strategy and not grinding to higher lvs so you can just brute force the boss?

>>8316186
weird. With 95 and japanese system locale I barely ever have a crash.

Good god, what did they do to the graphics? Judging from the screen shots, they lost ALL their charm.

I can't open some chests because I don't have a code. I hope someone puts one up soon.

eh, her Last Word used to look more spectacular.

That fairy looks somewhat familiar.

>>8316232

The game looks alot better in the proper resolution. Personally I think it looks a ton better than GoS.

>>8316900
speaking of resoution, it's just as mysterious as it was in GoS. How do I make the fullscreen turn into something else than an upscale?

Is Satori Playable?

>>8316936
You just can't with these games.

is that seriously his name?

>>8317029

Enjoying it so far, got to the end of the countdown on Reimu route before stopping for a bit.

More original villians, did anyone get their names? From what I got:

Middle (with wings and scythe)- Kuroi Guripa
Left (looks like a jiang shi?)- Sha Jurii/Durii
Right (kinda looks like Nazrin)- Shijyuukara Otoha

Rough translations based on what I knew, any corrections would help.

>>8317029
Bwahahaha. I wonder what the translator (if it's translated at all) will do with that.

So apparently I cannot read.

oh my god what is this
The game is pretty cool, even though so far it feels like a dumbed down GoS for me, without the whole growth system I love so much. Also, Reimu has a shovel and the shikigami system is interesting, and the original characters don't look bad, but why the hell are there demons everywhere stop being demon fetishists strawberry bose
By the way, did anyone else use the 1.02x patch and end up with the title bar still saying 1.01? I tried to use the normal 1.01 -> 1.02 patch after seeing that, but it didn't work, so I supposed I'm already fully patched.

>>8318652
I had the same experience. I patched from 1.01 to 1.02 using the 1.02 patch and it still says 1.01.
A friend of mine patched from 1.00 using 1.02x and it still says 1.01.
In both cases, the patcher comes back saying it's already been patched, so I'm guessing you're good to go.

>>8317029

bwahahahahahahahaha
This is gonna be funny in english.

>>8318686
Gensokyo has been invaded by Negros.
Are you a bad enough shrine maiden to stop them?

Crashing upon startup. Using applocale.

How are you guys running it?

I forgot how dangerous these birds can be. It petrified 4 of my party members.

melon books code: 17533502

I never did finish the first game. Lost my motivation just after Iku.

>>8319041
Animate: 36110517
melon books: 17533502
white canvas: 60045016

>>8319450
So, do those give you shikigami based on those stores? I used the Melon Books one and found an original character with the four elemental bolts from GoS not too far away from the Hakurei Shrine. It's weird, because she didn't look at all like >>8319041.

Also, oh my god you can warp using the map. TECHNOLOGY! It's a pity that I still have no idea where to go. I did some part of the area with the music from Fairy Wars, but didn't find anything in it other than a hook spot. Oh well, time to try somewhere else.

>>8319752
You will find her in a chest later just like you found that other original character. The one you found is just a normal one everyone else gets.

is china playable this time or just as support?

>>8319778
One of the main characters this time. You can play from her POV instead of Reimu.

>>8319787
oh damn I want to play now. can she shoot rainbows? is cirno playable again too? I never got her in gos so I was never able to find out if she could use a watermelon sword like in that one doujin.

Alright, several questions
1) What does this say? My guess that is has something to do with skills leveling up, does it have anything to do with learning new skills?
2) Do main party characters learn anything beside physical attacks or magic is exclusive to familiars?
3) At what point is it possible to get other starting characters (Reimu\Byakuren\Hong\Yukari)?

>>8319857
1 means weapon ability level up, no idea on the other two. Still, because you can get levels on magical elements, I suppose you can eventually learn some elemental skill, unless shikigami attacks count for that as well.

Oh god what the fuck is wrong with that Cirno.

>>8319817
>can she shoot rainbows?
Only on her Last Word, it seems, and even that doesn't deal much damage.
>is cirno playable again too?
No idea, but Sunny is. In GoS you only get her in the post game, and there is a watermelon sword she can equip, but I haven't gotten enough materials to make it already.

How do I traverse these?

>>8319857
You don't learn magic skills only Shikigami can learn magic. Your spells get stonger as your mastery goes up.

