#demoplay

Demo Play replay from Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.

Surprisingly (or rather said, disappointingly), there is only one replay - that of stage 4 Reimu A (Lunatic).

While there are no other indicators of the difficulty besides the patterns or your score, you can extract the replay and view it normally through the game interface and you will see that it is from Lunatic.

In ver. 1.02, the Demo Play would crash the game (see /post/187580207083/), but it was patched in ver. 1.02a.

In ver. 1.02g, the Demo Play exhibits the same broken behaviour as the rest of the game (you can find showcases of each stage from that version in the #glitch6 tag). The issues were fixed in ver. 1.02h. You can see the broken Demo Play from ver. 1.02g below.

Demo Play replays from Mountain of Faith.

Demo Play replays from Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom.

The order in which they appear is always the same: stage 3 Marisa, stage 2 Reimu and stage 1 Sanae (all three on Normal difficulty).

There is no Demo Play with Reisen, even though she is a playable character. If you peek into the game files there is nothing there either, only three replays exist.

Demo Play replays from Fossilized Wonders.

Demo Play replays from Subterranean Animism.

Demo Play replays from Hidden Star in Four Seasons.

The order in which they appear is always the same: stage 3 Reimu Summer, stage 1 Cirno Winter, stage 2 Aya Spring (all three on Hard difficulty).

Marisa seems to be missing from the demo play, which is weird because she is a playable character. If you follow the pattern, the fourth demo play would have been Marisa Autumn. But it's not triggered.

If you peek into the game files, it actually exists. A replay of stage 4 with Marisa Autumn. I'm not sure what's preventing it from being played.

Demo Play replays from Unconnected Marketeers.

Demo Play replays from Perfect Cherry Blossom.

The order in which they appear is always the same: stage 4 Sakuya A (Hard), stage 5 Reimu A (Hard) and stage 3 Marisa A (Lunatic).

The difficulty can be determined by the amount of cherries in the bottom left corner of the screen. The starting values from Practice mode are as follows:

Easy/Normal

st1/2: 200 000 st3: 250 000 st4: 300 000 st5: 350 000 st6: 400 000

Hard

st1/2: 250 000 st3: 300 000 st4: 350 000 st5: 400 000 st6: 450 000

Lunatic

st1/2: 300 000 st3: 350 000 st4: 400 000 st5: 450 000 st6: 500 000