Touhou: Star of Undiscovered Myth

Touhou Michihoshi ~ Star of Undiscovered Myth (東方未知星 ～ Star of Undiscovered Myth, lit. Eastern Unknown Star) is the sixth Fighting game in the Touhou Project, and a follow-up to Urban Legend in Limbo, being a collaboration between Plasma Productions and Shooting Star Studios. It chronologically takes place about 1 year after Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom. It's set to be released during winter 2016.

Gameplay

Star of Undiscovered Myth is a 2D one-on-one fighting game, which mostly consists in aerial combat and features a heavy bias toward projectiles. Characters attack using basic attacks (which are mostly melee and special attacks), skills and spell cards. Each character possesses unique abilities and fighting styles, with some focusing more on melee attacks, others on ranged attacks, others on defense, etc. During the course of a match, items named Star Fragments will appear and float around the stage for a bit, and they can be collected by the characters. Collecting these fragments fulfill a gauge named Star Faith, which, as the name implies, brings faith to the Star Spirits and grant more power to the characters. There are 4 Star Fragment colors, and whichever is collected the most until 50 Star Fragments, gives a specific upgrade to players' attacks:

• Yellow Star Fragments - Increase shooting range, and bring more agility in bullet patterns and a better attack area.
• Blue Star Fragments - Increase defense and grazing, allowing for a better bullet dodge. It also increases shielding.
• Green Star Fragments - Grant a better flight, as well as increased jumping and allowing a faster bullet or attack charge.
• Red Star Fragments - Increase power / strength. Bullets become larger and general melee attacks are more powerful. 

When collecting 50 Star Fragments and fulfilling the Star Faith bar, players are on their full potential to unleash a Last Word attack, granted by a Star Spirit. A Last Word being an ultimate attack of sorts that can easily K.O. an opponent if they have been damaged enough. In this game, Last Word attacks are themed after the characters' planned wishes on the newfound Star.

Modes

TBA

Name and Concept

The game in general features a similar style to both Hopeless Masquerade and Urban Legend in Limbo, focusing on aerial combat and featuring more diverse and unique three dimensional stages. Unlike the previous two games, this game features a less limited flight in gameplay, brings back ground combat from the first fighting games, and also features new modes and battle royale-styled fights, allowing up to four players, rather than the usual duels. alphes art style returns once again, rather than Moe Harukawa's art style from Urban Legend in Limbo.

Name

The game's english title refers to Pyxis Nova, the wish-granting Star that has been recently discovered by the habitants of Gensokyo, which was previously a mostly unknown myth. The japanese title, Eastern Unknown Star, also refers to Pyxis.

Story

Recently, rumors were being spread about a new star in the night sky, the divine star of Pyxis Some say it could be a spaceship Some believe it could collision with land But the most far-fetched rumor of all is that the star could grant a wish

Regardless of it's divine purpose, the star was used as an ultimate excuse to throw a festival, it didn't seem as if many believed in it

But beneath all the drunken banter however was the very essence of faith, could people really believe in this star and it's great wishing capabilities? With their hearts in pursuit of the star a great battle of faith and wishes was absolute to occur, after all the ultimate trophy is at stakes; the divine star of Pyxis itself

While the entire Gensokyo throws a party, using the appearance of a new star as an excuse, the selected heroine decides to investigate the incident to find the star's true nature. Along the way, they encounter various opponents who interfere with their investigation, most simply wanting to have some fun shooting danmaku.

After defeating many opponents while following this new star, the heroine comes across a temple in the sky right below the star's location. Before they can enter however, the heroine l is interrupted by a mysterious girl; Ceres Nebula. In attempt to protect "her only friend" Ceres attacks without warning, but in the end the heroine prevails and continues on to discover what the star truly is.

Upon entering the sanctuary, the heroine realizes what the temple really is; a boundary between earth and the cosmos. Then a divine being appears before the heroine, who reveals herself to be none other than the star itself; Pyxis Nova. Confused, Pyxis assumes that the heroine has summoned her with a massive amount of faith and revealsthat she is capable of manifesting their greatest desire. After learning however that it was not the heroine that summoned them, a great battle occurs.

But in the end, the heroine claims victory and their wish granted. Over time Gensokyo returns to normal again and gradually people lose faith in Pyxis, causing her to return to the heavens as the Starry Sanctuary is sealed off.

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After clearing the game with all characters, another scenerio is unlocked with Ceres in pursuit of reaching Pyxis. After fighting through Gensokyo's most powerful residents, whom many of which were culrpits of previous incidents, Ceres finally enters the Starry Sanctuary, but is blocked by the gaurdian of Gensokyo; Yukari Yakumo.