I started to get other starting characters soon after those orginal characters showed up.

>>8319885
I found her in a chest, maybe she has spoiled a bit.

>>8319900
you can get a hookshot in the second land mass.

>>8319905
so marisa can't use her personal spells like illusion laser or magic napalm?

>>8319939
Nope, only last words.

>>8319944
damn who thought that was a good idea?

2 more codes from the aqua/hachi booth
79777712
44245421

How long does it takes me to Kourindo? I played as Reimu main and just after the world break event.

>>8320158
I just walked out then back in and he showed up.

I equipped Yukari with a sword... she has no sprite for it.

lolwut

Jesus, Yuuka goes batshit insane if you silence her, spamming 100+ damage attacks left and right and attacking twice a turn. Don't do that again, Nitori.
Also, apparently you can only use one code, or one code at a time (if you can even find more of those chests). I suppose it's like that because I went to that location everyone seemed to be getting the Melon Books shikigami and got some white-haired girl instead. Anyway, they don't really give many stats and might only have a few skills, so it's not a huge loss.

>>8321090
I use the melon books code for the increase to item drops. It's at +2% so far. It has really low stats though.

It seems that if you change the code from the title, the shikigami you redeemed in your saves will change with it. Meaning you can technically freely switch between shikigamis, no idea if they lose their levels though.

oh my, OUT made a comeback! Very calm this time.
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16575024

Compare the GoS version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJyYZJ-aLoo

>>8318701
the game crashes with applocale, no exceptions.

change your windows system locale to Japanese.

I found this suppository.

Can someone tell me where the hookshot upgrade is? I have the hook itself, but there are wider gaps that are unreachable, I guess I need to get something, but I have no idea where it is.

>>8329021
Last dungeon, just keep on going and you will eventually get it.

>>8329040
You mean the tower at the third landmass?

>>8329069
It's a giant tower that opens up after you've beaten the 3 other towers bosses.

>>8329082
Thanks man, seems like I have a loooong way to go.

well, I still need to beat the final boss... fun grind.

>>8329699
of GoS I mean.

>>8316977
;_;

>>8331722
You're joking, right!?

Wait, when did GoS get translated? I can't find any link to a patch.

These games always have the shortest opening cutscenes

>>8322496
A diffrent version also shows up later during the later boss fights. At least it sounds like it, I'm not really sure.

>>8331905
Mokou tripdude recently made about 12 GoS threads .

http://www.mediafire.com/?a8c1by6btaid7
http://www.mediafire.com/?c1cityso8bcs9ki

on a different note, the pre expansion final boss is suffering...

Anymore discovered codes?

Why are some of Marisa's moves greyed out? The message says "You are unable to use different weapons" but I don't understand why that would matter. I tried equipping different weapons but it doesn't make a difference, they are still greyed out.

Also, is there a way to illuminate caves?

>>8338421
Huh, nevermind misread that. Apparently, which ever weapon you have equipped affects what moves you can and cannot use.

>>8337938
美人司書 70479406

Thanks.

>>8339897
Another,
15871188 ： 東方タッグの霊夢（まんだらけ）

much appreciated

>>8342092
People have really been posting the codes today, here's another one.
あきばお～こく
式神：（あ）
コード：56369790

I love this game.

there is no more Satori learning anymore, right? I'm still playing GoS and this mechanic HAS REDUCED ME TO A GIBBERING MAN-APE WHOSE ONLY RESORT TO DEALING WITH THE ALMIGHTY loving GRIEF IT'S BESTOWED UPON ME IS TO SCREAM AND HURT MYSELF.
>phoenix in stage 21 can't be charmed/controlled
well thanks a lot 2.06

>>8343338
There's a patch that greatly boosts the learning chance for nearly everything somewhere on Pooshlmer, try it out if you don't mind cheating a bit (I admit that this Learning system is fucking annoying, though, so using the patch is pretty much justified).

As for this game, once you get Satori, you can recruit enemies as shikigami, who have most of their skills. You can even recruit the HDs this time. Also, contrarily to what everyone thought earlier on, you don't need to have her equipped to recruit enemies.

