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The Touhou world is coming at you with some of your favorite moe girls in Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle! Choose your favorite cute girl from the Touhou Universe and unleash some beat downs on your opponents. Those who love both the Touhou franchise and 3D shoot ‘em up titles will be all too eager to want to engage in this vivid magical world of Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle. Fight in story mode or play as each of the various girl’s individual stories and learn what strange incident has caused this mini war of magic. With 1-2 player online versus or local play, bring a friend and see whose moe girl is the best of the best in Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle!

Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle takes some of the Touhou girls from past titles of the franchise and has them duke it out in a 3D shoot ‘em up fighting game. Get ready to dodge magic and hard-hitting punches as you fly around the screen on the ground and in the air. Each of the nine playable girls has their own unique weapon and fighting style thus making each battle frantic and action packed. With a story mode, local and online versus and amazing music, Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle is easily going to be loved by fans of the long running franchise. Plus at the low price of $29.99, Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle won’t break the bank letting you enjoy your fill of moe girls without feeling your saving drops too dramatically. Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle releases on the PS4 and Nintendo Switch but regardless of your platform of preferences these girls are just waiting to show they are the stronger magical girl around.

The various moe girls of Touhou are about to engage in some fun. However, for these magical adept females, fun comes in the form of battle. Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle has various girls from the long running Touhou world interacting as a strange incident has caused them to somehow meet up. Fan favorites such as Sakuya Izayoi or Meiling Hong are just a few of the Touhou girls you can expect to see in Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle. So get those magical cards, wands and kicks ready, folks; Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle is rushing at you!

The Touhou series has definitely been a long running and lucrative franchise in the gaming world. Releasing roughly 20 years ago, even today, we can see various Touhou games still being released. In more recent years in the USA, Touhou has begun to grow a fanbase at a seemingly faster rate leading to publisher NIS America to release quite a few of these Japanese themed moe games on various platforms. Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle is the latest to be released but will fans of the world enjoy this new entry or will they wish to skip it and hope for a better one down the line? Find out now in our review of Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle presented by us here at Honey’s Anime!

Now Touhou games of yesteryear come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Most are usually shoot ‘em ups mixed with a fighting theme and Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle isn’t an exception to this. Players will choose from nine overly cute magical girls and battle in out in small arenas within a 3D plane. However, the question most will be concerned about is how does Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle play? Well we can honestly say pretty dang well.

Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle has players using the various girls in a fusion of long distance fighting and in your face melee. Players can utilize the circle, square and triangle buttons to unleash a fury of different powers and spells on their opponents. Players can also dash around on the ground and even in the air—depending on the girl chosen—to evade or launch attacks when the situation arises. Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle might be a simple game—which is a great thing because there really isn’t a tutorial to tell you how to play—but the simplicity also has a surprising amount of depth thanks to the metagame of having to figure out when to utilize range over trying to get in close for a melee onslaught. Seriously folks, you’ll quickly learn that Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle isn’t a game where you can just spam buttons and win on harder difficulties.

In terms of modes to play, Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle offers up several. Players can expect to find a story mode—which is over pretty fast—score attack, arcade, vs mode and online vs. Though for most, arcade and score attack will probably get the most use seeing as how we don’t know many who would want to play Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle with us and the online services were not available as of this review. This is usually the typical theme for most Touhou titles. However, for the low price of admission Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle gives players a nice bang for their hard-earned buck and we here at Honey’s Anime are sure fans will appreciate that.

Graphically, Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle is a mixed bag. While the art and girls of Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle look great outside of battle, when the actual battle begins don’t expect to see something that impressive. Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle follows the very simple traits of past titles which means characters are shrunken down to chibi form and the game overall looks like a title from ages ago. We here at Honey’s Anime have played our fair share of Touhou games—at least the ones released stateside—and while we’re use to this style of graphics, it still isn’t our favorite thing of Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle. Luckily, while the graphics aren’t great the music is stellar providing players will a slew of excellent tracks to listen to.

Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle isn’t a game geared for every gamer out there. As with most of the Touhou games, this is a very niche franchise but those who love the franchise will find a lot to enjoy seeing their favorite girls duke it out. While the graphics look equivalent to something from the earlier years of the PS3 generation, the wonderful art and impressive soundtrack—which we always expect from Touhou titles—makes up for the lackluster battle graphics. Equally, the combat is both simple but fun and intuitive thanks to a nice mixture of diversity in the girls and the action itself. Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle at the end of the day is a very fun game and for those willing to drop half of what a normal game costs nowadays—meaning $29.99—they should expect an overall fun title.

Here at Honey’s Anime we love everything anime and everything moe in equal measures. Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle adheres to our specific love for both of these themes and we were happy to play it. While it isn’t a perfect game by any means and clearly is for those who love the series’ past entries, Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle does more right than wrong and thus we give it a seal approval for those who really need more Touhou girls in their lives. What are your thoughts about Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle we would love to know in the comments down below. Did you like our review of Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle? Well, if the answer is a yes, then check out our website for more game reviews and articles here at Honey’s Anime.