As ensuring nobody crosses into Gensokyo is her duty, Yukari is very alarmed of the temple being unsealed and creating a path between Gensokyo and space itself. After being questioned, Ceres reveals that she indeed is the culprit behind the incident and was responsible for unsealing the temple. Ceres explains that as she spread the rumor of Pyxis, people's faith in the stars manifested and broke the seal, allowing Pyxis to decend from the stars and reunite with her, Pyxis being the only person who showed her kindness for being a dark Star Spirit. Still valuing Gensokyo's safety more, Yukari threatens to close the border before Pyxis arrives and attacks.

Desiring to see her friend more than anything else however, Ceres prevails and requests her own desire; to be together with Pyxis. Afterwards, they remain happily in Gensokyo as faith in the stars never dies.

Characters

Character	Title	Description	Species and Abilities
Reimu Hakurei	The Sealing Shrine Maiden of Virgo	As the shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shirne, Reimu is expected to halt suspicious incidents before they get out of hand. However she is actually lazy and investigates only because all of the drunken festivity is annoying her. Reimu wishes to repel the star in attempt to end the festival early.	Human Capable of flying in the sky
Marisa Kirisame	The Stardust Magician of Sagittarius	An ordinary magician and kleptomaniac who really has nothing better to do than pursue the star, perhaps her interest in astrology could also be a part of it? Marisa wishes for treasure as she doesn't know what else. to wish for.	Human Capable of using magic
Sanae Kochiya	The Wind Shrine Maiden of Ophiuchus	In attempt to gain faith, both gods of the Moriya Shrine sell "divine" merchandise. While Kanako is pleased with the amount of faith profited, Suwako is curious about the star itself and sends their shrine maiden Sanae to investigate. Sanae wishes for faith to add to the Moriya Shine.	Human (Arahitogami) Capable of causing miracles to occur
Sakuya Izayoi	The Scarlet Maid of Horologium	As the chief maid of Remillia Scarlet, Sakuya was first to notice the light of the star was bothering her mistress and went out of her way to investigate. Sakuya wishes for more Fairy Maids to be recruited to make up for the divine intervention.	Human Capable of manipulating time
Youmu Konpaku	The Half-phantom Gardener of Gemini	All of the star spirits appearing were interferring with the Netherworld and angering Youmu much to Yuyuko's amusement. In the end both decided it was best if the gardener investigated the root of the problem. Youmu wishes for the star spirits to return to space.	Half-human half-phantom Capable of handling sword techniques
Alice Margatroid	The Doll Maestra of Sculptor	Usually reading and learning more about magic and believing the star myth to originate from some kind of powerful unknown magic, Alice decides to figure out if this star myth is true. Alice wishes for the perfect doll, in order to achieve her maximun potential as a doll handler.	Magician Capable of handling dolls
Kogasa Tatara	The Lurking Umbrella of Aquarius	Kogasa is, well, not really aware of what is going on. She is simply wandering around like she always does, trying to scare people, but failing every time.  Kogasa wishes to be feared at least once, so she can actually satisfaction for once.	Karakasa obake Capable of surprising humans
Ichirin Kumoi	The Nyuudou Handler of Antlia	Ichirin, along with her long-time companion Unzan, is determined to search for the star. Unzan, who is aware of the stars and stars spirits, tells Ichirin what is going on. Unzan seems to hide a lot of knowledge about many things... Her wish will be revealed soon.	Youkai Capable of using nyuudou
Byakuren Hijiri	The Chief Priest of Libra	Byakuren as a seeker of rare magic, decides to investigate the origins of the star gossip, who she believes must possess great magic power. As someone who has desired peace between humans and youkai for such a long time, this is exactly what she wishes. However, this ends up being only for the rest of the night, as the grudge against youkai is extremely strong.	Magician Capable of using buffing magic
Mononobe no Futo	The Plate-Breaking Shikaisen of Carina	Futo is pretty much unaware of what is going on. She just decided to go outside to practice her abilities, challenging those in her way and often oblivious to anything they say related to the star. Once she figures out and discovers the star by accident, she wishes for a longer lifespan.	Shikaisen Capable of manipulating feng shui
