Publication date of the original Japanese article: 2021-10-22 12:00 (JST)Translated by. Ryuki Ishii

Show Me Holdings has revealed new information about Touhou Perfect Sakura Fantastica (東方電幻景) , the title first announced back in September as the first officially licensed arcade game using Touhou Project IP (related article).

It’ll be an arcade port of TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part II with additional refinement done for the arcade version. Show Me Holdings is handling the port, and the game will use exA-Arcadia arcade system board.

Touhou Perfect Sakura Fantastica will be exhibited at the “8th Hakurei Jinjya Reitaisai” scheduled to be held at Tokyo Big Sight on October 24 JST.

TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part II is a bullet hell shooting game that came out on PC (via Steam) in March 2019. It is based on Team Shanghai Alice’s Touhou Youyoumu ~ Perfect Cherry Blossom. with new characters, original enemies and BGM introduced.

The story takes place a month after spring has arrived to Gensokyo. Due to an unprecedented blizzard, the temperature is dropping abnormally low, and Youkais became rampant. Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Sanae Kochiya, and Youmu Konpaku must investigate the anomaly and resolve the situation.

The characters will fight through bullet hell against Youkais and fairies that stand in their way. Alongside the usual shots and spell cards (bombs), the game uses the Kekkai system to get through the battles.

TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part II is well received on Steam with over 1500 user reviews, 97% of them being positive at the time of this writing. The Japanese users seem to appreciate the overall quality and the homages to the original work. The developer 东方幕华祭制作组also made TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival, which is based on Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.

The newly announced Touhou Perfect Sakura Fantastica is set to come out as an arcade game. The release window is yet to be announced.