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BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn
Speaking about the plot, I actually feel like there was a missed opportunity here to involve Suika in PCB. She'd definitely make it easier to gather spring!

Also more fun facts from .dat files: Marisa and Patchouli originally had their own combination attack, Non Directional Laser. Also Sanae was supposed to have her MAP (costs all 100% faith), but they took it out because Sanbondo kind of just hates the player having access to MAPs for whatever reason.

EDIT: Well besides bombs, I guess.

Also sometimes puns go too far. Koa Block (equivalent to Shield Defense)? Why in god's name would Koakuma need to tank something?

BlitzBlast fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Apr 26, 2015

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Ardeem
Sep 16, 2010

There is no problem that cannot be solved through sufficient application of lasers and friendship.

SyntheticPolygon posted:

I think this might be spoilers isn't it? Because that's not how SA goes down in the regular games.

Clarste posted:

Honestly, I have no idea what he's talking about either.


The Moriya Shrine gods turned Utsuho into a nuclear hell raven because Sanae mentioned that she missed having electricity after talking to somebody else.

Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.

Ardeem posted:


The Moriya Shrine gods turned Utsuho into a nuclear hell raven because Sanae mentioned that she missed having electricity after talking to somebody else.


I don't think that true in either canon or this game. In fact, for the purposes of this game that makes no sense at all because of something that's already happened. Although to be fair I only skimmed FMW3 so maybe there's a line to that effect.

Anyway, the biggest problem I have with the plot here is how everyone and their mother can immediately recognize Shou as a tiger youkai when she's supposed to have been passing as a human for a thousand years.

Clarste fucked around with this message at 03:29 on Apr 26, 2015

Gamerofthegame
Oct 28, 2010

Could at least flip one or two, maybe.
I assume Shou adopted a somewhat different, not-tiger strip beast mode form for her disguise.

Ardeem posted:


The Moriya Shrine gods turned Utsuho into a nuclear hell raven because Sanae mentioned that she missed having electricity after talking to somebody else.


This isn't really correct, to my knowledge. Kanako wanted to modernize Gensokyo some, so she shoved a dead sun god into a candy bar and waved it around at a few simple minded people. For electricity.

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

Ardeem posted:


The Moriya Shrine gods turned Utsuho into a nuclear hell raven because Sanae mentioned that she missed having electricity after talking to somebody else.


Doesn't Kanako nuclearize Utsuho and create a supply of energy because she wants to become a God of Technology so that she can be ahead of the trends this time and not eventually lose out on all her faith and then die, which is what she moved to Gensokyo to avoid? And in regards to this game Kanako and Suwako have already shown signs of missing modernisation by getting Sanae to get them a Kotatsu from Rinnosuke's, so it doesn't seem like Sanae possibly missing electricity is what caused them to create their nuclear energy plan either.

Ardeem
Sep 16, 2010

There is no problem that cannot be solved through sufficient application of lasers and friendship.
Having gone and looked at the extra stage dialogue again, uh yeah. My bad for misremembering. Sorry.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I guess there isn't anything like a poison status in this game, just a damage buff?

Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.

Glazius posted:

I guess there isn't anything like a poison status in this game, just a damage buff?

The game doesn't really have status ailments at all. It's just not a mechanic. Stuff like Nazrin's damage debuff are pretty rare.

Most of the weird stuff comes from boss danmaku fields, which means it's enemy-only. And if they're too weird, that's just an invitation to bomb through it.

BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn
Clarste has actually finished translating the main scenario at this point. None can match his speed.

You'll have to wait on the translations of some of the attack videos for a while. Sorry, it was either that or post this update when Ryza gets back on like twelve hours later.

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I get Alice Focused Movement on a random whim.



And Koakuma gets Morale (so she can build Power for Silent Selene) and Unfocused Movement.

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quote:

Sea of Clouds
Music: Border of Regular and Irregular Days

Full Text

quote:

Yo.

Sup.

We went to the Underworld.

You're idiots.

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quote:

Cherry Blossom Barrier Above the Clouds Part 1



While I did say you didn't have to worry about all of your characters joining midway through a fight again, everyone on Reimu's side just joined so I can't upgrade them or change their equipment.

