{{Infobox Game
| type         = official game
| titleN        = {{ruby-ja|東方非想天則|とうほうひそうてんそく}}<br />{{ruby-ja|超弩級ギニョルの謎を追え|ちょうどきゅうぎにょるのなぞをおえ}}
| titleEn      = Touhou Hisoutensoku
| image        = [[File:Th123.jpg|256px|Touhou Hisoutensoku]]
| caption      = 
| developer1   = [[Twilight Frontier]]
| developer2   = [[Team Shanghai Alice]]
| publisher1   = [[Twilight Frontier]]
| publisher2   = [[Team Shanghai Alice]]
| publisher1Cat= Twilight Frontier
| publisher2Cat= Team Shanghai Alice
| released     = Full: August 15th, 2009
| convention   = Comiket 76
| website      = [http://www.tasofro.net/touhou123/index.html Link]
| genre1       = Competitive
| genre2       = Fighting
| gameplay     = Single-player Story Mode, Human vs. Human Match, Human vs. Computer Match
| platforms    = [[Windows]] [[wikipedia:Windows 2000|2000]]/[[wikipedia:Windows XP|XP]]
| requirements = Pentium 1GHz, 1.02GB on HDD, Direct3D, '''DirectX 9.0c''' (April 2007 update), 128MB VRAM, DirectSound, 1GB RAM
}}
{{thtitle|Touhou |Hisoutensoku|ruby=Un[[wikipedia:Samjna|perceiving]] of Natural Law| ~ {{ruby|Choudokyuu Ginyoru no Nazo o Oe|Chase the Enigma of the Gargantuan Guignol}}|jp=東方非想天則　～ 超弩級ギニョルの謎を追え}} is the 12.3th installment of the ''[[Touhou Project]]'', created by [[Team Shanghai Alice]], with [[Twilight Frontier]]'s collaboration. It's a sequel to ''[[Scarlet Weather Rhapsody]]'' with five new characters and three story modes, and which can also be linked to its predecessor to act as an expansion pack. Its events occur after those in ''[[Undefined Fantastic Object]]''; it was developed and released alongside that game.

==Gameplay==
{{Main|/Gameplay|l1=Gameplay|/Spell Cards|l2=Spell Cards}}

''Touhou Hisoutensoku'' retains the same spell cards, spirit orbs, and weather present in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, but also introduces new playable characters, spell cards, and weathers. Many existing spell cards, weathers and graphics from Scarlet Weather Rhapsody have been altered and in addition to the new characters, existing characters all have new spell cards. Additionally, each playable character now has a system card (e.g. healing, weather change, bombs, etc.) associated with her that's usable by any character once unlocked.

==Concept==
''Touhou Hisoutensoku'' is the third fighting game in the ''[[Touhou Project]]'' and like its predecessors, ''[[Immaterial and Missing Power]]'' and ''[[Scarlet Weather Rhapsody]]'', ''Touhou Hisoutensoku'' is a collaboration between [[ZUN]] and [[Twilight Frontier]]. Due to that collaboration, its art was drawn by [[Alphes]] and the music was composed by [[U2 Akiyama]], both from Twilight Frontier.

''Touhou Hisoutensoku'' introduces four new characters in the game. All four of them have previous appearances in earlier [[danmaku]] games. [[Hong Meiling]] reappears in a fighting game because she first appeared in ''Immaterial and Missing Power'', but had no appearance in ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody''.

It was stated in different interviews that besides [[Cirno]], other early stage characters like [[Rumia]], [[Wriggle Nightbug]] and [[Nitori Kawashiro]], were originally slated to appear in the game, but were scrapped due to [[Twilight Frontier]] not feeling motivated. Likewise, [[Kaguya Houraisan]] and [[Fujiwara no Mokou]] were also considered as bosses, but they didn't end in the game either.<ref>[[Interview on Nae Radio (September 2009)]]</ref><ref>[[Strange Creators of Outer World/Iruka Unabara x ZUN interview|Strange Creators of Outer World - Interview with Iruka Unabara and ZUN]]</ref><ref>https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=18442.0</ref> In the end, it was still decided to put in mostly weak characters, as they would humorously face off against the very powerful characters featured in ''Immaterial and Missing Power'' (most every mainstream character was featured there). [[Sanae Kochiya]] was added instead of these possibilities, and perhaps made as weak as she is on purpose.

===Name===
''Touhou Hisoutensoku'' is the first game to have no English words in its title (the second overall after ''[[Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth]]''). "Hisoutensoku" is a reference to its predecessor Hisouten (''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody''), and is also the name of a [[Hisoutensoku|giant doll]] within the game. It also refers to "Hisou-hihisou-ten" ("the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception"), which the title of its predecessor was also based off of.

