-when you are a fan of cute magical girls.
Shocking as this may sound, I'm not the only fan of cute girls out there. Get this; according to the Touhou Wiki, one reason Aya's articles have interviews with the other characters is because she likes to have interviews with cute girls from Gensokyo. Probably to drive up sales. But this leads us to an interesting revelation of mine:
You know what I started to play just now? Shoot the Bullet, and Double Spoiler.
First thought, GOD, these are hard! You know how in most Touhou games, you just hold down the fire button (POFV notwithstanding) and avoid shots, and you could win battles like that? That doesn't work in Aya's games! And it's all because the objective is different! You don't duel with people; you snap pictures of them as they're shooting at you . . . with danmaku! Sooo . . . you have to dodge shots, wait for the camera to reload, then get close enough, be at the right angle, and snap your shot (which you can't do while focused) and repeat til you have enough pictures, or until you die. But it is a lot harder than it looks, especially in DS!
The games themselves are good, though. And although neither of them have that many music tracks, they are outstanding . . . better than Ten Desires, anyway. It's a shame more people don't remix these scores, for they deserve it.
Oh yeah, I tried out another Touhou game, Mountain of Faith. I've never played it, not even the demo. I've tried out all the other ones, but MOF slipped though my fingers somehow. Well, I tried it. It was good, but not great. But the music! Well . . . I already knew MOF had a beautiful soundtrack (I have it on MP3!), but hearing it in-game, wow. However, I can't get past Sanae . . . on easy! On normal, I die before I get to the second boss. (Hina's too strong as a mid-boss!) Dang, these games are hard!
Oh, but that's not the only Touhou thing I want to discuss.
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Did you know I put out another Touhou Omake? Look at the title, "Mima Returns." Now you know why I waited until Ten Desires came out.
However, I had some inspiration. Remember how I said that there was a fanfic about Alice from the PC-98 era by someone named Max Knight? It was this, however, he and I talk every now and then. One thing he likes is fanfics based off the Power Rangers. Now, I was a fan of the original Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers . . . about 16 or so years ago. He still is, unlike me.
But you see, PR is something I have nostalgia for; I enjoyed it as a kid, yeah, but I don't like it anymore. Aside from the epic levels of cheese, I also found PR too formulaic, and once I started being able to predict the episodes, I stopped watching. (Although I didn't mind the camp as a kid though; it was the predictability that turned me away initially.) Nonetheless, the good times I had as a kid are still there. So, why not throw in a few PR references in this latest omake? Three guesses as to who plays the parts of Bulk and Skull in my fic, hint, it's not anyone particularly strong.
However, I don't have any concrete ideas for the next omake. I have a few ideas, but nothing solid yet. I still have Gensokyan Backstories, and the sequel to Eternal Blossom, though, so maybe I'll concentrate on those for now, when it comes to Touhou fanfiction and me.
