Touhou 20: Fossilized Wonders

2025 · ZUN Soft

Fossilized Wonders Touhou Kinjoukyou Capital Atop Magnificence ~ Fossilized Wonders. (東方錦上京〜 Fossilized Wonders.) is the twentieth official installment of the Touhou Project announced at Touhou Yomoyama News on April 12, 2025. Its demo version was released on May 5, 2025, at Reitaisai 22, while the full version was released on August 17, 2025, at Comiket 106 and on Steam. Gameplay Main articles: Gameplay, Strategy, Spell Cards, and Achievements There are two playable characters: Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame. The player can additionally equip up to four Incident Stones, from a selection of eight. Each Incident Stone has various effects based on the character using it and the slot in which it is equipped. During gameplay, the player can activate an Incident Attack by collecting Incident Stone Fragments that spawn from grazing bullets and shooting enemies. Getting hit during an Incident Attack will cause it to end immediately but will not reduce the player's life count. However, getting hit by an enemy or a bullet that cannot be removed can result in the player dying when hit. Collecting Incident Stone Fragments will also contribute to a gauge that, when full, spawns an Incident Enemy of one of four colors, each with its own attack pattern (stopping during boss battles). Destroying Incident Enemies will award the player with a large amount of point and power items, and additionally a spell or life piece after certain amounts of them are killed. Incident Enemies of a given color become stronger each time they are spawned. The effect of the Incident Attack is determined by the Main Story Stone, and the story scenario is determined by its color (red, blue, yellow, green), with two Incident Stones for each: Scarlet Devil provides forward-focused shots, and passively increases focused attack damage. Incident Attack: replaces the player's shot with a barrage of piercing talismans/lasers. Creature Red provides widespread shots, and passively increases the fill rate of the Incident Attack gauge. Incident Attack: replaces the player's shot with a barrage of talismans/missiles in a wide area. Snow Blossom provides homing/scattered shots, and passively increases unfocused attack damage. Incident Attack: replaces the player's shot with a barrage of homing talismans/icicles. Blue Season provides both forward and backward shots, and passively causes power items to drop more often. Incident Attack: fires additional rear-aimed shots and deletes bullets behind the player for its duration. Yellow Subterranean provides sparsely spread shots from options that deal area damage to enemies, and passively allows grazing to occasionally delete bullets. Incident Attack: allows the player to resist multiple hits before it expires. Imperishable Moon provides scattered forward shots, and passively options allows to occasionally delete bullets on contact. Incident Attack: turns enemy bullets into homing revenge bullets upon contact with options, then applies the effect to all bullets on screen upon ending. Beast Hardness provides animal spirit shots from options that lock in place when focused, and passively increases damage to Incident Enemies. Incident Attack: generates a spell piece if it ends without the player being hit for its duration. Shintoism Wind provides Sky Serpent/Cobalt Spread shots, and passively increases Incident Attack duration. Incident Attack: launches a circular area forward that clears bullets and damages enemies. Upon first starting the game, the player can only select the Main Story Stone, with the other three slots being assigned Common Magic Stones which mimic the effects of the Main Story Stone in their slots. The inherited Assist Stone will provide a passive effect with reduced effectiveness. After clearing the game with a certain Main Story Stone, the player receives a copy of that Incident Stone which can be assigned to any of the other three slots (with each clear adding another copy), allowing for highly customizable build combinations. concept For the twentieth main Touhou Project installment, ZUN intended to "go back to the basics" with only Reimu and Marisa as playable characters. He described the gameplay style as "particularly orthodox". Story Main articles: Story, Translation, and Characters A little-known incident is occurring within the sanctuary land at the foot of Youkai Mountain. Reimu and Marisa must use mysterious stones imbued with the powers of previous incidents in order to challenge this new threat. Music Main article: Music Press Fossilized Wonders was first announced on April 12, 2025, at Touhou Yomoyama News. A demo version was released on May 5, 2025, at Reitaisai 22. The full version was released on August 17, 2025, at Comiket 106, with the Steam release following shortly after. The Steam release has an AI content disclosure, making Fossilized Wonders the first Touhou Project game to utilize AI generated content. Some textures for backgrounds were generated using it, which receive