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Branneg Xy:
This reminds me about the times I searched and come across https://vndb.org/v?q=touhou&sb=Search%21&ch=&f=&s=200  while searching https://vndb.org/v?q=touhou&sb=Search%21&ch=&f=&s=26w .

Branneg Xy:

--- Quote from: degradingwindow on January 11, 2024, 11:09:39 PM ---I think this sums it up pretty well on why they aren't as popular. VNs are pretty niche as people prefer an action or adventure game rather than a more laid back chill game.

Another thing to note is that most of these aren't actually in English. Only 61 out of 166 VNs have a version in English, the rest are in Japanese. We westerners are really starved of Touhou content overall, There really aren't that many big name western Touhou fangames, we rely a lot on Japanese content that have fan translations into English (An underlying problem that I hope improves in the future).

There are probably many more Touhou VNs in Japan that we probably don't know about as a lot of them have fallen into obscurity or haven't been digitalised.

I've played a handful of Touhou VNs and I can assure you that 90% of the ones available in English fall into these two categories:
• The itch.io indie VNs which are normally really short, you can blast through one in like an hour but it isn't something that will really impact your life. A lot of them are jam games (especially the Touhou PrideJam) so don't get your hopes up on them feeling complete. But they're free so I can't complain.

• The DLsite VNs that have English Patches. Translation work on VNs is extensive and you really need passion for the game in order to go that far. If you want a deeper VN experience I recommend these.


It's a tough life being a Touhou yuri fan and having little access to yuri VNs outside of DLsite and short indie games.

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For https://itch.io/games/genre-visual-novel/tag-touhou  I am recommending these ones : https://luyuu.itch.io/the-little-rabbit-princess-and-the-house-of-eternity ; https://apricotwtf.itch.io/pirates-of-gensokyo +  https://rinzai-gigen.itch.io/pirates-of-gensokyo-the-quest-for-the-heart-of-alce-margatrod ; https://megapig9001.itch.io/touhou-dance-of-the-inverted-heart ; https://gimark.itch.io/vntouhou (Incomplete updates,at least the free ones there; (6$+) https://gimark.itch.io/vntouhou .

SeroVich:
Maybe how about make a Touhou VN by ourselves? Sure, it might be tough, especially with an insane medium like Visual Novel; but the reward will be worth it.

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