Fossilized Wonders

Touhou Kinjoukyou ~ Fossilized Wonders (東方錦上京 ~ Fossilized Wonders., lit. "Crowning Glory Capital") is an upcoming bullet hell video game developed by Team Shanghai Alice, and is the twentieth official game, and 33rd overall of the Touhou Project series.

Fossilized Wonders
Developer(s)	Team Shanghai Alice
Publisher(s)	Team Shanghai Alice
Series	Touhou Project
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	August 2025
Genre(s)	Bullet hell
Mode(s)	Single-player

It was announced on April 12, 2025; received its demo release on May 5, 2025, at Reitaisai 22; and is expected to release in August 2025 at Comiket 106 alongside a Steam release.^[1][2][3]

Gameplay

Main article: Touhou Project § Gameplay

Reimu fighting the Stage 1 boss, Ubame Chirizuka

Fossilized Wonders is a vertically scrolling danmaku video game where various enemies fire projectiles the player must dodge and fire bullets back at the enemies with. The game's life system allows multiple hits before a game over, and its Spell Card system has cards releasing powerful attacks limited in quantity. Defeating enemies increases the player's score, where there is an integrated high score system, and can drop power-ups such as extra lives and bombs. At the end of each stage is a boss with significantly more health the player must fight before advancing to the next stage.

Fossilized Wonders introduces a new mechanic to the series, where the playable character combines various different types of Stones that affect their shot type.^[2][4][5]

Characters

Main article: Touhou Project § Characters

Similar to older entries in the series, only Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame are playable.

Playable characters

• Reimu Hakurei (博麗 霊夢), the miko of the Hakurei Shrine
• Marisa Kirisame (霧雨 魔理沙), a human magician from the Forest of Magic

Boss characters

• Ubame Chirizuka (塵塚 ウバメ), the stage 1 boss and chief of the Yamanba.
• Chimi Houjuu (封獸 手包), the stage 2 boss and a Chimi. She shares a surname with Nue Houjuu.
• Nareko Michigami (道神 馴子), the stage 3 boss and a Dousojin.

Development

ZUN plans on making Fossilized Wonders a traditional bullet hell shooter, where the only playable characters are Reimu and Marisa.^[2][3]

ZUN has used generative AI for varying background elements for Fossilized Wonders, a decision Touhou fans have widely criticised.^[6]