This chapter is such a joke that it doesn't matter though.


What a view! I'm shaking from excitement.

You've always liked high places, Sunny.

Like, uh, something and smoke.

Stop messing around, you three! We're almost at the Netherworld, so prepare yourselves.

Don't be so hard on them, let them enjoy the sunlight while they can. And it is a nice view.

And that would be the gate, right?

Yeah, no doubt about it.



That's the Netherworld Barrier, the boundary between this world and the next.

What a huge door... I've never seen one so big.

!

Lily zooms forward.

What's gotten into you all of a sudden, Lily?

It's spring! Spring is right on the other side of that door!

It's spring, everyone!



Lily powers up.

What? So spring's leaking out from that door?

Apparently. If Lily's this cheerful, then we were right to come to the Netherworld.

So now we just have to get in through-


Lunasa posted:

So you finally made it.

That took longer than I expected.

She's from that Prizbear Sample!

Prismriver Ensemble. What's wrong with your head?

You know them?

Yes, we met them earlier. Apparently they're sisters in a band together.

The perfectionist who reads even the air pressure Lunasa, the spinning manager Merlin, and last but not least the marvelous Lyrica!

These are references to the Prismrivers' Bohemian Archive articles.

That's right, thanks for the introduction!

These three seem to know who's behind all this.

But if they're meeting us out here, then there's definitely something going on in the Netherworld.

Well, there's no point in hiding it now.

Today we have a gig at the Netherworld's flower viewing party. It's our job to liven things up with music!

I see. In other words, the mastermind gathered all this spring just to hold a party in the Netherworld?

How tasteless. We should break in and end this.

Sorry, but you're not on the guest list.

Most of the PCB quotes from this chapter are adapted from Reimu's route, incidentally.

Naturally, we have to deal with any remaining noise that might disturb our performance.

Well, it's not like we weren't gonna fight anyway. I'm ready for anything!

Let's just deal with these three and crash that party!


quote:

Victory: Defeat the Prismriver Sisters.
Defeat: Sunny, Luna, or Star are defeated.
Bonus: Reduce Lunasa, Merlin, and Lyrica's HP to under 50%.
The bonus mostly exists to encourage you to see the boss conversations, since instead of everyone having a conversation with each of the sisters, each character can only talk to one sister.



This is the epitome of a filler chapter. It exists mostly to help the characters from the other route split catch up.



Finding spring has buffed Lily up. No longer is she a useless lump, now she's a slightly offensive Dai!



She's one of the few player characters with a MAP, so that's neat at least.



Chapter 30 is the first we'll see of generic Ghost enemies. These larger guys are pretty much stronger sunflower fairies.

As I understand it, the Luck spirit has a secondary effect that has something to do with attacking ghosts. I can't make heads or tails of it though.


Music: The Snow White Angel of Spring (Rally)


Am I the only one who pretends this is a Moonlight Butterfly reference?



It's hard to see with those clouds in the way, but here's the radius of Lily's MAP, "It's Spring!". It moves her, so I need to actually mark where I want her to stop before I use it.





I decided to take my time with this chapter and catch up all of my lower leveled units. As a reminder, in SRW games experience gains scale with the level difference between characters. So Rumia, who is five levels lower, is getting something like 200 XP from each Fairy. Meanwhile Marisa, who is two levels higher, gets maybe 10.

Music: Shiny Transblue

I really like your music, it's so lively.

Yeah? Doesn't it just make you wanna start to you know what~?

I know what you mean. Like this...

Hiyaaaa! Haaaaa! Achaaaa!

...Ah, sorry. That's not what we do.



The Prismrivers are not particularly impressive.



Their danmaku effects are annoying, though. Lunasa's hasn't activated yet, but it's the same as in 29R.

A concert, hm? The mistress might enjoy one. I'm sure it's expensive though, right?

Don't worry about your wallet, it'll be fine! Is your mistress the type to go wild when she listens to music?

Well... I'd say she's more the type to go wild even without music.

Huh~. Maybe I should leave this one to Lunasa then...



