History VideoGame / UmiharaKawase

* BuxomIsBetter: Umihara's character art in most of the games.
** In the GameCenterCX episode centered around the SNES game, the character designer himself gives Arino some words of encouragement and an illustration of Umihara cheering Arino on. Arino's reaction to the illustration upon further examination has him asking if her breasts are really that big.

* {{Badass}}: Umihara herself is one, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4tsf_Z86K4 considering she can possibly do this.]]
** [[BadassAdorable Adorable]] BadassNormal: In a game full of giant, walking fish, she's just a normal girl with a really awesome fishing line & a {{Hammerspace}} backpack. In ''Sayonara'', nine-year-old Emiko shows up and can do everything Umihara does.

* NoExportForYou: Only the PSP port was once scheduled to come over, only to apparently be cancelled.
** Averted with the 3DS game being released on the eShop in the west, the Vita port of the 3DS, and every game of the series released through Steam (the original, Shun and Sayonara).

** Averted with the 3DS game being released on the eShop in the west.

* {{Handwave}}: The reason she goes around facing down walking fish? She's a traveling sushi chef gathering ingredients. This seems to only appear in the American translation, however.

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[[caption-width:256:This is just how it begins...]]

A brand new game in the series for the 3DS was released in 2013, titled ''Sayonara Umihara Kawase'' appearing on the American eShop in March 2014 as "Yumi's Odd Odyssey", the first game to leave Japan. It was released on European eShop as well, but under its original title, in April 2014.

* AntiClimax: Alright, the game has no story whatsoever, but there is ''nothing'' that even remotely hints that you are close to the end of the game. You merely enter a door, identical to every other door in the game, and the credits start rolling.

* OneHitpointWonder: Most enemies kill Kawase at the slightest touch. Good thing there's...
* OneUp: In the form of Kawase's pink backpack. In ''Sayonara'', the backpacks become collectibles that you unlock things by collecting, but acts as one-ups in Survival mode.

* RespawningEnemies: ''Everything'' except for the Octopuses and bosses.

* WakeUpCallBoss: The tadpole from the original SFC game is ''literally'' unbeatable unless you have a good enough grasp of the physics and game mechanics to realize [[spoiler: you can hang safely underneath the platform the battle takes place on, then pull yourself back up once it's safe]], and the skills to actually execute this.

* DubNameChange: The American release of ''Sayonara'' is named ''Yumi's Odd Odysey'', with Umihara subsequently renamed Yumi.

* DubNameChange: The American release of ''Sayonara'' is named ''Yumi'd Odd Oddysey'', with Umihara subsequently renamed Yumi.

A sequel, ''Umihara Kawase Shun'' (Shun meaning something being in season), was released for [=PlayStation=] three years later. It had fields that required [[UpToEleven even more intricate tricks with the hook]], a shorter and springier line and... commercials. Yes, there were actually commercials inbetween some fields, from a company producing [[ProductPlacement fishing supplies]]. In 2000, ''[[UpdatedRerelease Umihara Kawase Shun Second Edition]]'' was released. It contained five new fields and some bugfixes, but most importantly, it replaced the commercials with artwork of Umihara.

A brand new game in the series for the 3DS was released in 2013, titled ''Sayonara Umihara Kawase'' appearing on the American eShop in March 2014 as "Yumi's Odd Odyssey", the first game to leave Japan.

** [[BadassAdorable Adorable]] BadassNormal: In a game full of giant, walking fish, she's just a normal girl with a really awesome fishing line & a {{Hammerspace}} backpack.
* DubNameChange: She's going to be renamed Yumi in the western release of Yumi's Odd Oddysey.

* GiantEnemyCrab: Field 56 (SFC).

* {{Handwave}}: The reason she goes around facing down walking fish? She's a traveling sushi chef gathering ingredients.
* InterfaceScrew: The HUD itself, situating itself pretty much right in the middle of the screen. While it's not ''totally'' obtrusive, it can prove to be a bit distracting at times. The only game in the series that spreads the HUD out closer to the borders of the screen is Umihara Kawase Portable, but, uh... [[PortingDisaster yeah]].

* OlderThanTheyLook: Upon first seeing her SFC sprite, one would probably assume Umihara is still in her single digits. Her ''Shun'' sprite makes her look a little older, though not by much. She's actually ''nineteen''.

* OneUp: In the form of Kawase's pink backpack.

* WakeUpCallBoss: The frog from the original SFC game is ''literally'' unbeatable unless you have a good enough grasp of the physics and game mechanics to realize [[spoiler: you can hang safely underneath the platform the battle takes place on, then pull yourself back up once it's safe]], and the skills to actually execute this.

A brand new game in the series for the 3DS is due to be released in 2013, titled ''Sayonara Umihara Kawase''. It will be released on American eShop as "Yumi's Odd Odyssey" in 2014, first to leave Japan.

* {{Handwave}}: The reason she goes around facing down walking fish? she's a traveling sushi chef gathering ingredients.

* BabiesEverAfter: Considering one of the player characters in Yumi's Odd Oddysey is her [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Daughter]], it's confirmed that Umihara finds a husband off screen.

* GenderEqualsBreed: One of the three playable characters in Yumi's Odd Oddysey is Umihara's future daughter (who basically looks like a prepubescent Umihara).

-> ''Umi no sakana wa hara ni, kawa no sakana wa se ni abura ga notteiru.''
--> ''Sea fishes are fat in the belly, river fishes are fat in the back.''

A brand new game in the series for the 3DS is due to be released in 2013, titled ''Sayonara Umihara Kawase''. It will be released on American eShop as "Yumi's Odd Odyssey" in 2014.

A brand new game in the series for the 3DS is due to be released in 2013, titled ''Sayonara Umihara Kawase''.

* FinalExamBoss: The frog from the original SFC game is ''literally'' unbeatable unless you have a good enough grasp of the physics and game mechanics to realize [[spoiler: you can hang safely underneath the platform the battle takes place on, then pull yourself back up once it's safe]], and the skills to actually execute this.

A brand new game in the series for the 3DS is due to be released in 2013.

Released in 1994 for Super Famicom, ''Umihara Kawase'' features the eponymous girl and her fish hook trying to reach doors in increasingly difficult fields while avoiding fish walking around. Yes, [[{{Gyo}} fish walking around]]. It can be beaten in less than ten minutes, but there's dozens of different ways to reach the ending credits, and impossible to see all of the fields in one playthrough. Plus some doors take a lot of knowledge about the game physics to reach.

* NoPlotNoProblem: There's no explanation for anything. Unless this is a case of AllThereInTheManual, but this troper has not found any evidence for that being the case. The manga doesn't seem to make sense out of anything either.

* RespawningEnemies: ''Everything'' except for the Octopi and bosses.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Again, fish. With legs.

Released in 1994 for Super Famicom, ''Umihara Kawase'' features the eponymous girl and her fish hook trying to reach doors in increasingly difficult fields while avoiding fish walking around. Yes, fish walking around. It can be beaten in less than ten minutes, but there's dozens of different ways to reach the ending credits, and impossible to see all of the fields in one playthrough. Plus some doors take a lot of knowledge about the game physics to reach.