The newest game from the Touhou series, Touhou 12 – Undefined Fantasic Object is set to release this summer at Comiket 76 in August 2009. A demo version of the game can be downloaded here. The game is in japanese but you should be able to find your way around. Z is shoot and X is bomb.

Story:
It is Spring in Genosokyo and a rumor is spreading about a magical flying treasure airship. The three main characters, Reimu, Marisa, and Sanae Kotiya (who has returned from the mountain of faith) race eachother to reach the ship. Un be knowest to them, they are being followed, and that is all we know so far.

Gameplay:
Like the large majority of Touhou games, it is a bullet hell style game where you must dodge millions of things getting fired at you from all directions. Each main player (Reimu, Marisa, and Sanae) has 2 weapon styles. The use of spell cards (separate bombing counter) from the earlier games is being brought back.

The newest addition to the gameplay in Touhou 12 is the UFO’s. There are 3 colors of UFO’s (red, green, blue) that some enemies will have flying around them. Once you defeat the enemy you can pick up their UFO. If you collect 3 of a color a large UFO will appear, and if you collect 1 of each color a flashing UFO will appear. You have a time limit to defeat these special enemies once they appear, and if completed on time you will get special items (depending on the color).

Music:
The music rocks .. like all Touhou games.

I’m stoked for this game, as the graphics seem a lot smoother than the previous Touhou – Mountain of Faith. The demo was great and am hoping to get my hands on this soon!