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* BonusBoss: Seere in the first game, Bune in the second.
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* BiggerBad [[BigBadDuumvirate Duumvirate]]: Belial and Asmoday.
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* BiggerBad [[BigBadDuumvirate Duumvirate]]: BigBadDuumvirate: Belial and Asmoday.
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* EvilAlbino: [[spoiler: Dantalion in his normal form, combined with BaldOfEvil and RedEyesTakeWarning.]]
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* GenderFlip: The grimoires describing the Goetic spirits made them ''all'' male. Many of them (so far: Halphas, Raum, Seere, Valac, Marchosias, Valefor, [[spoiler: Ronove]], Leraie, Vassago) get this reversed in the games.
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* GenderFlip: The grimoires describing the Goetic spirits made them ''all'' male. Many of them (so far: Halphas, Raum, Seere, Valac, Marchosias, Valefor, [[spoiler: Ronove]], Ronove, Leraie, Vassago) get this reversed in the games.
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* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: Valefor regards herself as the God of Vampires--pretty justifiable, since she's the one who ''invented'' Romanian-style vampirism. Remilia, however, wants nothing to do with her.]]
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler: The reason why Bune decided to guide Solomon's reincarnations; Solomon was uncertain about whether he actually ''needed'' to be bound--he only did so at [[TheChessmaster Dantalion's]] insistence--and so treated him with far more respect than most of the other Goetics. It was actually the first time Bune had been treated anything resembling nicely by a mortal.]]
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler: The reason why Bune decided to guide Solomon's reincarnations; reincarnations. Solomon was uncertain about whether he actually ''needed'' to be bound--he only did so at [[TheChessmaster Dantalion's]] insistence--and so treated him with far more respect than most of the other Goetics. It was actually the first time Bune had been treated anything resembling nicely by a mortal.]]
* DragonWithAnAgenda: [[spoiler: In the third game, Eligos thinks selling Cartagran weaponry to the hags is just business as usual on his part. However, the [[TheStinger stinger]] reveals that his assistant Crocell, on Asmoday's behalf, and Jenny Greenteeth are plotting a joint operation to invade Gensokyo.]]
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* TheHeavy: [[spoiler: Dantalion isn't just the main factor behind the formation of Cartagra's current political structure. He's also involved in just about everything the heroines get involved in in the series. Valefor manipulating Buer into invading the Moon? Dantalion helped work out the best timing, and was the one who suggested Ipos be involved as an extra chance to "[[DeadlyEuphemism deal with]]" Solomon's incarnation.]]
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* TheHeavy: [[spoiler: Dantalion isn't just the main factor behind the formation of Cartagra's current political structure. He's also involved in just about everything the heroines get involved in in the series. Valefor manipulating Buer into invading the Moon? Dantalion helped work out the best timing, and was the one who suggested Ipos be involved as an extra chance to "[[DeadlyEuphemism deal with]]" resolve]]" Solomon's incarnation.incarnation. Eligos selling Cartagran technology to the English hags? [[DragonWithAnAgenda Crocell]] was the one who suggested it, and he actually works closely with Asmoday and Dantalion.]]
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* TheParanoiac: Halphas's feelings of guilt over her role in the original rebellions have spiraled to the point that they've resulted in her suffering insular paranoia. It's ''very'' difficult to get her involved in something without Andromalius, Orobas and/or Haagenti, all of whom she still trusts strongly, also being involved. [[spoiler: Seere's idea of a cure is to make her Cartagra's ambassador to Gensokyo--one of the few places in existence where she can be confident barely anyone could possibly hold a grudge against her.]]
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* TheParanoiac: Halphas's feelings of guilt over her role in the original rebellions have spiraled to the point that they've resulted in her suffering insular paranoia. It's ''very'' difficult to get her involved in something without Andromalius, Orobas and/or Haagenti, all of whom she still trusts strongly, also being involved. Unusually for the trope, Halphas thinks all the conspiracies she sees against her are ''justified in their motive''--her only qualm is that she thinks everyone wants to over-punish her. As a result, she doesn't ''hate'' her imagined oppressors, she's just terrified of them. [[spoiler: Seere's idea of a cure is to make her Cartagra's ambassador to Gensokyo--one of the few places in existence where she can be confident barely anyone could possibly hold a grudge against her.]]