Screenshots don't really do the Prismrivers justice; there are cute little sound effects for a lot of their attacks. I really recommend watching the video.

You look pretty noisy, unlike your sister.

You sure about that? When Lunasa's loud, she's loud. Like, she's totally cool with shattering windows with her noise.

...Is that some kind of sonic attack? I've never thought of that before.



I actually had Mokou suicide herself for that chat.

Your sound is... artificial. You pull the strings of human shapes, and hold the power to spin fate.

Um... you went a bit too poetic there, so I'm not sure what you were talking about.

Sorry, I got carried away.

Music: Luna crescente



Your sound is...

...

Um... did something happen?

No, you're gloomy enough already. You should be listening to Merlin's performance, not mine.

...



Your sound is...

...

What's wrong? Weren't you going to tell me what kind of sound I have?

No, I can hear a crinkling sound from in your clothes... the sound of chocolate.

So you can hear things like that too...





:toot:

Besides the obvious ones (Reimu-Lunasa, Marisa-Lyrica, Sakuya-Merlin), I actually don't know who has a conversation with which sister. So aside from constantly paging Ryza to check the script for me, I just had to guess. Everyone I had attacking Lyrica came up short. :smith:

Well, at least there's always Marisa.


That barrier is amazing. It's like I'd never be able to solve it.

Well, yeah, there's no way an amateur would. The secret password is a trade secret!

Au pas, camarade...

Sorry, you're wrong!

Well, whatever. We can just open it after we beat you three!

Music: Your Sparkling Sound



The dialogue for the rest of the chapter changes slightly depending on which sister you beat first.



:siren: Also Marisa finally learned Strike! :siren:

Well, I think that's enough for a greeting.

You're being too rough! I thought we had finally become friends!

I was surprised we were fighting three at once, but looks like we'll manage.

The opponents may be a band, but our teamwork is better!

Ha, you'll regret it if you take us lightly. There's only one thing left to do then. Go get 'em, sisters!

How about no?

If you want to make friends, then show them your cool side.

Do I have to? Well, I guess we are at our best performing together.

The three bunch up.

Why are they gathering together? Are they up to something?

We, the Prismriver Poltergeist Band, are, after all, an ensemble.

Mic, okay. Lighting, okay. We're good to go!

Might as well give our usual intro.

Cue a long sequence of introductions interspersed with drumrolls and spotlights.

Starting from the center! With a transcendent technique as cool as the moon! A peerless performance unmatched by anyone...

On the violin, Lunasa Prismriver!


Lunasa posted:

This violin is the soul of a legendary instrument. It's enough to make even a Stradivarius weep.

And on the right! With an undeniable passion as bright as the sun! All who hear her agree!

On the trumpet, Merlin Prismriver!


Merlin posted:

This is the ghost of a trumpet that's sucked the blood of countless Jazz musicians. Watch out kids, it bites!

And finally, the left. With a sound as phantasmal as the twinkling stars in the sky, she can carry a melody with its own mood swings.

On the keyboard, Lyrica Prismriver.


Lyrica posted:

This is the soul of a synthesizer that fell into obscurity because of its strange sounds... I'll show you I can make it work!

Music: The Netherworld's Prism Phantoms

Yay!

Wh-wha... what's going on here?!

Well, obviously they're starting their concert!

What's a concert?

It's a kind of musical performance that's popular with the youth. When you start feeling it, wave your arms around like this or just start screaming.

What, it's that scary?

No, I mean, well, I guess it's like a high pitched cheer?

The perils of cross-cultural conversations.

Good, we're all on the same wavelength now.

I think the mood's just right to rock 'em, ladies.

Right on!



All three combine into one unit.

Welcome to the Prismriver Phantom Ensemble's surprise guerilla concert!

With this first piece, we'll show you a rainbow.

Here we go! One, two, three!


quote:

Funeral Concert "Prism Concerto"




Prism Concerto has a real mess of effects.



Now that Aquarion has formed the Prismrivers have fused, they're sort of threatening now! As the one in front, Lunasa's stats are the ones powering everything. I'm... not sure on the details (the .dat wasn't very enlightening), but I think that in this game her stats are the average of all three sisters? It might not even do anything special and just run everything off of Lunasa's base stats, who knows.

