Touhou: Hollow Song of Birds - Final Stage

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  • @Wizzard220
    @Wizzard220 Před 3 lety +36

    Honestly, LOVE Horou. Theme song, design, attacks, gimmick.. And she has a Monster Reborn on her book so there is that too. She's such a cool character and my favorite of this game.

  • @maxoublue1
    @maxoublue1 Před 3 lety +30

    By the way, there's actually a third hidden path in the final stage. You can reach it by going in one direction and then staying in the opposite direction for a good moment (for example, going left and then staying on the right side of the screen for a bit). You can see the entrances to the hidden path to the left at 1:03 and to the right at 3:20. It's pretty hard to notice, to be honest.

    • @moodu.m.a1888
      @moodu.m.a1888 Před 3 lety +2

      Is there any difference between the main path and the secret ones?

    • @maxoublue1
      @maxoublue1 Před 3 lety +5

      @@moodu.m.a1888 Yes, you can see in more detail through this link (czcams.com/video/10CflZnqacQ/video.html), but you mostly get attacked by homing green scarabs and green bullets.

    • @Iris_Descent
      @Iris_Descent Před 3 lety +7

      That's HAL Room levels of secret, good lord.

    • @SinNombre-_-
      @SinNombre-_- Před 3 lety

      @@maxoublue1 oh damn, I would have never noticed this if it wasn't for you

  • @ultimadragon88
    @ultimadragon88 Před 3 lety +22

    Fun fact, the green spell is a YuGiOh joke, because the Emerald Tablet (Horou's Grimoire) has Monster Reborn on the front of it.

    • @HouraisanKaguya
      @HouraisanKaguya Před 3 lety +1

      Yu-Gi-Oh! references are not uncommon in Kaisendo games. In Infinite Blade Pavilion, one of the final boss's spell cards is named after the Yu-Gi-Oh! spell card "Buster Rancher" on Hard mode. I'm pretty sure there are others I'm not remembering right now.

    • @LushieTilde
      @LushieTilde Před 3 lety

      And also Monster Reborn is a spell card (a green card).

  • @paw-paddedcalamity216
    @paw-paddedcalamity216 Před 3 lety +7

    "Pasi Lameta Vimaturesi" has got to be one of the most puree titles I've ever seen for a song. What even?
    I don't know what about this stage and the previous that I really like but both are amazing, esp. stage 5. I think it might be partly be because unusual theme for a Touhou game but they also both just feel good. The bosses are also pretty unique, with stage 5's getting really cool on Lunatic.

    • @korohacker
      @korohacker Před 3 lety +2

      It's apparently the lyrics of a song from this anime the game referenced a lot? Zone of the Enders or something. The spellcard Last Azoth also seem to reference that. I never watched it, so I can't say for certain

    • @paw-paddedcalamity216
      @paw-paddedcalamity216 Před 3 lety +1

      .......Now that I'm told this I...actually know what it sounds like and I don't even watch anime, I just remember hearing this exact line at the start of some music edited into a video. I dunno how hearing it be an anime reference made me recognize it faintly...but gee.

  • @KelyxTheMage
    @KelyxTheMage Před 3 lety +15

    Waiiiitttt. So if you use a colored gem she changes your shot type to match her spell colors?! That's a really neat touch. I never noticed because I used one of the monochrome gems so i think the shot type stays the same.

  • @eternalmood1846
    @eternalmood1846 Před 3 lety +17

    That's why there's so many owo faces... because you spell Thoth as Θώθ.

    • @R.P.Genocraft
      @R.P.Genocraft Před 3 lety +3

      Oh my god. I'm completely speechless.

    • @Iris_Descent
      @Iris_Descent Před 3 lety +11

      Just like that Tumblr meme went like...
      "I've come to inform you all the Ancient Greeks spelled Thoth, the Egyptian deity, as Θώθ"
      "hey, thanks! now die"
      "Thoth was the god of knowledge. So it wouldn't be inappropriate to ask, 'Θώθ, what's this?'"
      "mmmmm don't like this post"

  • @R.P.Genocraft
    @R.P.Genocraft Před 3 lety +22

    I'm honestly surprised neither of you acknowledged the OwO hat. I was eagerly awaiting for at least one of you rolling your eyes... or, err, the sprite equivalent of that.
    Fun fact, all of the chapter titles inside the Kinjutou are named after actual sections of the interior of the Great Pyramid of Giza. These devs are nuts.
    Also, I really love that final spell name.

  • @timmyreobed5043
    @timmyreobed5043 Před 3 lety +13

    Part of me wishes we could play as Byakuren in this fan game, just to see how she'd react to Siran perverting her religion.