>>8342854
虎のあな 11345966
D袋（D-STAGE） 98766115

How the hell am I supposed to progress through the Chaos World 1st stratum as Reimu? Do I head for the lake first, or the cave, or the desert? There's so many places to go, I've no idea what to do first. And the walkthrough on Touhouwiki won't help because I'm the faggot who's supposed to be writing it, and is doing a terrible job at it because I have the memory of a goldfish, and can't remember shit .

>>8335916
Do these download links immediately get me GoS latest version (2.06 or something) + English all in one?

>>8343973

Yes. Though the english patch link is more recent than the one already applied to the game.

saving from script kids
also, the GoS final boss is still driving me insane. I just spent 2 hours... losing against the first phase.

Patch 1.04 is out, Suika and Yuugi were added and the lowest platform in a cave in a desert, where stairs go down.
Also Yukari's sword problem was fixed.

>>8346759
Yuuka sure seems buff. Is she a tank or something?

>>8346051
I just got back into GoS myself after having forgotten about it for some time until I saw this thread. Where I left off was the beginning of stage 15 so it will be some time before I try out this sequel which should let it hammer out some of the bugs first at least. Genji and the crab girl were easy enough even with the fact I don't bother leveling for the most part.

Going to take on stage 18 now with characters around level 41-45. I'm however at a loss at what to do with my last meteorite. I crafted Youmu's tier 5 katana(Stop effect) and Aya's tier 5 fan(I crafted it since I didn't have any other fans or the tiered mats to craft the lower tier one. Didn't even end up using her Favorable Wind ability for the Genji battle which was the only reason I crafted it in the first place). I'm considering the broom, 2H sword, and gun currently. Does anybody else here have any thoughts on what I should get?

>>8346759
is cirno support only or can you use her as a main character?

>>8347716
No, you can ONLY equip her as a Shinigami.

>>8347763
>having the strongest touhou as a mere shinigami.

Hows this shit work. I have two patches here and my came is crashing. Should I not install the exe patch and just install the rar patch supplied by the mediafire link?

Do you get the same characters in your party as you progress in the same order no matter which character you chose to start with?

>>8343371
93584553 ： ゆっくり妹紅（GAMERS）

>>8347777
>lol fahny meme xDDDD
>who are you quoting?
>who am I quoting?
FUCKING GAMESTOP

>>8348366
Shut the FUCK up, you insufferable faggot.

Can someone who has applied the 1.04 patch upload their game directory files? I'm having trouble applying any patch past 1.01. I've tried reinstalling, using the 1.01>1.02>1.03>1.04, and I've tried using the 1.00>1.04x patches. I keep getting this:
>[エラー] 旧バージョンのファイルのオープンに失敗しました.
>差分ファイルの適用中にエラーが発生しました.
>作業途中のファイルを元に戻しています...
>作業途中のファイルを元に戻しました.
which means that there apparently is a diff error.

Using Japanese system locale; installing 1.00 from the original installer works fine, running the game works fine, updating to 1.01 works fine. Just can't update beyond 1.01.

>>8347763
dammit now china is playable but not cirno. I'll never be able to assemble an advent cirno party.

Remember that thing they said about a fan character? Well, she's in.

http://www.gensoukyou.org/2011/12/09/char01/
>母なる大地のお食事処】
>Mother Earth's Restaurant
>錦　小瑠璃(にしきこるり)
>Nishiki Koruri

>Family: Youkai

>[Power of food preparation]
>A cooking style able to prepare even unknown ingredients at a glance. >Additionally, she knows the most effective ways of using cooking utensils (inclusive of items other than cookware).

>[Spellcard draft]
>Breakfast: "Mr Sun Sunny-side-up"
>Cooking: "Banquet Delight Hana-yori-dango"
>Delivery: "Peerless Place-of-Residence Funeral"
>Food Sign: "The god of food's divine spirit"

Food danmaku, none of that Neko Scarlet bullshit. I love these guys.

