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ViewtifulJoe posted...

When I was really into the games, whenever I found a song I liked I'd immediately go see if any of the usual suspects had made a good metal/rock version. There used to be a guy on Youtube who would upload multi-hour compilations of arranges for each Touhou 10-12 character and stage. It disappeared at some point. Some of those were peak comfort and it was a great way to find rare arranges.
Maiden's Capriccio was one of those songs where for some reason it was always really difficult to find a lot of versions of it I liked. Something about it made people want to experiment and go crazy I guess.

dBu was the most consistent one for me back in the day. And yeah, there was a massive purge of Touhou cover channels due to a copyright abuser some time during 2019-2021 but I wasn't following it at the time.
https://www.reddit.com/r/touhou/comments/ah2oce/why_have_5_touhou_music_uploading_channels_been/
https://www.reddit.com/r/touhou/comments/mn9ga3/warning_alice_margatroid_channel_is_terminated/
I think there have been a few reupload channels but a lot are probably just gone now.

ViewtifulJoe posted...

That smaller hitbox was there for a long time, taking it away just seems wrong. Reimu is still the default until the homing shots are taken away. If that happens then I have no idea what ZUN's doing.

Yeah, I think it started with PCB TH7 and lasted all the way to 15. Honestly, maybe it's because the first time I played TH (EoSD) I used Marisa, but I've always been partial to the straightforward shot types since the homing bullets are usually visibly weaker and can home into enemies/objects you don't want them to home into. Sakuya A in DDC is a noticeable exception.

ViewtifulJoe posted...

I liked Tenshi's more than the other two. That was another song that was hard to find good arranges of. Which is kind of messed up because even though it's a side game, it's still a final boss theme.

lol yeah she's cool but I just find her a little bratty. Apparently her route is the final canon route so she gets away with everything and beats everyone up.

ViewtifulJoe posted...

Every now and then I see people try to put Byakuren down with these. Like sure Fires of Hokkai is different and some people like that but did they even hear the final boss theme it's competing with?

Orin kind of has this. Her stage theme is a lot more distinct at least. Maybe Yuugi earlier in 11 as well?
Aya's a weird case. See I think her stage theme in 10 stomps her boss theme (Which isn't even bad) but then she technically has a bunch of other themes in different games and spinoffs making up for it.

I think Keine's far and away the most severe case though. Old World might be the best song in that game meanwhile I struggle to remember what Plain Asia sounds like. And then she's in the extra stage so it's like she has a whole other stage theme for good measure.

Now this is just ridiculous to me. Fire of Hokkai is atmospheric sure and is on beat with the enemies on the screen but it's not a track I'd listen to outside of the game at all. Meanwhile, Emotional Skyscraper is one of my favorite TH tracks ever and it's such a well composed piece. It's also the theme that the credits use.

Now that you mention it, stage 5 themes in general seem to be like this barring a few exceptions. TH15, 16 and 17 all tend to have much better and received stage themes than their respective boss themes. You can tell that more effort is put into the stage 5 themes too due to how long they are compared to the other tracks.

Zwijn posted...

My hottest take is that the mainline titles should get console releases.

I've seen a number of people share this sentiment but I honestly can't imagine how hard it'd be to play the game with an analog stick. It's hard enough with the precise small movements of a keyboard.