    • @ganzzert3477
      @ganzzert3477 Před 3 lety

      About the same reaction as that stage 1 boss in MPP ;P

  • @katiemckinney9456
    @katiemckinney9456 Před 3 lety +12

    20:26 Kaguya descends on the Moon's rays!
    (I don't think that's actually what it says, but it looked like a Smash screen and I wanted to do something related to that.)

  • @RealPhantasm
    @RealPhantasm Před 3 lety +55

    Gotta like how you reached the rainbow-themed boss when Touhou 18 was announced.
    Speaking of which what are your thoughts on it so far?

    • @MegamanOmega184
      @MegamanOmega184  Před 3 lety +25

      It looks really interesting, that's for sure. Definitely excited for it, but until the demo comes out, there really isn't much more I can think of that I could say aside from that.

    • @anidiot4558
      @anidiot4558 Před 3 lety +1

      @@MegamanOmega184 better use the Cirno card

  • @akiradkcn
    @akiradkcn Před 2 lety +3

    Honestly, Horou might end up becoming my fav fanmade 2hu of all time at this rate

  • @ITAndroMedian
    @ITAndroMedian Před 3 lety +4

    One more thing you didn't notice: based on the character you play, Emerald Tablet summons past bosses in different order. For example, Reimu faces Ranran first, then Chii, and Hikariko teams up with Shiran last.

  • @korohacker
    @korohacker Před 3 lety +13

    Man, where do I start with this stage? The stage portion is incredibly hard for me on Normal, and even on Easy I tripped at times, regardless of what path I choose. It's still fun to go through though, especially with the quirky 7/8 time signature song with such a rocking tune. Really gives it that Egyptian feel.
    And Horou herself, I always see her as a stage 1 boss being given final boss powers, aka the Thoth tablet. And she only got this far because of the powers of her friends (I think Shiran is also a friend at this point), so her theme in general gets me quite emotional. When you strip away all the instrumentation and backing melodies other than the main melody, you're left with a gentle 3/4 time signature lullaby, a lovely tune but certainly not boss-worthy. Only when all the instruments kick in that the whole song becomes a grand final boss theme. To me it's an analogy of Horou and her relationship to all the previous bosses, as well as her desires to escape Gensokyo and be with her family once again, gaining courage to go against the protagonist. A rather shonen anime-like analogy, and probably my own headcanon kicking in, but I grew to really love Ibis Trismegistus because of it.
    Anyway, I never knew you could utilize the blue spellcard's powers that way with Fairy Mummy, it's the one I had trouble with the most because it's 50/50 whether I can back out pass the fairy line or hit against one or their bullets. Gonna try that freezing strategy too next time.
    Marisa's ending always rubbed me the wrong way, especially for Shiran herself, but your discussion made me realize that she does have a point, and like Bee said, a crook can be right twice a day. Also Tenmu peeking in from the bushes xD
    I never knew about why the Extra boss was so depressed, I just thought she was depressed because of what Set did to her, and Horou and the others tried to cheer her up by leading the protagonist in for a rousing fight. Never knew there was a deeper reason to that

    • @SackyBalls444
      @SackyBalls444 Před 3 lety

      The lazy way to get by her blue spell is by using Kaguya. Her shotgun damage is so absurd that the spellcard ends long before you have to pass any fairy danmaku walls (or bother to freeze them).

  • @Eeveeolite655
    @Eeveeolite655 Před 3 lety +2

    Such a good design, fight, and theme! Horou is amazing! And the various characters that we see reach out to help the PCs are pretty neat too! Such a good fangame!

  • @WishMakers
    @WishMakers Před 3 lety +5

    Some people really don't like Horou compared to Set but I pretty much disagree entirely.
    Set is cool but I also don't think Set necessarily feels like a proper final boss.
    Maybe they could have if tweaked a bit but I think Horou does the job well and has some rockin' patterns.
    Also the fact that this stage has multiple paths is really cool. Feels like you're actually going through the pyramid and taking different turns.

