Line #71 VideoGame/TouhouPocketWarsEvolution


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2	[[caption-width-right:256:[[MemeticMutation Neko Miko Reimu~]]]]
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4	''Touhou Pocket Wars Evolution'' is a strategic RPG based around collecting and [[LevelGrinding levelling]] the various Gacha figurines themed after characters from the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' series. It is a sequel to ''Touhou Pocket Wars''.
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6	The game's premise is that of the player taking on the role of a [[{{Otaku}} Touhou]] [[ThisLoserIsYou obsessed fan]] wanting to try out the newly released Touhou themed hybrid figure-collecting card-battling game. You are later transported to [[FantasyKitchenSink Gensokyo]] itself and from there becomes something reminiscent of a fairly standard [[SelfInsertFic self insertion fanfic]].
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8	''Touhou Pocket Wars Evolution Plus'' is an ExpansionPack that adds a follow-up story to the original, new characters and an entirely new battle mechanic in the form of UFO's.
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10	This game currently has a 100% complete [[FanTranslation English patch]] making it playable even for those who don't speak Japanese.
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12	For more information on the game and it's subsequent expansion please visit the [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Touhou_Pocket_Wars_EVO English wiki page for it]]
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14	!!This game contains examples of:
15	* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: Each of your individual figurines (of which there are well over fourty) can be levelled up to Level 500. This in of itself doesn't take too long to reach but once this cap has been achieved, you can fight a tough battle in order to gain the right to play the "Reform" board game for a particular character in which that figurine levels back down to Level 1 but retains a percentage of the stats, there is theoretically no limit on how many times a player can do this. It is limited only by player willingness and skill at the Reform fights.
16	* AIRoulette: The ''only'' thing that makes certain fights possible without LevelGrinding until you achieve a OneHitKill. Especially since many characters have limitless supplies of heal and null-damage abilities.
17	* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Reversed, in a way. Your reward for completing the fairly challenging "King's Game" is ability to make the girls wear ''less clothing in combat''. It has no gameplay benefit and exists purely for FanService.
18	** Played straight with the Quiz Battle which can reward you with different clothing sets.
19	* ArbitraryHeadCountLimit: You are only allowed to bring four figurines into a fight at any given time. This is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in the fights in the Arcade where it can be safely assumed that these are the rules of the [[GameWithinAGame game within the game]], but for the boss fights....[[FridgeLogic not so much]].
20	** LazyBackup: During a fight, only three figurines are actually in combat, the last one sits in reserve and provides an assist ability and can be tagged in and out with other figurines up to maximum of three times, a fight ends when all three in combat are dead, even though you still have a totally alive one in reserve.
21	* ArtificialStupidity: The AI will frequently use [[{{Mana}} SP recovery]] skills when at full SP or attack you when their attack has a 0% chance to hit due to the enviroment.
22	* AutoRevive: Mokou has a skill which when used, gives her a 70% chance to recover with full HP upon being killed. This, unsurprisingly, makes her [[FakeLongevity a pain in the ass to fight]].
23	* BlackMage: Marisa is the first figurine that fits this archetype with high-damage spells. Yuuka is a similar example with later join time.
24	* BossBattle
25	** ContractualBossImmunity: Many of the bosses are immune to instant death, for obvious reasons.
26	** DualBoss: The first boss fight of the game is one of these.
27	** SequentialBoss and MarathonBoss: The final stretch of the Evolution Plus story has you first fight a party of three, another party of three and finally the actual FinalBoss.
28	** WakeUpCallBoss: Tenshi, who will likely kick your ass without having a solid number of levels under your belt and a decent understanding of the combat mechanics. Also, Ichirin for the ''Plus'' content, who will do the same thing if you jumped straight into to the Plus story without any grinding done before hand.
29	* ButThouMust: No matter what dialogue options you choose the story remains more or less the same, barring some choosing who the BossBattle will be against.
30	** Ends up leading to a rather jarring conclusion to the Evolution Plus story in which you are presented with two sides of an argument and ''forced into one particular ideology'', regardless of how much you agree with the [[StrawManHasAPoint supposed villain]].
31	* CombinationAttack: Done in the form of "Union Spellcards" which require a certain combination of characters in the active fight to use, but are extremely powerful. As an added bonus, typically any character in the combo can use the attack.
32	* CurbStompBattle: What will likely happen when you fight [[spoiler: Ran]] and [[spoiler:Chen]] for the first time. Thankfully, losing this fight carries no penalty and the story will continue as normal.
33	* DamageIncreasingDebuff: Holding the [[PowerUp Red UFO will do this to you]].
34	* DefeatMeansPlayable: True of [[spoiler:Mima]], who makes you fight her no less than three times, the last time with two other characters in tow, before finally becoming playable.
35	* DeusExMachina: A ''literal'' example of the trope, with a ''goddess'' literally descending from on high in order to sort out the conflict of the Evolution Plus story with basically no effort.
36	* DoubleUnlock: Even once you've unlocked a costume from the Quiz Battle, you can't actually use it until you have the required amount of [[RelationshipValues affection]].
37	* DreamSequence: When the player falls asleep, you are given the option of starting a dream sequence where you play as a certain character going about their lives in Gensokyo. Your reward for completing these are points to upgrade your abilities.
38	* EvolvingAttack: You can combine spellcards of the same type up to a maximum level of ten. Then the attack is considered "mastered" and from then on each time it is used, it has a chance of gaining additional bonuses up to its true limit.
39	* ExpansionPack: Touhou Pocket Wars Evolution ''Plus''. Adding the characters from ''VideoGame/TouhouSeirensenUndefinedFantasticObject'' and a story and new combat mechanic based around said game.
