Tuesday, August 30, 2011

How do I collect Spell Cards?

Question

I'm currently attempting to play Touhou: the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil. I've figured out that my own Spell Cards are what I use for my bombs, but when I go to Score in the menu, I see that there is an entry for Spell Cards. Clicking on that, there are 64 entries, some of which I've acquired, so I'm assuming this is a collection of some sort.

The problem is I don't really know how I collected them and what exactly the numbers next to them mean. For example, next to No. 02 Night Sign "Night Bird", I have 1/2 while for No. 03 Darkness Sign "Demarcation" I have 2/2.

I assume this means that for No. 02, I have 1 out of the 2 "cards" available to collect and for No. 03, I've collected all the cards available to collect. How do I know which I have and which I don't? How do I collect these things in the first place? I've noticed them pop up during the boss fights, but what are the specific criteria I need to meet in order to successfully collect them?

Edit: And now I've just noticed after doing some more (failed) playthroughs that these numbers are... increasing? The numbers for the cards I listed are now 3/4 and 4/4, respectively. I thought the last number was increasing with my playthrough attempts, but I've got some at 3 and some at 5 when I've currently tried 4 times, so I'm not sure if this is correct.

Answer

You collect a spell card by defeat it without using a bomb, being killed, or running out of time.

The number (e.g. 3/4) is the number of times you've captured the spell card, followed by the number of times you've attempted the spell card in total.

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