  • @Iris_Descent
    @Iris_Descent Před 3 lety +3

    3 minutes for a final stage? ...if you say so. Also that little dialogue before getting outside the pyramid is with Genjii if you're playing as Reimu, Remilia if playing as Sakuya, and Eirin if playing as Kaguya. Although it's implied that Eirin actually came to help (complete with Kaguya's last line in stage 5's post-fight dialogue being "HELP ME, EIRIN!") while the other three were just... hallucinating, so to say. I don't know.
    Also, not surprised that Horou lagged quite a fair bit. Same thing happened with me with Book of Star Mythology, that game was fine for the most part, with exceptions being Mokou's spell and Nezu's Marisa copy spell, but then Fuma was a lagfest. (Not exactly the best when I went into her blind on Hard and still 1cc'd...)
    18:05 Did... did Marisa get cancelled on Twitter? -Damn, tell me something SnapCube hasn't predicted.-
    18:35 Shijimi Nono is actually working on that, fun fact!
    19:09 THEY STILL CARE ABOUT BEST KAISENDO GIRL LET'S GOOOOOOOO
    20:24 ...yeah, Bee said it for me.

  • @buiminh9126
    @buiminh9126 Před 3 lety +1

    fun fact: On the Green Sign, the order of "mini" spell depends on the characters you use.
    For Reimu, it's stage 1 - stage 2 - stage 3+4, when Kaguya is stage 1 - stage 3 - stage 2 + 4 (iirc)
    It's a nice little polishing detail too ;)

  • @SackyBalls444
    @SackyBalls444 Před 3 lety +4

    Horou is cute. Cute!

  • @dawk7
    @dawk7 Před 3 lety +4

    Good god, this stage destroyed you! A shame that you generally tend to do things with no-bombs, since this game's system kinda expects you to bomb at proper times to collect a sizable amount of points, and gives you resources that way.
    ...
    I love the fade-out scene. It's lovely every time a fangame has Mima pushing Marisa on when she's slipping off.
    ...
    Sure, go see Yukari. I can see how that conversation would go.
    Horou: "I am here to-" *TRAIN'd*
    ...
    God, I _love_ the final boss' song. And it ain't even my favorite theme- that comes next!
    ...
    Man, those wings are trippy.
    ...
    Ahahaha, this final boss' gimmick is a riot. If you haven't toyed around with how the shoot types work, you're gonna be so confused, lol. It was extra nasty back when there was no translation, and the game didn't really have fandom presence just yet.
    ...
    The ending's amusing. Shame, tho', that the translation never seems to work quite right on my computer, because I really want to know what's up with Marisa getting the Millenium Rod in Reimu's ending... =u="
    ...
    AND NEXT TIME, *BEST EXTRA STAGE.* Good god, every time I play that thing it just... it just makes me smile, man. It's so good. So happy... right?
    (Boy, I love the description for the extra stage. "Suicide by shrine maiden gone wrong", indeed.

  • @TheBluePhoenix1000
    @TheBluePhoenix1000 Před 3 lety +4

    So Marisa got cancelled on Chirper, huh...

  • @themirrorsamurai8885
    @themirrorsamurai8885 Před 3 lety

    No opening comment here, let's just get right to the stage. I love this stage so much, it's easily my favourite in the game with how insanely dynamic it is. Flying out of a collapsing building makes for such a unique and fantastic vibe that I don't think has ever been done before, and the music (while I'm not a fan of the song itself... seriously Wanwan, are those electric guitar soundfonts trying to kill me?) certainly helps to amplify that experience. Also the split routes thing, that's absolutely amazing (and fun fact, if you go right in 6-2A or left in 6-2B, you get to 6-3C, which uses the same rubble enemies with aimed shots you see in 6-4).
    As for Horou? Well, first of all she's adorable, second of all... I actually do like her fight, she's definitely my second favourite boss in the game (my favourite being obvious by now... but still not for another week). I actually like her theme unlike most of the other bosses, her attacks in general are well-designed and clever, and the way she changes your gem is amazing too - especially since all of her spells are designed around their respective gems (you saw the freezing on the blue spell, but also consider the red spell leading around the field, the purple spell having a lot of overwhelming so you need more room to escape, and the orange spell with its tightly-packed bullets). Definitely the highlight of the main game for me.
    Also it sucks that Over the Rainbow isn't available in the main game, I love that spell so much. Sure, it's easier than the other Z-Spells, but that would make sense if it was a mandatory Resurrection Butterfly-style spell.

  • @Flygoniaks
    @Flygoniaks Před 3 lety +8

    *Obligatory "Touhou 18 was announced, what are your thoughts Omega" comment.*
    Honestly, I thought it was fake when I heard the name. Seems this is gonna be a weird one.

    • @RealPhantasm
      @RealPhantasm Před 3 lety +4

      Its acronym is just straight up UM.

    • @MegamanOmega184
      @MegamanOmega184  Před 3 lety +6

      Thoughts are basically that it looks cool and interesting, but there really ins't enough info I'd say to really give a more detailed answer than that. Looking forward to it coming out to see just how in depth it goes tthough.

