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''Natika and Sandy's Sinking and Rescuing Operations'' is a TowerDefense [[FreewareGame freeware]] title by underwater fantasy [[DoujinSoft doujin]] developer Creator/FoxEye.
Each stage has Sandy as the DamselInDistress who is chained to an iron ball to plummet to the bottom of different flooded locales, drowning her if she's not rescued fast enough. You play as her best friend, Natika, who can up speed up the unlocking process while also giving Sandy more air to last longer underwater up until her she's freed from her chain. Natika must also use a harpoon to defend Sandy from the [[PiranhaProblem ravenous fish]] that attempt to bite and nibble at her when they get close.
Killing the fish nets you coins, and getting enough coins raises Natika's level, allowing you to select from a list of skills she can gain that will help to make rescuing Sandy easier, such as faster swimming, an invincible swimsuit, and even having Sandy defend herself against the fish for a moment. The more coins you collect, the more skills you can get.
The game was [[TemporaryOnlineContent temporarily available]] during a Christmas Eve event [[WordOfGod Fox]] hosted in 2017. It plans to be a part of the ''[[CompilationRerelease Fox Eye Limited Game Collection]]'' alongside 4 other event games for fans that missed them. The following Christmas Eve of 2018 temporarily released a solo, 3D followup for Natika titled ''Natika's Star Splash'', which will also be included in the ''Limited Game Collection''.
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!!''Natika and Sandy's Sinking and Rescuing Operations'' contains examples of:
* AscendedExtra: Natika originally starred in her own [=NSFW=] mini-animation, ''[[https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=56859789 Underwater Pinch of Natika!]]'', before staring in this game alongside Sandy. Amusingly, that animation puts her in the same situation that she must constantly save Sandy from in this game, except in Natika's case, the animation has her by herself and ends with her drowning.
* AuthorAppeal: A name like ''Sinking and Rescuing Operations'' [[SarcasmMode obviously shows that this Fox Eye game doesn't have any dangers of drowning in it, right?]]
* AutoRevive: One of the unlockable skills is an Elixir that revives Natika with half of her OxygenMeter after she drowns. Getting the second Elixir skill auto-revives her with a full meter, instead.
* BackStab: Played straight and [[InvertedTrope inverted]]. Natika can unlock skills that increase the damage her harpoon does to fish from both the back ''and'' the front, separately.
* BladeOnAStick: Natika defends Sandy from ravenous fish by stabbing them with a harpoon. There are skills she can unlock that separately increase the damage the harpoon does to the fish from either in front or behind them, and the invincible swimsuit powerup also increases the harpoon's power as well as its length.
* {{Callback}}: This game is, in essence, a downscaled 2D version of Fox Eye's 2008 game, ''VideoGame/AquaCube''. Both games involve one character freeing another one from an underwater restraint before they drown. Both games use two [[OxygenMeter Oxygen Meters]] for each character and utilize the trope UnderwaterKiss to transfer oxygen between characters. The only other major difference is that ''Aqua Cube'' is a PuzzlePlatformer, while ''Sinking and Rescue Operations'' goes for a more TowerDefense-like approach (with Sandy being the "tower", per se).
* ChainedToARock: Each stage has Sandy chained to an iron ball and sent plummeting into a DrowningPit for Natika to rescue.
* ClothingDamage: The unlockable artwork for Level 1-2 makes Sandy a victim of this by the piranhas. Level 1-3's artwork induces this on Natika, as well.
* CounterAttack: One of the unlockable and upgradable skills deflects a fraction of damage Sandy takes from the fish right back at them, making them easier to clear out once Natika swims back to her aid.
* DamselInDistress: Each stage has Sandy trapped underwater. You use Natika to unlock her chain and set her free before she drowns.
* DrowningPit: All of the stages in this game take place in one of these, as the premise is for Natika to save Sandy from them before she drowns, all while managing not to drown, herself.
* {{Expy}}: Now that Natika has gone from wearing [[https://image.ibb.co/mXeOby/DR0r9_Pw_VQAEKf06_jpg_large.jpg a fake mermaid outfit with seashell pasties]] in her ''Underwater Pinch of Natika!'' animation to getting her own blue one-piece swimsuit in this game (see the page image above), it has become much easier to mix her up with Marie from ''VideoGame/{{Holdover}}'' when she's in her own blue swimsuit. Their major differences are their HairDecorations, and Natika lacking Marie's [[WalkDontSwim anti-buoyant]] computer anklets, while their only other differences are in their slightly-different skin tone, hair tone, and hair length. Natika and Marie's similar looks (along with the looks of Rico from ''Blue Port'') were already [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] and [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] by [[WordOfGod Fox]] in [[https://image.ibb.co/bM8PGy/F12276_E2_782_F_4471_A94_F_31_D8_A93514_B5.jpg some crossover artwork]] made prior to this game.