>>8346759
They've always been there, actually, you needed to have beaten the the towers.
>>8347327
Best VIT growth in the game, and quite a bit of POT as well. So yeah, pretty much.
>>8347910
You can eventually get everyone, but most of them are only available after you beat the three towers. The other three starters require you to go halfway through the final tower as well.

http://www.mediafire.com/?4c0tqdn55aj08o2
http://www.mediafire.com/?sdwnc2v9sfdt1ly
http://www.mediafire.com/?4tt2tml6oi856zk
http://www.mediafire.com/?m5wi1490xt2wc80
http://www.mediafire.com/?59ium25g2bzflga
http://www.mediafire.com/?zyl8gb8tnd68ykz

Everything but the save/game application. You already have those.

Can someone translate these? Would be greatly appreciated.

紫編…第二層で「特製十六夜ブレンド 8号」を入手後、紅魔館に出現するレミリアに話しかけイベント後加入

白蓮編･･･1層迷いの竹林で加入

Apparently these are the conditions for Remilia and Mokou on Yukari route.

Is potential as useless as it was in GoS?

>>8315113
Shut the fuck up and grow a pair of balls you little cunt.

>>8349398
Wha-oh, what a rude little butthole.

>>8348081
72925835 ： 式神ミク

>>8349362
Yukari route - second floor, after getting the special Izayoi blend n. 8, speak with Remilia in the Scarlet Devil Mansion and she'll join after the event
Byakuren route - joins on first floor of the Bamboo Forest of the Lost

>>8349461
Thanks, appreciated.

>>8349461
>>8349475
That blend can be found where Hatate is, going to Underworld from Sunflower Field, you'll need a hook for that.

>>8347562
AT ALL COSTS save some rusty blades and Iron for tier 6 Katana, Doujigiri Yasutsuna. Otherwise the final boss will be almost impossible. 33 Divine Barrier, anyone?

For anyone that cares, switching out a code for code shikigami does not make a shikigami lose their levels and progress. It is retained.

I got to the (possible) final part of the last dungeon after fleeing from every battle because of bullshit enemies, then I remember the amount of bullshit in GoS's final dungeon, and I think my interest in this game died.
It's still pretty good, though. The shikigami system is interesting (equipment that levels up with you and gives you skills!), exploring the world is cool and it is indeed easier than GoS, but that thing about shikigamis being nearly everything is too much of a change from the usual RPG things I'm used to. Not that it's bad, I enjoyed it a lot, but it's a bit hard to get used to. For me because i am retard thank you.
It would be nice if their next game combined the good things form this game with the good things from GoS, while adding even more new thing (or things from Romancing SaGa apparently), and the amazing sprites from it as well. The art for this game is very nice and the monster sprites are really good, but the player sprites are pretty derpy.
opinions

are there any Mind Flayers in DoD?

>>8352630
Haven't seen any yet, but there are new monsters that make those Mind Flayer shits seem like child's play.

>>8352634
the single scariest enemy in GoS was Hein. Barrier Change, what the fuck does it even do? Creepy fuckers.
Then again, he's probably less of a problem than anything in the stages after that. Some Guys in Stage 21 won't even let you get away.

>>8352630
Yes, in the second tower and the final part of the final dungeon. Considering how much weaker the RES buff in this game is, I'm seriously scared of going up that last one.
>>8352651
That move makes him highly resistant to every element but one, which he becomes extremely weak to. And how do you find out which one it is? Satori, or trial and error. Awesome! Oh, ran into him along with a huge party while looking for Marisa's quest fairy? Too bad!

>>8347562 here.
Stage 18 of GoS is kicking my ass. However I've gotten two of the tier 6 mats now. I also still have that meteorite I haven't used.

Any recommendations on what I should craft first?

>>8353755 here again.
I've gotten through Lakebed Temple and looted it of all its treasure. I however avoided a lot of enemies while teamswitch juking so I'm underleveled as hell. Characters range from 42 to 45 and I get bonus experience from everything.

I am now grinding for Hyper Fang Crusher. This seems like it's going to be quite the long experience since it takes a while for Kagami to even use it. Well at least she's pretty easy to kill.

I just have to learn the skill, beat Kagami, and then lose to the next fight to have the skill learned, right?

>>8353755 here again.
I've gotten through Lakebed Temple and looted it of all its treasure. I however avoided a lot of enemies while teamswitch juking so I'm underleveled as hell. Characters range from 42 to 46 and I get bonus experience from everything.

I am now grinding for Hyper Fang Crusher. This seems like it's going to be quite the long experience since it takes a while for Kagami to even use it. Well at least she's pretty easy to kill.

