How to play Touhou Danmaku Kagura on Mac

Game summary

Touhou Danmaku Kagura is a mobile rhythm game. It will be the first dedicated Touhou arrangement rhythm game to be released on smartphones and with gacha mechanics. The rhythm game session will be presenting the character having a danmaku battle against an opponent with a beatmap on the foreground. The player must beat the song played in the battle without missing too many beats.
First released: Aug 2021

Play Touhou Danmaku Kagura on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Touhou Danmaku Kagura on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

Touhou Danmaku Kagura installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Touhou Danmaku Kagura like you would on any PC.
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🕹 Editor's notes

Presenting to you the recent new addition to the Touhou game family; Touhou Danmaku Kagura. This free-to-download mobile game comes from Unkown X, a collective of developers consisting of DeNa, Xeen, and AQUASTYLE, and it is the first rhythm of the franchise. Touhou Danmaku Kagura presents a collection of amazing Touhou music that players will love performing. 

The songs are refreshing, the music quality is awesome, and the overall game design and characters are a delight to experience. So get your instruments ready, and let the music play!

Gameplay

Like most rhythm games, Touhou Danmaku Kagura revolves around the act of recreating various music pieces and songs by tapping buttons in a timely and rhythmic fashion. Players who are new to this franchise will be reminded of similar button-smashing games like Guitar Hero and DDR. 

Enjoy exciting button-smashing action as you attempt to gain mastery over a variety of musical pieces that are bound to keep you pumped up throughout. The interface is quite simple and easy to understand, while the songs vary from different levels of complexity. You'll never get bored learning new musical pieces with this masterpiece!

Features

Touhou Danmaku Kagura features plenty of well-designed characters, smooth mechanics, and impressive graphics that make for one hell of an entertaining game.

Perform musical pieces in five different difficulty levels ranging from Easy to absolutely lunatic. Set and maintain your timing, speed, and overall rhythm and perfect a myriad of songs and musical pieces. Discover unique attributes with each song, which can be enhanced with specific cards. Win exciting bonuses up to three times a day when playing the many songs in the game library. Finally, perfect each song and become the master performer that you've been training for!

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