* {{Fanservice}}: The girls themselves are wearing skintight swimwear like several previous Fox Eye heroines have been known to do. Your reward for beating most of the stages tends to have artwork of Natika and Sandy in the nude, either from ClothingDamage or of their own volition (albeit in a BarbieDollAnatomy kind of way).
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Best friends Natika and Sandy have both contributed into Fox's [[AuthorAppeal rather-lengthy list]] of cute blonde heroines. [[VideoGameCaringPotential The game's general theme is that one friend trusts and depends on the other to save her life.]]
* InstantWinCondition: Just like with ''VideoGame/AquaCube'', a stage can't be beaten until both characters come back up to the water's surface to breathe air. This means that Natika can still drown and give the player a GameOver even after successfully freeing Sandy.
* LastChanceHitPoint: The game has a sort of "grace period" between when Natika drowns and when the game acknowledges it as a GameOver. Drowning paralyzes her body from the lack of oxygen, but if she was swimming up to the surface when this happens, her remaining momentum can be enough to still carry her to the surface if she's close enough, [[AntiFrustrationFeatures allowing her to catch a breath even from a completely depleted]] OxygenMeter, preventing a GameOver and/or saving the use of the [[AutoRevive Elixir skill]] in the process.
* LeotardOfPower: It's an unlockable skill that will then randomly spawn from defeated enemies. Picking it up makes Natika invincible, draw the fish's attention towards her instead of Sandy, and also increases the power and length of her [[BladeOnAStick harpoon]] for 10 seconds. This is a huge step up from Fox Eye's [[VideoGame/{{Holdover}} previous use of this trope]].
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Mermaids exist in this game’s setting, and Natika loves them to the point of dressing up as a mermaid to swim with them. The one fatal problem with this is that she can’t breathe underwater like they can. So not only is she unable to speak with them due to having to hold her breath, [[https://image.ibb.co/n7PpGy/DR1_Lfi_UU8_AA_9b1_jpg_large.jpg she ends up confusing real mermaids]] when she starts running out of air.
* OxygenMeter: [[SignatureStyle This must be a Fox Eye game, after all!]] For the first time since ''VideoGame/AquaCube'' almost 10 years ago, this game has you manage two at once: Natika must swim back up to the surface to catch a breath, while Sandy relies on {{underwater kiss}}es from her for air until she is finally freed in order to complete the stage. Either girl getting bitten by fish makes their own meter drop faster. One can unlock heart skills that makes the UnderwaterKiss more effective with this.
* PiranhaProblem: Both girls love swimming with the fishes, but the only fish they encounter in this game want to eat them.
* SexySantaDress: In celebration of this game being a Christmas Eve event, Sandy [[https://image.ibb.co/dqvDby/DR05v_D_VAAEDqtf_jpg_large.jpg sports one.]]
* SharkPool: The underwater places Sandy is tossed into are also full of biting fish that quickly try to nibble at her and her swimsuit. Later levels start throwing actual sharks into the mix. Good thing Natika has a BladeOnAStick.
* TemporaryOnlineContent: The game was available for [[FreewareGame free]] on Fox's [=FC2=] page for a 2017 Christmas Eve event gathering. In 2019, the game made a comeback as a part of a CompilationRerelease called the ''Fox Eye Limited Game Collection''.
* ThankingTheViewer: [[spoiler:The last three pieces of unlockable artwork essentially have Natika and Sandy do this to the player by wishing them a Merry X-Mas]].
* ThreateningShark: These guys start appearing in later stages, with the tougher ones being bigger and purple.
* TowerDefense: That is to say that Sandy herself is the "tower". Until her lock's timer reaches zero, Natika must feed her oxygen via [[UnderwaterKiss mouth-to-mouth]] to keep her from drowning, and protect her from the vicious biting fish that plague the submerged areas she gets stuck in. Natika can also tinker with the Sandy's chain to speed up the unlocking process. The stage is beaten after Sandy is released, and both she and Natika surface for a breath. The game's main challenge is managing between keeping Sandy safe from harm while also making sure that Natika, her supplier, also doesn't lose her own life in the process.
* UnderwaterKiss: Until Sandy is freed, Natika performing this move on her is the only way Sandy can keep holding her breath underwater, but this is at the cost of Natika's own OxygenMeter. So doing this too much without surfacing for an open breath will only make Natika drown, instead.