I just have to learn the skill, beat Kagami, and then lose to the next fight to have the skill learned, right?

This is infuriating. Last battle Kagami did 4 hyper fang crushes and didn't manage to hit Satori. I had to restart since Alice was running out of MP.

>>8355316
>I just have to learn the skill, beat Kagami, and then lose to the next fight to have the skill learned, right?
I don't understand, Kagami is the last of the three maids.
Also, why would you bother with fucking Hyper Fang Crush. Completionist?

I tried this game, It was a big disappointing. Just another grindy rpg. Also everything one shots my toons. Its really irritating.

>>8355839
This game is hard. It's not the type if game you can just mash A through. Grinding is not the answer, strategy is.
Grinding and over-leveling is not necessary, and the leveling system discouraged over leveling anyway.

>>8355831
Because it's missable. So yes, completionism. The Maid are fought in the order of the teams entering their respective doors. If you Team C enters first you fight Kagami first.

STAR PLATINUM GET
Dude's amazing, his passive ability gives your character a 50% chance to act twice in a turn (which works for skills and even LWs), and at level 36 or so that chance goes up to 75%. Worth all the time I spent trying to get him. ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA

>>8355852
I found DoD to be not even nearly as grindy as lategame GoS, actually. You can do fine just mashing normal attacks for most of the game, except on bosses and some harder encounters that are a bit harder, and you might only need to grind a bit before going up the last part of the final dungeon (mainly to get your new character a few levels).

So I'm only now getting around to GoS.
I'm in dungeon three and fighting Okuu and Orin. How the fuck do I survive Okuu nuking me on the second turn?

>>8356482
Tank it with Alice or use some spell to make her weak.
I believe Byakuren debuff works on her.

>>8356482
kill Orin first, she can rez Okuu.
Carefully drain Okuu's life until she has one third left, then nuke the shit out of her with one/all of these
- Fantasy Heaven
- Private Square
- Sanae's 3-commander bomb

if you feel that you can't avoid the nuke due to not dealing enough damage in one turn, activate Nitori's 3-commander bomb. It should prevent the Megaflare.

>>8356500
>>8356527

Turns out I was doing so much damage in the first turn she immediately used megaflare in the second. Thanks bros.

>>8355935
Oh wait, looks like they just put out a patch today to nerf him. Sadness.

>>8358110
That's exactly what happened, his passive skill changed from giving a chance to double attack to raising the chance for multihit moves to hit more times, and giving them a chance to hit one more time too. A different kind of ORAORAORA and not as fun as before, but not ALL that bad... I guess.

The way it sounds like you guys are clearing this game so fast and in Japanese makes it seem like this game is easier than GoS.

Is this true? And if so how much easier is it?

>>8358660
I honestly don't find it easier. There are many more annoying gimmicks and cheap tricks that the enemy monsters have where they make you useless for 10 turns in a row, or just flat out kill your entire team in one shot, no matter what level your Touhous are on. I'm not really all that far, but I'm still enjoying the game. Making really slow progress. As for the fact that it is in Japanese, that is not much of a problem.

>>8355757
>Not fighting Rainbow loli maid with just three characters.

I won that fight by a hair, though.

Satori is the best.

>>8359247
I figure I could do it with just Alice, Satori, and Byakuren pretty easily. I'm not trying to beat all three maids right now, just trying to learn Hyper Fang Crush.

>>8359247
Fighting the blowfish with just Mokou and Sakuya was superior, even though I had to reset quite a few times to avoid being poisoned to death on the first turn.
>>8358660
I found it a lot easier, even with just normal attacks and hardly ever using my MP I was dealing enough damage to everything to not die too often. Bosses just required a bit more of MP usage. Not sure what >>8358690 is really up to, unless he chose a team where everyone is physically weak - but I don't think there's something like that, I gave everyone a try and even though some teams like Byakuren's are really annoying at first (4 blunt weapon users! Hope you like the intro slimes!), things should be more manageable after that part.
Also, Meiling team is best team.

out of the three maids, Chihiro is easily the most assholish. Even with cheesing when Sakuya was still broken, look how close it can get. Fucking tentacle rape.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phDtc3q2WCw

>>8359535

>>8358690 here,
I started with Yukarin's team. I thought I was grinding enough until I got to Yuuka. Every attempt to beat her, I just get her health to about 50% before she manages to kill me. What levels were you when you defeated Yuuka? Having more trouble than usual here.

