Touhou Spell Bubble

February 6, 2020

Taito

Critic1 rating

Total1 rating

ShooterMusicPuzzleStrategyIndie

Switch

Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen

Side view

ActionFantasyParty

Summary

Touhou Spell Bubble is a versus puzzle game which combines Puzzle Bobble-style orb shooting with rhythm elements

Storyline

When it happened, it was just the same old, same old. I remember Marisa looking proud of herself as she held it, hot off the presses. She was like, "It's a new invention created by the magician trio representing Gensokyo! It's for a portable game console that you operate using Spirit Power! At the time I thought, wow, she must be really bored...and maybe she was. But when I turned it on, a wondrous scene unfolded before my eyes. I remember thinking, wow, that's a lot of bubbles popping around. And then she was like, "Ah-hah! Bubbles!" She seemed to understand what was going on. At the time, I went through the motions, or just watched Marisa play. But I didn't really think much of it other than, "Well, this is weird." However, in time, once this game really took off in Gensokyo, I came to realiaze it's a major breakthrough in gameplay. Even in a peaceful place like this. I sometimes feel like I'm in a feverish delirium, seeing things like storms that aren't really there. Even with a particular omen, you have to strain your eyes hard to see it. Sometimes it's nothing more than a little ripple in the air. Looking back now, it wasn't really signs of a major upheaval... In a way, it might have just been a little calm before the "storm" that Gensokyo hasn't seen before... Or something like that.