* UpdatedRerelease: The version of this game that's included in the ''Fox Eye Limited Game Collection'' features new unlockable artwork. Much of it provides even more {{Fanservice}} from the duo.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Not Pictured: Deadly [[ClothingDamage swimsuit-eating]] [[PiranhaProblem piranhas]], and [[ThreateningShark sharks]].]]
''Natika and Sandy's Sinking and Rescuing Operations'' is a TowerDefense [[FreewareGame freeware]] title by underwater fantasy [[DoujinSoft doujin]] developer Creator/FoxEye.
Each stage has Sandy as the DamselInDistress who is chained to an iron ball to plummet to the bottom of different flooded locales, drowning her if she's not rescued fast enough. You play as her best friend, Natika, who can up speed up the unlocking process while also giving Sandy more air to last longer underwater up until her she's freed from her chain. Natika must also use a harpoon to defend Sandy from the [[PiranhaProblem ravenous fish]] that attempt to bite and nibble at her when they get close.
Killing the fish nets you coins, and getting enough coins raises Natika's level, allowing you to select from a list of skills she can gain that will help to make rescuing Sandy easier, such as faster swimming, an invincible swimsuit, and even having Sandy defend herself against the fish for a moment. The more coins you collect, the more skills you can get.
The game was [[TemporaryOnlineContent temporarily available]] during a Christmas Eve event [[WordOfGod Fox]] hosted in 2017. It plans to be a part of the ''[[CompilationRerelease Fox Eye Limited Game Collection]]'' alongside 4 other event games for fans that missed them. The following Christmas Eve of 2018 temporarily released a solo, 3D followup for Natika titled ''Natika's Star Splash'', which will also be included in the ''Limited Game Collection''.
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!!''Natika and Sandy's Sinking and Rescuing Operations'' contains examples of:
* AscendedExtra: Natika originally starred in her own [=NSFW=] mini-animation, ''[[https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=56859789 Underwater Pinch of Natika!]]'', before staring in this game alongside Sandy. Amusingly, that animation puts her in the same situation that she must constantly save Sandy from in this game, except in Natika's case, the animation has her by herself and ends with her drowning.
* AuthorAppeal: A name like ''Sinking and Rescuing Operations'' [[SarcasmMode obviously shows that this Fox Eye game doesn't have any dangers of drowning in it, right?]]
* AutoRevive: One of the unlockable skills is an Elixir that revives Natika with half of her OxygenMeter after she drowns. Getting the second Elixir skill auto-revives her with a full meter, instead.
* BackStab: Played straight and [[InvertedTrope inverted]]. Natika can unlock skills that increase the damage her harpoon does to fish from both the back ''and'' the front, separately.
* BladeOnAStick: Natika defends Sandy from ravenous fish by stabbing them with a harpoon. There are skills she can unlock that separately increase the damage the harpoon does to the fish from either in front or behind them, and the invincible swimsuit powerup also increases the harpoon's power as well as its length.
* {{Callback}}: This game is, in essence, a downscaled 2D version of Fox Eye's 2008 game, ''VideoGame/AquaCube''. Both games involve one character freeing another one from an underwater restraint before they drown. Both games use two [[OxygenMeter Oxygen Meters]] for each character and utilize the trope UnderwaterKiss to transfer oxygen between characters. The only other major difference is that ''Aqua Cube'' is a PuzzlePlatformer, while ''Sinking and Rescue Operations'' goes for a more TowerDefense-like approach (with Sandy being the "tower", per se).
* ChainedToARock: Each stage has Sandy chained to an iron ball and sent plummeting into a DrowningPit for Natika to rescue.
* ClothingDamage: The unlockable artwork for Level 1-2 makes Sandy a victim of this by the piranhas. Level 1-3's artwork induces this on Natika, as well.
* CounterAttack: One of the unlockable and upgradable skills deflects a fraction of damage Sandy takes from the fish right back at them, making them easier to clear out once Natika swims back to her aid.
* DamselInDistress: Each stage has Sandy trapped underwater. You use Natika to unlock her chain and set her free before she drowns.
* DrowningPit: All of the stages in this game take place in one of these, as the premise is for Natika to save Sandy from them before she drowns, all while managing not to drown, herself.