==Story==
{{Main|/Story|l1=Story|/Translation|l2=Translation|/Characters|l3=Characters|/Stages|l4=Stages}}

A mysterious [[Hisoutensoku|giant]] is seen wandering around [[Gensokyo]]. It can suddenly appear and can just as suddenly vanish seemingly without a trace. Everyone who sees it becomes curious and wonders about the truth behind this strange sight. Sanae Kochiya, [[Cirno]], and Hong Meiling each have their own fears and dreams about the giant, and each sets out in pursuit of this roaming behemoth.

Exploring the [[Forest of Magic]], the [[Scarlet Devil Mansion]], and other locations in Gensokyo, the heroines face many challenges and obstacles in their pursuit of a mystery that's far deeper than it first appears.

==Music==
{{Main|/Music|l1=Music}}

''Touhou Hisoutensoku'' has 18 tracks, plus music imported from Scarlet Weather Rhapsody. Except for two tracks, all the music was composed by [[U2 Akiyama]]. Only the tracks ''Unknown X ~ Unfound Adventure'' ({{lang|ja|アンノウンＸ　～}} Unfound Adventure) and ''X and the Floating Objects in the Sky'' ({{lang|ja|空に浮かぶ物体Ｘ}}), two last boss themes, were composed by ZUN himself.

All of the character themes are arrangements of themes from the previous games. For the reintroduced characters a new theme was composed. For some characters, their theme in ''Touhou Hisoutensoku'' is a stage theme from their previous game. For instance, Hong Meiling and [[Patchouli Knowledge]] their theme in ''Touhou Hisoutensoku'' were both the stage 3 and stage 4 theme of [[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]] respectively. Reimu's theme is from ''[[Seihou Project]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s ''[[Shuusou Gyoku]]'' and Alice's theme is from ''[[Mystic Square]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Extra stage.

After the release of the game, the [[Touhou Hisoutensoku OST|Touhou Hisoutensoku ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK]] ({{lang|ja|核熱造神ヒソウテンソク 東方非想天則}} ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK) was released containing 21 tracks from Touhou Hisoutensoku and comments from [[ZUN]] and [[U2 Akiyama]]. Additionally, U2 Akiyama arranged ''Unknown X ~ Unfound Adventure'' for the CD.

A hidden track not seen in the Music Room of ''Touhou Hisoutensoku'' could be heard when you play as Reimu and are in the third round in a normal fight. When the spell card ''Fantasy Nature'' is unleashed, an arrangement of ''Eastern Mystical Love Consultation'' in the style of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) can be heard. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hSWYyi5BjE|title=Video Example|accessdate=August 29, 2011}}</ref>

==External Links==
===Official===
*[http://www.tasofro.net/touhou123/download.html Touhou Hisoutensoku: Version 1.10a Update] (Note: When you browse for your game folder during installation, it will add a "/th123" string to your selected folder address and change the installation location. To properly install, either type in your folder address manually, or delete the "\th123" string from the folder address after selecting your game folder. Not only this, but it is recommended to install somewhere where you have full write permissions in Windows 7.)
*[http://www.tasofro.net/touhou123/index.html Touhou Hisoutensoku: Official Site]

===Unofficial===
*[https://mega.nz/#!9U1nya7A!G2-EcRZYN2CcUWhcG17nEvDKdj1E6u2udR9PUMYK3RI Touhou Hisoutensoku: English Patch (Requires v1.10a)]
*[http://hisouten.koumakan.jp/wiki/Weather_text_patch Touhou Hisoutensoku: Weather Patch]
*[http://hisouten.koumakan.jp/ Scarlet Weather Rhapsody and Touhou Hisoutensoku Gameplay Wiki]
*[http://www.mediafire.com/?fjmy275yattt7e4 Voice Mod] (Note: Go to the [[Voice Mod for SWR and Hisoutensoku|Voice Mod]] article for description.)
*[http://www.mediafire.com/?w1b1fzw34p81qwj Beta Voice Mod v014]
*[http://www.mediafire.com/?qnypzd43781ndib v020 Patch for Beta Voice Mod]
*[https://www.mediafire.com/file/gcoci9ltdq9poks/sokuplus012a.zip/file Soku+ patch]

==References==
{{smallrefs}}

{{Navbox Touhou}}
{{Navbox HSTS}}
{{Twilight Frontier Games}}

[[de:Touhou Hisoutensoku]]
[[es:Touhou Hisoutensoku]]
[[fr:Touhou Hisoutensoku]]
[[pl:Touhou Hisoutensoku]]
[[pt:Touhou Hisoutensoku]]
[[ru:Touhou Hisoutensoku]]
[[tr:Touhou Hisoutensoku]]
[[vi:Touhou Hisoutensoku]]
[[zh:东方非想天则]]
[[Category:Touhou Hisoutensoku]]