#it's gonna appear in the 2hu tag anyway so sorry to any fans ;-;

[androidcharles]

Remember that dumb post I made saying I was gonna write an essay on how Touhou and Henry Stickmin Series are basically the same thing well I'm finally gonna do it here I fucking go already

Similarities

High cast of characters with only a few being relevant

In Touhou, Zun has created SEVERAL characters for the games, however these characters are pretty much bosses in a sense. In the end, they don't really serve much purpose other then being obstacles for the mission that the main character Reimu (among many playable others) have to mow through in order to actually get through the game. Henry Stickmin is the same way. With the exception of maybe a few outliers, most of the cast really doesn't matter. You will have those characters that become popular with a niche few, but in the end, it's a high cast of characters with only a few being relevant.

It's obscure media unless you're actually looking

While it can't TOTALLY be said for Henry Stickmin, tell me anything you know about Touhou besides Bad Apple!. It's literally a series that you probably don't know much about from an outsiders perspective, but if you were take a closer look, there's a ton of lore, interconnecting points and such that all ultimately culminates. That's basically both games in an nutshell. You aren't gonna get much from looking at the games at a surface level, but if you dig deeper, you'll find some gold. Or the gas main. One or the other really…

High volume of a certain gender with few exceptions

This is a half and half on the similarity front, but a huge majority of the Touhou cast is female, with a few exceptions in the mangas and outside works from the game. A huge majority of the Henry Stickmin cast is male with a few exceptions that can be seen in the background (and one main character of course).

SHIP WARS

Well… do I even need to say it? It's pretty common in any fandom in all honesty

The main protagonist is tied to luck

Reimu, the title girl for the game Touhou is attributed to her absolute good luck. Apparently her luck is so good that enemy attacks often dodge her rather then her dodging the attacks. Because of this, not only is she able to solve any problems that come her way, but she's also pretty stubborn because of it. While Henry can't say the same thing on the good luck, he's still pretty tied to luck anyway. Even in the wrong choices, you can't help but wonder where he gets most of his gadgets. And it's lucky that he found a crate full of supplies on top of a prison no less…

Fan games

While not at the volume of Touhou, Henry Stickmin does have a few fan games that have come out in honor of him! So that's one thing they share.

Obvious Differences

Theme songs

Every character in Touhou has a theme song that accompanies them, even one off bosses that never appear in any other game. However, the same can't be said for Henry Stickmin, for obvious reasons…

Game type

Touhou is a primarily shoot em up genre with some exceptions and Henry Stickmin is a point and click game.

....that's all I have on the difference front...