* {{Expy}}: Now that Natika has gone from wearing [[https://image.ibb.co/mXeOby/DR0r9_Pw_VQAEKf06_jpg_large.jpg a fake mermaid outfit with seashell pasties]] in her ''Underwater Pinch of Natika!'' animation to getting her own blue one-piece swimsuit in this game (see the page image above), it has become much easier to mix her up with Marie from ''VideoGame/{{Holdover}}'' when she's in her own blue swimsuit. Their major differences are their HairDecorations, and Natika lacking Marie's [[WalkDontSwim anti-buoyant]] computer anklets, while their only other differences are in their slightly-different skin tone, hair tone, and hair length. Natika and Marie's similar looks (along with the looks of Rico from ''Blue Port'') were already [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] and [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] by [[WordOfGod Fox]] in [[https://image.ibb.co/bM8PGy/F12276_E2_782_F_4471_A94_F_31_D8_A93514_B5.jpg some crossover artwork]] made prior to this game.
* {{Fanservice}}: The girls themselves are wearing skintight swimwear like several previous Fox Eye heroines have been known to do. Your reward for beating most of the stages tends to have artwork of Natika and Sandy in the nude, either from ClothingDamage or of their own volition (albeit in a BarbieDollAnatomy kind of way).
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Best friends Natika and Sandy have both contributed into Fox's [[AuthorAppeal rather-lengthy list]] of cute blonde heroines. [[VideoGameCaringPotential The game's general theme is that one friend trusts and depends on the other to save her life.]]
* InstantWinCondition: Just like with ''VideoGame/AquaCube'', a stage can't be beaten until both characters come back up to the water's surface to breathe air. This means that Natika can still drown and give the player a GameOver even after successfully freeing Sandy.
* LastChanceHitPoint: The game has a sort of "grace period" between when Natika drowns and when the game acknowledges it as a GameOver. Drowning paralyzes her body from the lack of oxygen, but if she was swimming up to the surface when this happens, her remaining momentum can be enough to still carry her to the surface if she's close enough, [[AntiFrustrationFeatures allowing her to catch a breath even from a completely depleted]] OxygenMeter, preventing a GameOver and/or saving the use of the [[AutoRevive Elixir skill]] in the process.
* LeotardOfPower: It's an unlockable skill that will then randomly spawn from defeated enemies. Picking it up makes Natika invincible, draw the fish's attention towards her instead of Sandy, and also increases the power and length of her [[BladeOnAStick harpoon]] for 10 seconds. This is a huge step up from Fox Eye's [[VideoGame/{{Holdover}} previous use of this trope]].
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Mermaids exist in this game’s setting, and Natika loves them to the point of dressing up as a mermaid to swim with them. The one fatal problem with this is that she can’t breathe underwater like they can. So not only is she unable to speak with them due to having to hold her breath, [[https://image.ibb.co/n7PpGy/DR1_Lfi_UU8_AA_9b1_jpg_large.jpg she ends up confusing real mermaids]] when she starts running out of air.
* OxygenMeter: [[SignatureStyle This must be a Fox Eye game, after all!]] For the first time since ''VideoGame/AquaCube'' almost 10 years ago, this game has you manage two at once: Natika must swim back up to the surface to catch a breath, while Sandy relies on {{underwater kiss}}es from her for air until she is finally freed in order to complete the stage. Either girl getting bitten by fish makes their own meter drop faster. One can unlock heart skills that makes the UnderwaterKiss more effective with this.
* PiranhaProblem: Both girls love swimming with the fishes, but the only fish they encounter in this game want to eat them.
* SexySantaDress: In celebration of this game being a Christmas Eve event, Sandy [[https://image.ibb.co/dqvDby/DR05v_D_VAAEDqtf_jpg_large.jpg sports one.]]
* SharkPool: The underwater places Sandy is tossed into are also full of biting fish that quickly try to nibble at her and her swimsuit. Later levels start throwing actual sharks into the mix. Good thing Natika has a BladeOnAStick.
* TemporaryOnlineContent: The game was available for [[FreewareGame free]] on Fox's [=FC2=] page for a 2017 Christmas Eve event gathering. In 2019, the game made a comeback as a part of a CompilationRerelease called the ''Fox Eye Limited Game Collection''.
* ThankingTheViewer: [[spoiler:The last three pieces of unlockable artwork essentially have Natika and Sandy do this to the player by wishing them a Merry X-Mas]].
* ThreateningShark: These guys start appearing in later stages, with the tougher ones being bigger and purple.
* TowerDefense: That is to say that Sandy herself is the "tower". Until her lock's timer reaches zero, Natika must feed her oxygen via [[UnderwaterKiss mouth-to-mouth]] to keep her from drowning, and protect her from the vicious biting fish that plague the submerged areas she gets stuck in. Natika can also tinker with the Sandy's chain to speed up the unlocking process. The stage is beaten after Sandy is released, and both she and Natika surface for a breath. The game's main challenge is managing between keeping Sandy safe from harm while also making sure that Natika, her supplier, also doesn't lose her own life in the process.