Toyosatomimi no Miko	The Shoutoku Taoist of Ara	Miko is aware of the star's existence, as well as being able to sense a star spirit gathering faith for her. As a such, she believes that it is an evil scheme of sorts, and decides to hunt down both the star and the star spirit. Her wish will be revealed soon.	Saint Capable of listening to ten people's conversations at the same time
Nitori Kawashiro	The Akutagawa Warhead of Cetus	Nitori is the only one concerned about the star, she belives it could be a dangerous meteor that could possibly destroy the entire Gensokyo. While she tries to warn everyone, nobody listens and carries on with the party. Nitori's wish will be revealed soon.	Kappa Capable of manipulating water
Aya Shameimaru	The Fantastic Reporter of Corvus	Aya reports the star all over Gensokyo, spreading a "lie" that the star can grant wishes. Her scoop is hit, now readers are tyring to see if it really does grant wishes. If one were to find the star was ordinary then her reputation would go down, so Aya attempts to advert attention away from it, but eventually learns that perhaps she didn't lie as much as she thought.	Crow Tengu Capable of manipulating wind
Utsuho Reiuji	The Mystical Sun of Apus	The partying in the world above was distracting her from her job of regulating the flames of Blazing Hell, so Utsuho investigates the source of it all and finds it to be a divine star. Utsuho wishes for the flames to be heated up as they died down considerably when she was distracted.	Hell Raven Capable of manipulating nuclear fusion
Koishi Komeiji	The Subterranean Rose of Cassiopeia	Koishi doesn't really seem to have a purpose as usual, being silly and blending in with the crowd. She does however show interest in the star because of it's pretty appearance and follows it. Koishi wishes to visit her sister.	Satori Capable of manipulating the subconscious
Nue Houjuu	The Undefined Object of Capricornus	Nue herself deemed the star of being undefined, even despite being undefined herself. Out of complete curiosity she goes to figure out what the star truly is. Nue wishes to ensure the star's identity will stay undefined after learning it's true identity.	Nue Capable of making objects unidentifiable
Mamizou Futatsuiwa	The Disguise Master of Chamaeleon		Bake-danuki Capable of disguising things and herself
Hata no Kokoro	The Nightmare Masks of Indus	Kokoro has mixed emotions about the star and finds herself investigating to fulfill these emotions. During her investigation her emotions get extremely wild and unstable, driving her to find the star. Kokoro wishes for the emotional confusion to end and to become calm again.	Menreiki Capable of manipulating emotions
Reisen Udongein Inaba	The Optical Illusion of Lepus	Reisen and her master are both concerned about the star's origin and assume it to be the moon's doing. As it turns out however the star was unrelated to the moon after all. Reisen wishes to reunion with her fellow moon rabbits for the night.	Moon Rabbit Capable of manipulating insanity
Fujiwara no Mokou	The Infernal Victim of Phoenix	With nothing to lose Mokou dives headfirst into the incident to see if the rumors of the wishing star are true, despite putting on the guise of doubting the rumor. Mokou wishes for death at first, but reconsiders and wishes for the chance to apologize for her past doings.	Human Capable of manipulating fire
Shimmyoumaru Sukuna	The Great Inchling of Crater	After hearing of a power that grants wishes flawlessly, unlike that of a certain treasure, Shinyoumaru investigates the incident to see if there really is such thing. Shinyoumaru wishes for a regular sized body, but this transformation wears off at the end of the night.	Inchling Capable of using the Miracle Mallet
Kasen Ibaraki	The Mysterious Hermit of Aquila		Hermit Capable of guiding animals
Seija Kijin	The Mischievous Maniac of Sagitta		Amanojaku Capable of turning anything upside-down
Clownpiece	The Hell Fairy of Fornax		Hell Fairy Capable of driving people to madness
Suika Ibuki	The Drunkard Demon of Andromeda		Oni Capable of manipulating density and sparseness
Yukari Yakumo	The Phantasmagoria Boundary of Sextans		Youkai Capable of manipulating boundaries
Ceres Nebula	The Wicked Star of Perseus		Star Spirit Capable of manipulating gravity
Pyxis Nova	The Divine Star of Pyxis		Star Capable of granting wishes

