Umihara Kawase
Description
Umihara Kawase is an unusual platformer featuring a girl that is captured in a bizarre dream world full of walking fish. Equipped with a fishing line, she can swing and abseil from platform to platform using it as a grappling hook. The game's specialty is the detailed physics system that allows Kawase to perform various tricks using the elastic and length variable rope to move around the levels. There are almost 50 fields (levels) but most have multiple exits that allow you to play through the game on different paths without playing every single field in order. You can also record a good game and save it to watch it again at a later time.
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- 海腹川背 - Japanese spelling
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| General Producer (ゼネラルプロデュース) |
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| Executive Producer (エグゼクティブプロデュース) |
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| Co-producer (Co.プロデュース) |
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| Executive Direction (エグゼクティブディレクション) |
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| System Design (システムデザイン) |
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| Object Graphics (OBJ.グラフィック) |
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| Background Graphics (BG.グラフィック) |
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| Program (プログラム) |
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| Map Design (マップデザイン) |
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| Sound Producer (サウンドプロデュース) |
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| Music Composition (ミュージックコンポーズ) |
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| Sound Cooperation (サウンド協力) |
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| Managing Direction (マネージングディレクション) |
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| Manager (マネージャー) |
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| Sales Promotion (セールスプロモーション) |
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Critics
Average score: 80% (based on 5 ratings)
Players
Average score: 3.9 out of 5 (based on 8 ratings with 1 reviews)
Excellent, if not obscure, platformer
The Good
The game is extraordinarily easy to pick up, thanks to the various demo reels that are played between levels. There is also next to no Japanese text in the game, so you won't need a patch or Japanese skills to play it. The physics of the grappling hook are very well-done and fun to play with.
The Bad
It can get quite difficult at times. Since there's no password system, losing all your lives means starting the game from the beginning - but there are hidden warps, so all is not lost.
The Bottom Line
A pleasant romp through many different levels, dodging large evil fish and swinging through levels with an elastic fish hook. Yeah, I know - sounds crazy, huh? But that's the beauty of it - the concept is so absurd, that you can't help but like it.
SNES · by wildweasel (36) · 2006
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Game added by Lumpi.
Nintendo Switch added by Kam1Kaz3NL77. Windows added by H Tadashi.
Additional contributors: chirinea.
Game added November 4, 2005. Last modified May 24, 2023.