History VideoGame / TouhouSoccer

* CrutchCharacter: UsefulNotes/PC98 Alice starts with very good stats everywhere, which promptly fall off after a couple levels. Zig-zagged though a bit in Travel Mode as she doesn't necessarily starts with all of her special techniques, and needs to level up to unlock them.

* ArtificialStupidity: [[LeeroyJenkins The AI's only strategy is rush forward with everything]]. However, TheComputerIsACheatingBastard so it can pull this off and still pose a big threat.

* HumongousMecha: Made out of folding chairs, even.

* MagikarpPower: Played straight.
** [[VideoGame/{{Seihou}} VIVIT]] begins with pitiful stats everywhere and two rather underpowered Specials. In fact, some generic players have better stats. However, if one has the patience to raise her to '''[[{{Cap}} level 99]]''', her stats suddenly are above average everywhere, on top of acquiring special techniques that practically allow her to serve as nearly any role.
** UsefulNotes/PC98 Alice is the opposite. She starts with very good stats everywhere, which promptly fall off after a couple levels.

* ButtMonkey: Meiling, Cirno, and other weaklings are treated like crap no matter how much they prove themselves or how competitive they are in the actual gameplay. Cirno especially gets it bad -- her "Minus 9" combination with Letty has her trying to hit the ball with her infamous "Icicle Fall -Easy-" card, getting utterly ''hammered'' in the face by the ball, and then ''dying'' (being a fairy, [[ResurrectiveImmortality dying isn't a big deal for her]], but still...).

* ButtMonkey: Meiling, Cirno, and other weaklings are treated like crap no matter how much they prove themselves or how competitive they are in the actual gameplay. Cirno especially gets it bad -- her "Minus 9" combination with Letty has her trying to hit the ball with her infamous "Icicle Fall -Easy-" card, getting utterly ''hammered'' in the face by the ball, and then ''dying'' (being a fairy, [[ResurrectiveImmortality dying isn't a big deal for her]], but still...]].

* ButtMonkey: China, Cirno, and other weaklings are treated like crap no matter how much they prove themselves or how competitive they are in the actual gameplay.

* {{Gainaxing}}: A few of the girls considered to be busty by the fanbase do so in certain techniques, such as [[RealityWarper Yukari's]] Quadruple Barrier save and Eirin's Apollo 13 shot, but the goalie skill of Hong Meiling takes the cake. Apparently her bouncing is enough to block the ball or at least make it bounce off the goal bars.

* WakeUpCallBoss: Marisa's Team in the Main Story Campaign. It has the misfortune of being both a relatively early match and a nasty DifficultySpike. Her team has a much better roster than every other team before, having three powerful special characters as opposed to the previous team's weaker lineups.

* MesACrowd: Literally taken UpToEleven when Flandre uses her Four of a Kind ability to form a team all by herself.

* SlasherSmile: See Flan, pictured above.

** [[NinjaMaid Sakuya's]] Misdirection Special Tackle. It is one of the few tackles in the game that can steal the ball from [[spoiler:the fundoshis]] on top of being a near-guaranteed steal from everyone else.

** [[VideoGame/{{Seihou}} VIVIT]] begins with pitiful stats everywhere and two rather underpowered Specials. In fact, some generic players have better stats. However, if one has the patience to raise her to '''level 99''', her stats suddenly are above average everywhere, on top of acquiring special techniques that practically allow her to serve as nearly any role.

* NoSell: The most powerful [=SGGKs=] have this tendency, seeing as they can somehow save shots being launched by, among other things, thousands of time-stopped knives, 10,000 flaming sword strikes in a single second, and '''crushing a satellite in space''', somehow coming out of the apocalyptic explosions and whatnot unscathed and in control of the ball. Most notable is [[spoiler:SGGK Letty]], who can block pretty much everything. Even Twilight Spark and Master Blade have little chance of scoring.

* NoSell: The most powerful [=SGGKs=] have this tendency, seeing as they can somehow save shots being launched by — among other things — thousands of time-stopped knives, 10,000 flaming sword strikes in a single second, and '''crushing a satellite in space''', somehow coming out of the apocalyptic explosions and whatnot unscathed and in control of the ball. Most notable is [[spoiler:SGGK Letty]], who can block pretty much everything. Even Twilight Spark and Master Blade have little chance of scoring.