Stages

Stage	Description	Cameos
Hakurei Shrine		Genji, Mima, Lily White, Prismriver Sisters , Cirno, Three Fairies of Light, Chen, Ran
Forest of Magic		Rumia, Cirno, Mystia Lorelei, Wriggle Nightbug, Rinnosuke Morichika, various Dolls
Myouren Temple		Hatate Himekaidou, Kyouko Kasodani, Shou Toramaru, Nazrin, Murasa Minamitsu, Shinki, Yumeko, various humans
Treasure Ship Above the Clouds		Shou Toramaru, Nazrin, Murasa Minamitsu, Iku Nagae, Tenshi Hinanawi, Lily White, Prismriver Sisters
Senkai		Seiga Kaku, Yoshika Miyako, Yuyuko Saigyouji, Youmu Konpaku, Prismriver Sisters
Hall of Dreams' Great Mausoleum		Seiga Kaku, Soga no Tojiko, Cirno, Letty Whiterock,  Doremy Sweet, Lily White, various Divine Spirits
Youkai Tanuki Forest		Various Tanuki (disguised as several characters)
Human Village		Eirin Yagokoro, Kaguya Houraisan, Tewi Inaba, Keine Kamishirasawa, Rinnosuke Morichika, Kozusu Motoori, Hieda no Akyuu,  Yuugi Hoshiguma, several Humans
Genbu Ravine		Momiji Inubashiri, Hatate Himekaidou, Wakasagihime, Minoriko Aki, Shizuha Aki, Kanako Yasaka, Suwako Moriya, various Kappa
Palace of the Earth Spirits		Rin Kaenbyou, Satori Komeiji, Parsee Mizuhashi, Yamame Kurodani, Kisume, several animals, several vengeful spirits
Shining Needle Castle		Tsukumo Sisters, Kyouko Kasodani, Raiko Horikawa, Mystia Lorelei
Bamboo Forest of the Lost		Tewi Inaba, Eirin Yagokoro, Kaguya Houraisan, Keine Kamishirasawa (beast), Kagerou Imaizumi, various Rabbits
Netherworld		Yuyuko Saigyouji, Youmu Konpaku, Soga no Tojiko, Prismriver Sisters, Kana Anaberal, various Spirits
Scarlet Devil Mansion		Hong Meiling, Koakuma, Patchouli Knowledge, Remillia Scarlet, Flandre Scarlet, several Fairy Maids
Misty Lake		Cirno, Daiyousei, Letty Whiterock, Wakasagihime, several Fairies
Kourindou		Keine Kamishirasawa, Rinnosuke Morichika, Kozusu Motoori, Hieda no Akyuu, Patchouli Knowledge, Koakuma, various Humans
Garden of the Sun		Yuuka Kazumi, Medicine Melancholy, several Sunflower Fairies
Nuclear Furnace		Rin Kaenbyou, Kanako Yasaka, various Zombie Faries, Vengeful Spirits, Crows
Moriya Shrine		Kanako Yasaka, Suwako Moriya, Minoriko Aki, Shizuha Aki, Hina Kagiyama, Momiji Inubashiri, Hatate Himekaidou
Sanzu River		Eiki Shiki Yamaxanadu, Komachi Onozuka, Junko, Hecatia Lapislazuli, Lily Black, Mima, several Spirits
Heaven		Yuugi Hoshiguma, Tenshi Hinanawi, Iku Nagae, several Spirits
Starry Sanctuary		Watatsuki no Toyohime, Watatsuki no Yorihime, Seiran, Ringo, Rei'sen, Sagume Kishin
Starry Observatory		None

Music

• Character Themes
• Stage Themes
• Pre-Battle Themes
• Miscellaneous Themes

Theme	Plays as	Source	Arranger
Witching Dream	Reimu Hakurei's theme	Lotus Land Story	IKUTO
Oriental Dark Flight	Marisa Kirisame's theme	Phantasmagoria of Flower View	dBu
Faith is for the Transient People	Sanae Kochiya's theme	Mountain of Faith	発熱巫女～ず
The Maid and The Pocket Watch of Blood	Sakuya Izayoi's theme	the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil	Lyude
Hiroari Shoots a Strange Bird ~ Till When?	Youmu Konpaku's theme	Perfect Cherry Blossom	Golden City Factory
	Alice Margatroid's theme
Beware the Umbrella Left There Forever	Kogasa Tatara's theme	Undefined Fantastic Object	Tai no Kobone
	Ichirin Kumoi's theme
Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind	Byakuren Hijiri's theme	Undefined Fantastic Object	xi-on
	Mononobe no Futo's theme
Shoutoku Legend ~ True Administrator	Toyosatomimi no Miko's theme	Ten Desires	Ryuuha Mikakutei
	Nitori Kawashiro's theme
Youkai Mountain ~ Mysterious Mountain	Aya Shameimaru's theme	Mountain of Faith	MyonMyon
Solar Sect of Mystic Wisdom ~ Nuclear Fusion	Utsuho Reiuji's theme	Subterranean Animism	fai
Hartmann's Youkai Girl	Koishi Komeiji's theme	Subterranean Animism	NeutraL
Heian Alien	Nue Houjuu's theme	Undefined Fantastic Object	Tutti Sound
Futatsuiwa from Sado	Mamizou Futatsuiwa's theme	Ten Desires	Zedd Beastie
The Lost Emotion	Hata no Kokoro's theme	Hopeless Masquerade	ちぇあ
Lunatic Eyes ~ Invisible Full Moon	Reisen Udongein Inaba's theme	Imperishable Night	dBu
Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke	Fujiwara no Mokou's theme	Imperishable Night	Mooper
	Shimmyoumaru Sukuna's theme
Battlefield of the Flower Threshold	Kasen Ibaraki's theme	Urban Legend in Limbo	U2 Akiyama
Reverse Ideology	Seija Kijin's theme	Double Dealing Character	Demetori
Pierrot of the Star-Spangled Banner	Clownpiece's theme	Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom	dBu
Onigashima in the Fairyland ~ Missing Power	Suika Ibuki's theme	Immaterial and Missing Power	CROW'SCLAW
	Yukari Yakumo's theme
	Ceres Nebula's theme
	Pyxis Nova's theme

