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Undefined Fantastic Object (2009)

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A Ship's Shadow at the Spring Harbor
~The Road of Lingering Snow~

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The masses began to awaken from the muddy earth covered in water.
The bit of snow that had covered Gensokyo had sealed away the earth spirits that had awakened in the winter, and was still enough to slow the movements of the fairies once more. But soon, this gentle season of sleep, too, would come to an end.

The Hakurei Shrine. A shrine that stood on a plot of land removed some ways from the Human Village.
The Hakurei Shrine's shrine maiden, Reimu Hakurei, heard an unusual rumor from a magician living in the forest.
The rumor was of sightings of a strange ship being seen through breaks in the clouds, flying through the sky. People said the ship seemed to be going back and forth, like it was searching for something.

Marisa "...they say that ship is the treasure ship of the Seven Gods of Luck, so if you can catch it you'll live free for the rest of your life.
So they say it's trying to run away from greedy people."

Reimu "Do you really believe that kind of stupid rumor?"

The magician that lived in the forest, Marisa Kirisame, frowned at her.

Marisa "Of course not, what are you talking about?
If it were true, you'd be able to see it really easily from the shrine."

Reimu "A treasure ship, huh?"

Marisa "Rumors like this keep popping up ever since the harvests failed last year thanks to that weird weather we had.
People wanna leave their troubles to the gods, or at least to someone else."

Reimu "A treasure ship...
one of the world's mysteries, loaded up with jewels and precious metals."

Marisa "That's right.
They say the Seven Gods of Luck ride in it, too."

Reimu "A treasure ship..."

Marisa "Umm..."

Reimu and Marisa's conversation was suddenly interrupted there.
Where there's smoke, there's fire.
Someone who saw something strange floating in the sky would probably end up spreading rumors about a treasure ship, whether there really was one or not.
It seemed the two weren't going to learn anything else from each other at this rate. What broke their silence was a visitor from the mountain.

Sanae "Well, that's strange.
I can't believe you're still here."

It was Sanae Kochiya, the human who had appeared on the mountain recently.

Reimu "Well, fancy seeing you down here.
You want something?"

Sanae "Well, nothing terribly important...
Haven't you found that ship flying in the sky yet, Miss Reimu?
I was sure you would have already started looking for it."

Reimu and Marisa exchanged a look.

Reimu "A ship flying through the sky!?"

Sanae "I've been looking for it myself, so I was trying to see if anyone knew anything about it..."

Reimu "Huh? Wait a..."
Marisa "You mean the stories about that flying ship were true?"

Sanae "Huh? You didn't know?
But it's so eye-catching..."

Sanae aimed for the skies once more, wondering why the other two were still so surprised.

Reimu and Marisa watched her as she rose above them.
Up in the skies, a great, black shadow, the likes of which they'd never seen before, seemed just about to disappear behind a break in the clouds.
The blue of the sky seemed to be weakened by the ship's shadow, and the clouds seemed to turn a purple color.

—— Inside, it was completely deserted. Its various treasures had been lost long ago, and the only thing left was the smell of eight hundred years of mold.
That moldy smell couldn't be blown away by only the cold winds of spring.
However, even if its ally's remaining jewels were split into pieces, they probably wouldn't lose their power.
If you could find all of those pieces, then perhaps...

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Welcome one and all to Undefined Fantastic Object! This game's definitely a tough one but after the nightmare that was the last game anything is a breath of fresh air.

Alright, for the stage itself it's pretty much your standard fare collect a bunch of [P] and get stronger as fast as possible. But because of the nature of this game this also gives you a good chance to get used to the UFO mechanic in a low risk environment.

Nazrin as a mid-boss really is more of a preparation to what she'll pull off later on. Simple side to side moves are all it takes.

And then as a boss... well she pulls off a new trick which is unusual for a stage one boss... But she isn't too difficult otherwise, just don't lose your cool.

Difficulty - Normal
Character - Marisa-A
Stage 1 - The Road of Lingering Snow
BGM - At the Spring Harbor
Boss - The Little Dowser General: Nazrin
BGM - A Tiny, Tiny Clever Commander

Spell Cards

4:50 - Cool Down
4:55 - Cool Down

6:37 - Cool Down
6:49 - Search Sign "Rare Metal Detector"
7:04 - Cool Down
7:17 - Vision Sign "Nazrin Pendulum"

Translation's courtesy of the Touhou wiki

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