History VideoGame / TouhouALive

** [[spoiler:The Yukuri boss at the end of Shang's chapter shares its "Carnage" attack with the Genocide Heart boss, also from VideoGame/SagaFrontier.]]

** [[spoiler:The Yukuri boss at the end of Shang's chapter shares its "Carnage" attack with the Genocide Heart boss, also from SaGa Frontier.]]

* BonusBoss: There are quite a few. The most difficult of them being Blood Eater.
** Ponga's is the nuclear-powered Warmech 0-C00. Naturally, it's a case of RockBeatsLaser if you beat it.
** Hong Meiling's is Flandre Scarlet, though she comes off as a PuzzleBoss more than anything. You also need the [[spoiler:Happiness Charm equipped on Kasen Ibara]] to even survive her first attack so you can start fighting her proper.
** Youmu Konpaku's is Zigma, a weird frog... [[BuffySpeak thing]] that appears in the lake, and the spirit of [[spoiler:[[OldMaster Youki Konpaku]]]], who guards the cursed sword Murasame and fights Youmu to test her.
** Mokou's is the Forgotten Chimera, which can be fought if the rabbit puzzle is solved and the hidden mansion in the bamboo forest is found. There's also Prototype Vlad, fought if you enter the 4 digit password and insert the right card in it's room.
** [[spoiler: Mima's chapter has [[ZeroEffortBoss The Minister]]]].
** The final chapter has a bunch:
*** [[spoiler: Cirno's Dungeon is accessed simply by having Cirno in you party. It has the Three Fairies of Light and [[EvilTwin Burning Runo]]]].
*** [[spoiler: Fox's Dungeon is accessed simply by finding the spirit of Yukari. It has Anesthasia, who is fought if the seventh bell is ringing]].
*** [[spoiler: Mokou's Dungeon is accessed by finding the house in the forest. It has the BonusBoss [[EnemyWithout Mokou Fujinoir]]]].
*** [[spoiler: Shang's Dungeon can be accessed in the bamboo forest while Shang is in your party. It has the BonusBoss [[TheCameo Behemoth]], only fought after you have Shang's Omoikane]].
*** [[spoiler: Hong Meiling's Dungeon Can be accessed at the Darkwing Bandit's Hideout. It has the BonusBoss [[AbhorrentAdmirer Happy Smile]]]].
*** [[spoiler: Youmu Konpaku's Dungeon is found in the prison's secret door. It has the BonusBoss Omega, fought after completing the dungeon.]]
*** [[spoiler: Yagokoro Daioh can be fought if enough is donated to the Moriya Shrine]].
*** [[spoiler: The Wizard is found randomly by not correcting the glitch in the terminal at the North Village]].
*** [[spoiler: Odio is found by trying to exit the final boss room]].
*** [[spoiler: The Minister[=/=]Gap Beast is fought at the end of the Gap Dungeon, which can be found at the Throne Room in Mahogiyo Castle after unlocking the gate at the Tower Of Demon]].

** Two of the [[BonusBoss Bonus Bosses]] are [[spoiler:[[Franchise/FinalFantasy a War Mech]]]] and [[spoiler:[[{{VideoGame/MOTHER3}} the Ultimate Chimera (Orin Edition)]]]].

* JokeItem: The Happiness Charm you get from beating Tewi Inaba raises no stats. [[spoiler:[[NotEntirelyUseless But it's essential]] for surviving BonusBoss Flandre Scarlet's Crash counterattack]].

** One particular example is the Upsilon in later stages, with its Circle Move. Upon hitting the player, they will be removed from the battlefield and considered dead for the rest of the battle. Particularly annoying since there's no way to defend against it. It's even more annoying in the hands of BonusBoss cousin, [[Characters/FinalFantasyRecurringMonsters Omega]].

*** On a less [[MadonnaWhoreComplex wholesome]] note, the weakest enemies in this chapter are named [[VideoGame/BahamutLagoon Yoyo]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Rinoa]] and [[VideoGame/TheFinalFantasyLegend Mireille]].

