History VideoGame / TouhouReiidenHighlyResponsiveToPrayers

** [[spoiler: In the Makai route's good ending, Reimu's wishes are represented visually in thought bubbles. Her last wish, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick the destruction of the Earth]], is represented as the world blowing up]].

* EarthShatteringKaboom: [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the bad ending. The yin-yang orb starts glowing, and the world blows up... Only for Reimu to appear in front and say "Just kidding!"]].

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:

* BossSubtitles: Played with. The boss's name and title don't appear in the boss fight proper, but rather during the EnemyRollCall after getting the good ending.

* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The title screen reads: ''The'' Highly Responsive to Prayers.

** PC-98 Reimu looks very different from her Windows design. She has purple hair instead of dark, and looks shorter, younger and fatter. Her clothing is also more accurate to that
worn by real life {{Miko}}.

* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: ** PC-98 Reimu looks very different from her Windows design. She has purple hair instead of dark, and looks shorter, younger and fatter. Her clothing is also more accurate to that

* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Reimu looks very different from her Windows design and even her design for the other PC-98 games. She looks taller and older than both of her later designs, and has purple hair instead of her dark hair from the Windows games. She's also thinner than her second PC-98 design.

* ParryingBullets: You can swing your rod to clear bullets. Doing this repeatedly doesn't work too well if the bullets keep coming quickly enough.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This [[OddBallInTheSeries isn't even a danmaku game]]. It's more of a weird ''VideoGame/{{Arkanoid}}'' clone, with some ShootEmUp elements in the boss fights. Not only that, but the game is far more generous with resources (getting one every 400 thousand with no upper limit unlike other games, on top of keeping bomb count ''and'' getting one on death; the game seemingly expects you to burn through these resources, making a Perfect/[=NoMissNoBomb=] run that much harder).

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This isn't [[OddBallInTheSeries even a danmaku game]]. It's more of a weird ''VideoGame/{{Arkanoid}}'' clone, with some ShootEmUp elements in the boss fights. Not only that, but the game is far more generous with resources (getting one every 400 thousand with no upper limit unlike other games, on top of keeping bomb count ''and'' getting one on death; the game seemingly expects you to burn through these resources, making a Perfect/[=NoMissNoBomb=] run that much harder).

* KaizoTrap: There is a slight delay between clearing the stage and the score screen. A careless or unlucky could lose a life over getting hit by the Yin-yang orb or enemy shots. Thankfully boss battles avert this.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This isn't [[OddBallInTheSeries even a danmaku game]]. It's more of a weird ''VideoGame/{{Arkanoid}}'' clone, with some ShootEmUp elements in the boss fights. Not only that, but the game is far more generous with resources (getting one every 400 thousand with no upper limit unlike other games, on top of keeping bomb count ''and'' getting one on death; the game seemingly expects you to burn through these resources, making a Perfect/NoMissNoBomb run that much harder).

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This isn't [[OddBallInTheSeries even a danmaku game]]. It's more of a weird ''VideoGame/{{Arkanoid}}'' clone, with some ShootEmUp elements in the boss fights.

* {{Expy}}: Reimu to Sayo from ''VideoGame/KikiKaiKai'', a game from [[Creator/{{Taito}} the company where ZUN had worked]]. She would grow out of it in later games.

''Touhou Reiiden[[note]]"Wondrous Tale"[[/note]] ~ Highly Responsive to Prayers'' is a video game developed by ZUN Soft and published by Amusement Makers for the UsefulNotes/PC98 in 1997. It's the first installment in the ''Franchise/{{Touhou}}'' franchise.

If you're viewing this page because you wanted an introduction to ''Franchise/{{Touhou}}'' then skip ahead to the Windows games starting with ''[[VideoGame/TouhouKoumakyouTheEmbodimentOfScarletDevil Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]]'', because EarlyInstallmentWeirdness abounds ([[ContinuityReboot and not just in the gameplay]]).

In the mountains of an eastern country lie a number of portals to Hell, Makai and other terrible places. Long ago, a great gathering of mystics [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed their lives]] to [[BanishingRitual seal away]] countless demons and {{youkai}}, but over time their power has slowly weakened. For generations the {{miko}} of the Hakurei Shrine have [[BarrierMaiden stood guard]], honing their bodies and minds in order to [[HunterOfMonsters defeat anything that emerges into the human world]].

Reimu Hakurei is searching for the person responsible for wrecking her shrine.

The game plays a lot differently than the sequels. It's like a ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}'' clone where you bounce a ball and hit targets like cards or bosses with it.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This isn't [[OddBallInTheSeries even a danmaku game]]. It's more of a weird ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}'' clone, with some ShootEmUp elements in boss fights.

''Touhou Reiiden ~ Highly Responsive to Prayers'' is a video game developed by ZUN Soft and published by Amusement Makers for the UsefulNotes/PC98 in 1997. It's the first installment in the ''Franchise/{{Touhou}}'' franchise.