Theme	Plays as	Source	Arranger
	Hakurei Shrine's theme
	Forest of Magic's theme
Fires of Hokkai	Myouren Temple's theme	Undefined Fantastic Object	EastNewSound / Lucid Dream
Sky Ruin	Treasure Ship Above the Clouds' theme	Undefined Fantastic Object	Tai no Kobone
	Senkai's theme
The Hall of Dreams' Great Mausoleum	Hall of Dreams' Great Mausoleum's theme	Ten Desires	ecriss
	Youkai Tanuki Forest's theme
	Human Village's theme
	Genbu Ravine's theme
Last Remote	Palace of the Earth Spirit's theme	Subterranean Animism	Mizuhashi Yuuki
Heartfelt Fancy	Palace of the Earth Spirit's alternate theme	Subterranean Animism	crescentia
The Shining Needle Castle Sinking in the Air	Shining Needle Castle's theme		dBu
	Bamboo Forest of the Lost's theme
Mystic Oriental Dream ~ Ancient Temple	Netherworld's theme	Perfect Cherry Blossom	TAMUSIC
Ultimate Truth & Night Sakura of Dead Spirits	Netherworld's alternate theme	Perfect Cherry Blossom and Ten Desires	crescentia
The Young Descendant of Tepes & Septette for the Dead Princess	Scarlet Devil Mansion's theme	the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil	Aojiru
Year-Round Absorbed Curiosity	Misty Lake's theme	Fairy Wars	ゆっきー
Cristallized Silver	Misty Lake's alternate theme	Perfect Cherry Blossom	UI-70
Curious Old Shanghai Tile	Kourindou's theme	Miscellaneous	Komeiji Records
Poison Body ~ Forsaken Doll & Gensokyo Past and Present ~ Flower Land	Garden of the Sun's theme	Phantasmagoria of Flower View	Neo
☢CAUTION!!☢ Hellfire Mantle!!!! ☢CAUTION!!☢	Nuclear Furnace's theme	Subterranean Animism	Kanpyo
	Moriya Shrine's theme
Higan Retour ~ Riverside View	Sanzu River's theme	Phantasmagoria of Flower View	TATAMI STUGIWO
Judgment in the Sixtieth Year ~ Fate of Sixty Years	Sanzu River's alternate theme	Phantasmagoria of Flower View	SOUND HOLIC
Crimson in the Black Sea ~ Legendary Fish	Heaven's theme	Scarlet Weather Rhapsody	Dxtliant Child
Bhava-agra As Seen Through a Child's Mind	Heaven's alternate theme	Scarlet Weather Rhapsody	Takumi Inohaya
Path of Starry Lane	Starry Sanctuary's theme	Original	TheEternalSushi
	Starry Sanctuary's alternate theme
	Starry Observatory's theme

Theme	Plays as	Source	Arranger
	Pre-Battle Theme 1
Forward Assault!	Pre-Battle Theme 2	Original	TheEternalSushi
	Pre-Battle Theme 3
	Pre-Battle Theme 4
	Pre-Battle Theme 5
	Pre-Battle Theme 6
	Pre-Battle Theme 7
The Arcane is Revealed	Pre-Battle Theme 8	Urban Legend in Limbo	U2 Akiyama

Theme	Plays as	Source	Arranger
The Stars Dance in the Skylines	Title Screen theme	Original	TheEternalSushi
	Character & Stage selection theme
	Ending theme
	Staff Roll theme

Trivia

• This is the first fighting Touhou game to feature online multiplayer, as well as the first one to have battle royale fights for up to 4 players.