History VideoGame / UmiharaKawase

A Spin-Off, ''Umihara Kawase [=BaZooKa!!=]'', released on May 28 for PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam both in Japan and worldwide. It supports English, Japanese, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), and Korean language options, and got both a physical and digital release. While the engine for ''Fresh!'' is reused, it's a PlatformFighter/“rubbering battle action” game with support for up to four players in online multiplayer, and also a stage clear-style cooperative element. Alongside characters from previous games, there are also both [[GuestFighter Guest Fighters]] from ''Fantastic Night Dreams Cotton'', ''Doki Doki Poyacchio'', ''Ring Dream'' and ''VisualNovel/AkaiIto'' as well as new original characters. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And a YouTuber]].

An installment for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, ''Umihara Kawase Fresh!'', came out on April 25, 2019 for Japan and Asia, and July 9, 2019 for the rest of the world. Instead of the level-based structure of previous titles, ''Fresh!'' changes things up by being a {{Metroidvania}} with mission-based gameplay. Unlike the previous games, it also features a story that consists of Kawase visiting Kingness, a land that's very reminiscent of the town that she had gone to in her dreams. After getting a job as a part-time chef and delivery girl at the local restaurant, she soon learns of the land's history, namely the castle floating above, the dark caverns below and the plague of monsters that torment the townsfolk. And it also includes Cotton from ''VideoGame/FantasticNightDreamsCotton'' and Curly Brace from ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' as GuestFighter[=s=].

A Spin-Off, ''Umihara Kawase [=BaZooKa!!=]'', released on May 28 for PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam both in Japan and worldwide. It supports English, Japanese, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), and Korean language options, and got both a physical and digital release. While the engine for ''Fresh!'' is reused, it's a PlatformFighter/“rubbering battle action” game with support for up to four players in online multiplayer, and also a stage clear-style cooperative element. Alongside characters from previous games, there are also both GuestFighter[=s=] from ''Fantastic Night Dreams Cotton'' and ''Doki Doki Poyacchio'' and new original characters.

A new game, ''Umihara Kawase [=BaZooKa!!=]'', has been announced to release on May 28 for PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam both in Japan and worldwide. It will support English, Japanese, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), and Korean language options, and have both a physical and digital release. While the engine for ''Fresh!'' will be reused, it'll be a PlatformFighter/“rubbering battle action” game with support for up to four players in online multiplayer, with also a stage clear-style cooperative element. Alongside characters from previous games, there'll also be both GuestFighter[=s=] from ''Fantastic Night Dreams Cotton'' and ''Doki Doki Poyacchio'' and new original characters.

A new game, ''Umihara Kawase [=BaZooKa!!=]'', has been announced to release in Japan on May 28 for PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam. It will support English, Japanese, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), and Korean language options, and have both a physical and digital release. While the engine for ''Fresh!'' will be reused, it'll be a PlatformFighter/“rubbering battle action” game with support for up to four players in online multiplayer, with also a stage clear-style cooperative element. Alongside characters from previous games, there'll also be both GuestFighter[=s=] from ''Fantastic Night Dreams Cotton'' and ''Doki Doki Poyacchio'' and new original characters.

A new game, ''Umihara Kawase [=BaZooKa!!=]'', has been announced to release in summer 2020 for PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam. It will support English, Japanese, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), and Korean language options, and have both a physical and digital release. While the engine for ''Fresh!'' will be reused, it'll be a PlatformFighter/“rubbering battle action” game with support for up to four players in online multiplayer, with also a stage clear-style cooperative element. Alongside characters from previous games, there'll also be both GuestFighter[=s=] from ''Fantastic Night Dreams Cotton'' and ''Doki Doki Poyacchio'' and new original characters.

A new game, ''Umihara Kawase [=BaZooKa!!=]'', has been announced to release in summer 2020 for PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam. While the engine for ''Fresh!'' will be reused, it'll be a PlatformFighter/“rubbering battle action” game with support for up to four players in online multiplayer, with also a stage clear-style cooperative element. Alongside characters from previous games, there'll also be both GuestFighter[=s=] from ''Fantastic Night Dreams Cotton'' and ''Doki Doki Poyacchio'' and new original characters.

