Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

by Jim Smale · Published September 26, 2024 · Updated September 25, 2024

Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost Review, “The collapse of Gensokyo… it was all you – ” To rebuild the now barren Phantasia, Reimu’s journey begins. A Touhou Project officially approved a derivative rhythm action game.

Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost Review Pros:

Decent Anime graphics.
5.2GB download size.
Full touchscreen support for playing.
Rhythm action gameplay.
Lane settings for Kagura and Danmaku (individual) – note speed, top visibility, bottom visibility, mirrored, random, outer random, layout, note tap sound, center line, tap timing sliders, measure, expert mode, tap accuracy display, note skin (four types), lane BG transparency, and set the display position of the elements.
Volume sliders for each menu option like main menu volume, sound effects, and in-game volume.
Speed sliders for adventure text, and novel text speed.
Kagura and Danmaku each have their own controls, you can also remap them individually.
Two game modes – main story and free mode.
The gallery is where you can view any unlocked images and episodes.
Two screen layout choices – standard and touchscreen.
In-game cutscenes and dialogue screens can be skipped, fast-forwarded, and set to auto-scroll.
The groove gauge is what you need to fill in order to finish a level. Great hits fill it up and bad hits reduce it.
Notes are either a tap or rap and hold.
Opening tutorial pop-up manual.
Before a song, you get told the name, BPM, difficulty, and info of the track like the artist’s name, etc.
Earn points and get a rank at the end.
Combo counter for hitting notes consecutively.
The scoring and ranks feel lenient on the lower difficulties.
World map level selected with each location having several songs within them.
Before starting a song you get told your mission requirements and if a stage has a gimmick which can be good or bad.
Buy booster items like double exp or double score etc.
Earn credits from playing and spend them in the shop for boosters.
Four game difficulties – Easy, normal, hard, and Lunatic.
Plays best with touchscreen.
Fantastic art and character models.
After pausing you get a three-second countdown.

Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost Review Cons:

The settings are very overwhelming and not worth touching until you get in the game and you get a better idea of what they do.
Takes a lot of getting used to the controls even when remapping them.
You don’t get a playable tutorial.
No accessibility options.
Music will come down to personal preference.
Playing with a controller is not as fun as the touchscreen.
Tinkering with the lag and input delays is very tricky, more so if you don’t know what to do but you know it needs tweaking.

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