* UnderwaterKiss: Until Sandy is freed, Natika performing this move on her is the only way Sandy can keep holding her breath underwater, but this is at the cost of Natika's own OxygenMeter. So doing this too much without surfacing for an open breath will only make Natika drown, instead.
* UpdatedRerelease: The version of this game that's included in the ''Fox Eye Limited Game Collection'' features new unlockable artwork. Much of it provides even more {{Fanservice}} from the duo.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Not Pictured: Deadly [[ClothingDamage swimsuit-eating]] [[PiranhaProblem piranhas]], and [[ThreateningShark sharks]].]]
''Natika and Sandy's Sinking and Rescuing Operations'' is a TowerDefense [[FreewareGame freeware]] title by underwater fantasy [[DoujinSoft doujin]] developer Creator/FoxEye.
Each stage has Sandy as the DamselInDistress who is chained to an iron ball to plummet to the bottom of different flooded locales, drowning her if she's not rescued fast enough. You play as her best friend, Natika, who can up speed up the unlocking process while also giving Sandy more air to last longer underwater up until her she's freed from her chain. Natika must also use a harpoon to defend Sandy from the [[PiranhaProblem ravenous fish]] that attempt to bite and nibble at her when they get close.
Killing the fish nets you coins, and getting enough coins raises Natika's level, allowing you to select from a list of skills she can gain that will help to make rescuing Sandy easier, such as faster swimming, an invincible swimsuit, and even having Sandy defend herself against the fish for a moment. The more coins you collect, the more skills you can get.
The game was [[TemporaryOnlineContent temporarily available]] during a Christmas Eve event [[WordOfGod Fox]] hosted in 2017. It plans to be a part of the ''[[CompilationRerelease Fox Eye Limited Game Collection]]'' alongside 4 other event games for fans that missed them. The following Christmas Eve of 2018 temporarily released a solo, 3D followup for Natika titled ''Natika's Star Splash'', which will also be included in the ''Limited Game Collection''.
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!!''Natika and Sandy's Sinking and Rescuing Operations'' contains examples of:
* AscendedExtra: Natika originally starred in her own [=NSFW=] mini-animation, ''[[https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=56859789 Underwater Pinch of Natika!]]'', before staring in this game alongside Sandy. Amusingly, that animation puts her in the same situation that she must constantly save Sandy from in this game, except in Natika's case, the animation has her by herself and ends with her drowning.
* AuthorAppeal: A name like ''Sinking and Rescuing Operations'' [[SarcasmMode obviously shows that this Fox Eye game doesn't have any dangers of drowning in it, right?]]
* AutoRevive: One of the unlockable skills is an Elixir that revives Natika with half of her OxygenMeter after she drowns. Getting the second Elixir skill auto-revives her with a full meter, instead.
* BackStab: Played straight and [[InvertedTrope inverted]]. Natika can unlock skills that increase the damage her harpoon does to fish from both the back ''and'' the front, separately.
* BladeOnAStick: Natika defends Sandy from ravenous fish by stabbing them with a harpoon. There are skills she can unlock that separately increase the damage the harpoon does to the fish from either in front or behind them, and the invincible swimsuit powerup also increases the harpoon's power as well as its length.
* {{Callback}}: This game is, in essence, a downscaled 2D version of Fox Eye's 2008 game, ''VideoGame/AquaCube''. Both games involve one character freeing another one from an underwater restraint before they drown. Both games use two [[OxygenMeter Oxygen Meters]] for each character and utilize the trope UnderwaterKiss to transfer oxygen between characters. The only other major difference is that ''Aqua Cube'' is a PuzzlePlatformer, while ''Sinking and Rescue Operations'' goes for a more TowerDefense-like approach (with Sandy being the "tower", per se).
* ChainedToARock: Each stage has Sandy chained to an iron ball and sent plummeting into a DrowningPit for Natika to rescue.
* ClothingDamage: The unlockable artwork for Level 1-2 makes Sandy a victim of this by the piranhas. Level 1-3's artwork induces this on Natika, as well.
* CounterAttack: One of the unlockable and upgradable skills deflects a fraction of damage Sandy takes from the fish right back at them, making them easier to clear out once Natika swims back to her aid.
* DamselInDistress: Each stage has Sandy trapped underwater. You use Natika to unlock her chain and set her free before she drowns.
* DrowningPit: All of the stages in this game take place in one of these, as the premise is for Natika to save Sandy from them before she drowns, all while managing not to drown, herself.
