Touhou: Concealed the Conclusion - Phantasm Stage (Commentary & Translation)

This is another Gensokyo.
It is not the Gensokyo that I am familiar with,
but that doesn't matter, for the old home does not exist
anywhere anymore.

I swear Danmaq just didn't want anyone to get to this stage. That's the only thing I can come up with. To unlock the Phantasm stage first you have to beat the game on normal or above with no continues. Then you have to beat the Extra stage with that shot type. Now beat the game with the other three shot types each time without using continues on normal mode. Have at least 81 different spell cards unlocked in spell practice. And then at least attempt Lunatic mode as your choice shot type. Got all that? Good, now bend over for Reimu, we're going to the Phantasm stage.

Like Yukari's stage before this the Phantasm stage can be viewed as a remix of the extra stage. However a MUCH more difficult remix at that. The enemies come at the same spots and attack in similar manners but they either shoot more bullets, faster bullets, bigger bullets, or all three.

Suika returns as the mid-boss and on one hand is tough as hell. However on the other hand you will do this stage so many times she just turns into a passing glance.

Reimu...if I had to describe this fight in one word it would be "blindsided". Cool Down wise it's the exact same logic as Suika just bigger, faster bullets. However almost every spell card she uses is similar to Suika in theme alone. The main point of it is to get you to focus all your attention on one aspect of it and then blast you with something else out of nowhere. You need VERY good peripheral vision to even hope to beat her and learn how to dodge without looking at or even near Marisa to win.

Also like Suika you will have to heavily rely on careful use of Hakurei Bombs however first Reimu's attacks aren't as wasteful as Suika's so you can't count on refiling your gauge after attacking. That means you get pretty much one shot per spell card so make it count. Secondly Reimu's attacks are MUCH more cruel than Suika's were. With Suika her 2nd, 4th, and 5th cards were the trouble ones and the rest weren't too awful bad...With Reimu the only tame ones are her 1st, 5th, and 7th. The other seven are either extremely difficult without Hakurei Bombs or all the Hakurei in the world can't help you, they are that bad...

Difficulty - Phantasm
Mode: Marisa D - Love Sign, Penetration Type
Phantasm Stage - Illusion Game the Alternative Phantasmagoria
BGM - Eternal Phantasmagoria
Mid-Boss - Forgathering dream, illusion, and pandemonium: Suika Ibuki
Boss - Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise: Reimu Hakurei
BGM - Dream Express ~ Red / White

Spell Cards

1:46 - Illusion Dragon "Dragon's Siege"
2:13 - Illusion Beast "Raijuu's Flash"
2:28 - Gathering Sign "Chimimoryou Legion"

6:47 - Cool Down
7:09 - Initial System "i ro ha ni ho he do"
7:39 - Cool Down
7:58 - Dancing Miko "Dichromatic Lotus Butterfly"
8:23 - Cool Down
8:42 - Barrier "Danmaku Kaleidoscope"
9:08 - Cool Down
9:51 - Ritualistic Instrument "Hakurei Shrine Shimenawa"
10:25 - Cool Down
10:44 - Barrier "Hakurei Heptagram Crest"
11:17 - Cool Down
11:36 - Barrier "Hakurei Twelve Syllable Seals"
12:39 - Cool Down
12:59 - Magic "The Whereabouts of Kashinkyoshi"
13:32 - Cool Down
13:53 - Divine Skill "Four-Handed Yin-Yang Performance"
14:15 - "Five Elemental Yin-Yang Barrier"
15:40 - Dream Boundary "The Universe"

Translation's courtesy of the Touhou wiki

You can download the game here
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