Some Questions

[Andrew R]

This game looks really neat but what sets it apart from a thousand other action / platform / side scrollers?

The price is 30$ US ( Switch ) which I DON'T have an issue with but is this a pretty lengthy adventure?

[ch]

is it really 30$ on switch? That's a bit pricey. It's not that long as far as I remember (somewhere around 8 stages, think of a classic castlevania stage).
Maybe it has something to do with the addition of voice acting (the original game didn't have any VA afaik).

[Andrew R]

Origineel geplaatst door ch:

is it really 30$ on switch? That's a bit pricey. It's not that long as far as I remember (somewhere around 8 stages, think of a classic castlevania stage).
Maybe it has something to do with the addition of voice acting (the original game didn't have any VA afaik).

Yep.

So far, I'm not convinced.

[ch]

I'll be quite surprised if it's 30$ on steam. The game's good, don't get me wrong, but it's pretty much a remaster, and it's been 10+ years since the original release. Hmm.. we'll see in 2 days I guess.

[Andrew R]

Sigh.

Another example of Steam price / Switch price NOT being the same. Maybe.

Again, I'm not really sure why it is better than ^ insert name here ^

[his1roguenation]

The only question that comes to my mind is whether or not they gonna remaster the infinitely superior sequel.

[Makina Icyterror]

2-4 hours long. 8 normal stages and 3 ex stages.

Not really a metroidvania despite being call touhouvania. There is no exploration or backtracking. It's just a mixture of action game and bullet hell. You proceed through stages and beat a boss at the end of the level. They only new thing they add is character JP dub.

I'm still iffy about its pricing tbh.

[KDOXG]

Just sharing a little analysis I've done here: through Frontier Aja's official website[aja-games.com], it's been years since the game has been on sale for around $20. However, it's a bundle with both titles, Koumajou Densetsu I & II. This time, they're offering just the 1st game for $30, with HD graphics and an added professional voice acting similar to the 2nd game and with the same VAs, except Aoi Yuuki and Miho Okasaki which weren't before.

Now I'm definitely not questioning the cost for the VAs in this release, but considering 1: the fact that the 2nd game already has full professional VA; and 2: how much of the assets are reused between the titles; the least they have done was remastering and releasing both titles together, like the bundle from Frontier Aja's website. Probably this release will sustain it by the Switch version like every Touhou release on consoles, but the 1st game as-is still has not much content for a price like $30. At the very least, it needs more content (or free updates after release, although is kinda unlikely).

[Andrew R]

Why is this considered a classic?

I don't mind forking over the money if the game is really good.

[Andrew R]

And I mean REALLY. GOOD.

[[TwitchTV] TorNis]

Origineel geplaatst door ch:

is it really 30$ on switch? That's a bit pricey. It's not that long as far as I remember (somewhere around 8 stages, think of a classic castlevania stage).
Maybe it has something to do with the addition of voice acting (the original game didn't have any VA afaik).

Hey there =)

[Andrew R]

Good reviews but not 30 bucks good imo

[Andrew R]

Hell, you you probably buy 3-4 good steam games in the same genre for that one price.