Nigh Invulnerability/Video Games: Difference between revisions

 

* ''[[Touhou Project]]'': The main protagonist, Reimu, has a Spell Card called Fantasy Heaven, which makes her completely impossible to touch. It's even implied by secondary character Kirisame Marisa that the best strategy against this ability is simply to run away. However, Reimu rarely, if ever, uses this Spell Card, and it only appears twice in the series: in ''Imperishable Night'', where it's essentially an unlockable bonus boss (you have to dodge all her attacks within a time limit) and ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'', where it's probably the most powerful Spell Card in the game. In ''SWR'''s update, ''Hisoutensoku'', it's turned into a One-Hit K.O. move, as the damage it deals is several times a character's lifebar. However, it's rarely if ever actually used as the restrictions are rather ludicrous: Reimu has to first invoke the Spell Card, and then hit the opponent with melee-damage seven times within a time limit. While this SEEMS simple enough, Reimu's melee combat ability is only just barely adequate, and the game places high emphasis on dodging and evasion. Any reasonably able player would be able to avoid getting hit incredibly easily. It has been stated by both Marisa and [[Word of God]] that Reimu was born with this ability, and it's one that she never has to use. The implications are that being intangible is simply a natural state of being for her, and that she holds back on purpose. That's right, if she wanted to, she could defeat ANY boss ANY time without getting hit ONCE. However, that wouldn't make for a very fun game, so she's almost always in a tangible state.

* Bryce Boltzmann, the protagonist of ''Never Dead'' is [[Cursed with Awesome|Cursed with Immortality]]. In his case, he is literally indestructible. Dismemberment and Decapitation are mere inconveniences to him, and he can even [[Detachment Combat|use them both]] [[Losing Your Head|to his advantage]].