Solar Flare
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Solar Flare is a 2.1 Extreme Demon Nine Circles level created by Linear2 and rynoxious and verified by swiborg. The level uses a unique Sun theme that is rarely seen in other levels as it's a super buffed remake of Solar Circles by D4rkGryf. Solar Flare currently sits at #21 on the Demonlist.
Gameplay
- 0-15%: The starts as the mini cube at half speed before being changed into normal speed. You have to traverse tight spaces combined with extremely difficult orb timings.
- 15-27%: There's a ship segment at double speed with very difficult straight-flying and a two-path at 19-20%, where the player must go down rather than going up.
- 27-35%: Afterwards, the player goes into a ball part at normal speed with numerous difficult timings and a text at 31% saying "GLHF" (good luck have fun) at half speed. Later after the ball is a very easy cube part at normal speed with just one pink orb hit.
- 35-92%: The drop begins, however, like any other difficult Nine Circles levels, this level has its very tight wave parts and frequent size and speed changes throughout the part, at 40-41% and 46-47% there are memory parts in constellation appearances. There's a text saying "up next" and ">>>" at 58% telling that the player now faces the dual section of the part. At 91-92%, there's a mini-wave spam section of the level, similar to Down Bass, though, Solar Flare has a normal-size portal and an invisible quadruple-speed change in the middle of the spam section before the second mini-size portal and the invisible double-speed change.
- 92-100%: Lastly, the player enters a short cube part at half speed with hard timings and an invisible normal speed change at 95% right before the level ends.
Gallery
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Janet, the smiley-faced sun at 52-54%.
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The endscreen of Solar Flare featuring a Touhou Project character at the bottom-right corner.
Trivia
- The level is free to copy.
- Solar Flare was originally placed at #21 on the Demonlist. Above Trueffet (#22), and below Tartarus (#20).
- This addition Deimos (EndLevel) into the Extended List and Delebit Oblivio into the Legacy List for the second time.
- It is currently the third-hardest Nine Circles level in the game, behind The Hallucination and Sakupen Circles.
- At 52-54%, a big smiley-faced sun appears out of nowhere in the drop part, hence the verification thumbnail.
- The Sun In the level is named Janet.
- The character at the bottom-right corner is from the Touhou Project franchise.
- The placement of Tunnel of Despair on 31 September 2022 pushed Solar Flare out of the Top 25 on the Demonlist.
- On November 9th, 2023, Solar Flare Jumped up 10 spots to #19, returning the level into the Top 25 of the Demonlist.