Touhou Spell Bubble (東方スペルバブル Tōhō Superu Baburu?) is a game developed by Taito for the Nintendo Switch. It is spinoff title in the Puzzle Bobble series featuring characters and other elements from the Touhou Project series of games. Unlike most games in the Puzzle Bobble series, Touhou Spell Bubble is a tile-matching puzzle game with elements of a rhythm game mixed in.
Gameplay[]
Being a Puzzle Bobble spinoff, the main core gameplay was mostly retained. However, one of the changes introduced is that a scoring system was implemented and the winner is judged by the one with the highest score. Getting flooded with bubbles will not immediately eliminate the player but instead counts all of the bubbles on their screen and converts it into the opponent's score.
Spell Cards from the Touhou series are introduced as special moves with varying effects, such as clearing certain parts of the player's board or converting some bubbles into a singular color. Each girl has different unlockable spell cards that can be used in any match, and the player can use theirs once their gauge is full in a match. A separate gauge is present that, when filled, executes Awakening, changing the board into one that is filled with bubbles arranged in different order to give the player an advantage. Similarly, a weaker version of Awakening is executed if the player got their board full of bubbles.
Another difference in gameplay compared to the traditional Puzzle Bobble games is that rhythm game elements were introduced. The timer for each match depends on the length of the song chosen. At certain parts of each song, the player is prompted to press the "A" button in tune to the music for points.
The game features a story mode that is fully voiced.
List of artists[]
There are hundreds of songs of different kind of genres from various Touhou fans and artists. Some are DLCs that can be purchased from the Nintendo Eshop.
- Amateras Records
- A-One
- Demetori
- EastNewSound
- FELT
- IOSYS
- Liz Triangle
- Masayoshi Minoshima / Alstroemeria Records
- RD-Sounds / Diao ye zong
- ShibayanRecords
- Silver Forest
- SOUND HOLIC
- SYNC.ART'S
- TaNaBaTa
- Akatsuki Records
- Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets
- ShinRa-Bansho
- Sekken'ya
- TAMAONSEN
- Beat Mario / COOL&CREATE
- BUTAOTOME
- Yuuhei Satellite
- ZUNTATA
- REDALiCE
- ZYTOKINE
- Shoujo Fractal
- Touhou LostWord
- GET IN THE RING (DLC)
- TUMENECO (DLC)
- Girls Logic Observatory (DLC)
- AbsoЯute Zero (DLC)
- Yellow Zebra/R-note (DLC)
- Riverside (DLC)
- Tokyo Active NEETs (DLC)
- Hatsunetsumiko's (DLC)
- THE OTHER FLOWER (DLC)
- C-CLAYS (DLC)
- Karento (DLC)
- CrazyBeats (DLC)
- DiGiTAL WiNG (DLC)
- Eurobeat Union (DLC)
- Zekken’ya (DLC)
- Unlucky Morpheus (DLC)
- Hakurei Shrine Reitaisai Collab Unit (DLC)
- Heta no Yokozuki (DLC)
- Astral Sky vs. Morimori Atsushi (DLC)
- Chocofan (DLC)
- NJK Record (DLC)
Characters[]
Being a Touhou Project game, the cast now consists of the characters from the series. Each character has their own illustrator, voice actor, and different set of Spell Cards.
Playable characters[]
- Reimu Hakurei
- Marisa Kirisame
- Alice Margatroid
- Patchouli Knowledge
- Sakuya Izayoi
- Remilia Scarlet
- Reisen Udongein Inaba
- Kaguya Houraisan
- Aya Shameimaru
- Satori Komeiji
- Nitori Kawashiro
- Sanae Kochiya
- Yuyuko Saigyouji
- Youmu Konpaku
- Cirno
- Fujiwara no Mokou
- Koishi Komeiji
- Flandre Scarlet
- Tenshi Hinanawi
- Yukari Yakumo
- Suwako Moriya (DLC)
- Kogasa Tatara (DLC)
- Hata no Kokoro (DLC)
- Seija Kijin (DLC)
- Toyosatomimi no Miko (DLC)
- Rumia (DLC)
- Hong Meiling (DLC)
- Ran Yakumo (DLC)
- Shikieiki Yamaxanadu (DLC)
- Momiji Inubashiri (DLC)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- This is the first Touhou Project game released on a home console that did not release on PC as well.