** Foremost among the AwesomeButImpractical skills is Double Spark. This skill looks like it should be AWESOME. It's used by Yuuka Kazami, it involves firing off TWO WaveMotionGun blasts, and the AI's use of the shot in Story Mode punts your goalkeeper around like a rag doll. Issues? Its Power and Strength are so low that it has trouble scoring on GENERIC [=GKs=] with no Special Saves, the absolute worst in the game. The only reason the AI could score on you at the time was because you were 1) underleveled and 2) using resident ButtMonkey China as a GK with no Special Save.
** The [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Scarlet Sister's]] Translyvania is AWESOME. It unleashes a [[NoKillLikeOverkill crystal death meteor that blows the field to hell]]. Its raw numbers are incredible: a devastating 105 Strength, 70 Power, and a 90% chance to blow away the GK, leaving most shots in the dust. The catch? The Guts cost is insane: 440 for both Scarlets, when even the mighty Twilight Spark costs 500. Furthermore, its decay is high, weakening the shot severely when used anywhere that's not right in front of the goal. Most players opt to use the Scarlets' individual shots instead.

** [[NinjaMaid Yumeko]] is a GK with a unique Special Save, Doll of Sorrow, which upon success flings the ball back at the opponents GK from all the way across the field, attempting a goal with a no-decay, fairly powerful shot. However, the proliferation of Special Save spamming [=SGGKs=] among the later campaign teams means that the save effectively hands the ball over to the opponent.
** Suika is a GK with skyhigh stats across the board as well as being nigh-unbeatable in one-on-one confrontations, an advantage that few [=GKs=] share. However, the AI rarely opts for one-on-one, preferring to use the powerful Ground and Air Shots that make up the arsenal of nearly every character in the game. Without a Special Save to counter the most basic means of scoring in the game, Suika generally is a benchwarmer.
** Medicine Melancholy's specialty is her unique ability to lower guts through her Special Danmaku and Dribble commands. However, since this ability does not work against the cheating AI, this ability is [[UselessUsefulSpell useless]].
* BaitAndSwitchBoss: [[spoiler:The final Main Scenario Match.]] The match starts with the terrifying [[spoiler:Hakurei Miko]] built up as the main threat of an already incredibly powerful team and it certainly seems that way. She has terrifying stats all over the place and far outlevels your strongest team members. However [[spoiler: at halftime, she is replaced by Rinnosuke, a far more dangerous player with GameBreaker stats and a Special Shot practically guaranteed to score. By the end of this match, anyone will be guaranteed to OhCrap upon seeing anything in a fundoshi]].

** [[NinjaMaid Sakuya's]] Misdirection Special Tackle. It is one of the few tackles in the game that can steal the ball from [[spoiler: the fundoshis]] on top of being a near guaranteed steal from everyone else.
** The Orthodox formation increase Guts recovery, a rather mundane effect compared to the more complex formations. However, since Guts are needed to fuel any kind of meaningful defense or attack strategy, it is universally helpful.
** For the relatively low price of 200 Guts, the attack strategy Fast Break greatly speeds up your forwards. Speed might not have the same oomph as blowing away encountered defenders with danmaku, but dodging around defenders save Guts and a possibly chancy encounter with powerful special techniques that could ruin a scoring attempt.

** Meiling's Flying Dragon Fist. Despite having the worst special shot animation, it's a very powerful special shot that is virtually unbeatable in one-on-one

* ButtMonkey: China, Cirno, and other weaklings are treated like crap no matter how much they prove themselves or how competitive are in the actual gameplay.

* CombinationAttack: There are quite a few combination attacks, though they are all over the place in terms of effectiveness. They are a bit of a double edged sword. On one hand, the resulting combination is often far better than one of the individuals could put out. On the flip side, all participants must pay the Guts cost. The Primsrivers' special techniques are all essentially of this type, typically needing two or more sister to execute them.

** GK Koakuma has an amazing Special Jump . . . and that's it. Without a Special Save or high stats, the only shots she can conceivably block are point blank and in the air, a situation that rarely occurs.
** GK Saito has a powerful special save Ice Sword that can only be used in one-on-one confrontations. Though it will succeed if this occurs, the computer never goes for a one-on-one shot.

** Patchouli has an asthma, so despite that she is a horsepower during the main story, she runs out of stemina very fast. Luckily she can skip confrontations for a quick recovery.

* GuideDangIt: Unlocking several of the special techniques is a pain, but unlocking Tewi's Lobbing Shoot has to take the cake. Most hidden Special Shots and techniques in the Scenarios have fairly intuitive unlock conditions, such as the opponents most powerful scorers or your own getting into the correct penalty zone in the final match of each scenario. This is what they could reasonably be expected to do, since that's the best place to shoot from. However, Tewi's Lobbing Shoot requires a computer controlled character with no indication of having any offensive potential at all and in a defensive position to boot to '''somehow cross the entire field and confront your goalie in one-on-one'''. This makes no sense whatsoever and is not hinted at in any place in the game. Getting Tewi to do this in the first place is a LuckBasedMission without using an AIBreaker.

