Alright, the news are up. A more proper news roundup should be up on the 5th of August, as we are getting maintenance. Anyway, until that (curtesy to GamePress and r/touhou_lostword - the original can be read in here
https://gamepress.gg/lostword/other/dev-letter-14-recap):
News and updates
The Dev Letter #14 gave us pretty much everything to be expected for August. First, some stats from recent EX stages:
Of everyone that challenged Marisa (A6) EX, 33.19% of those cleared the stage. Congratulations!
Reimu (A6) drops in as the most popular Friend used in the Marisa (A6) EX stage, with Reimu (F1) and Iku (L1) as second and third respectively.
The Witch of Scarlet Dreams comes in as the most popular Spell Card in the Marisa (A6) EX stage, with Puppeteer and Necromancer and It’s Spring! as second and third respectively.
Then, there is the announced Fantasy Rebirth characters
Joining us on August 5th will be Star Sapphire and Luna Child with their Fantasy Rebirths and costumes. On August 26th, Toyohime and Yorihime will also be joining the Fantasy Rebirth gang with their very own Fantasy Rebirths and costumes.
We are going to receive a new currency.
Announced in the Dev Letter is a brand new item called the “Blank Mirror of Rebirth”! It can be used for both Fantasy Rebirths and Bullet Enhancements. The item will not drop from any stages yet, however, it will be available within the shop as a part of a pack for now. Also apparently a filter to make it easier navigate though the Fantasy Rebirth stages.
On top of these updates, the game engine will be receiving an update on August 5th. This will include the game undergoing a large update of approximately 1GB, but should not add to the total app size as it should just be replacing old files. The Remilia (Relic) story will also be moving to the “Special” tab on August 5th. This means that players will be able to receive another copy of Remilia’s Story Card from the stage because of this change.
Alright, now to the bigger stuff. We are going to receive a lot of story in a short amount of time - Second (and final) part of Interlude (Chapter 3.5) and then Chapter 4 Act 1, one week after the conclusion of Interlude.
Release date: 12th August. Also new flashy story cards (apparently these ones will have its story translated).
And then there is Chapter 4...
From JP spoilers (is anyone catches up with those - but to be fair, it has merely been a week since Chapter 4 was announced there and half a week since most characters were revealed on r/touhou_lostword), we already know who the shadowy figure is. But let's say we saw nothing before the story comes out...
Also more new flashy story cards
Of course, in welcoming of this new chapter, we are going to get a banner of Summer Yukari. She is an Epic Fes unit, and, just like with Blue Reimu before, we are going to get 130 free prayers. I got 5 from today, and daily logins will provide 40 though the campaign, but where are we going to get the other 90? Also x35 Fortune Dust, so neat, I guess?
Yukari Yakumo (C3) joins us as our second-ever Epic-tier Friend. With her arrival also comes some powerful abilities, such as being able to remove up to 2 Seals from her entire party! It may come in super handy when attempting some of those challenging stages.
We are also getting a new EX stage, from which a story card useful to Summer Yukari can be farmed:
Events and changes
We are getting a rerun of the Easter event with Yuyuko and the sword bunny dancers. Yeah, that event. At least some new costumes are coming out with it, and some of them are looking rather neat.
The Spring Festival of Swords event will be receiving a rerun from August 5th to August 19th! As an exciting bonus, an Epic Paper Doll will be available in the event shop for purchase once with 150 Rare Points! Along with the event comes new costumes for Satori, Flandre, Okina, and Ichirin!
The outfit for Satori is actually looking very cute. And Okina's is... interesting to say the least. Strong Middle Eastern vibe going for it.
As mentioned previously, Ichirin is coming into the game through her own banner starting with the 5th. If you are the kind of person looking for the company of our favorite big chad Unzan, this is the perfect moment to go for it. Also nice bunny outfit. Is it just me, or Ichirin does look better without her hoodie? I have noticed that ever since one of her victory animations from Touhou 15.5, where she takes it off.
Another brand new item,
My First Exchange Ema. You can use the Ema in the Prayer tab to summon your favourite Friend, as long as they’re from the L1 universe. In the future, the Ema will be able to be used from outside of the Prayer menu. The Ema will be available as a login bonus from August 5th. It will also be available in the shop as part of a pack.
Looks like the Everybody Wins campaign will be back. Well, we are still waiting for the prizes from the previous one, but they are to be received following the update on the 5th of August.
Kourindou Rolette is also back, and if it is to be believed from one of the later images, it might last for the entire month. Otherwise, just the regular 10 days.
Just like the simulations.
The Relic Paper Disk, used to upgrade the new MV Friends, will be added to new events starting from August 19th for 100 Rare Points!
(skipping this part since it is just about packs and stuff to whale for in the store)
Before going into the final roadmaps, there are a few limited banners that will be up in this period:
Conclusions
In order to wrap it up, GamePress also provided a few charts about the evolution of the game through August, putting together everything I have mentioned above. Basically you could take it as the tl;dr part of this long comment:
At the time I am writing this, there are also two good threads on r/touhou_lostword which cover the topics I have gone through
The latest update to come expressed in small bits. I wonder how did we not get yet a weekly banner of what maintenance is about to bring...