The graphics for the new game look fucking terrible, especially after GoS.

>>8359574
Don't forget to use DEF buffs and healing.

>>8359574
Yuuka...Yuuka! Wrong way, wrong way!

My game is only patched to 1.02, has anyone found the other two? 1.03 and 1.04?

>>8359660
Ever tried to look at the website?
http://www.gensoukyou.org/category/update/

>>8359627
Finally managed to beat her. I should have been using physical attacks more than relying on my Shikigami. Now, time to grind until she reaches the levels with the other Touhous.

its like i am playing romancing saga

>>8359700
what's that, I only know Final Fantasy lol

>Going through Palace of the Earth Spirits in GoS
>Doing fine, managing to beat the Mind Flayers fine now
>Go through about an hour with no shortcuts to open or magic circles
>Battle with huge lizard thing, Mind Flayer, and spider thing
>Mind Flayer survives with a tiny fraction of his health in the first turn and then paralyses everyone
>Lizard attacks twice every turn and wipes out my party
>2 pages of items lost

FUCK EVERYTHING. I'd prefer proper save points and game overs to this bullshit any day.

>>8359829
See, I just run from anything that seems like it poses a chance of killing me. That and I also run back to the entrance a lot to save what I find.

Why are the attacks DoD all physical, other than the Shikigami attacks? Some of the special moves use some MP, but it's all still dependent on the weapon you have. Are Last Word cards are the only usable cards in the game? Like for example, where are Marisa's lasers, Reimu's needles, etc? Or is unlocked when you get to a certain level? I feel like I'm missing something.

>>8359931
I find that confusing as well. I've heard that only Shikigami can used magical attacks, which leads me to believe that It's best to have an all-physical team.

Then again, the Shikigami's magic attack is still used by the main character controlling them.

So you can't use any of Marisa/Reimu's spells, but you can use a Shikigami's magic and use them as a medium.

>>8359829
What I do is run back to the overworld every time I find a backtracking shortcut. It doesn't even take a minute and saves me a lot of grief.

>>8359952
Aww, that's sort of disappointing, but thanks for clearing it up. I thought I was missing something. But there is still a pretty large assortment of Shikigami, so it's not too bad.

>>8359962
Backtracking shortcuts however are always near the end of the stage as far as I can tell. So by that point you're dangerously full on items.

>>8360042
Unless you skip ahead and find the Circle First, Then go around looking for items with the save circle as a sort of "base".

>>8360042
Not really, they're all over the place. Especially in the palace of earth spirits.

Regarding the Devil of Decline game, how to I choose a different starter? It's stuck on Reimu, and I keep trying to switch it out. Have I not unlocked the others yet? I might just be pressing the wrong buttons, and it has gotten EXTREMELY annoying having to sit through that introduction five times.

>>8360059

There's several in there, but there's one point where you go for a long time without any shortcuts opening up. The whole "dungeon" area.

>>8360067
Try changing your key binds? I think you have to hit L1 or R1 to change starters. If you just start with a character, I think you can just skip the intro by pressing Start.

>>8360067
That shouldn't be happening. After the cutscene, you get to chose which character you want. Reimu, Byakuren, Yukarin or Meirin. After you chose your character and begin the game, you cannot change your main character.

>>8360097
Oh, the basement? Yeah, that's a straight shot, but you wouldn't get two pages of items from that.

>>8360103
It's still on the default, so A and S for L1 and L2.
D and F for R1 and R2. Nothing's happening though, it just stays on Reimu's portrait.

>>8360108

Yeah, the bad part is that I'd gotten really lucky with enemy item drops. Picked up more stuff in that basement than the entire game so far.

>>8360138
If I ever get a lucky streak like that, or even one rare drop, I turn around immediately. It's not worth the risk.

>>8360138
>>8360150
Same, ever since I lost two stat accessories from dying I turn around after every single enemy drop. Even it it's just a mat.

guys, hold me.
I'm going to transmute 12 bamboo&others into 12 iron and make me a goddamn Kusanagi. (still struggling with the GoS final boss)

>>8355935

And then they nerf Star Platinum the next day.

