Reisen didn't sense any need to be worried about the flowers, but checked them out anyways. What she did notice were the ghosts hanging around the flowers, which most of the other heroines paid no attention to. Youmu looked for answers while admiring the scenery, but without any clue where to start all she could do was wander as well.
Sakuya also began searching for answers, but again more out of curiosity than from any sense of danger. Instead she sets out to find who's behind it all simply because she wants to and, more importantly, so she can be the first to find out what's happening. Marisa on the other hand noticed the oddness of the out of season flowers, but didn't seem to think too deeply into it at first. Reimu was alarmed when she noticed the flowers everywhere and quickly went out looking for answers, thinking that not only was it her duty but that if she didn't people might think she was neglectful. Nearly all of the heroines start at the lake near Scarlet Devil Mansion. The heroines head out in search of answers due to curiosity, duty, or boredom. Each heroine (most of them anyways) soon realize something odd is happening when they see the thick covering of flowers all over Gensokyo. Only this time far more than normal and even flowers from every season at once.
Spring has come and the flowers are blooming. Story Main article: Phantasmagoria of Flower View: Translation (includes the translated script) With the netplay patch, multiplayer is also possible through LAN or over the Internet, although it has proven to be unstable, at best. Phantasmagoria of Flower View also features a Match Play Mode in which the player may face off against individual AI opponents or compete against other human players, as well as observe AI vs. In Story Mode, the player will face 9 increasingly intelligent AI opponents, each more capable than the last. Upon meeting certain conditions, players are able to unleash a variety of character-specific Spell Attacks upon their opponents in an attempt to whittle down their remaining health points, in a manner not unlike a VS. Phantasmagoria of Flower View is considered to be a competitive vertical danmaku shooting game, in which two characters engage in moderate-to-heavy danmaku gameplay within individual and separate play areas (aka. Gameplay Main article: Phantasmagoria of Flower View: Gameplay (includes a more detailed description of the game and information on scoring) Playing as one of 16 characters, you must battle your way through 9 difficult encounters to reach Muenzuka and uncover the truth behind this abnormal spring. Flowers are blooming and the fairies are becoming active as usual, but the sheer number of flowers and fairies are completely unnatural even non-spring flowers are blooming. Spring has arrived, but something seems to be wrong. This game takes place in the mystical oriental land of Gensokyo. In this regard, the game most resembles the Touhou game Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream for the PC-98, and Twinkle Star Sprites for the Neo Geo/Dreamcast/PS2. It is unlike most of the previous Touhou games released so far in that it's a VS type game, where two equally matched characters fight head to head.
Pentium 800MHz, 505MB hard disk, Direct3D, DirectX 8, 32MB VRAM, DirectSound, 128MB RAM 東方花映塚 ~ Phantasmagoria of Flower View (romanized: Touhou Kaeitzuka, meaning Oriental Flower Viewing Mound) is a danmaku vertical-scrolling shooter, and is the ninth official game in the Touhou series.