Sanae's Sylphid Breeze - 100% Full Playthrough

New fangame that came out yesterday, developed by Lankni, of the Japanese circle Sorehodoh.

Very cute game, it's basically a Kirby game with Touhou characters. From what I heard, there used to be a very ancient demo of this like a decade ago before it was abandoned, and then subsequently picked up a few years later, with it finally coming out on July 11th 2025 on Steam.

Sanae plays just like Kirby as you'd expect. You have your inhale, your float, slide and abilities. There's sadly a bit of a small selection of abilities, just about 8, one of which being kinda secret. They do at least have a few moves each, so they're kinda like between Super Star and Amazing Mirror's ability depth in that regard, more or less.

Stage and boss design is pretty alright for the most part. Hell, there's an achievement for beating every boss in the game without abilities. Finally, a game made for me.

For 20 bucks, there's an acceptable amount of content. After the main campaign, you immediately set off on a Hard Mode of it with tougher enemy behavior and more involved bosses. There are also new secrets in the stages, namely what are basically unlockable Copy Essences of each ability. In some instances, a Koishi enemy will appear to lead you in their direction.
After unlocking all initial seven secret items, well, spoiler alert, I'm not going any further.
I'm not saying there's a crazy amount of replayability, but for something that takes like a bit over 3 hours casually, depending on how astute you are, I'll accept it.

As for negatives, I have a few.
The English script is absolutely in need of a rewrite. It was done by Lankni themself, and unfortunately it kinda shows. Lots of typos or grammar issues, and sometimes some stuff just sounds... wrong. I mean, hell, Ichirin even tells you to "fuck off" at one point. I... don't think she said anything close to that, lol.
Also some of the abilities feel a bit underpowered for bosses IMO. Cirno's ability is also too slippery in terms of controls.
Next up, please, I'd love some adjustable jump height. There being only one jump height kinda sucks for some platforming.
Lastly, the hitboxes are kinda fat, especially regarding star attacks from Marisa and the final boss of the Hard Mode, they are humongous.
(Also, the Tengu Rumei Race is bugged and saves your last time instead of your actual record. That needs fixing.)

Anyway, here are the 100% completion requirements, which also ensures you get every Steam achievement:
-Have obtained every ability at least once;
-Have obtained every secret item;
-Get 8 Perfect combos in the Tengu Rumei Race;
-Beat every boss without abilities

0:00 - Intro

Normal Mode
0:10 - Intro Level
4:01 - Level 1
8:21 - Level 2
16:19 - Level 3
26:18 - Level 4
37:13 - Level 5
(Steam achievements mention level 6 in Normal Mode, but there are only 5...)
40:49 - Character Cast Roll

Hard Mode
42:05 - Hard Mode Intro
44:08 - Level 1
50:16 - Level 2
1:02:11 - Level 3
1:11:30 - Level 4
1:21:06 - Level 5
1:30:06 - Level 6
1:35:35 - Character Cast & Staff Roll (and showing around the new hub)

1:39:15 - Extra Level

Buy the game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3200060/SANAEs_sylphid_breeze/

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