Oh, and if you attack the Prismriver Sisters with any character, you'll automatically get the conversation that character would have had with one of the individual sisters. I guess I'm not escaping boss convo hell that easily.


Well, someone's a grump!

Shut up. The presence of spring is just making me sleepy.

It's cause you're not in the groove! If you were really riding the groove, you could stay up two or three nights, no problem!



I feel like the Prismrivers' cut-in looks kind of weird.

What's that spinning instrument called?

This one's a trumpet. Best spinner there ever was.

Clarste posted:

BAiJR says she judges the quality of an instrument by how well it spins.

The one that spins a bit less is a tuba, and the least spinny is a trombone.

Spinny~!

Spinny~!



Whoops, turned animations off. :shobon:

You've got a much better sound now than when we last met. Have you managed to take back your role as herald of spring?

Yes, I want to go back to the surface and tell everyone the wonderful news!

I'm sure the creatures of Gensokyo are getting sick of waiting by now.



Of all the stars out there to deal with, a rival?

Starlight has the important job of harmonizing the sun and the moon. You know that, right?

Of course I do! I'm the Silent Starlight, Star Sapphire!

Wait, we're introducing ourselves again? In that case...

I'm Your Sparkling Sound, Lyrica Prismriver!


Shouldn't you be, like, fighting Lunasa?

What do you mean?

I mean, I'm the sun in our little gang. And she's the moon, so...

That's true, but... They're both the leaders, so Sunny stole my spot.


Your sound is... humorous. When it's strong it's strong, but when it's weak it's truly pathetic.

So, was that a compliment? Or was it an insult?

Something fun happens on the next turn.

Ugh. They seemed like a joke, but these girls are pretty tough.

Their sound is good, but too bad we don't have time to listen.

Hey, Sunny, did they just...

Yeah, they stole our theme! We're supposed to be the sun, the moon, and the stars around here!

If that's how they're going to play it, we have to use our trump card!

We have a trump card?

Isn't it obvious?! We combine!

We can combine?!

You can combine?!

They can combine!

I think you know exactly what's being referenced.

Combine...

That's impossible. We've never done that.

You never know until you try! If we all just squish together it'll work out somehow!

The three fairies fly near each other.

Ha, copycats. It's not that easy you know!

...! No... they might just pull it off.

The three fairies fuse!

Music: Our Hearts Still Shine Brightly

I've been called stupid and useless, a fairy who's only good for her cheerfulness!

I somehow trip over my own feet, and if I can't run away I'll hide...

I get the other two to do all the hard work for me!

We are!

The Fairy Combination!

The Three Fairies of Light!

Who...

The heck...

Do you think we are?!



They even cast Valor for good measure.

Whoa, awesome!

What's going on? The three fairies combined into one unit?

Their lines were all over the place, but I like their style.

We can't look down on them. Let's raise the pitch ourselves.



The Prismrivers get pumped too.

Grr.... we can't let them show us up! Let's combine too, Shizuha!

I'd like to combine with Marisa...

If you didn't convince Nitori, Cirno will muse about fusing with Dai instead. Kind of a random decision.

...I'm not going to dignify that with a response. Can we please just concentrate on the battle?



Now that the Three Fairies have done their thing, the defeat condition changes to all allies being defeated.



So I know what you're thinking: hah! The thread was right to constantly force me into using the three fairies. Well you'd be wrong, because there's actually zero point to even bothering to deploy Sunny, Luna and Star before this chapter. Like I said, SRW games scale experience gains to level differences. Even if you never used them the entire game, you could easily just feed the Prismrivers to the Three Fairies and catch them up immediately.

What using them across the game does do is get the three some PP, except even then it's barely anything. I think Luna and Star have maybe one more level of SP Up than normal? I guess that's something, even if all three have such redundant spirit lists that it's still kind of meaningless.

