| Game - Touhou 7: Perfect Cherry Blossom Stage 6, Lunatic Mode Character: Marisa Type A The final battle approaches as we arrive in the cherry blossom gardens of Hakugyokurou. And how are we greeted? With what is perhaps the best example of why randomness sucks in danmaku. My God, ZUN, you must have been high, not drunk, if you thought putting in this many random bullets was a good idea. It is the very definition of an "autobomb", though I have to survive a few seconds of this hellish attack before any bombs would be considered "well timed". Youmu herself is pretty easy though, allowing a short breather before the final boss... Enter Yuyuko Saigyouji, the ghost princess of the Netherworld. The reason she enlisted Youmu to steal Gensokyo's spring was so that every cherry tree in Hakugyokurou, including the youkai cherry tree Saigyou Ayakashi, would bloom perfectly. If this happened, then a seal on the youkai cherry tree would break, releasing the soul of an unknown person trapped within it. But considering this tree has a nasty habit of luring people to their deaths (it is a youkai, after all), we can't let Yuyuko's plan succeed, no matter who's sealed inside it. And so the climactic battle begins! Yuyuko's danmaku heavily feature the then-brand-new "butterfly bullets", and combined with their color arrangements and the backgrounds for the fight, Yuyuko has one of the most visually appealing boss fights in the entire series. But compared to other final bosses, some would ... |