    • @extremmefan7305
      @extremmefan7305 Před 3 lety

      ZUN announcing a seemingly rainbow-themed main game just as Omega finishes HSoB, ironic.

    • @darkness74185
      @darkness74185 Před 3 lety +1

      @@extremmefan7305 that's...... Not how ironic works

  • @akenohononiku916
    @akenohononiku916 Před 3 lety +1

    "Yay. all the OCs get to come back for one last try"
    Well technically two of em are missing
    But also, "one last try"?
    Yeaahhh... not quite

  • @youdonotcare
    @youdonotcare Před 3 lety +1

    The japanese crested iris is only endangered, not extinct

    • @korohacker
      @korohacker Před 3 lety +1

      They used to be critically endangered to the point of extinction, but the Japanese government managed to breed them and reintroduced them to the Island of Sado I think. Now there's a small population there, so Horou actually has someone waiting for her in the Outside world now

    • @MegamanOmega184
      @MegamanOmega184  Před 3 lety +7

      Yes and no. The last original Japanese crested ibis died on October 2003, making the species go extinct.
      _However_ the Chinese crested ibis was only thought to have gone extinct, however some were discovered in 1981. Though extensive captive breeding between China and Japan, they have been able to introduce the Chinese crested ibis into Japan

    • @korohacker
      @korohacker Před 3 lety

      @@MegamanOmega184 Oh okay, thanks for the clarification! So I guess her cousins twice removed is there then xD

  • @luckluster
    @luckluster Před 3 lety

    Kaisendo keeps surprising me. I think Horou's fine with gem-based patterns, but the final stage overshadows her for me. I wish more STGs tried multiple path design like this where player can learn their favorite path. There are some modern games that try that (BPoHC, but RNG kind doesn't allow learning it) and some of the ones of old. Even if you're just interested in Shmups I feel like there's a lot to learn regarding game design just from their games alone and I always appreciate that. Someone in the comments did mention that already, but there's also a third (C) Route as well.

  • @PlantonicoRegresa
    @PlantonicoRegresa Před 3 lety +1

    For a fangame, it really is well made. I didn't know about the fork and the possibility for you to take the right or left path. The developer(s) sure is(are) amazing! Well done, man, you fought well!
    By the way, Megaman, is Book of Star Mythology good? I'd like to try it.

    • @MegamanOmega184
      @MegamanOmega184  Před 3 lety +6

      BoSM is _really_ good and honestly, before this it was my favorite fangame. I definitely recommend you give it a shot, and for a fangame, the Normal mode and Extra really aren't that difficult, so if you're still getting into Touhou, you would be able to tackle it.

    • @PlantonicoRegresa
      @PlantonicoRegresa Před 3 lety

      @@MegamanOmega184 Thanks! I've played Touhou for many years and this was a breeze of fresh air! I loved it. Looking forward to try the Book game, lets see if I'm able to find an English patch.
      Have a nice day!

    • @MegamanOmega184
      @MegamanOmega184  Před 3 lety +5

      @@PlantonicoRegresa Honestly, I've had to help a lot of people out with this one. For the sake of ease, I just uploaded my patched version of BoSM myself. Here ya go
      www.mediafire.com/file/ub64p14jc54phu6/Book_of_Star_Mythology.part1.rar/file
      www.mediafire.com/file/hpskyyiccepec2r/Book_of_Star_Mythology.part2.rar/file
      www.mediafire.com/file/s9u2d1zxcezqf1v/Book_of_Star_Mythology.part3.rar/file

    • @PlantonicoRegresa
      @PlantonicoRegresa Před 3 lety

      @@MegamanOmega184 Whoa, I very much appreciate that! Thanks a million, man!

    • @themirrorsamurai8885
      @themirrorsamurai8885 Před 3 lety +2

      Absolute agree here, Book of Star Mythology is beyond fantastic. It's insanely fun especially with the shotgunning mechanic, the music's fantastic, and as Omega said it's not a hard game (on top of that it has an infinite lives mode).

  • @brockrumery3073
    @brockrumery3073 Před 3 lety

    Holy SHIT. You PERFECTED the final boss?
    And here I was, sitting and thinking “He’s having this much trouble before the boss? Is he going to have to use a continue or add footage???”
    Aaand in time, proven wrong.

  • @rendyy_9
    @rendyy_9 Před 3 lety +3

    berd

  • @RemiliasHusband
    @RemiliasHusband Před rokem

    Horou is So Damn *A D O R A B L E!* Too bad she's not an official character, I want her as a Fumo :'(

  • @johanandersson8252
    @johanandersson8252 Před 2 lety

    To put it mildly, Horou likes to vomit, alot.