* {{Expy}}: Now that Natika has gone from wearing [[https://image.ibb.co/mXeOby/DR0r9_Pw_VQAEKf06_jpg_large.jpg a fake mermaid outfit with seashell pasties]] in her ''Underwater Pinch of Natika!'' animation to getting her own blue one-piece swimsuit in this game (see the page image above), it has become much easier to mix her up with Marie from ''VideoGame/{{Holdover}}'' when she's in her own blue swimsuit. Their major differences are their HairDecorations, and Natika lacking Marie's [[WalkDontSwim anti-buoyant]] computer anklets, while their only other differences are in their slightly-different skin tone, hair tone, and hair length. Natika and Marie's similar looks (along with the looks of Rico from ''Blue Port'') were already [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] and [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] by [[WordOfGod Fox]] in [[https://image.ibb.co/bM8PGy/F12276_E2_782_F_4471_A94_F_31_D8_A93514_B5.jpg some crossover artwork]] made prior to this game.
* {{Fanservice}}: The girls themselves are wearing skintight swimwear like several previous Fox Eye heroines have been known to do. Your reward for beating most of the stages tends to have artwork of Natika and Sandy in the nude, either from ClothingDamage or of their own volition (albeit in a BarbieDollAnatomy kind of way).
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Best friends Natika and Sandy have both contributed into Fox's [[AuthorAppeal rather-lengthy list]] of cute blonde heroines. [[VideoGameCaringPotential The game's general theme is that one friend trusts and depends on the other to save her life.]]
* InstantWinCondition: Just like with ''VideoGame/AquaCube'', a stage can't be beaten until both characters come back up to the water's surface to breathe air. This means that Natika can still drown and give the player a GameOver even after successfully freeing Sandy.
* LastChanceHitPoint: The game has a sort of "grace period" between when Natika drowns and when the game acknowledges it as a GameOver. Drowning paralyzes her body from the lack of oxygen, but if she was swimming up to the surface when this happens, her remaining momentum can be enough to still carry her to the surface if she's close enough, [[AntiFrustrationFeatures allowing her to catch a breath even from a completely depleted]] OxygenMeter, preventing a GameOver and/or saving the use of the [[AutoRevive Elixir skill]] in the process.
* LeotardOfPower: It's an unlockable skill that will then randomly spawn from defeated enemies. Picking it up makes Natika invincible, draw the fish's attention towards her instead of Sandy, and also increases the power and length of her [[BladeOnAStick harpoon]] for 10 seconds. This is a huge step up from Fox Eye's [[VideoGame/{{Holdover}} previous use of this trope]].
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Mermaids exist in this game’s setting, and Natika loves them to the point of dressing up as a mermaid to swim with them. The one fatal problem with this is that she can’t breathe underwater like they can. So not only is she unable to speak with them due to having to hold her breath, [[https://image.ibb.co/n7PpGy/DR1_Lfi_UU8_AA_9b1_jpg_large.jpg she ends up confusing real mermaids]] when she starts running out of air.
* OxygenMeter: [[SignatureStyle This must be a Fox Eye game, after all!]] For the first time since ''VideoGame/AquaCube'' almost 10 years ago, this game has you manage two at once: Natika must swim back up to the surface to catch a breath, while Sandy relies on {{underwater kiss}}es from her for air until she is finally freed in order to complete the stage. Either girl getting bitten by fish makes their own meter drop faster. One can unlock heart skills that makes the UnderwaterKiss more effective with this.
* PiranhaProblem: Both girls love swimming with the fishes, but the only fish they encounter in this game want to eat them.
* SexySantaDress: In celebration of this game being a Christmas Eve event, Sandy [[https://image.ibb.co/dqvDby/DR05v_D_VAAEDqtf_jpg_large.jpg sports one.]]
* SharkPool: The underwater places Sandy is tossed into are also full of biting fish that quickly try to nibble at her and her swimsuit. Later levels start throwing actual sharks into the mix. Good thing Natika has a BladeOnAStick.
* TemporaryOnlineContent: The game was available for [[FreewareGame free]] on Fox's [=FC2=] page for a 2017 Christmas Eve event gathering. In 2019, the game made a comeback as a part of a CompilationRerelease called the ''Fox Eye Limited Game Collection''.
* ThankingTheViewer: [[spoiler:The last three pieces of unlockable artwork essentially have Natika and Sandy do this to the player by wishing them a Merry X-Mas]].
* ThreateningShark: These guys start appearing in later stages, with the tougher ones being bigger and purple.
* TowerDefense: That is to say that Sandy herself is the "tower". Until her lock's timer reaches zero, Natika must feed her oxygen via [[UnderwaterKiss mouth-to-mouth]] to keep her from drowning, and protect her from the vicious biting fish that plague the submerged areas she gets stuck in. Natika can also tinker with the Sandy's chain to speed up the unlocking process. The stage is beaten after Sandy is released, and both she and Natika surface for a breath. The game's main challenge is managing between keeping Sandy safe from harm while also making sure that Natika, her supplier, also doesn't lose her own life in the process.
