<s>
is	O
the	O
second	O
versus	O
fighting	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Touhou	B-Application
Project	I-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Immaterial	B-Application
and	I-Application
Missing	I-Application
Power	I-Application
by	O
Twilight	O
Frontier	O
and	O
Team	O
Shanghai	O
Alice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Touhou	B-Application
Project	I-Application
overall	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
labelled	O
as	O
the	O
10.5th	O
Touhou	B-Application
game	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
numbered	O
9.8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
western	O
gaming	O
communities	O
,	O
Scarlet	B-Application
Weather	I-Application
Rhapsody	I-Application
is	O
often	O
abbreviated	O
as	O
SWR	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scarlet	B-Application
Weather	I-Application
Rhapsody	I-Application
stayed	O
true	O
to	O
its	O
predecessor	O
Immaterial	B-Application
and	I-Application
Missing	I-Application
Power	I-Application
in	O
that	O
it	O
retained	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
Immaterial'''s	O
basic	O
system	O
and	O
moves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Scarlet	B-Application
Weather	I-Application
Rhapsody	I-Application
added	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
fly	O
,	O
a	O
different	O
card	O
deck	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
weather	O
system	O
that	O
deals	O
out	O
various	O
handicaps.Scarlet	O
Weather	O
Rhapsody	O
also	O
provides	O
built-in	O
support	O
for	O
multiplayer	O
games	O
over	O
the	O
internet	O
,	O
something	O
that	O
its	O
predecessor	O
lacks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Expanded	O
from	O
the	O
Spell	O
Card	O
system	O
of	O
Immaterial	O
and	O
other	O
games	O
,	O
Scarlet	B-Application
Weather	I-Application
Rhapsody	I-Application
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
assemble	O
a	O
"	O
deck	O
"	O
of	O
20	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sunny快晴	O
Reimu	O
Hakurei	B-Application
Border	I-Application
Escapes	O
are	O
free	O
,	O
flight	O
cost	O
is	O
halved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
previous	O
Touhou	B-Application
games	I-Application
where	O
the	O
multiple	O
endings	O
are	O
numbered	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
ambiguous	O
canonicity	O
of	O
each	O
ending	O
,	O
Scarlet	B-Application
Weather	I-Application
Rhapsody	I-Application
does	O
not	O
number	O
its	O
endings	O
and	O
all	O
story	O
routes	O
are	O
considered	O
as	O
canon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
middle	O
of	O
summer	O
,	O
untimely	O
rain	O
and	O
hail	O
fall	O
in	O
the	O
Forest	O
of	O
Magic	O
,	O
snow	O
blankets	O
Hakugyokurou	O
,	O
the	O
Scarlet	O
Devil	O
Mansion	O
is	O
enveloped	O
in	O
a	O
cloudy	O
,	O
dense	O
haze	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Hakurei	B-Application
Shrine	I-Application
is	O
levelled	O
by	O
a	O
sudden	O
earthquake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CharactersScarlet	O
Weather	O
Rhapsody	O
retained	O
all	O
characters	O
from	O
Immaterial	B-Application
and	I-Application
Missing	I-Application
Power	I-Application
(	O
except	O
Hong	O
Meirin	O
)	O
while	O
adding	O
three	O
pre-existing	O
characters	O
of	O
the	O
Touhou	B-Application
Project	I-Application
into	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
introducing	O
two	O
new	O
characters	O
—	O
bringing	O
the	O
total	O
roster	O
to	O
15	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reimu	O
Hakurei	O
( 博麗霊夢	O
)	O
-	O
The	O
miko	O
of	O
the	O
Hakurei	B-Application
Shrine	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
newly	O
reduced	O
to	O
rubble	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yukari	O
Yakumo	O
( 八雲紫	O
)	O
-	O
A	O
youkai	O
who	O
looks	O
over	O
borders	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
one	O
at	O
the	O
Hakurei	B-Application
Shrine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Infuriated	O
by	O
Tenshi	O
's	O
plan	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
shrine	O
celestial	O
property	O
,	O
she	O
seeks	O
Tenshi	O
out	O
and	O
destroys	O
the	O
newly	O
rebuilt	O
Hakurei	B-Application
Shrine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reisen	O
Udongein	O
Inaba	O
( 鈴仙・優曇華院・イナバ	O
)	O
-	O
A	O
moon	O
rabbit	O
who	O
now	O
resides	O
in	O
Eientei	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
with	O
Immaterial	B-Application
and	I-Application
Missing	I-Application
Power	I-Application
,	O
ZUN	O
of	O
Team	O
Shanghai	O
Alice	O
only	O
did	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
while	O
Twilight	O
Frontier	O
did	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
game-making	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
main	O
line	O
of	O
Touhou	B-Application
games	I-Application
where	O
the	O
character	O
artwork	O
is	O
drawn	O
by	O
ZUN	O
,	O
the	O
dialog	O
character	O
sprites	O
and	O
ending	O
artwork	O
in	O
Scarlet	B-Application
Weather	I-Application
Rhapsody	I-Application
are	O
drawn	O
by	O
alphes	O
from	O
the	O
Twilight	O
Frontier	O
team	O
,	O
as	O
is	O
the	O
case	O
with	O
Immaterial	B-Application
and	I-Application
Missing	I-Application
Power	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
was	O
the	O
case	O
in	O
Immaterial	B-Application
and	I-Application
Missing	I-Application
Power	I-Application
,	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
songs	O
were	O
remixes	O
of	O
existing	O
Touhou	B-Application
songs	O
.	O
</s>
