Compile Heart and Sting revealed new details about bullet hell tactical RPG Touhou Spell Carnival alongside a new teaser trailer. This new title will be launching in spring 2024 across Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 in Japan.
Touhou Project is a bullet hell shoot ’em up series led by Team Shanghai Alice and original creator ZUN. In a land known as Gensokyo, the story of Touhou Project follows protagonists like Reimu Hakurei, the shrine maiden of Hakurei Shrine, as they handle disturbances called “anomalies.” Touhou Spell Carnival is one of many tales from this universe.
Touhou Spell Carnival Story Details
One day in Gensokyo, Reimu Hakurei (voiced by Mai Nakahara) notices mysterious pillars that have risen up all over the land. These pillars are a signal that Futousai, a festival organized by Yukari Yakumo, has begun. In this festival, participants battle for spell cards. Reimu joins the spell card competition to uncover the truth behind the festival.
In Touhou Project, Reimu spends most of her time at Hakurei Shrine as she cleans, drinks tea, and lives a relatively carefree life. This changes when the Futousai begins, prompting her to resolve anomalies and exterminate yokai once more. She can also fly in the sky to a certain extent.
Marisa Kirisame (voiced by Yumi Uchiyama) is an ordinary magician who’s curious and prone to causing trouble. She’s a contrarian, but she’s also straightforward, hardworking, and competitive as a capable magician. Marisa runs the Kirisame Magic Shop in the Forest of Magic. She can use magic to an extent in Touhou Spell Carnival.
Watch the launch trailer below, via Compile Heart:
Lastly, Compile Heart is developing/publishing six other games alongside Touhou Spell Carnival. These games include a new numbered Hyperdimension Neptunia game, a new Death end re;Quest Code:Zion spin-off, Death end re;Quest 3, Todokero! Tatakae! Calamity Angels, Madō Monogatari 4, and a new shoot ’em up by M2.
