Uploaded July 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Date: 25 December 2017
Not uploaded before because I was expecting to still beat it (my goal was 1.1b). The Tensei picture on the side is official art. WR of this stage is 1,212,656,860 by Chinese player LYX, also using Koishi.
Anyone who knows me well knows that I love SSS, and how could I possibly do it more justice than by scoring it? I really enjoyed its Extra Stage which led me to want to try my hand at getting 1 billion. Studying several other score runs and putting in attempts I eventually managed to get 1.012b, which I improved to 1.049b during Christmas; it should've been 1.08b but I was an idiot and went down too late after shotgunning the 2nd spell, so I got hit. The stage portion score was also lower than usual, I'm able to get at least 20m higher from it, and it's possible to get another 20m from capturing the Last Spell, the only other spell I failed to capture, except I just assume I fail that one on any given run. The goal I had was 1.1b+, but I have since abandoned this goal, although it's not impossible that I'll return to the game and finish it at some point. I considered Lunatic scoring but found it more desirable to score official Touhou games; at this point it's extremely unlikely that I'd do it, so I'll likely keep it at my LNB and this Extra score (unless I were to do LNN for some reason).
You want to collect blue stars, as they award 5,000 extra point item value (PIV) as well as filling up your border gauge, which will then give a blue border if full; this border automatically collects all items and awards a score bonus if unbroken. Red stars give life pieces and allow for red borders that increase power, while green stars give bomb pieces and allow for green borders that can be manually broken with the bomb button (like PCB borders). Bullet cancels will also fill the border gauge, which includes cancels by bombing. Koishi's bomb provides a full screen cancel, as well as a minor cancel if her shield is broken, the combination of which makes her the best character for scoring. This is used a couple times on the stage as well as on the three Rika nons that fire the most bullets: the 1st, 4th, and 7th nons, with any suicides being to get new bombs and a bit of graze. Koishi also has an extremely powerful shotgun, allowing you to finish off patterns quicker if you are able to sit close to a boss unfocused. The midboss, Seiryuu, is especially destroyed by this, as she can barely even shoot before Koishi takes her down. Ideally, you capture every spell card, since the bonuses for doing so are very high, especially Rika's bonuses, which are well over 30 million for most spells, and even 50 million for her survival card. Seiryuu's spells and Rika's Last Spell give about 20 million each. The Rika fight is quite challenging and some spells can easily kill you.
If you have any questions about this game, the strategy used in this run or the score system in general, ask away! :)
Thanks for watching!
Date: 25 December 2017
Not uploaded before because I was expecting to still beat it (my goal was 1.1b). The Tensei picture on the side is official art. WR of this stage is 1,212,656,860 by Chinese player LYX, also using Koishi.
Anyone who knows me well knows that I love SSS, and how could I possibly do it more justice than by scoring it? I really enjoyed its Extra Stage which led me to want to try my hand at getting 1 billion. Studying several other score runs and putting in attempts I eventually managed to get 1.012b, which I improved to 1.049b during Christmas; it should've been 1.08b but I was an idiot and went down too late after shotgunning the 2nd spell, so I got hit. The stage portion score was also lower than usual, I'm able to get at least 20m higher from it, and it's possible to get another 20m from capturing the Last Spell, the only other spell I failed to capture, except I just assume I fail that one on any given run. The goal I had was 1.1b+, but I have since abandoned this goal, although it's not impossible that I'll return to the game and finish it at some point. I considered Lunatic scoring but found it more desirable to score official Touhou games; at this point it's extremely unlikely that I'd do it, so I'll likely keep it at my LNB and this Extra score (unless I were to do LNN for some reason).
You want to collect blue stars, as they award 5,000 extra point item value (PIV) as well as filling up your border gauge, which will then give a blue border if full; this border automatically collects all items and awards a score bonus if unbroken. Red stars give life pieces and allow for red borders that increase power, while green stars give bomb pieces and allow for green borders that can be manually broken with the bomb button (like PCB borders). Bullet cancels will also fill the border gauge, which includes cancels by bombing. Koishi's bomb provides a full screen cancel, as well as a minor cancel if her shield is broken, the combination of which makes her the best character for scoring. This is used a couple times on the stage as well as on the three Rika nons that fire the most bullets: the 1st, 4th, and 7th nons, with any suicides being to get new bombs and a bit of graze. Koishi also has an extremely powerful shotgun, allowing you to finish off patterns quicker if you are able to sit close to a boss unfocused. The midboss, Seiryuu, is especially destroyed by this, as she can barely even shoot before Koishi takes her down. Ideally, you capture every spell card, since the bonuses for doing so are very high, especially Rika's bonuses, which are well over 30 million for most spells, and even 50 million for her survival card. Seiryuu's spells and Rika's Last Spell give about 20 million each. The Rika fight is quite challenging and some spells can easily kill you.
If you have any questions about this game, the strategy used in this run or the score system in general, ask away! :)
Thanks for watching!