As a tangent, in the early versions of the game any passive skills Luna and Star had would also be funneled into the combined form. This mean you could get Unfocused Movement on all three and essentially be in permanent Accel. :v:




On the plus side, the fairies are stronger now, and are even size M so they don't have to worry about penalties anymore. Unfortunately they have a whopping one post-movement attack and burn through MP like crazy. So, um, yeah. The Three Fairies of Light kind of suck.

In battle, anyways. When it comes to timing out spells the Three Fairies can't be beat. Between two Alerts, Grit, Guard, Focus, two forms of self-healing, and HP Regen (S), they're unkillable. They're a decent fallback strategy on Lunatic if a chapter's kicking your rear end.




Their one post-move attack is pretty funny.



It's also still really weak, even with Valor. I don't know what's going on with the Three Fairies' stat situation either.



Good thing Letty was there to clean up.

Well, that's one down.

Looks like we've got quite a noisy crowd tonight.

Now that they're all worked up, which one are we playing next?

They haven't even broken a sweat. Meanwhile, I'm completely out of breath.

Lady Patchouli, you should rest a bit. Don't push yourself.

The whole point of a concert is for everyone to enjoy themselves. If you need a break, then take one.

I'm sure you'll regret missing this next song for the rest of your life though.

They're attacking again!

Be careful, this one feels stronger than before!

This one's an Illusionary Concerto woven by our trinity. In the end, our specialty is pure noise.

Living or dead, we don't care! Listen and be happy!

Our performance will pierce the clouds and reach the heavens! We're raising the tempo, try to keep up!


quote:

Great Funeral Concert "Ghostly Wheel Concerto Grosso"




Ghostly Wheel Concerto Grosso's danmaku effect is why I said I wasn't sure how the Prismrivers' stats work in this game. In FMW3 it's like this by default.

I just had Rumia bomb the danmaku.




:v:



Sorry, but that's it for me. I'm pulling back.

Mokou suicided herself again. I was hoping she could dodge a 26%, but alas, it was too much to expect.

Hmmmmmm?

Huh? Wh-what?

Nothing. For some reason I just felt like you came over to ask me a favor.

Is that how I look...?



I needed someone to weaken the trio for a Silent Selene finish, and Dai hadn't had her conversation yet. Two birds, one stone.

Your sound is... too quiet. You should go around listening to just a few more kinds of sounds, to raise your sensitivity.

That's none of your concern. I wouldn't be able to relax in a noisy library.


Watch the video!




The Prismrivers drop a Live Ticket, which raises initial Power by 10. It's pretty good!

Aww... we lost.

Is this the dreaded last minute cancellation?

It's too bad about the result, but I think we got some good material out of this.

In any case, we're in the middle of a tour, so I hope you'll stop by one of our other shows.

Tickets and play guides are selling fast!

Ciao~!

Exit Prismrivers.

Finally. What was that supposed to be?

They were pretty good though. I'd like to hear them again sometime.

I'm sure the mistresses would be please if we invited them to the manor.

No, no, that's the sort of thing you're supposed go out to see. Even if you're a vampire, you should leave the house every once in a while.

Then we should all go see them together next time! Uh, where do they sell the tickets?

There's a promoter's office. It's popular though, so you might have to wait in line all day.

How does Meiling know that?

I'm up early, so leave it to me! A farmer's day starts early after all.

Okay, let's redirect that enthusiasm towards ending our battle here. We didn't get a chance to ask them about the details, but we know something is going on in the Netherworld.

Okay, then let's take down this barrier.

Easier said than done. Now that I've had a closer look, it's quite sophisticated.

I've got no clue where to start. Does the door open somehow?

Hmm, I don't know... I've been here before, and at the time I just went right on through.

This sounds like a pain, let's just break it.

What are you saying, you can't just-



Invisible Reimu walks up to the door. The screen flashes, and:


Reimu posted:

There, done.

Presto.

W-w-w-wait! What are you doing?!

That was a complex spell. How did you do that so easily?

Everything's got its own boundaries, right? A barrier is no exception. So all I had to do was twist it up a bit and flip it inside out and there we go.

Clarste posted:

Fun Fact: It's actually canon that Reimu can trivially break any seal.

Why didn't she have that power in Labyrinth of Touhou? :argh:

Um, so what does that mean exactly?