Great isn't it? Of course you can never update and thus never nerf him.

>>8362764
Youmu's sword is better than the Kusanagi for the final boss, at least because her Katana growth tree is amazing.

Someone on Pooshlmer posted the OST.
http://www.mediafire.com/?9ob99kocc3mc252

Does anyone know how to learn Mass Heal and that other AOE Heal on Satori on GoS? I can't tell if I should use Charm or Control.

When I control them the mass heal option doesn't show up. Do I just try my luck with Control? Or keep using charm?

>>8366285

Control doesn't always give you the move you want, you have to charm.

Does anyone know where to get the Launch Earrings II? They give +30 to Induction.

After a few days of trying to learn hyper fang crush I just decided to say fuck it and install the increased Satori learning patch. It's a bitch even getting Kagami to use the damn skill.

Where exactly do I get a hook in DoD?

>>8366828
Share that patch.
I havent been playing GoS since I hit Lake Temple because of Kagami retarded learning rate.

>>8366841
http://www.mediafire.com/?4to9cg1bcs7l8pk
Just replace game.pak with it.

I gotta admit, this is quite original.

YES! FINALLY!

First hyper fang crush with the patch and I got it. Although it did take about half an hour before Satori actually got hit by one.

>>8366955
Pretty much every monster from GoS is back with these new and prettier graphics.
If only the player graphics were as good.

>>8366840
When you arrive at the second level, just make your way north to Muenzuka somehow. The hookshot and an event item should be the only things in there.
As for the extended hookshot, it can be found in the last dungeon, just before fighting Tenshi if I'm not mistaken.

>>8365977
I HAVE BOTH

>>8368651
FUCK YES DOUBLE THE FIREPOWER
GOOD LUCK ANON BECAUSE YOU WILL NEED IT THAT BITCH IS FUCKING ANNOYING

>>8366861
Thanks, but do I still need all 25 points into her learning tree?

What exactly does the patch do?

>>8369016
Raises any skill below 20% learning rate by 5% base learning rate from what I remember meaning a 1% skill becomes something like 6% which then becomes 18% with maxed learning.

>>8369016
>Anything with a learn rate under 20% has been increased by at least 5%. That might not seem like much but with the learning tree the former 1% skills are now 15% boosted. Most skills are around 10% to 15% now and are thus 30% to 45% percent with maxed learning. Considering how often Satori will get hit by moves this seems fair. A few skills were boosted by more than %5 notably Hyper Fang Crush was changed to 33% for guaranteed learning.
As said by TheNewGuy (the guy working on the current translation patches) himself on the latest thread on Pooshlmer.

>>8365990
thank you kindly!

So if I'm reading this line correctly,
>パッシブスキルのドロップ率上昇は加算ではなく乗算なので過度な期待
はしてはいけない。
It means Nazrin's passive skill adds to the drop rates instead of multiplying them (so don't hold your expectations too high, etc etc), which is still pretty damn useful. In fact, it's even better than any multiplication for rarer stuff! Maybe they realized how annoying the drop rates were in GoS, given the existence of this, Melon-chan, and the gloves that drop from Star Platinum (25% higher drop chance and 33% higher drop chance for its upgraded version, possibly only for their wearer though). Then again, there is no Flying Fantastica this time, so I guess they had to compensate in another way.

>>8369656
It says multiplies not adds to the drop rate.

>>8369690
So with a max Nazarin, it would be like 1x1.15 for a 1% item drop

>>8067613
SUCK MY DICK FOREVER

my heart froze when GoS suddenly crashed after the clear screen. But my clear data survived. This shit took me forever. I can rest in peace now...

What the hell is the deal with shielding in GoS? I get that it doesn't always activate, but when I tell characters to defend I've never once had any kind of indication that they shielded or noticed any damage reduction at all.

How fucked am I? ;_;

Love the music, though.

>>8369690
If that were the case, though, the Master intro monsters you can find in the extended longshot areas would drop their stuff 100% of the time (according to the wiki, they drop it at 10%, so with a lv40 Nazrin that would be 10x10 = 100%), which isn't really the case. Unless it works like >>8369708 mentioned, which wouldn't be anything amazing.
God, they really should make this drop rate stuff more clear. All of the things in >>8369656 have different descriptions for their drop rate bonuses, too, which only contributes even further to the confusion.