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* TheHeavy: There are hints that [[spoiler: Dantalion]] is the main reason for the current power structure in Cartagra.
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* TheHeavy: There are hints that [[spoiler: Dantalion]] is Dantalion isn't just the main reason for factor behind the formation of Cartagra's current power structure political structure. He's also involved in Cartagra.just about everything the heroines get involved in in the series. Valefor manipulating Buer into invading the Moon? Dantalion helped work out the best timing, and was the one who suggested Ipos be involved as an extra chance to "[[DeadlyEuphemism deal with]]" Solomon's incarnation.]]
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A brainstorm by Tropers/{{Skyknight}}, ''Gensokyo Senshi'' is a planned (or at rather rather, imagined) series of games that takes some traits from the obscure DataEast game ''Makyou Senshi'' ([[PunBasedTitle hence the name]]). In terms of plot, the series was inspired by one of the Touhou databooks mentioning that one of the reasons Yukari tacitly approves of spellcard duels is that it keeps Gensokyo's denizens sharp in case particularly powerful youkai want to try and conquer the place.
** In the backstory, [[spoiler: Vassago, Seere, Dantalion, and Andromalius were also this in their bid to help Solomon bind the demons overrunning Mesopotamia. The only problem being that Dantalion was [[TheChessmaster only pretending to be a defector]].]]
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** [[spoiler: Andromalius, Vassago, and Seere have also gone through this, after realizing that Dantalion duped them and Solomon into assembling the Monarchia Daemonum in the first place.]]
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** [[spoiler: Andromalius, Vassago, and Seere have are also gone likely to go through this, after realizing once they realize that Dantalion Dantalion, Agares, and Belial duped them and Solomon into assembling the Monarchia Daemonum in the first place.]]
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler: The reason why Bune decided to guide Solomon's reincarnations; Solomon was uncertain about whether he actually ''needed'' to be bound--he only did so at [[TheChessmaster Dantalion's]] insistence--and so treated him with far more respect than most of the other Goetics. It was actually the first time Bune had been treated anything resembling nicely by a mortal.]]
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** [[spoiler: Andromalius, Vassago, and Seere have also gone through this, after realizing that Dantalion duped them and Solomon into assembling the Monarchia Daemonum in the first place.]]
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* EvilAlbino: [[spoiler: Dantalion in his normal form, combined with BaldOfEvil and RedEyesTakeWarning.]]
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* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler: Even if Buer's invasion is thwarted, Valefor made sure she got what she ''really'' wanted outside of the Moon falling under Cartagran rule--preparing gates to allow for easier travel between Cartagra, Earth, and the pocket dimensions. Only Agares and Marbas knew the invasion was mostly to buy her time to actually create the gates.]]
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* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler: Even if Buer's invasion is thwarted, Valefor made sure she got what she ''really'' wanted outside of the Moon falling under Cartagran rule--preparing gates to allow for easier travel between Cartagra, Earth, and the pocket dimensions. Only Agares and Marbas knew the invasion was mostly to buy her time to actually create the gates.]]
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* BossSubtitles: The first game:
** Doom of All Thieves, Andromalius
** High Captain of the Mezuki, Orobas
** The Siegemaster, Halphas
** Gozuki Alchemist, Haagenti
** The Strifebringer, Andras
** The Ruinous Saint, Raum
** [[spoiler: Infinite Face, Dantalion]]
** [[spoiler: Possessed Vampire, Flandre Scarlet]]
** Doom of All Thieves, Andromalius
** High Captain of the Mezuki, Orobas
** The Siegemaster, Halphas
** Gozuki Alchemist, Haagenti
** The Strifebringer, Andras
** The Ruinous Saint, Raum
** [[spoiler: Infinite Face, Dantalion]]
** [[spoiler: Possessed Vampire, Flandre Scarlet]]
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A brainstorm by Tropers/{{Skyknight}}, ''Gensokyo Senshi'' is a planned (or at rather imagined) series of games that takes some traits from the obscure DataEast game ''Makyou Senshi'' ([[PunBasedTitle hence the name]]). In terms of plot, the series was inspired by one of the Touhou databooks mentioning that one of the reasons Yukari tacitly approves of spellcard duels is that it keeps Gensokyo's denizens sharp in case particular particularly powerful youkai want to try and conquer the place.