You don't have to understand it. Reimu sucks at explaining stuff.

Anyway, I'm glad we solved that. Let's hurry to the-


MYSTERIOUS QUESTION MARKS posted:

No, you'll be staying put a bit longer.



Crows spawn in behind the party,



and Ran and Chen spawn in front.

! Master, that's-

Huh, who're you?

Miss Ran, are they the ones we're looking for?

Indeed, the report said it was the black and white magician and her crew.

I have something to ask you people. Let's talk.





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On Lunatic, Reimu smashed half the enemy force while everyone I intend to use for the final chapter hunkered up and used the other half to level up some. The Prismriver fight went basically the same as Normal. The Three Fairies/Lily stayed in the back and did nothing.

Also there's an extra conversation if you use the Three Fairies' finisher. I actually couldn't since they combined right next to the Prismrivers, but here it is.

quote:

Sunny, Luna, the time has finally come.

Yeah, I know we can do it!

We've never practiced this though... can we do it on the first try?

What? Here they go again.

Ha ha ha, we've actually been going through special training since even before winter! And, finally, we got our own spellcard!

It's just like you three to work together on something like that.

Either way, let's see what you can do.

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Hello everyone. It's time for Daiyousei's Healing Hour. Let's start immediately; this week's guest is Cirno.

If anyone has any problems, I can handle them!

This time we're hearing from someone in the SDM. Their radio name is "Trill".
Fun Fact: Sanbondo was originally planning on naming Dai "Trill".

"I'm a clumsy person. Recently, when I saw a certain sign, I was very surprised. Dai, if you saw a sign that said 'No Shoes, No Shirt, So Service', what would you think it meant?"

What is this, a riddle?

It seems like it. Um, I think it actually meant "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service"? But if you read it that way...
The original pun was Koa "Trill" misreading hakimono (shoes) as just kimono (clothes). So when they saw a sign seeing to take off their shoes...

Hmmmmmmmm. Well, I don't really get it either way, so I guess I'd just play it safe and try both?

C-Cirno?!

BlitzBlast fucked around with this message at 08:16 on Jun 17, 2015

BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn
Lily White also wasn't important enough for itomugi to draw something for her.

Lily White
Personality: Cautious (Kill: +4, Evade: +3, Ally Killed: +1, Graze: +2)
Character Skills: Healer
Personal Skills: Breath of Life (Allies around Lily regenerate some health at the beginning of each turn), Angel's Blessing (Bless' SP cost reduced to 40)
Spirits: Bless, Sense

Now that she's powered up, Lily's gone from being absolutely useless to... um... a slightly more offensive Daiyousei? She's about as impressive as that sounds.
I'm still wondering if Sanbondo intends to implement Lily Black.

All Attacks
Battle theme 1: Song of an Unexpectedly Distant Spring (The Capital City of Flowers in the Sky)
Battle theme 2: The Snow White Angel of Spring (Rally) (The Capital City of Flowers in the Sky, Silver Fallen Angel)

Meanwhile, there is a picture of all three Prismrivers, but it's one of itomugi's earlier works and looks pretty bad. A more recent one only has Lunasa, but hey they all fuse together anyways. :v:


The Prismriver Sisters
All Attacks

The Three Fairies of Light
All Attacks
Battle theme: Our Hearts Still Shine Brightly (Year-Round Absorbed Curiosity, Soul of Steel)

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Thank goodness, Reimu and Marisa safely met up.

But the joy of this reunion is short-lived. Ran Yakumo, an incredibly strong youkai, has caught everyone in her clutches! Can Reimu and the others make it through the Netherworld's gate safely?

Now then, please have fun playing Chapter 31 of Fantasy Maiden Wars P: "Cherry Blossom Barrier Above the Clouds Part 2"!