* UnderwaterKiss: Until Sandy is freed, Natika performing this move on her is the only way Sandy can keep holding her breath underwater, but this is at the cost of Natika's own OxygenMeter. So doing this too much without surfacing for an open breath will only make Natika drown, instead.
* UpdatedRerelease: The version of this game that's included in the ''Fox Eye Limited Game Collection'' features new unlockable artwork. Much of it provides even more {{Fanservice}} from the duo.
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The game was [[TemporaryOnlineContent temporarily available]] during a Christmas Eve event [[WordOfGod Fox]] hosted in 2017. It plans to be a part of the ''[[CompilationRerelease Fox Eye Limited Game Collection]]'' alongside 4 other event games for fans that missed them. The following Christmas Eve of 2018 temporarily released a solo, 3D followup for Natika titled ''Natika's Super Splash'', which will also be included in the ''Limited Game Collection''.
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The game was [[TemporaryOnlineContent temporarily available]] during a Christmas Eve event [[WordOfGod Fox]] hosted in 2017. It plans to be a part of the ''[[CompilationRerelease Fox Eye Limited Game Collection]]'' alongside 4 other event games for fans that missed them. The following Christmas Eve of 2018 temporarily released a solo, 3D followup for Natika titled ''Natika's Super Star Splash'', which will also be included in the ''Limited Game Collection''.
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* TemporaryOnlineContent: The game was available for [[FreewareGame free]] on Fox's [=FC2=] page for a 2017 Christmas Eve event gathering. The download has since gone offline, but now Fox is considering re-releasing the game and previous event-only games such as ''Whisper of the Sea'' in the future if there is enough fan interest.
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* TemporaryOnlineContent: The game was available for [[FreewareGame free]] on Fox's [=FC2=] page for a 2017 Christmas Eve event gathering. The download has since gone offline, but now Fox is considering re-releasing In 2019, the game and previous event-only games such made a comeback as ''Whisper a part of a CompilationRerelease called the Sea'' in the future if there is enough fan interest.''Fox Eye Limited Game Collection''.
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* UpdatedRerelease: The version of this game that's included in the ''Fox Eye Limited Game Collection'' features new unlockable artwork. Much of it provides even more {{Fanservice}} from the duo.
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The game was [[TemporaryOnlineContent temporarily available]] during a Christmas Eve event [[WordOfGod Fox]] hosted in 2017. It plans to be a part of the ''[[CompilationRerelease Fox Eye Limited Game Collection]]'' alongside 4 other event games for fans that missed them. The following Christmas Eve of 2018 temporarily released an action PuzzleGame starring Natika on her own in her first 3D game, which will also be included in the ''Limited Game Collection''.
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The game was [[TemporaryOnlineContent temporarily available]] during a Christmas Eve event [[WordOfGod Fox]] hosted in 2017. It plans to be a part of the ''[[CompilationRerelease Fox Eye Limited Game Collection]]'' alongside 4 other event games for fans that missed them. The following Christmas Eve of 2018 temporarily released an action PuzzleGame starring a solo, 3D followup for Natika on her own in her first 3D game, titled ''Natika's Super Splash'', which will also be included in the ''Limited Game Collection''.
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The game was [[TemporaryOnlineContent temporarily available]] during a Christmas Eve event [[WordOfGod Fox]] hosted in 2017. There may be plans to re-release the game and previous event-only Fox Eye games such as ''Whisper of the Sea'' if there is enough fan interest. The following Christmas Eve of 2018 temporarily released an action PuzzleGame starring Natika on her own in her first 3D game.
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The game was [[TemporaryOnlineContent temporarily available]] during a Christmas Eve event [[WordOfGod Fox]] hosted in 2017. There may be It plans to re-release be a part of the game and previous event-only ''[[CompilationRerelease Fox Eye Limited Game Collection]]'' alongside 4 other event games such as ''Whisper of the Sea'' if there is enough fan interest. for fans that missed them. The following Christmas Eve of 2018 temporarily released an action PuzzleGame starring Natika on her own in her first 3D game.game, which will also be included in the ''Limited Game Collection''.
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The game was [[TemporaryOnlineContent temporarily available]] during a Christmas Eve event [[WordOfGod Fox]] hosted in 2017. There may be plans to re-release the game and previous event-only Fox Eye games such as ''Whisper of the Sea'' if there is enough fan interest.