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* {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler: Solomon's current incarnation is ''Sanae.'' Murmur, Bifrons, and Bune are responsible for this; they've been adjusting how and where Solomon incarnates in a fashion ''expressly'' meant to keep Ipos from finding him. [[SpannerInTheWorks They weren't expecting Leraie to identify Sanae, though.]]]]
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* {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler: Solomon's current incarnation is ''Sanae.'' Murmur, Bifrons, and Bune are responsible for this; they've been adjusting how and where Solomon incarnates in a fashion ''expressly'' meant to keep Ipos from finding him. [[SpannerInTheWorks [[DidntSeeThatComing They weren't expecting Leraie to identify Sanae, though.]]]]
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* TheParanoiac: Halphas's feelings of guilt over her role in the original rebellion have spiraled to the point that they've resulted in her suffering insular paranoia. It's ''very'' difficult to get her involved in something without Andromalius, Orobas and/or Haagenti, all of whom she still trusts strongly, also being involved. [[spoiler: Seere's idea of a cure is to make her Cartagra's ambassador to Gensokyo--one of the few places in existence where she can be confident barely anyone could possibly hold a grudge against her.]]
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* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: One thing that becomes abundantly clear when the heroines face Andras is that the evil Cartagrans aren't even trying to abide by spellcard rules. For starters, they're using ''live attacks'' (as the luckless Meiling could easily attest, having been left bleeding to near-death by Raum). The good and neutral Cartagrans, meanwhile, have no problem using spellcard rules when facing off against Gensokyo denizens.
* TheParanoiac: Halphas's feelings of guilt over her role in the originalrebellion rebellions have spiraled to the point that they've resulted in her suffering insular paranoia. It's ''very'' difficult to get her involved in something without Andromalius, Orobas and/or Haagenti, all of whom she still trusts strongly, also being involved. [[spoiler: Seere's idea of a cure is to make her Cartagra's ambassador to Gensokyo--one of the few places in existence where she can be confident barely anyone could possibly hold a grudge against her.]]
* TheParanoiac: Halphas's feelings of guilt over her role in the original
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* BackgroundBoss: A variant exists with Ipos. Shortly after the second game's sixth stage begins, a shadowy winged figure will fly into the dark background, then reveal a swathe of eyes [[EyesDoNotBelongThere on his wings]]. The eyes will then [[EyeBeams emit beams that blast into the foreground]] [[CrosshairAware with only a landing reticule to warn you]], and sometimes move the beams around in a further attempt to blast you. Ipos will be trying to fry you ''constantly'' throughout the stage until you reach the end, where he'll fly into the foreground for a proper boss battle.
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* GoodIsNotNice: Andromalius and Halphas have their own fashion of keeping the youkai's anthropophagy under control--They drag particularly vile people who are consistently escaping human justice into Gensokyo. [[spoiler: Yukari knows, and approves--that much less work for the chefs to do.]]
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* Irony: [[spoiler: One thing Seere didn't count on for whether Halphas would be a good pick for the ambassador to Gensokyo--most activities there involve alcohol consumption. Which leaves Halphas out a lot, on account of her being ''alcohol-intolerant''.]]
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* Irony: {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: One thing Seere didn't count on for whether Halphas would be a good pick for the ambassador to Gensokyo--most activities there involve alcohol consumption. Which leaves Halphas out a lot, on account of her being ''alcohol-intolerant''.]]
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* SwordBeam: Andras's sword doubles as a [[ShockAndAwe lightning blaster]]. Orobas, meanwhile, uses a Halberd Beam.
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* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: The eighth boss in the first game is Flandre after Dantalion takes control of her body.]]