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Available cost: 30.0

Available units:
2.5
Reimu
Marisa
Alice
Sakuya
Meiling
Keine
Mokou
Komachi
Patchouli
FA Nitori
Sanae
Aya
Momiji

2.0
Cirno
Elly
Kurumi
Nitori
Koakuma
Minoriko
Shizuha
Hina
Letty
Lily White
Nazrin
Shou

1.5
Rumia
Daiyousei
Sunny
Luna
Star

As this is a two-parter, there's some slight carry over between chapters. Unlike FMW1, though, all previously used units get a 50% recovery to HP/MP/SP. And dead units like Mokou just fully recover. Which is honestly kind of lame in my opinion, but I guess it's better not to look a gift horse in the mouth.

Marisa and Alice are forced, you have 25.0.

BlitzBlast fucked around with this message at 03:03 on May 10, 2015

Pureauthor
Jul 8, 2010

ASK ME ABOUT KISSING A GHOST
I'm still baffled that they raised the 3 Fairies' deployment cost in FMW3.

Anyway, Sunny for 23.5

Dr Pepper
Feb 4, 2012

Don't like it? well...

Gattai! :kamina: The Three Fairies are the best fyi

Hina for 21.5

AweStriker
Oct 6, 2014

Komachi for 19.0

Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.
Nazrin, for 17.0

Ryza
Mar 15, 2012

Disco Thunder
Kurumi, leaving 15.0

Ardeem
Sep 16, 2010

There is no problem that cannot be solved through sufficient application of lasers and friendship.
Star for 13.5

a cartoon duck
Sep 5, 2011

Clarste posted:

Fun Fact: It's actually canon that Reimu can trivially break any seal.



Also, Meiling for 11.0

mdct
Sep 2, 2011

Tingle tingle kooloo limpah.
These are my magic words.

Don't steal them.
Mokou for 8.5. She's gonna be playable in a couple weeks throw a bone dog

KnoxZone
Jan 27, 2007

If I die before I Wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.
Luna for 7. The Fairies have clearly proven to be the best unit in the game and it would be a shame to stop using them now.

KnoxZone fucked around with this message at 20:44 on Apr 29, 2015

Ryza
Mar 15, 2012

Disco Thunder

Pureauthor posted:

I'm still baffled that they raised the 3 Fairies' deployment cost in FMW3.

Anyway, Sunny for 23.5

They didn't though? Last I checked they were all still 1.5.

Also, subs for the attack video will have to wait till later when I'm off work. sorry.

Hellioning
Jun 27, 2008

Letty so we're now at 5.

Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.
I'm no expert, but I thought the bigger problem with the fairies in FMW3 is that the gattai mechanic doesn't play nice with the new partner mechanic.

legoman727
Mar 13, 2010

by exmarx
Sakuya for 2.5

Rectus
Apr 27, 2008

And lastly Rumia, leaving 1.0

BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn

Clarste posted:

I'm no expert, but I thought the bigger problem with the fairies in FMW3 is that the gattai mechanic doesn't play nice with the new partner mechanic.

Worst that can happen is somebody with one of the fairies as a partner loses them. And, uh, that's not much of a loss.

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

It is so strange that Aya is portrayed as a somewhat responsible person who cares about treaties and her position and stuff. On another note though, the Three Fairies were the best this chapter and justified why we should always vote for them forever.

Also, Lyrica's theme might just be my favourite in the game. It's really good and I will always vote for her in FMW3 just so we can hear more of it.

BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn
It's more that Aya is aware that the oni moved to the Underworld, I think.

Also yes, Lyrica has the best arrange and nobody can convince me otherwise.

KnoxZone
Jan 27, 2007

If I die before I Wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.
Lyrica's theme is pretty great, but I am partly biased cause Phantom Ensemble is my favorite Touhou theme period.

Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.

SyntheticPolygon posted:

It is so strange that Aya is portrayed as a somewhat responsible person who cares about treaties and her position and stuff. On another note though, the Three Fairies were the best this chapter and justified why we should always vote for them forever.

Aya is totally a responsible person. One of her lines in MoF is "when you're part of an organization, things don't always go your way". And in SA, she's one of the youkai who actually respects the treaty and sends a human down instead (because in that game they care about the letter of the law, which says no youkai can go down there). In her ending, she even conducts her interview with the final boss by proxy. So... she really does take this stuff seriously.

BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn
Hey so thanks to HertzDevil



FMW3 text files get. :toot:

There's no way to re-compile so there's no possible patch (and these are really old, v1.0.4), but this means the FMW3 LP is clear to go once we're done with this.

Which probably means our efforts on the translation patch is going to end with copy/pasting all the main scenario stuff in, then leaving all the other boss convos and battle dialogue and glossary entries and all that other crap to some other guys on Kaleidoscope. Kind of lame of us, but man that main story.

BlitzBlast fucked around with this message at 04:54 on Apr 30, 2015

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

Clarste posted:

Aya is totally a responsible person. One of her lines in MoF is "when you're part of an organization, things don't always go your way". And in SA, she's one of the youkai who actually respects the treaty and sends a human down instead (because in that game they care about the letter of the law, which says no youkai can go down there). In her ending, she even conducts her interview with the final boss by proxy. So... she really does take this stuff seriously.

I guess it doesn't help that i've been trying to finally finish Double Spoiler and she doesn't really get a chance to act seriously in that game because the dialogue is mostly either her acting like an rear end in a top hat to the person she's taking pictures of, or pointing out she is rather bad at her job.

For the MOF thing, the main thing I remember about her pre-boss conversation is saying she's going to go easy on the player character because she doesn't want to have to deal with actually facing a protagonist and would rather throw the fight than put all her effort in and lose anyway. And for SA, I always just saw it as her taking her reporting seriously (since that was the whole reason she was helping Reimu in the first place) and not wanting to cause too much trouble for herself by breaking the treaty, not that she really cared about preserving the treaty in general. I just thought that one of things with Aya was that she is really drat skilled and talented at fighting and being a guard but honestly doesn't care about it too much, and that on the other hand she cares a lot about her reporting but is actually kind of bad at it because she doesn't understand that reports should be honest and not just made-up to go along with whatever images she's taken.


I guess what i'm saying is I find it weird she cares that Marisa broke the treaty because it wasn't on her so it's not like she's not going to get into trouble from it.

Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.

SyntheticPolygon posted:

I guess what i'm saying is I find it weird she cares that Marisa broke the treaty because it wasn't on her so it's not like she's not going to get into trouble from it.

Well, she certainly will if Ran pops in for the very next chapter looking for "Marisa and all the youkai with her."

Ryza
Mar 15, 2012

Disco Thunder
Prismrivers and Three Fairies are subbed now for anyone who cares.

Ardeem
Sep 16, 2010

There is no problem that cannot be solved through sufficient application of lasers and friendship.
Thanks!

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Oh lord that Aquarion reference. That was hilarious.

...now I want the Prismrivers to have a grizzled old manager who constantly explains the kana for instruments.

GimmickMan
Dec 27, 2011

If the Prismriver's faces look a little weird during the cutin it might be because Aquarion's animation is so low quality that the SRW cutins often look better than those of the real show.

Blaze Dragon
Aug 28, 2013
LOWTAX'S SPINE FUND

GimmickMan posted:

If the Prismriver's faces look a little weird during the cutin it might be because Aquarion's animation is so low quality that the SRW cutins often look better than those of the real show.

If that's the reason, then I can't wait until we get a Godmars reference.

Ardeem
Sep 16, 2010

There is no problem that cannot be solved through sufficient application of lasers and friendship.

Blaze Dragon posted:

If that's the reason, then I can't wait until we get a Godmars reference.

But the unmoving great library is Patchy and she's already *in* the game.

BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn
We got six gods out of MoF, and Hina does have poo poo for animation.

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BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn

Ryza posted:

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm26152902 FMW4 demo PV!


YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

IT'S HAPPENING



Fantasy Maiden Wars Dream. There goes my PoFV dreams, but at least we got PoDD?

Also they straight up yoinked Maximum Break from Z3, it's great. If both characters in a team are at 150 power, they can do it once per map.

EDIT: There are more system/presentation/quality of life improvements, two new skills (increase damage of Pair attacks, increase damage if opponent can't counter), and the first half of the game might be SWR? That's going to be a thing.

Also playable Rinnosuke woah.

BlitzBlast fucked around with this message at 11:28 on May 1, 2015

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