Umihara Kawase

Your $10 rerelease of a cartoonishly difficult 30-year-old game has no save states or other quality of life features, I am pirating your game so that I do not have to waste upwards of 15 minutes replaying levels I've already beaten just to have another attempt at beating one I haven't. Whoever designed stages 8 and 14 specifically and put them right next to each other deserves to be euthanized

I [i]love[/i] Umihara Kawase: the insane level design and precision platforming; the near-infinite ceiling for skill expression; the mostly tough-but-fair difficulty; the calming music and laidback atmosphere; and the quirky artwork. There's a lot I [i]hate[/i] about it, too: the unhinged amounts of RNG enemy spam in late-game levels; the all-or-nothing arcade-style gameplay (i.e. no continues when you exhaust your lives); the occasionally janky-feeling hit/hurt boxes and collision effects; and the often tedious boss fights. At its worst, it not only feels dated (it [i]was[/i] released in 1994 after all) but downright busted. That this game won me over after repeatedly crushing my resolve is a testament to how fun and fresh it still feels. Yes, even despite the flaws (sorry, the random enemy spawning just plain sucks). If you have copious patience and enjoy a game opening up as you gain skill, this could become one of your new favorite titles. That said, I haven't been this stressed out 100%-ing a game since I beat the Pantheon of Hallownest in Hollow Knight years ago. Seriously: if you can't cope with the idea of watching 20+ minutes of progress go down the toilet, steer cl…

I love you umihara kawase

Wonderful title I'm still picking through but the difficulty is almost entirely artificial in the last few stages. Enemy spawn rates go up tenfold making any and all careful slow platforming impossible without getting absolutely raped.

japanese girl going to school using her fishing rode and listening to cheerful music, what else would you need?

i like this version more than the snes one cuz it has practice mode :] one of the best games ever made, thank u umihara