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* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler: The eighth boss in the first game is Flandre after Dantalion takes control of her body. Thankfully, Flandre's putting up enough resistance to keep him from using her eyebreak powers. All her ''other'' powers, on the other hand...]]
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** [[spoiler: Valac]] is ''clearly'' holding back when first fought in the second game. The decisive proof? [[spoiler: She re-appears as the ''stage seven mid-boss''.]]
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* GenderFlip: The grimoires describing the Goetic spirits made them ''all'' male. Many of them (i.e. Halphas, Raum, Seere, Valac, Marchosias, Valefor, [[spoiler: Ronove]], Leraie, Vassago) get this reversed in the games.
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* GenderFlip: The grimoires describing the Goetic spirits made them ''all'' male. Many of them (i.e. (so far: Halphas, Raum, Seere, Valac, Marchosias, Valefor, [[spoiler: Ronove]], Leraie, Vassago) get this reversed in the games.games.
* GenreShift: Somewhat. While the first game is a standard vertical scroller, the second game is a ''horizontal'' scroller.
* GenreShift: Somewhat. While the first game is a standard vertical scroller, the second game is a ''horizontal'' scroller.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Valac and Buer are ''not'' happy with themselves for being manipulated into a possibly unnecessary invasion of the Moon by Valefor.]]
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* Plaguemaster: Marbas. Yamame despises him for his role in the corruption of the majority of the tsuchigumo pre-Gensokyo.
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* WeaponizedExhaust: The [[BattleshipRaid sky carrier]] in the first game's seventh stage will sometimes use its side thrusters like this. You get a warning for the first time it does this, but not afterwards.
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* TheMasquerade: [[spoiler: Other than the SDM crew and Yukari's retinue, Gensokyo doesn't know that Ronove's taking refuge amongst them. The only way they know her, after all, is as Koakuma...]]
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If you wanted a more somber ''VideoGame/Touhou'' experience without completely going full-scale DarkerAndEdgier, this ''might'' be what you want.
A brainstorm by Tropers/{{Skyknight}}, ''Gensokyo Senshi'' is a planned (or at least imagined) series of games that takes some traits from the obscure DataEast game ''Makyou Senshi'' ([[PunBasedTitle hence the name]]). In terms of plot, the series was inspired by one of the Touhou databooks mentioning that one of the reasons Yukari tacitly approves of spellcard duels is that it keeps Gensokyo's denizens sharp in case particular powerful youkai want to try and conquer the place.
A brainstorm by Tropers/{{Skyknight}}, ''Gensokyo Senshi'' is a planned (or at least imagined) series of games that takes some traits from the obscure DataEast game ''Makyou Senshi'' ([[PunBasedTitle hence the name]]). In terms of plot, the series was inspired by one of the Touhou databooks mentioning that one of the reasons Yukari tacitly approves of spellcard duels is that it keeps Gensokyo's denizens sharp in case particular powerful youkai want to try and conquer the place.
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If you wanted a more somber ''VideoGame/Touhou'' ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' experience without completely going full-scale DarkerAndEdgier, this ''might'' be what you want.
A brainstorm by Tropers/{{Skyknight}}, ''Gensokyo Senshi'' is a planned (or atleast rather imagined) series of games that takes some traits from the obscure DataEast game ''Makyou Senshi'' ([[PunBasedTitle hence the name]]). In terms of plot, the series was inspired by one of the Touhou databooks mentioning that one of the reasons Yukari tacitly approves of spellcard duels is that it keeps Gensokyo's denizens sharp in case particular powerful youkai want to try and conquer the place.
A brainstorm by Tropers/{{Skyknight}}, ''Gensokyo Senshi'' is a planned (or at
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* AdventureDuo: What you play as. Four are available in the first game--Reimu/Cirno, Marisa/Alice (although Alice is using Shanghai Core for a proxy), Sanae/Suwako, and Remilia/Sakuya. The second game gives Reimu Suika for a partner instead, with Cirno going to Halphas, and placing two new dyads in the form of Yuugi/Yamame and Kaguya/Reisen.
