History VideoGame / TouhouLabyrinth

* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: Twice. First you have to choose between Kaguya[=/=][[spoiler:Eirin]] and Mokou[=/=][[spoiler:Reisen]], and later you get to pick between [[spoiler:Kanako]] and [[spoiler:Suwako]]. Subverted in that you still get to recruit the other party members later.

* ObviousBeta: Oh dear, where do we start. Dozens of bugs, and a lot of content hasn't been implemented yet. Most of these were fixed by the time of the English translation, though.

* TheCameo: In the Plus Disk, one of the {{Bonus Boss}}es is [[spoiler:[[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei YHVH!]]]]

** The [[BonusBoss Bloodstained Seal Bosses]] are cameos from other BulletHell and RogueLike Series.

* CurbStompBattle: What will happen should you try to take on one of the [[BonusBoss Bloodstained Seal Bosses]] when you can first get to them. [[spoiler:The FinalBoss of the Plus Disc will do this [[AIRoulette should he feel like it.]]]]

* BonusBoss: There's at least four in the post-game's Extra floors, and defeating all of them is required to fight another that's heavily implied to be [[spoiler:the Dragon... or is it?]]
** [[spoiler:The {{Orochi}}]] is the final story boss of the Plus Disk... but [[spoiler:the Dragon is indeed up there at the very top]].

** [[spoiler:His Shadow]] in the Plus Disk is also relatively normal, but [[spoiler:a BonusBoss late in the postgame is basically the fight against him in the original game]].

* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Ame-no-Murakumo. [[spoiler:Who is also the BigBad and the FinalBoss, and a BonusBoss in the Plus Disk]].
** You get it back as an equippable item if [[spoiler:you beat its BonusBoss enhanced form]]. This is the second-to-last achievement in the base game.

The original game features 20 floors to explore and up to 32 characters to recruit. The [[ExpansionPack Plus Disk]] expansion added another 10 [[BonusDungeon bonus floors]] filled with [[BonusBoss even more challenging battles]], as well as 8 additional characters. The [[UpdatedRerelease Special Disk]] that was released later includes both the original content and the Plus Disk, and aside from a few gameplay tweaks, its most notable contributions are a new soundtrack and the option to use customized character portraits.

** BonusBoss: The Bloodstained Seals, the Version 2 bosses, and the new bosses added in the Plus Disk.

* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Fire/Ice. Nature/Wind. Spirit/Mystic. If it strong against one element, chances are it is weak against its opposite. [[spoiler:Rinnosuke]] takes this UpToEleven with his elemental forms.

* ObviousBeta: [[UpToEleven Oh dear, where do we start]]. Dozens of bugs, and a lot of content hasn't been implemented yet. Most of these were fixed by the time of the English translation, though.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The entire cast from the first game returns, with 8 new additions.

* DefeatMeansPlayable: Youmu, Komachi, Hina, [[spoiler:Yuugi]], Alice, [[spoiler:Iku]], Ran, Remilia, Sakuya, [[spoiler:Tenchi]], [[spoiler:Flandre]], [[spoiler:Yuyuko]], [[spoiler:Yuuka]], [[spoiler:Yukari]], and [[spoiler:Eiki]] (plus [[spoiler:Mamizou]], [[spoiler:Futo]], and [[spoiler:Toyosatomimi]] in Plus Disk) all join this way, and most of them are mandatory encounters.

* ShoutOut: Where to begin?
** The fact there's so many, the translation patch for v3.01 comes with a rather large text file which does nothing BUT list the shout outs.

* ShoutOut:
** Nearly all of the game's Main and Sub Equipment are references to anime and other video games, with their FlavorText making it more blatant; examples include [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Violent Green Rupee, Piece of Heart]], [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Growth Egg, Choice Scarf]], [[VideoGame/CaveStory Booster v0.8]], [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Full Custom]], [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei Luster Candy]], [[VideoGame/Borderlands2 The Bee, Cobra Sniper Rifle]], [[VideoGame/ShiningForce Jogurt Doll]], [[VideoGame/VagrantStory Grand Master Breaker Title]], [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Cyber Elf of Light]], [[VideoGame/HalfLife HEV Suit]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblem Exalted Falchion]], [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Genji Glove]], [[VideoGame/ShadowHearts Great Question's Mask]], and [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Infinity Bandana]].
** The Extra floor {{Bonus Boss}}es are also references, such as [[Manga/{{Kaiji}} Desire-Eating Demon (which drops Chinchirorin Custom Dice)]], [[VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG Crystal Guardian (which drops Quartz Charm)]], and [[VideoGame/CookieClicker The Great "C" (which gives you a Large Macaron Collider upon defeat)]].