** Rumia looks like a joke. Poor stats everywhere, an astounding Power of '''1''' (Even generic Mooks have higher), and being an initial WarmupBoss in Story Mode doesn't help. Most players bench her. However, her generally overlooked Special Fake Command is actually extremely effective. While most shots can't blow through SGGK defenses, after a Special Fake or two, they will be unbalanced enough for shots to break through. This is necessary in later matches when Special Save equipped [=GKs=] become absurdly common.
** Characters treated as a joke in game are actually pretty good. Cirno's combination intercept can intercept any kind of special pass and even some special dribbles without fail. Kaguya's special saves are powerful and efficient given her cost. Finally, Outfielder! Meiling is one of the best forwards in the game due to Flying Dragon Fist.

* MadeOfIndestructium: '''That soccer ball.''' It takes every special attack that the characters can throw at it and keeps on going. A running joke amongst those who play the game is that the ball has either been imbued with the Hourai Elixir or is, in fact, Reimu's Yin-Yang Orb. [[spoiler: It kinda is a third of the actual artifact.]]
* MagikarpPower: Played straight

* {{Mooks}}: As in the main danmaku games, Fuzzballs, Ghosts, Fairies, Rabbits and Flying Eyes have pitiful stats and no special abilities. They exist to fill space and be punted away by the latest apocalyptic event on the field. Though to be fair, most things would be blown away by Twilight Spark.
* MightyGlacier: Outfielder Meiling has the Flying Dragon Fist, enabling her to score on practically any goalkeeper one on one. She also has Miracle Kick to wreck any attempts to bypass her and take the ball for herself. The problem is getting her into a threatening position: an average dribble speed and no Special Dribble means she is practically helpless when in confrontation with any defender that isn't a generic mook and is hard pressed catching up to faster characters.

* NoSell: The most powerful [=SGGKs=] have this tendency, seeing as they can somehow save shots being launched by---among other things---thousands of time-stopped knives, 10,000 flaming sword strikes in a single second, and '''crushing a satellite in space''', somehow coming out of the apocalyptic explosions and whatnot unscathed and in control of the ball. Most notable is [[spoiler: SGGK Letty]] who can block pretty much everything. Even Twilight Spark and Master Blade have little chance of scoring.

* PsychoticSmirk: Mima looks ''way'' too happy about unleashing what appears to be a concentrated solar flare on innocent soccer ball.

* SquishyWizard: Patchouli's stats are strong overall, but she uses Guts quickly and doesn't recover any extra from either halftime or the Orthodox formation. In Travel Mode, this drawback can be mitigated somewhat through Guts Recovery increasing equipment, but otherwise, careful use of her Special Shots and liberal use of her special Read command are key.

* StoneWall: Letty Whiterock. Effective tackle, effective intercept, and a special clear. When on defense with Cirno, practically no passes or dribbles are getting through to your goal. However, movement speed and offensive power are nothing special.
* SuperMode: Each Touhou character can possibly go into Border of Death. When this state is achieved, the BGM will be overidden by a remix of the character in question's Leitmotif and their player number flashes. In order to reach this state, each character has a hidden condition that has a high chance of instantly triggering Border of Death, such as knocking a particular character away or failing many actions. As a second option, characters will gradually build toward it through normal gameplay. The effects of Border of Death include a large boost in Guts, jumping in stats, or gaining new abilities, such as being able to use special shots at no cost.
* TakeThat: Weak goal keepers are constantly compared to Morisaki Yuzo of ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'''s fame, since in the game this parody is based on, [[MemeticMutation Morisaki-kun]] is a horrible keeper who gets blown away a lot of times.

** The AI has INFINITE GUTS. They opposing team can throw around all the Fantasy Heavens, Master Blades, and Twilight Sparks they want, on top of special intercepts, saves, dribbles, and others. On paper, it could easily crush the human, since the computer teams often have superior rosters and stats. On occasion, the difference is so drastic, particularly in some final matches, that the only way to win is to unload as many powerful shots as possible capable of breaking through the AI's SGGK defenses then timing out the computer by passing between your own goal zone and other players.