40	* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Shinki]]
41	* FinalBossNewDimension: [[spoiler:Makai]]
42	* FetchQuest: The bafflingly anti-climactic way the Evolution Plus content ends, with a maze that requires you to go to a [[LuckBasedMission randomly chosen spot]] with RandomEncounters all the way, just to retrieve some books. And you have to do this multiple times, the exact number varies, it can be as low as two ''or as high as six''. Your reward for doing this is to make the FinalBoss playable, but by this point the game is pretty much over.
43	* GameWithinAGame: How the plot kicks off and how you do combat with everything.
44	* GottaCatchEmAll: Collecting the various figurines is a large part of the game.
45	* GuideDangIt: Quite a lot of it, figuring out what combinations of crafting items work with what characters requires a lot of trial and error or five seconds on the wiki.
46	** And ''even if'' you've worked out by sheer luck the combination to get the InfinityPlusOneSword, how are you going to know that you must have tried crafting something else at least ''thirty times'' prior to crafting it otherwise you'll receive crappy equipment?
47	** Unlocking [[spoiler:Mima]] can be this, first it requires you to access an event which ''is not visible on the map'' requiring you to either look it up or just know where it is, and this event occurs [[LuckBasedMission randomly]] so it is not always there. ''Then'' you have to do this event twice in order to even ''talk'' to this particular character, who has a third dialogue option ''that none of the other characters have'' to initiate a fairly difficult fight after which you unlock her. But ''then'' you would have to know that her figurine only drops from the ''very first vending machine in the game'', who's possibilities the average player would assume they exhausted long ago. GuideDangIt indeed.
48	** Figuring out which girls like what presents can be this, but it is a milder example than the above because simple TrialAndErrorGameplay will reveal the answers.
49	* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: The levels first start at F and go all the [[RankInflation way up to S]]. The next two levels up are called Extra and ''Phantasm''.
50	* InfinityPlusOneSword: The [[ItemCrafting synthesis]] combination of two Blue UFO's followed by one Red UFO, which when crafted with the [[GuideDangIt right girl after certain conditions have been met]] will provide a 25% boost to every stat and provide more and faster recovery of [[{{Mana}} SP]].
51	* ItemCrafting: Done in the final two dungeons, allowing the player to collect three different colours of UFO, which when [[GuideDangIt crafted in the right order and with the right girl]] can produce very good equipment.
52	* InUniverseGameClock: More characters are unlocked for play as the in-game days pass and other events also revolve around the passage of time, such as tournaments which only run on certain days.
53	* MiniGame: The Quiz Battle, which can reward you with a MoneyMultiplier, [[AndYourRewardIsClothes additional clothing sets]] and bonuses to ExperiencePoints gained and [[RelationshipValues affection]].
54	* NintendoHard: The Phantasm level fights. Do not enter without a [[LevelGrinding ton of reforms]] under your belt.
55	* NotActuallyCosmeticAward: The achievements actually provide points which can be allocated to stats to give every character who has been used over 100 times a boost in that particular stat, or several stats.
56	* LevelUpAtIntimacy5: Giving presents to a girl will increase your that girl's affection towards you, eventually culminating in a battle against a rival, if you fight this rival enough to deplete his affection to zero you gain the ability to reform that particular character, resulting in the potential for stronger characters.
57	** MoreFriendsMoreBenefits: Obviously, the more characters you do this to, the better.
58	* LastLousyPoint: Obtaining all equipment will likely be the last [[{{Achievement}} achievement]] point you earn. It will also [[RandomlyDrops take the longest to get]].
59	* MoneyMultiplier: One of the possible bonuses bestowed by doing well in the Quiz Battle mini-game.
60	* OneHitKill: Komachi and Yuyuko both have attacks that function this way, with a chance to instantly kill an enemy.
61	* OneTimeDungeon: The Hangar, which closes permanently upon completion of the above mentioned FetchQuest.
62	* PowerUp: Introduced in the form of UFO's in the ''Plus'' expansion. One [[DamageIncreasingDebuff increases the damage you take]], one heals your health if you don't get hit by the end of the turn and the other does the same but for [[{{Mana}} SP]]. Additionally, attacking enemies (or going a turn without getting hit while holding them) who hold the powerups will allow you to "catch" them, filling up a gauge bestowing additional benefits when filled.
63	* RandomEncounters: In the various mazes.
64	* RandomlyDrops: Quite a few cases of this, after any fight there are six cards to pick from and depending on the fight this can be money, items to use in combat, gifts to give to the girls, equipment pieces, crafting ingredients, fixed dice rolls for usage in the reform board game or nothing at all.
65	* RelationshipValues: A straight number determining what costumes you can use with that characters figurine depending on how high it is, it also has some bearing on events which lead to LevelUpAtIntimacy5.
66	* StatusBuff: Many characters possess stat buffs of the party-wide, single-target and self-target variety.
67	* TakeYourTime: An especially JustForFun/{{Egregious}} example in that each plot event will take a quarter of a day and at the end of the day, you're booted back to your house to sleep. At this point you are free to do what you want before coming back to click on the event icon and start the plot again. This leads to the very strange scenario in which plot events that are clearly intended to run one after the other can be spaced several in-game ''weeks'' apart from each other.
68	* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: [[spoiler: Makai]] in the Evolution Plus story, it takes place inside a meteorite in the original story.
69	* UselessProtagonist: Since ButThouMust is in full effect throughout the entire storyline, the protagonist is essentially a walking plot device without any say in anything. He even lampshades this at one point.
70	* ViolationOfCommonSense: Some of the [[DreamSequence dream events]] will require you to deliberately ''lose'' them in order to unlock more dream events for play or to unlock [[AndYourRewardIsClothes additional sets of clothing]]. This is never [[GuideDangIt hinted or alluded to]].

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