Iku Nagae/IkuTronHD's version

''While this character appears to have gameplay based on that of Ricepigeon's Touhou characters, it is in fact a spriteswap of RicePigeon's Komachi Onozuka with most of the coding taken from it. Unlike the character it's a spriteswap from, it has no Specials or Hypers and has almost no comboability.''

Gameplay


This version of Iku is a spriteswap of RicePigeon's Komachi Onozuka with most of the coding taken from said character. Unlike the character it's a spriteswap from, it has no Special or Hypers. However, the hitboxes of the character's animations were altered to fit the sprites. Because it's a spriteswap of one of RicePigeon's characters, its button layout and gameplay is similar to said creator's characters. It uses the buttons for attacks and the other buttons are used for shortcuts. is used for activating the Forward Dash or Backdash while moving forward or backward, is used for activating a throw and  is used as a shortcut for  being pressed. However, because RicePigeon's characters use this to activate the character's level 3 Hypers, and Iku lacks them, it is also used for activating the throw.

Because it lacks Specials and Hypers, it has a very bare-bones moveset and little options. It has almost no comboaiblity, with none of its Normals except for its crouching being able to chain into each other. It's almost impossible to perform combos of more than two hits. Its attacks don't deal much damage. Also, its attack and movement speed is quite slow. Its Air Dash doesn't give much forward or backward momentum. None of its attacks are projectiles. However, a lot of its Normals have a very long range and infinite priority, because their attack hitboxes are very large and not within reasonable range of the hurtboxes.

A lot of its Normals behave rather strangely. Its standing hits twice and its standing  give the character a lot of forward momentum. Out of all of its attacks, its throw deals the most damage. None of its attacks deal chip damage and it has only two attacks that can knock the opponent down. In a lot of the attack animations, the hitboxes are too large or there are unnecessary hitboxes. The player's best bet to rack up damage is by abusing the forward momentum of its standing and spamming it while pushing the opponent in a corner, though this can be very hard to perform.

Unlike the character it's a spriteswap from, it has no custom A.I. and uses the engine's default. It often moves toward the player, leaving itself open to attacks. It also jumps around often and rarely attacks. Because of its small moveset and almost non-existent comboabiliy, it doesn't provide much of a challenge, even less than other characters which use the default A.I.

General
"Harmony is to be valued. However, manners are necessary to maintain harmony."

"Those who challenge me, fight the very elements of Earth herself."

"I am the Envoy of the Dragon palace. Now you see why."

"Never confront one who controls the atmosphere itself!"

"Nobody has the right to change the weather."

"You know? I love to dance."

Character-specific
"Do you suppose the residents of this estate ever thought of seriously closing the gate for good?"

- vs. Hong Meiling

"Sleep? Sorry I have work to do."

- vs. Hong Meiling

"You are not fighting seriously."

- vs. Lie Meiling

"Thats weird. I thought you were stronger."

- vs. Lie Meiling

"Everybody's worried about you and your shrine. Why don't you at least acknowledge that a little bit?"

- vs. Reimu Hakurei

"Humans and youkai gather at this shrine. Even though you don't say it's because of your appeal, they still gather here nevertheless."

- vs. Reimu Hakurei

"Be the protector of the barrier must be hard work."

- vs. Reimu Hakurei

"There are some things even a sneak-thief shouldn't try to get their hands on. You should be careful when you're out stealing."

- vs. Marisa Kirisame

"I will not let steal in the palace of the Dragon."

- vs. Marisa Kirisame

"The mountain of youkai which humans do not approach. It is peculiar that you live there."

- vs. Sanae Kochiya

"Ah! You're the demigoddess."

- vs. Sanae Kochiya

"You're a raven sealed in the old hell, I see. Though there are lots of other things coming from the underground...."

- vs. Utsuho Reiuji

"Often danger. Because of nuclear energy the weather is worse."

- vs. Utsuho Reiuji

"How does someone come to stay with those that seemed to resist others?"

- vs. Reisen Udongein Inaba

"My illusions do not affect me."

- vs. Reisen Udongein Inaba