  • @darkness74185
    @darkness74185 Před 3 lety

    Kind of wish the last spell is locked to 50fps halfway, would hide the lag in a justifiable way

  • @MrMohamedAhmed730
    @MrMohamedAhmed730 Před 3 lety +1

    Play my little play 🕹🕹

  • @fluffy_cheese7478
    @fluffy_cheese7478 Před 3 lety +3

    Claim the in early ticket here 🎫

  • @extremmefan7305
    @extremmefan7305 Před 3 lety

    KAGUYA FOR SMASH

  • @lunatic0verlord10
    @lunatic0verlord10 Před 3 lety +3

    17:03 I dread the day that Tewi and Nitori start a phony religion...

  • @lunatic0verlord10
    @lunatic0verlord10 Před 3 lety +2

    18:12 Oooh boy... Marisa was cancelled...

  • @deralufe9094
    @deralufe9094 Před 3 lety

    One minute in stage and you lost 2 lives and used 0 bombs, something is odd here :thonking:
    *3
    Hmm the stagesong sounds not so fitting, at least it does not give me the feeling of being inside a pyramide.
    Especially this fight only uses less than half the screen for moving, most the time you are just sitting at the bottom.
    WAIT IS THERE A HANIWA IN THE FIRST ENDINGSCREEN?!? BIG BONUS POINTS!
    So in the end, this whole plot is based on a baby bird, who wants so bad to go outside? A land full of gods and stuff and they are powerless against some random egoistic chicken.

  • @Primate541
    @Primate541 Před 3 lety +1

    I loved this game, but it constantly irked me with all its performance hitches.

  • @moodu.m.a1888
    @moodu.m.a1888 Před 3 lety

    Damn I’m late

  • @lunatic0verlord10
    @lunatic0verlord10 Před 3 lety

    7:12 Then I dare to imagine what Mr. Popo, who is on top of the pecking order, can do with this book.

  • @lunatic0verlord10
    @lunatic0verlord10 Před 3 lety

    4:37 Really now... Going from an ancient Egyptian Deity to an *EXTINCT BIRD?!!*

  • @BamdTheBamd
    @BamdTheBamd Před 3 lety

    why is the fps dying

    • @themirrorsamurai8885
      @themirrorsamurai8885 Před 3 lety +2

      Because Ido was involved on this game and everything he programs is destined to lag.

  • @lunatic0verlord10
    @lunatic0verlord10 Před 3 lety

    5:42 I'm surprised she still has a reflection in her eyes unlike a certain FRIEND I know...

  • @lunatic0verlord10
    @lunatic0verlord10 Před 3 lety

    16:05 So in return, she imitates her, huh?

  • @lunatic0verlord10
    @lunatic0verlord10 Před 3 lety

    4:46 Yes, but a name like that and having an Egyptian Stage 5 Boss would make one expect someone like Horus or something like that.

    • @katiemckinney9456
      @katiemckinney9456 Před 3 lety

      I mean it's not that far off. Just one letter is different.

  • @lunatic0verlord10
    @lunatic0verlord10 Před 3 lety

    20:31 I swear, if there ends up being a Touhou character in the Fighters' Pass Volume 2 and it's Kaguya, I'm selling my phone.

  • @lunatic0verlord10
    @lunatic0verlord10 Před 3 lety

    15:39 Who's that in the middle of the crowd? Kutaka?

    • @MegamanOmega184
      @MegamanOmega184  Před 3 lety +2

      Nah, I think that's Marry Shepard, the sheep fairy from TLC, since she's there with the other fairies as well
      en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/The_Last_Comer/Characters#Marry_Shepherd

    • @lunatic0verlord10
      @lunatic0verlord10 Před 3 lety

      @@MegamanOmega184 Oh. Thanks.

  • @lunatic0verlord10
    @lunatic0verlord10 Před 3 lety

    19:21 I think one was in Nioh 2.

  • @lunatic0verlord10
    @lunatic0verlord10 Před 3 lety

    7:18 Will she ever find out that her friends are long gone?

  • @lunatic0verlord10
    @lunatic0verlord10 Před 3 lety

    19:41 Wait! *We're gonna fight the Chinese God of War and the Hero of Chaos?!*

  • @lunatic0verlord10
    @lunatic0verlord10 Před 3 lety

    20:24 *IS THAT A SMASH BROS REFERENCE?!!* What does it say?
    *"Kaguya goes out for once!!"* or something?

  • @lunatic0verlord10
    @lunatic0verlord10 Před 3 lety

    5:11 She's a birdbrain, isn't she?