History VideoGame / NaticaAndSandyUnderwaterRescue

''Natica and Sandy'' was originally [[TemporaryOnlineContent temporarily available]] during a Christmas Eve event [[WordOfGod Fox]] hosted in 2017. In 2019, the game made a return as a part of the ''[[CompilationRerelease Fox Eye Limited Game Collection]]'', alongside 4 other event games for the fans that missed them. The following Christmas Eve of 2018 temporarily released a solo, 3D followup for Natica titled ''VideoGame/NaticaStarSplash'', which has also been included in the ''Limited Game Collection''. The Japanese and English version of this collection can be purchased at Website/{{DLsite}}.

* ArtEvolution: All of the game's artwork has gotten an absolute ''[[JustForPun breathtaking]]'' upgrade in the game's UpdatedRerelease in the ''Fox Eye Limited Game Collection'', though the original 2017 version of the artwork can still be unlocked for comparison's sake. For starters on how much has improved, compare the 2017 artwork of the titular duo [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/natika&sandytvtropes_9.png for the the title screen]] to the page image of the title screen from the game's 2019 UpdatedRerelease.

A unique twist on Tower Defense games where the "tower" is just an ordinary person. 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, Natica, who can speed up the unlocking process of Sandy's cuffs. In the meantime, she can [[UnderwaterKiss give Sandy a mouth-to-mouth treatment to help her last longer underwater]] up until her she's freed from her restraints. Natica also brings with her [[BladeOnAStick a harpoon]] to defend Sandy from the [[PiranhaProblem ravenous fish]] and [[ThreateningShark sharks]] that attempt to nibble and bite her when they get close.

* BladeOnAStick: Natica 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 SP Swimsuit powerup also increases the harpoon's power as well as its length.

* LeotardOfPower: The SP Swimsuit is an unlockable skill that will then randomly spawn from defeated enemies. Picking it up makes Natica 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]].

* 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 [[ThreateningShark actual sharks]] into the mix. Good thing Natica has a BladeOnAStick.

''Natica and Sandy'' was originally [[TemporaryOnlineContent temporarily available]] during a Christmas Eve event [[WordOfGod Fox]] hosted in 2017. In 2019, the game made a return as a part of the ''[[CompilationRerelease Fox Eye Limited Game Collection]]'', alongside 4 other event games for the fans that missed them. The following Christmas Eve of 2018 temporarily released a solo, 3D followup for Natica titled ''VideoGame/NaticaStarSplash'', which has also been included in the ''Limited Game Collection''.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: By way of Fox Eye's ''extremely'' minimal use of SuperNotDrowningSkills (due to it CompletelyMissingThePoint of the developer's AuthorAppeal), as soon as Sandy is released from her cuffs, she no longer consumes oxygen. So unlike the case of Aya and Yuu in ''VideoGame/AquaCube'', you won't have to worry about her drowning at anytime during her own swim towards the surface even if her OxygenMeter was almost completely depleted.