* TheCameo: In the Plus Disk, one of the bonus bosses is [[spoiler:[[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei YHVH!]]]]

* BonusBoss: Heavily implied to be [[spoiler:the Dragon... or is it?]]

* ShoutOut: Nearly all of the game's Main and Sub Equipment are references to anime and other video games, with their FlavorText making it more blatant; examples include [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Violent Green Rupee, Piece of Heart]], [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Growth Egg, Choice Scarf]], [[VideoGame/CaveStory Booster v0.8]], [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei Luster Candy]], [[VideoGame/Borderlands2 The Bee]], [[VideoGame/ShiningForce Jogurt Doll]], [[VideoGame/VagrantStory Grand Master Breaker Title]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblem Exalted Falchion]], [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Genji Glove]], [[VideoGame/ShadowHearts Great Question's Mask]], and [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Infinity Bandana]].

The ExcusePlot is that a NegativeSpaceWedgie appears over the Scarlet Devil Manor; and everyone in Gensokyo leaps to blame either Reimu or Yukari; the two people tied to boundaries. [[spoiler: There's actually one other person heavily tied to boundaries in the series.]] Intent to do...something, anything about it, everyone rushes in and starts firing first and asking questions later. In other words, another day in Gensokyo.

* UpgradeArtifact: [[spoiler:Rinnosuke]] gives a lot of MagiBabble about their sudden empowerment, but it's really due to [[spoiler: his sword. This becomes a plot point in the sequel.]]

** [[spoiler: The {{Orochi}}]] is the final story boss of the Plus Disk... but [[spoiler:the Dragon is indeed up there at the very top]].

* BossRush: One of the challenges in the post-base-game is one of these, [[VillainForgotToLevelGrind at the levels they were at before]], excluding the final boss and cases of DefeatMeansFriendship. [[spoiler:Beating it summons Enhanced versions of those bosses throughout the Labyrinth, and beating ''those'' leads to fights with the final bosses of the first game (and the final two base-game recruits) as well as an ''Enhanced'' Boss Rush]].

* DefeatMeansFriendship: Youmu, Komachi, Hina, [[spoiler:Yuugi]], Alice, [[spoiler:Iku]], Ran, Remilia, Sakuya, [[spoiler:Tenchi]], Flandre, [[spoiler:Yuyuko]], [[spoiler:Yuuka]], [[spoiler:Yukari]], and [[spoiler:Eiki]] (plus [[spoiler:Mamizou]], [[spoiler:Futo]], and [[spoiler:Toyosatomimi]] in Plus Disk) all join this way, and most of them are mandatory encounters. In [[spoiler:Tenshi]]'s case, she happily joins the crew after she loses; [[InvokedTrope invoking this trope]] and saying that she was BrainwashedAndCrazy but freed now. The team mutters that it was MoreThanMindControl but don't stop her.

** [[spoiler: The {{Orochi}} is the final story boss of the Plus Disk... but the Dragon is indeed up there at the very top]].

* DefeatMeansFriendship: Tenshi happily joins the crew after she loses; [[InvokedTrope invoking this trope]] and saying that she was BrainwashedAndCrazy but freed now. The team mutters that it was MoreThanMindControl but don't stop her.

* DualWielding: [[spoiler:Tenshi wields both her sword of Hisouten and the [[BigBad Ame-no-Murakumo]] during her boss fights]].

* BigBad: Unlike the last game, it's a little more straightforward this time. [[spoiler: It appears to be Tenshi at first, but then it turns out to be the Ame-no-Murakumo, otherwise known as Rinnosuke's Scarlet Gold Sword from the first game.]]
** [[spoiler: And the reason for this? The Yamata-no-Orochi is trying to break in and is siphoning spirits from underground, and the Ame-no-Murakumo was trying to stop this by itself.]]
* BonusBoss: Heavily implied to be [[spoiler:the Dragon... or is it?]].