** Third is the GK, Mima, Marisa's mentor. Due to special story shenanigans, your special shots can't bypass Mima until Reimu comes up with Fantasy Seal - Blink to score a goal, meaning your ability to score is greatly hampered for a good chunk of the first half while Yuuka and Marisa score willy nilly with their infinite Guts. If this is your first time playing, Fantasy Seal - Blink is practically the only way to score and it is very expensive at this period in the game. Your offensive effectively runs out of steam after 4-5 goals at most leaving you to endure until halftime and then the entire second half. There are GuideDangIt strategies to debuff Mima, such as using the Fake Command. However, the Fake Command often forces you to lose possession. Without a solid strategy, LevelGrinding, and luck, this match is essentially unwinnable. [[SarcasmMode Have Fun.]] [[spoiler: To rub salt in the wound, Marisa joins your team and then [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent you switch perspectives to another team altogether.]]]]
* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler: SGGK Letty]], when she first appears, seems pretty much invincible. Her incredible Special Save and astronomically high statistics means that even the likes of Master Blade can't even bypass her defense. However, if the player can maneuver a player into confronting her one on one, suddenly, she becomes much less of a threat since she can no longer use [[spoiler: SGGK]].

** PC98 Alice is the opposite. She starts with very good stats everywhere, which promptly fall off after a couple levels.

* BaitAndSwitchBoss: [[spoiler:The final Main Scenario Match.]] The match starts with the terrifying [[spoiler:Hakurei Miko]] built up as the main threat of an already incredibly powerful team and it certainly seems that way. [[spoiler:She]] has terrifying stats all over the place and far outlevels your strongest team members. However [[spoiler: At halftime, she is replaced by Rinnosuke, a far more dangerous player with GameBreaker stats and a Special Shot practically guaranteed to score. By the end of this match, anyone will be guaranteed to OhCrap upon seeing anything in a fundoshi]].

** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Seihou?from=Main.Seihou VIVIT]] begins with pitiful stats everywhere and two rather underpowered Specials. In fact, some generic players have better stats. However, if one has the patience to raise her to '''level 99''', her stats suddenly are above average everywhere, on top of acquiring special techniques that practically allow her to serve as nearly any role.

* Psychoticsmirk: Mima looks ''way'' too happy about unleashing what appears to be a concentrated solar flare on innocent soccer ball.

* SuperMode: Each Touhou character cam possibly go into Border of Death. When this state is achieved, the BGM will be overidden by a remix of the character in question's Leitmotif and their player number flashes. In order to reach this state, each character has a hidden condition that has a high chance of instantly triggering Border of Death, such as knocking a particular character away or failing many actions. As a second option, characters will gradually build toward it through normal gameplay. The effects of Border of Death include a large boost in Guts, jumping in stats, or gaining new abilities, such as being able to use special shots at no cost.

* MadeOfIndestructium: '''That soccer ball.''' It takes every special attack that the characters can throw at it and keeps on going. A running joke amongst those who play the game is that the ball has either been imbued with the Hourai Elixir or is, in fact, Reimu's Yin-Yang Orb. (Spoiler: it kinda is a third of the actual artifact.)

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[[caption-width-right:348:Not pictured, the ball surviving throughout a devastating attack]]

Touhou Soccer Moushuuden, also known as Touhou Soccer 2, is a sequel to Touhou Soccer that expands on the original game by adding various new features. It includes the original game's Main Scenario mode, and adds sub-scenarios for a number of characters in which you can unlock new moves. It also features Campaign Mode, a 25-game mode focused on building your own team by buying players and items; and All-Star Mode, where you can play exhibition matches against the AI or other players.

It is basically a parody of [[VideoGame/CaptainTsubasa Captain Tsubasa Vol.II: Super Striker]] but quite different in many ways.

!! ''Tropes associated with Touhou Soccer Moushuuden include:''

* TakeThat: Weak goal keepers are constantly compared to Morisaki Yuzo of ''CaptainTsubasa'''s fame, since in the game this parody is based on, [[MemeticMutation Morisaki-kun]] is a horrible keeper who gets blown away a lot of times.

** Dribbling into goals with Aya. A successful dribble in a one one one confrontation with the GK scores a goal automatically, no strings attached. On a character that excels at dribble speed and a SuperMode that guarantees the success of any dribbles she makes, it might not be as flashy as her Special Shot, but it gets the job done.

* FragileSpeedster: Chen. Above average dribble speed, along with a technique list consisting of nothing but varying types of offensive shots. With her low stats across the board, however, they won't be scoring much against anything but a generic GK.

* MadeOfIndestructium: '''That soccer ball.''' It takes every special attack that the characters can throw at it and keeps on going. A running joke amongst those who play the game is that the ball has either been imbued with the Hourai Elixir or is, in fact, Reimu's Yin-Yang Orb.