>>8372298
Shields activate at their evasion rate, unless you're using a two-handed weapon or magic and attacking, in which case they don't activate at all. If you tell a two-handed weapon user to defend, though, their shield can work.
>>8372956
Pretty hard, I don't think it's possible to beat that girl when you first get to her tower. In fact, the second tower boss is the easiest, and the third boss is just a less easy than her, so leave the jiang-shi for last. Also, remember to use Jammer (the scarecrow lady at the Sanzu River has it, you can capture her after you get Satori, which happens after you beat any tower boss) for extra survival (all her magic attacks, including the gong, are water element), and I've found out that blunt attacks work the best against her because fucking high defenses.

>>8335916
Is the expansion included?

>>8373986
Multiply would be 10x1.10.

>>8375157
according to >>8345133 , yes

>>8376211
Missed that thanks.

>Komachi

>>8375521
So a 1% increase in the end!
Oh boy why even bother. Day ruined.
>>8376729
She has pretty low accuracy, and she's really susceptible to debuffs. Abuse dat Satori (or Byakuren, if you got her early) and buff your EVA, and you should be fine.

>>8377208
also, increase light land to neuter her attacks.

I entered a code for the chest and got an unknown ID... lolwut?

Also, you can only enter 1 shinigami code at a time right? If you try entering another one, it replaces the code you had.

>>8377301
1 at a time.

>>8333806
you probably mean this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66Y77Y7y1jA

>>8378467
Too bad it's not by the original guy that did the other ones. He seemed pretty upset about it when I read his blog.

>>8378519
Seriously? Weird, I found it to be even better than all versions so far (and I was actually shocked when I found out it was not an original song in GoS). I just hope it doesn't mean that guy will stop making more versions of it.

Well I've made it past the first Gorgon Sister in GoS by a sliver of a hair after several tries. The only ones left at the end were Patchouli and Byakuren after she kept shrugging off and resisting debilitates from an IND boosted Byakuren right about when she hit 25% health.

Now to take on stage 20 with characters only level 46-48. The only one leveled 48 being Alice.

What is in the middle of the first level? I am already more than half done with exploring the second level, but this gray spot is bothering me. I have went around it countless times searching for a path leading towards it, but no luck.

>>8380642
Just keep going, it opens up later on once you've cleared all 3 towers.

>>8380617
aside from the goddamn size, I think stage 20 is actually a breather from 19 and 21 afterwards. Just have a 25-fan Aya and Alice with Mytery Spectrum at all time in your team and you will be largely untouchable. And you expect Biotopos to be a badass, but she's not that though.That place has cool bgm.

>>8381352
I make it a point to evenly level all my party members. This makes some encounters nigh-impossible when using certain setups. And also results in me going all out in a lot of battles I think I can eke out a win.

>>8381352
>the goddamn size
I believe I decided to clear it all in one go. After taking about 30 minutes killing a group of Garbangols, I think it took me around 14 hours.
Oh the horror

>Finally beat Komachi after hours of attempts
>Game crashes after the post-battle cutscene
>Have to do it over

>>8381540
At that point I think it might be better for you to powerlevel, but then again I don't out of principle.

Ganbatte!

Lithos, mah nigga forever.

Tell me, does she appear somewhere in DoD, or at least a mention?

Going through stage 20 of GoS with different party setups and it seems the tank is pretty much the most important thing here and Alice is MVP of the stage. Not having Alice in the party increases likeliness of death several folds.

Which makes me wonder why I even try to use parties without her.

In general usefulness in regular stages it feels like

Tank(Alice)>DPS(Youmu, Sakuya, Mokou, Nitori, Marisa, Patchouli)>Support(Byakuren, Sanae, Reimu)>Aya

Satori's placing depending on what monster skills you've gotten for her.

However all these placements go out the window for boss battles.

>>8381742
>satori
the chance is pretty low, but if you can get her Wail/War Cry, you can have some fun in random encounters. Sakuya Murder World & Byakuren Hyper Trigger & Wail = very dead enemies (some are highly resistant though, so bring backup)