*** On a less wholesome note, the weakest enemies in this chapter are named [[VideoGame/BahamutLagoon Yoyo]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Rinoa]] and [[VideoGame/TheFinalFantasyLegend Mireille]].

* UnintentionallyUnwinnable: [[spoiler: If your party doesn't equip any anti-stone equipment, don't have any in your Goods and, and you accidentally save at the final room, the game becomes this, since the FinalBoss's second form has a attack that petrifies you for an automatic loss. If you try to go back, you have to beat a very tough BonusBoss who, guess what, also have a petrify move]].

* LetsPlay: A non-video version [[https://youreveryneet.livejournal.com/9301.html starting right here]].

* ButThouMust: Unlike Oboromaru ([[NonStandardGameOver even though it does result in failure]]), Youmu ''does not'' have the option of abandoning her mission and will turn back if you try.

* GratuitousRape: It’s never stated outright that what the soldiers do to [[spoiler:Yuka]] is rape, but it still counts because there is very little else that could have happened. She is already at the villains’ mercy and isn’t even in the party anymore, so it has no bearing on the plot, and it would have made more sense had she been killed outright because [[spoiler:Chaos Rage includes her body as part of itself, just like Marisa and Reimu, who died, and Mima, who is controlling it]]. Considering that something like this would never happen in a canon game, it was pretty clearly added solely for shock value to drive home the point that [[spoiler:Yukari]] is evil.
* GreaterScopeVillain: The Memory Dungeon reveals that [[spoiler:the Minister in the Fantasy Chapter was behind most of Yukari's actions and even Yumemi's attack on Mima and Reimu. If it weren't for Mima becoming Rage, he likely would've taken over Gensokyo.]]

*** [[spoiler: Cirno's Dungeon is accessed simply by having Cirno in you party. It has the Three Fairies of Light and the BonusBoss [[EvilTwin Burning Runo]]]].
*** [[spoiler: Fox's Dungeon is accessed simply by finding the spirit of Yukari. It has the BonusBoss Anesthasia, who is fought if the seventh bell is ringing]].

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:YDMT-IV (Marisa) has herself liquefied to power up the Patchoui Robo so that Mokou and Kaguya can stop Cindleman's (Cindle Reje) plot.]]

* {{Necromancer}}: What Cindleman's apparently become after arriving at Gensokyo.

* RivalTurnedEvil: [[spoiler:In the Fantasy chapter, Marisa pulls what Streibough did - she [[FakingTheDead faked her death]] and tricked the heroes into killing an important figure, which causes the entirety of Gensokyo to turn on them. All because of her jealousy against Reimu, as well as feeling she's not getting the recognition she deserves.]]

** [[spoiler:Many References to VideoGame/SagaFrontier's Alkaiser with Mokou, even her facing her Evil Counterpart in a one on one battle like Alkaiser against Metal Black III.]]

** [[spoiler:Many References to VideoGame/{{Alkaiser}} with Mokou, even her facing her Evil Counterpart in a one on one battle like Alkaiser against Metal Black III.]]

* NoCampaignForTheWicked: Unlike the prequel, [[spoiler:Mima, who succeeds Odio as Rage doesn't have her version of the final chapter.]]

** [[spoiler:Many References to Alkaiser with Mokou, even her facing her Evil Counterpart in a one on one battle like Alkaiser against Metal Black III.]]

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* {{Retcon}}: To fit the ThemeNaming, [[spoiler:Cindelman is renamed “Cindel Reje”, with “Cindelman” just being a nickname.]]

* GenericDoomsdayWeapon: Apparently, [[spoiler:the Lunarians have such a weapon in the moon that could wipe out almost all of Gensokyo's inhabitants. And that is why the world is what it is in the Final Chapter.]]

** An NPC is South Village in the Final Chapter is all but a reference to the gunsmith in ''CaveStory''. [[spoiler:bring a Peacemaker with cracks in it and he'll give you the Desert Eagle, Ran's ultimate weapon]].