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The game was [[TemporaryOnlineContent temporarily available]] during a Christmas Eve event [[WordOfGod Fox]] hosted in 2017. There may be plans to re-release the game and previous event-only Fox Eye games such as ''Whisper of the Sea'' if there is enough fan interest. The following Christmas Eve of 2018 temporarily released an action PuzzleGame starring Natika on her own in her first 3D game.
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* CounterAttack: One of the unlockable and upgradable skills deflects a fraction of damage Sandy takes from the fish right that back at them, making them easier to clear out once Natika swims back to her.
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* CounterAttack: One of the unlockable and upgradable skills deflects a fraction of damage Sandy takes from the fish right that back at them, making them easier to clear out once Natika swims back to her.her aid.
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* {{Expy}}: Now that Natika has gone from wearing [[https://image.ibb.co/mXeOby/DR0r9_Pw_VQAEKf06_jpg_large.jpg a fake mermaid outfit with seashell pasties]] in her ''Underwater Pinch of Natika!'' animation to getting her own blue one-piece swimsuit in this game (see the page image above), it has become much easier to mix her up with Marie from ''VideoGame/{{Holdover}}'' when she's in her own blue swimsuit. Their major differences are their HairDecorations, and Natika lacking Marie's [[WalkDontSwim anti-buoyant]] computer anklets, while their only other differences are in their slightly-different skin tone, hair tone, and hair length. Natika and Marie's similar looks (along with the looks of Rico from ''Blue Port'') was already [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] and [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] by [[WordOfGod Fox]] in [[https://image.ibb.co/bM8PGy/F12276_E2_782_F_4471_A94_F_31_D8_A93514_B5.jpg some crossover artwork]] made prior to this game.
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* {{Expy}}: Now that Natika has gone from wearing [[https://image.ibb.co/mXeOby/DR0r9_Pw_VQAEKf06_jpg_large.jpg a fake mermaid outfit with seashell pasties]] in her ''Underwater Pinch of Natika!'' animation to getting her own blue one-piece swimsuit in this game (see the page image above), it has become much easier to mix her up with Marie from ''VideoGame/{{Holdover}}'' when she's in her own blue swimsuit. Their major differences are their HairDecorations, and Natika lacking Marie's [[WalkDontSwim anti-buoyant]] computer anklets, while their only other differences are in their slightly-different skin tone, hair tone, and hair length. Natika and Marie's similar looks (along with the looks of Rico from ''Blue Port'') was were already [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] and [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] by [[WordOfGod Fox]] in [[https://image.ibb.co/bM8PGy/F12276_E2_782_F_4471_A94_F_31_D8_A93514_B5.jpg some crossover artwork]] made prior to this game.
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* {{Expy}}: Now that Natika has gone from wearing [[https://image.ibb.co/mXeOby/DR0r9_Pw_VQAEKf06_jpg_large.jpg a fake mermaid outfit with seashell pasties]] in her ''Underwater Pinch of Natika!'' animation to getting her own blue one-piece swimsuit in this game (see the page image above), it has become much easier to mix her up with Marie from ''VideoGame/{{Holdover}}'' when she's in her own blue swimsuit. Their major differences are their HairDecorations, and Natika lacking Marie's [[WalkDontSwim anti-buoyant]] computer anklets, while their only other differences are in their slightly-different skin tone, hair tone, and hair length. Natika and Marie's similar looks (along with the looks of Rico from ''Blue Port'') was already [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] and [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] by [[WordOfGod Fox]] in [[https://i.imgur.com/QrWiO6H_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium some crossover artwork]] made prior to this game.
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* {{Expy}}: Now that Natika has gone from wearing [[https://image.ibb.co/mXeOby/DR0r9_Pw_VQAEKf06_jpg_large.jpg a fake mermaid outfit with seashell pasties]] in her ''Underwater Pinch of Natika!'' animation to getting her own blue one-piece swimsuit in this game (see the page image above), it has become much easier to mix her up with Marie from ''VideoGame/{{Holdover}}'' when she's in her own blue swimsuit. Their major differences are their HairDecorations, and Natika lacking Marie's [[WalkDontSwim anti-buoyant]] computer anklets, while their only other differences are in their slightly-different skin tone, hair tone, and hair length. Natika and Marie's similar looks (along with the looks of Rico from ''Blue Port'') was already [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] and [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] by [[WordOfGod Fox]] in [[https://i.imgur.com/QrWiO6H_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium [[https://image.ibb.co/bM8PGy/F12276_E2_782_F_4471_A94_F_31_D8_A93514_B5.jpg some crossover artwork]] made prior to this game.
