{"id":68046,"date":"2026-06-10T00:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=68046"},"modified":"2026-06-10T00:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:44:21","slug":"touhou-projects-oldest-windows-game-embodiment-of-scarlet-devil-to-get-a-remake-by-an-older-and-wiser-zun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/indie-games\/touhou-projects-oldest-windows-game-embodiment-of-scarlet-devil-to-get-a-remake-by-an-older-and-wiser-zun\/","title":{"rendered":"Touhou Project&#8217;s oldest Windows game, Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, to get a remake by an &#8220;older and wiser ZUN&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During the Japanese version of the June 9 Nintendo Direct, doujin circles Team Shanghai Alice and Shanghai Alice Reprise announced <strong>Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic ~ The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil<\/strong>. This is a remake of the Touhou Project series&#8217; 6th entry, slated for launch on September 10th Along with the announcement, the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4659620\/Touhou_Koumakyou_New_Classic__the_Embodiment_of_Scarlet_Devil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a> store page and other links have been released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, this will be the first official remake of a Touhou game. According to the Steam store page, the graphical assets and music have been remastered and rearranged by a now &#8220;older and wiser ZUN (self-described).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u300c\u6771\u65b9Project\u300d\u306e\u300e\u6771\u65b9\u7d05\u9b54\u90f7\u300f\u304c\u521d\u30ea\u30e1\u30a4\u30af\u3002<br>\u300e\u6771\u65b9\u7d05\u9b54\u90f7\uff1aNew Classic\u3000\uff5e the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.\u300f\u306f\u30012026\u5e749\u670810\u65e5\uff08\u6728\uff09\u914d\u4fe1\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/NintendoDirectJP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoDirectJP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u4efb\u5929\u5802\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e (@Nintendo) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Nintendo\/status\/2064356482330833292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic ~ The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil is scheduled for release on September 10 for PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, and PS5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the Japanese version of the June 9 Nintendo Direct, Team Shanghai Alice and Shanghai Alice Reprise announced Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic ~ The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":68047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-68046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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