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* AdventureDuo: What you play as. Four are available in the first game--Reimu/Cirno, Marisa/Alice (although Alice is using Shanghai Core for a proxy), Sanae/Suwako, and Remilia/Sakuya. The second game gives Reimu Suika for a partner instead, with Cirno going to Halphas, and placing two more new dyads in the form of Yuugi/Yamame and Kaguya/Reisen.
* FallenAngel: All of the Goetic spirits were originally servants of the various Mesopotamian gods until Asmoday and Beleth incited them with various pretexts to rebel. They've been exiled ever since.
* HalfIdenticalTwins: Agares and Vassago. They also happen to ''hate'' each other, being on opposite sides of the good/evil divide (Vassago's the good one).
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Vine's only concern is the well-being of Cartagra. Which made it ''very'' easy for him to fall under Belial's spell.
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If you wanted a more somber ''VideoGame/Touhou'' experience without completely going full-scale DarkerAndEdgier, this ''might'' be what you want.
A brainstorm by Tropers/{{Skyknight}}, ''Gensokyo Senshi'' is a planned (or at least imagined) series of games that takes some traits from the obscure DataEast game ''Makyou Senshi'' ([[PunBasedTitle hence the name]]). In terms of plot, the series was inspired by one of the Touhou databooks mentioning that one of the reasons Yukari tacitly approves of spellcard duels is that it keeps Gensokyo's denizens sharp in case particular powerful youkai want to try and conquer the place.
Well, that's now happening. Except rather than youkai, it's the nastier members of the ArsGoetia who've set their sights on Gensokyo.
Traits include the following:
* There are actual ground-based enemies now--and some of them act like the "[[DemonicSpiders sniper tanks]]" from Toaplan and Seibu Kaihatsu games. Thankfully, for when you want to head upscreen to catch non-crystal bonuses at once, the sniper constructs are almost all mid/low-screen.
* Defeated enemies drop stationary crystals with a number value. These can be collected to be able to "buy" Option Weapons found lying around in the stages, much like ''Makyou Senshi'' itself. Option Weapons have a limited stock; when depleted, the previous Option Weapon becomes available.
* Each player-character comes with an "option character". She's invulnerable, but can only use the Option Weapons (while you can only use your standard shot setup). An option character can be "locked" to face in any of eight directions, and will fire the most recent Option Weapon in that direction.
* Bullet patterns are not quite as danmaku-oriented, since that gets in the way of picking up Option Weapons. They're somewhere between standard danmaku and manic shooters like ''{{VideoGame/Raiden}}'' and ''Air Gallet''.
* The main games' stage count isn't six; it's ''eight''. And yes, there's a bonus stage like the main Touhou games.
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* ArsGoetia
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Although Raum kidnapping Patchouli ''was'' a goal, it was priority B for her, Andras, and Dantalion's incursion. Priority A was taking control of Flandre for Valefor. Catching Patchouli first was simply a way to get Remilia and Sakuya out of the way long enough for Dantalion to infiltrate the SDM.]]
* BattleshipRaid: The seventh stage of the first game.
* BerserkButton: Thieves for Andromalius. Which, of course, means he and Marisa get off on the wrong foot ''immediately''.
* BiggerBad [[BigBadDuumvirate Duumvirate]]: Belial and Asmoday.
* BonusBoss: Seere in the first game, Bune in the second.
* CrazyPrepared: Buer carries samples of practically every plant oil in existence to coat his arrows, which are made of almost every gemstone in existence, and he knows the magic effects of every combination. [[spoiler: This is how he's able to [[CurbStompBattle flatten Yorihime]]--his first salvos, with their shattering arrows, were to create a field of gem/oil mist hopelessly repugnant to any kami she tried to summon.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: As a general rule, if you face a Goetic demon in the first half of the game or the bonus stage, you're probably facing one of the good-aligned demons. Late-game demons aren't necessarily evil in turn, though; just look at Buer, who's the seventh boss of the second game.
* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler: Ronove is effectively in political asylum in Gensokyo, being unwilling to stay in Cartagra while Belial, Vine, and Asmoday have the lion's share of influence.]]
* DemonicInvaders
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: The eighth boss in the first game is Flandre after Dantalion takes control of her body.]]
* DistressedDamsel: Patchouli in the first game, animating eight of her friends/frenemies to save her. [[spoiler: [[BatmanGambit Just as Raum and Dantalion hoped.]]]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even Marisa isn't sure she wants to steal any powers from Raum (too vile) or Ipos (too much risk of going as AxCrazy as him).
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: The heroines are pretty unsettled with all the eyes studding Andras's wings. [[RunningGag It gets repeated in the second game]] with Valac and Ipos.
* GenderFlip: The grimoires describing the Goetic spirits made them ''all'' male. Many of them (i.e. Halphas, Raum, Seere, Valac, Marchosias, Valefor, [[spoiler: Ronove]], Leraie, Vassago) get this reversed in the games.
* GoodIsNotNice: Andromalius and Halphas have their own fashion of keeping the youkai's anthropophagy under control--They drag particularly vile people who are consistently escaping human justice into Gensokyo. [[spoiler: Yukari knows, and approves--that much less work for the chefs to do.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Agares traps Ipos in a dimensional prison after the second game lest he discover and reveal to Cartagra that Dantalion conspired with Agares and Belial to set up the current regime with Solomon's unwitting help.]]
* TheHeavy: There are hints that [[spoiler: Dantalion]] is the main reason for the current power structure in Cartagra.
* LargeAndInCharge: [[spoiler: Even if Valefor is effectively manipulating the invasion for her own purposes,]] Buer definitely counts--[[spoiler: A ''twenty-feet tall'' lion-taur with two extra legs.]]
* TheMasquerade: [[spoiler: Other than the SDM crew and Yukari's retinue, Gensokyo doesn't know that Ronove's taking refuge amongst them. The only way they know her, after all, is as Koakuma...]]
* TheParanoiac: Halphas's feelings of guilt over her role in the original rebellion have spiraled to the point that they've resulted in her suffering insular paranoia. It's ''very'' difficult to get her involved in something without Andromalius, Orobas and/or Haagenti, all of whom she still trusts strongly, also being involved. [[spoiler: Seere's idea of a cure is to make her Cartagra's ambassador to Gensokyo--one of the few places in existence where she can be confident barely anyone could possibly hold a grudge against her.]]
* ThePlaguemaster: Marbas. Yamame despises him for his role in the corruption of the majority of the tsuchigumo pre-Gensokyo.
* {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler: Solomon's current incarnation is ''Sanae.'' Murmur, Bifrons, and Bune are responsible for this; they've been adjusting how and where Solomon incarnates in a fashion ''expressly'' meant to keep Ipos from finding him. [[SpannerInTheWorks They weren't expecting Leraie to identify Sanae, though.]]]]
* RevengeBeforeReason: Revenge on Solomon is pretty much Ipos's sole priority, and the only reason he joined Buer in the attack on the Moon. [[spoiler: Ipos knows Solomon's current incarnation isn't there, but Valefor assured him that the reincarnation in question ''would'' be convinced to pop up in response.]]
* SoapboxSadie: Valac. Even [[WellIntentionedExtremist Buer]]--who wants to [[spoiler: overthrow Tsukuyomi because he considers the Lunarians' retreat from Earth as them being willfully derelict in their divine duties to mortals]]--thinks she can overdo it at times.
* TankGoodness: Andras alternately fights within and in tandem with a large wolf-motif tank.
* TheUnfought: Leraie, Belial, Asmoday, and Vine...thus far, anyway.
* WillfullyWeak: Orobas is only using enough strength to make sure that the heroines have a chance at surviving what he knows Raum and Andras brought to Gensokyo with them. His full power is shown at first sighting, when he obliterates about a ''hundred'' constructs with one blast from his halberd.
** [[spoiler: Valac]] is ''clearly'' holding back when first fought in the second game. The decisive proof? [[spoiler: She re-appears as the ''stage seven mid-boss''.]]
* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler: Even if Buer's invasion is thwarted, Valefor made sure she got what she ''really'' wanted outside of the Moon falling under Cartagran rule--preparing gates to allow for easier travel between Cartagra, Earth, and the pocket dimensions. Only Agares and Marbas knew the invasion was mostly to buy her time to actually create the gates.]]
A brainstorm by Tropers/{{Skyknight}}, ''Gensokyo Senshi'' is a planned (or at least imagined) series of games that takes some traits from the obscure DataEast game ''Makyou Senshi'' ([[PunBasedTitle hence the name]]). In terms of plot, the series was inspired by one of the Touhou databooks mentioning that one of the reasons Yukari tacitly approves of spellcard duels is that it keeps Gensokyo's denizens sharp in case particular powerful youkai want to try and conquer the place.
Well, that's now happening. Except rather than youkai, it's the nastier members of the ArsGoetia who've set their sights on Gensokyo.
Traits include the following:
* There are actual ground-based enemies now--and some of them act like the "[[DemonicSpiders sniper tanks]]" from Toaplan and Seibu Kaihatsu games. Thankfully, for when you want to head upscreen to catch non-crystal bonuses at once, the sniper constructs are almost all mid/low-screen.
* Defeated enemies drop stationary crystals with a number value. These can be collected to be able to "buy" Option Weapons found lying around in the stages, much like ''Makyou Senshi'' itself. Option Weapons have a limited stock; when depleted, the previous Option Weapon becomes available.
* Each player-character comes with an "option character". She's invulnerable, but can only use the Option Weapons (while you can only use your standard shot setup). An option character can be "locked" to face in any of eight directions, and will fire the most recent Option Weapon in that direction.
* Bullet patterns are not quite as danmaku-oriented, since that gets in the way of picking up Option Weapons. They're somewhere between standard danmaku and manic shooters like ''{{VideoGame/Raiden}}'' and ''Air Gallet''.
* The main games' stage count isn't six; it's ''eight''. And yes, there's a bonus stage like the main Touhou games.
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* AdventureDuo: What you play as. Four are available in the first game--Reimu/Cirno, Marisa/Alice (although Alice is using Shanghai Core for a proxy), Sanae/Suwako, and Remilia/Sakuya. The second game gives Reimu Suika for a partner instead, with Cirno going to Halphas, and placing two new dyads in the form of Yuugi/Yamame and Kaguya/Reisen.
* ArsGoetia
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Although Raum kidnapping Patchouli ''was'' a goal, it was priority B for her, Andras, and Dantalion's incursion. Priority A was taking control of Flandre for Valefor. Catching Patchouli first was simply a way to get Remilia and Sakuya out of the way long enough for Dantalion to infiltrate the SDM.]]
* BattleshipRaid: The seventh stage of the first game.
* BerserkButton: Thieves for Andromalius. Which, of course, means he and Marisa get off on the wrong foot ''immediately''.
* BiggerBad [[BigBadDuumvirate Duumvirate]]: Belial and Asmoday.
* BonusBoss: Seere in the first game, Bune in the second.
* CrazyPrepared: Buer carries samples of practically every plant oil in existence to coat his arrows, which are made of almost every gemstone in existence, and he knows the magic effects of every combination. [[spoiler: This is how he's able to [[CurbStompBattle flatten Yorihime]]--his first salvos, with their shattering arrows, were to create a field of gem/oil mist hopelessly repugnant to any kami she tried to summon.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: As a general rule, if you face a Goetic demon in the first half of the game or the bonus stage, you're probably facing one of the good-aligned demons. Late-game demons aren't necessarily evil in turn, though; just look at Buer, who's the seventh boss of the second game.
* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler: Ronove is effectively in political asylum in Gensokyo, being unwilling to stay in Cartagra while Belial, Vine, and Asmoday have the lion's share of influence.]]
* DemonicInvaders
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: The eighth boss in the first game is Flandre after Dantalion takes control of her body.]]