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Tenshi and Iku. Especially Tenshi. Especially the crazy]].
** [[spoiler: Futo and Miko wind up this way in the Plus Disk. Especially Futo.]]

** [[spoiler: However, in the Plus Disk, you can elect to give him back his old moveset with the Blessing of Murakumo subclass (or put it on another character.)]]
** [[spoiler: His Shadow in the Plus Disk is also relatively normal, but a BonusBoss late in the postgame is basically the fight against him in the original game.]]

** [[spoiler: You get it back as an equippable item if you beat its BonusBoss enhanced form. This is the second-to-last achievement in the base game.]]

** [[spoiler:Which is then played straight by the Void element, which is used by Maribel.]]

* RecurringBoss: [[spoiler: Tenshi]], three times. She really doesn't know when to give up.

** [[spoiler:The Shield Avatar and Magic Avatar both show up twice, once each on the 12th floor and once each on the 20th floor.]]

* TitleDrop: [[spoiler:On the 20th floor, just like the last game. Plus Disk title drops the entire series on Floor 26. Respectively, the names are "The Great Tree that Pierces the Heavens" for 20F, and "Labyrinth of Touhou- Signalling the Great Tree's Finale" for 26F.]]

* TitleDrop: [[spoiler:On the 20th floor, just like the last game.]]

* StandardStatusEffects: Notable in that many bosses are not immune to one or more, making them quite effective in some situations.

* StandardStatusEffects: The game adds Shock (halves target's ATB), Heavy (lower's enemies' defense and speed, prevents allies from switching out), and Terror (debuffs enemies, drain allies' MP each time they get a turn). Toxicologists specialize in status effects, and some characters even benefit from these being on enemies (or allies).

A sequel to this game, ''Labyrinth of Touhou 2'', was released in 2013 during Summer Comiket 84. It retains the similar humor but more elements from dungeon crawlers, such as passive skills and item crafting. A [[DownloadableContent Plus Disk]] was made around the end of 2016, and was translated in early 2019.

** You lose the game if your four active characters are defeated, even if you have eight other characters to take their place. Of course, because you can switch them in mid-battle, the only reason this should happen is if you couldn't have possibly won anyway. [[UnwinnableByInsanity Unless, of course, your four active characters are ludicrously under leveled compared to your backup.]]

* GlassCannon: Several characters to varying degrees, but the biggest examples are Flandre and Suwako.
** And Chen, who combines this with Fragile Speedster (as noted above). Not only does she have paper-thin defense to begin with, but her primary self-buff spell lowers them as far as they can go, in exchange for maximizing her attack.
* GradualGrinder: Wriggle specializes in this, possessing the best poison spells in the game.

* SelfImposedChallenge: Synergy runs, which allow only the use of characters with one of the skills mentioned under CastHerd. Granted, since it allows for some excellent characters, like Rumia, it isn't much of a challenge except for the beginning, where you don't have a lot of characters to choose from.

* ManaBurn: Yukari's much-hated [[GoldenSun Djinn Storm]], which drains all SP from all active AND reserve characters. If your party relies heavily on SP-intensive spells, you can expect to be stonewalled for quite a while as your reserve forces try to recover (unless Yukari kills / forces a switch-out on an active party member, of course).

''Touhou Labyrinth'' (also called ''Labyrinth of Touhou'') is a fan-made RPG starring the cast of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Project''. It draws heavily from dungeon crawler RPG titles such as ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'', with a heavy emphasis on exploring a huge dungeon filled with many complicated floors. Aside from its dungeon crawler roots, it also features numerous {{shout out}}s to not only the ''Touhou Project'' series, but also many other video games and anime.

** SuperDeformed: The boss sprites look rather chibi.

** [[spoiler: And the reason for this? The Yamata-no-Orochi is trying to break in and is syphoning spirits from underground, and the Ame-no-Murakumo was trying to stop this by itself.]]

* ResurrectiveImmortality: Mokou can revive anytime she's killed, provided she has enough TP and the RNG doesn't hate her, which makes her an excellent tank against bosses who like to one-hit kill your tanks with either the Death-status or massive damage. Strangely enough, Kaguya doesn't share this ability.