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A new game, ''Umihara Kawase [=BaZooKa!!=]'', has been announced to release in summer 2020 for PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam. While the engine for ''Fresh!'' will be reused, it'll be a “rubbering battle action” game with support for up to four players in online multiplayer, with also a stage clear-style cooperative element. Alongside characters from previous games, there'll also be both GuestFighter[=s=] from ''Fantastic Night Dreams Cotton'' and ''Doki Doki Poyacchio'' and new original characters.

A new game, ''Umihara Kawase [=BaZooKa!!=]'', has been announced to release in summer 2020 for PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam. It'll be a “rubbering battle action” game with support for up to four players in online multiplayer, with also a stage clear-style cooperative element. Alongside characters from previous games, there'll also be both GuestFighter[=s=] from ''Fantastic Night Dreams Cotton'' and ''Doki Doki Poyacchio'' and new original characters.

A new game, ''Umihara Kawase BaZooKa!!'', has been announced to release in summer 2020 for PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam. It'll be a “rubbering battle action” game with support for up to four players in online multiplayer, with also a stage clear-style cooperative element. Alongside characters from previous games, there'll also be both GuestFighter[=s=] from ''Fantastic Night Dreams Cotton'' and ''Doki Doki Poyacchio'' and new original characters.

An installment for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, ''Umihara Kawase Fresh!'', came out on April 25, 2019 for Japan and Asia, and July 9, 2019 for the rest of the world. Instead of the level-based structure of previous titles, ''Fresh!'' changes things up by being a {{Metroidvania}} with mission-based gameplay. Unlike the previous games, it also features a story that consists of Kawase visiting Kingness, a land that's very reminiscent of the town that she had gone to in her dreams. After getting a job as a part-time chef and delivery girl at the local restaurant, she soon learns of the land's history, namely the castle floating above, the dark caverns below and the plague of monsters that torment the townsfolk. And it also includes Cotton from ''VideoGame/FantasticNightDreamsCotton'' and Curly Brace from ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' as [[GuestFighter Guest Fighters]].

An installment for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, ''Umihara Kawase Fresh!'', came out on April 25, 2019 for Japan and Asia, and July 9, 2019 for the rest of the world. Instead of the level-based structure of previous titles, ''Fresh!'' changes things up by being a {{Metroidvania}} with mission-based gameplay. Unlike the previous games, it also features a story that consists of Kawase visiting Kingness, a land that's very reminiscent of the town that she had gone to in her dreams. After getting a job as a part-time chef and delivery girl, she soon learns of the land's history, namely the castle floating above, the dark caverns below and the plague of monsters that torment the townsfolk. And it also includes Cotton from ''VideoGame/FantasticNightDreamsCotton'' and Curly Brace from ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' as [[GuestFighter Guest Fighters]].

An installment for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, ''Umihara Kawase Fresh!'', came out on April 25, 2019 for Japan and Asia, and July 9, 2019 for the rest of the world. Instead of the level-based structure of previous titles, ''Fresh!'' changes things up by being a {{Metroidvania}} with mission-based gameplay. Unlike the previous games, it also features a story that consists of Kawase visiting Kingness, a land that's very reminiscent of the town that she had gone to in her dreams. And it also includes Cotton from ''VideoGame/FantasticNightDreamsCotton'' and Curly Brace from ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' as [[GuestFighter Guest Fighters]].

* {{Crossover}}: ''Fresh'' features Cotton from ''VideoGame/FantasticNightDreamsCotton'' and Curly Brace from ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' as playable character.

An installment for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, ''Umihara Kawase Fresh!'', came out on April 25, 2019 for Japan and Asia, and July 9, 2019 for the rest of the world. Instead of the level-based structure of previous titles, ''Fresh!'' changes things up by being a {{Metroidvania}} with mission-based gameplay. Unlike the previous games, it also features a story that consists of Kawase visiting Kingness, a land that's very reminiscent of the town that she had gone to in her dreams. And it also includes Cotton from ''VideoGame/FantasticNightDreamsCotton'' as a GuestFighter.

As well as all this, its characters have also appeared as playable fighters in ''VideoGame/BladeStrangers'', another game from Studio Saizensen. Relatedly, she became the 20th character revealed in the crossover puzzler ''VideoGame/CrystalCrisis''.

* {{Crossover}}: ''Fresh'' features Cotton from ''VideoGame/FantasticNightDreamsCotton'' as a playable character.