* DistressedDamsel: Patchouli in the first game, animating eight of her friends/frenemies to save her. [[spoiler: [[BatmanGambit Just as Raum and Dantalion hoped.]]]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even Marisa isn't sure she wants to steal any powers from Raum (too vile) or Ipos (too much risk of going as AxCrazy as him).
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: The heroines are pretty unsettled with all the eyes studding Andras's wings. [[RunningGag It gets repeated in the second game]] with Valac and Ipos.
* GenderFlip: The grimoires describing the Goetic spirits made them ''all'' male. Many of them (i.e. Halphas, Raum, Seere, Valac, Marchosias, Valefor, [[spoiler: Ronove]], Leraie, Vassago) get this reversed in the games.
* GoodIsNotNice: Andromalius and Halphas have their own fashion of keeping the youkai's anthropophagy under control--They drag particularly vile people who are consistently escaping human justice into Gensokyo. [[spoiler: Yukari knows, and approves--that much less work for the chefs to do.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Agares traps Ipos in a dimensional prison after the second game lest he discover and reveal to Cartagra that Dantalion conspired with Agares and Belial to set up the current regime with Solomon's unwitting help.]]
* TheHeavy: There are hints that [[spoiler: Dantalion]] is the main reason for the current power structure in Cartagra.
* LargeAndInCharge: [[spoiler: Even if Valefor is effectively manipulating the invasion for her own purposes,]] Buer definitely counts--[[spoiler: A ''twenty-feet tall'' lion-taur with two extra legs.]]
* TheMasquerade: [[spoiler: Other than the SDM crew and Yukari's retinue, Gensokyo doesn't know that Ronove's taking refuge amongst them. The only way they know her, after all, is as Koakuma...]]
* TheParanoiac: Halphas's feelings of guilt over her role in the original rebellion have spiraled to the point that they've resulted in her suffering insular paranoia. It's ''very'' difficult to get her involved in something without Andromalius, Orobas and/or Haagenti, all of whom she still trusts strongly, also being involved. [[spoiler: Seere's idea of a cure is to make her Cartagra's ambassador to Gensokyo--one of the few places in existence where she can be confident barely anyone could possibly hold a grudge against her.]]
* ThePlaguemaster: Marbas. Yamame despises him for his role in the corruption of the majority of the tsuchigumo pre-Gensokyo.
* {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler: Solomon's current incarnation is ''Sanae.'' Murmur, Bifrons, and Bune are responsible for this; they've been adjusting how and where Solomon incarnates in a fashion ''expressly'' meant to keep Ipos from finding him. [[SpannerInTheWorks They weren't expecting Leraie to identify Sanae, though.]]]]
* RevengeBeforeReason: Revenge on Solomon is pretty much Ipos's sole priority, and the only reason he joined Buer in the attack on the Moon. [[spoiler: Ipos knows Solomon's current incarnation isn't there, but Valefor assured him that the reincarnation in question ''would'' be convinced to pop up in response.]]
* SoapboxSadie: Valac. Even [[WellIntentionedExtremist Buer]]--who wants to [[spoiler: overthrow Tsukuyomi because he considers the Lunarians' retreat from Earth as them being willfully derelict in their divine duties to mortals]]--thinks she can overdo it at times.
* TankGoodness: Andras alternately fights within and in tandem with a large wolf-motif tank.
* TheUnfought: Leraie, Belial, Asmoday, and Vine...thus far, anyway.
* WillfullyWeak: Orobas is only using enough strength to make sure that the heroines have a chance at surviving what he knows Raum and Andras brought to Gensokyo with them. His full power is shown at first sighting, when he obliterates about a ''hundred'' constructs with one blast from his halberd.
** [[spoiler: Valac]] is ''clearly'' holding back when first fought in the second game. The decisive proof? [[spoiler: She re-appears as the ''stage seven mid-boss''.]]
* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler: Even if Buer's invasion is thwarted, Valefor made sure she got what she ''really'' wanted outside of the Moon falling under Cartagran rule--preparing gates to allow for easier travel between Cartagra, Earth, and the pocket dimensions. Only Agares and Marbas knew the invasion was mostly to buy her time to actually create the gates.]]