* TheAtoner: Caesar[[spoiler:, or rather, Straybow]] is this. [[spoiler:After realizing that his actions ended up destroying his own world, he aids Mima in preventing the same thing from happening again.]] [[spoiler:He fails.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: Fantasy chapter is even darker and longer than the [[VideoGame/LiveALive Medieval Chapter]].

* RivalTurnedEvil: [[spoiler:In the Fantasy chapter, Marisa pulls what Straybow did - she [[FakingTheDead faked her death]] and tricked the heroes into killing an important figure, which causes the entirety of Gensokyo to turn on them. All because of her jealousy against Reimu, as well as feeling she's not getting the recognition she deserves.]]

* StealthSequel: If the player happens to play Ponga’s or Youmu’s chapters first, they’d be forgiven for thinking this is just ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' [[FusionFic with the Touhou girls instead.]] Playing any other chapter, on the other hand, reveals many gameplay differences from the inspiration, and [[spoiler:characters from ''Live A Live'' quickly become plot-important instead of cameos, making it clear that this is a fan sequel, culminating in Makai being Lucretia after Odio destroyed it!]]
* SuddenGameplayChange: Like with the original, each chapter works differently from each other. However, each chapter is also not quite exactly like the original version. Sometimes this is just minor changes, such as character attacks and different maps, but some chapters twist around how you beat them, with the Wild West, Near Future, and Sci-Fi chapters being among the biggest.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Unlike Live a Live, one of the main goals in the game is to save Mima from her own despair and fury. The ending is also quite different from Live a Live in that most of the people that died in particular chapters (Sanae, Kaguya, Reimu, etc) end up coming back to life and are alive in the future. Even Marisa comes back even though she ends up receiving a well deserved ass-kicking from Meiling for her troubles.]]

* JokeItem: The Happiness Charm you get from beating Tewi Inaba raises no stats. [[spoiler:But it's essential for surviving BonusBoss Flandre Scarlet's Crash counterattack]].

* InfinityMinusOneWeapon: In the Netherworld Chapter, sparing all enemies will give Youmu the Murasame. Unlike the original, killing all of them awards the Muramasa.
* InfinityPlusOneWeapon: Like the original, every hero in the final has one...but some have multiple.

* RivalTurnedEvil: [[spoiler:In the fantasy chapter, Marisa pulls what Straybow did - she [[FakingTheDead faked her death]] and tricked the heroes into killing an important figure, which causes the entirety of Gensokyo to turn on them. All because of her jealousy against Reimu, as well as feeling she's not getting the recognition she deserves.]]

** Entering one storeroom in the Netherworld chapter gets you ambushed by three kunoichi whose speeches, hair colors, and even surnames are reminiscent of [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku, Luka, and Ren]].

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Ray Jihad's vampire force pilot robot suits to protect from sunlight.
** One of his HiredGuns, Qiu Jin Lee, is a cowboy gunslinger vampire.

* IAteWhat: When Mokou finds out she ate [[spoiler:dried human flesh.]]
** [[spoiler:Although this can be averted by not eating everything you see.]]

* TheAtoner: Caesar[[spoiler:, or rather, Straybow]] is this. [[spoiler:After realizing that his actions ended up destroying his own world, he aids Mima in preventing the same thing from happening again.]]

*** [[spoiler: Shang's Dungeon can be accessed in the bamboo forest while Shang is in your party. It has the BonusBoss [[TheCameo Behemoth]], only fought after you have Shang's Ultimate Weapon]].

*** [[spoiler: The Minister/Gap Beast is fought at the end of the Gap Dungeon, which can be found at the Throne Room in Mahogiyo Castle after unlocking the gate at the Tower Of Demon]].

* JokeItem: The Happiness Charm you get from beating Tewi Inaba raises no stats. [[spoiler:But it's essential for surviving BonusBoss Flandre Scarlet's opening attack]].