A new installment, ''Umihara Kawase Fresh!'', is planned for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, with an April 2019 release for Japan and Asia, and a July 2019 for the rest of the world. Instead of the level-based structure of previous titles, ''Fresh!'' has been changed up to be a {{Metroidvania}} with mission-based gameplay. Unlike the previous games, it will also feature a story that consists of Kawase visiting Kingness, a land that's very reminiscent of the town that she had gone to in her dreams. It will also include Cotton from ''VideoGame/FantasticNightDreamsCotton'' as a GuestFighter.

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

A brand new game in the series, developed by Studio Saizensen, for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS 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 the European eShop as well, but under its original title, in April 2014. It was released again for the UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita in April 2015, with a few changes from the 3DS version of the game. All three games were also released on Steam in 2015. An Android port named ''Sayonara Umihara Kawase Smart'' has since been released.

A new installment, ''Umihara Kawase Fresh!'', is planned for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. Instead of the level-based structure of previous titles, ''Fresh!'' has been changed up to be a {{Metroidvania}} with mission-based gameplay. Unlike the previous games, it will also feature a story that consists of Kawase visiting Kingness, a land that's very reminiscent of the town that she had gone to in her dreams. It will also include Cotton from ''VideoGame/FantasticNightDreamsCotton'' as a GuestFighter.

A new installment, ''Umihara Kawase Fresh!'', is planned for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. Instead of the level-based structure of previous titles, ''Fresh!'' has been changed up to be a {{Metroidvania}} with mission-based gameplay.

** In the GameCenterCX episode centered around the SNES game, the character designer himself gives Arino an illustration of Umihara cheering Arino on. Arino's reaction to the illustration upon further examination has him asking if she actually has that large a bustline.

As well as all this, its characters have also appeared as playable fighters in ''VideoGame/BladeStrangers'', another game from Studio Saizensen.

A brand new game in the series for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS 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 the European eShop as well, but under its original title, in April 2014. It was released again for the UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita in April 2015, with a few changes from the 3DS version of the game. All three games were also released on Steam in 2015. An Android port named ''Sayonara Umihara Kawase Smart'' has since been released.

A new installment, ''Umihara Kawase Fresh!'', is planned for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. Instead of the level structure of previous titles, ''Fresh!'' has been changed up to be a {{Metroidvania}} with mission-based gameplay.

As well as all this, its characters have also appeared as playable fighters in ''VideoGame/BladeStrangers''.

A new installment, ''Umihara Kawase Fresh!'', is planned for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch

A brand new game in the series for the UsefulNotes/Ninendo3DS 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 the European eShop as well, but under its original title, in April 2014. It was released again for the UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita in April 2015, with a few changes from the 3DS version of the game. All three games were also released on Steam in 2015. An Android port named ''Sayonara Umihara Kawase Smart'' has since been released.

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, [[Manga/{{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.

A sequel, ''Umihara Kawase Shun'' (Shun meaning something being in season - in the English translation of the 3DS game, it's given the name ''Umihara Kawase Seasonal''), 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.

Following that, the series stayed quiet for eight years, until ''Umihara Kawase Portable'', a port of ''Shun'', was released for the [=PSP=] in 2008. While at first welcomed, upon release it was found a huge disappointment due being [[PortingDisaster riddled with bugs]], and due to a change in physics but the fields staying the same some doors were rendered [[GameBreakingBug impossible to reach]]. This had to do with the port being developed by a different studio altogether, and was so bad that a boycott was called.

Fans did not have to be without their portable fix, however - in 2009, ''[[LongTitle Umihara Kawase Shun Second Edition Kanzenban]]'' (kanzenban meaning "complete version") was released for the Nintendo [=DS=]. Not only was it a [[PolishedPort far better port]], it also included the original game and had some extra fields. This port was overseen by the original programmer of the game, and the original artist contributed with new artwork. It has been recieved with great praise.

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 the European eShop as well, but under its original title, in April 2014. It was released again for the Playstation Vita in April 2015, with a few changes from the 3DS version of the game. All three games were also released on Steam in 2015. An Android port named ''Sayonara Umihara Kawase Smart'' has since been released.

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 the European eShop as well, but under its original title, in April 2014. It was released again for the Playstation Vita in April 2015, with a few changes from the 3DS version of the game. All three games were also released on Steam in 2015.

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 the European eShop as well, but under its original title, in April 2014. It was released again for the Playstation Vita in April 2015, with a few changes from the 3DS version of the game.