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Umihara Kawase Fresh! / Re: Umihara Kawase Fresh getting a Steam release in late May

« Last post by KawaseFan on December 24, 2020, 12:34:17 AM »

Fresh is 50% off in the Steam sale, and the store page does now list the game as being available in English.  I haven't played it to check whether it's the same English text as the Switch version, but I'm glad I've been proven wrong about it being unlikely to happen this year.

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Umihara Kawase Fresh! / Re: Umihara Kawase Fresh getting a Steam release in late May

« Last post by KawaseFan on December 22, 2020, 03:09:31 AM »

As of December 22, the Steam version still doesn't support English, and the Steam store page still says "English Version:Coming 2020".  That seems unlikely to happen at this point.

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Umihara Kawase Shun / Best Shun version?

« Last post by KawaseFan on November 30, 2020, 10:37:45 PM »

Here's a question that hasn't been posted as a topic on the Shun board before: which version do you think is the best?  Does nothing beat the original version for you?  Do you prefer the Second Edition for that original PlayStation (or emulator) experience with the three extra stages?  Does the portability and extra stages of Kanzenban win you over?  Or is the PC version's inclusion of the Kanzenban stages with no ads or artwork in-between any fields more your kind of thing?  Let us know!  Anyone who says Portable gets banned.

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Other Umihara Kawase Discussion / Re: Umihara Kawase-themed Rom Hacks of Other Games

« Last post by KawaseFan on November 28, 2020, 01:35:48 PM »

Surely there's gotta be an Umihara-themed Bionic Commando rom hack out there?

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Umihara Kawase BaZooKa! / Re: Umihara Kawase BaZooKa! PS4/Switch western launch in July, publisher: ININ Games

« Last post by KawaseFan on November 28, 2020, 01:29:26 PM »

Now that the Switch/PS4 western release has happened, has anyone here picked up either of those versions?  And if so, what did you think of them?

Let's hope Studio Saizensen doesn't work with Nicalis ever again.

Weeeell, I guess that wasn't the case after all; there was that release a couple of months ago of the PC version of Code of Princess EX, which exists for some reason.

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Umihara Kawase Shun / Re: Umihara Kawase Shun Steam achievements

« Last post by Masada on October 31, 2020, 03:11:35 PM »

Got the tree hugger achievement on field 20 as you said, on the yellow platform right next to the rock you start on. Still working on the uplifting one, but it should be just a matter of time until I get it. Thanks for the help!

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Other Umihara Kawase Discussion / Umihara Kawase-themed Rom Hacks of Other Games

« Last post by Princess Rescuer on October 26, 2020, 02:11:49 AM »

There's rom hacks of Umi, but what about other games? I know Mario has plenty of hacks. What about other games known for mods? Is Umi's content just not enough? Post here if you see any.

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Umihara Kawase Shun / Re: Umihara Kawase Shun Steam achievements

« Last post by KawaseFan on October 25, 2020, 02:11:48 PM »

From memory, I think I got the three birds landing at the same time somewhere around the starting area of field 20; and you can travel upwards without touching the floor on field 2 (more detailed path descriptions and map here).

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Umihara Kawase Shun / Umihara Kawase Shun Steam achievements

« Last post by Masada on October 25, 2020, 12:38:22 PM »

Hello everyone!
I recently decided to unlock all achievements in Umihara Kawase Shun (the steam version). I already had a bunch of those from playing the game again and again, so I took a look at the achievements I still had to unlock... One of those achievements, called "Tree Hugger", consists on having three birds land on body at the same time (which I suppose means having them land on Umihara's body). I knew that, if you stand still for a few seconds, one or two birds will come flying and land on your shoulder or your head or wherever, but I never seem to get more than two at a time. So my question is: Is there a specific spot in which you can get three birds to land on you or is it completely random? I don't think it's time based since I once ran out of time on a stage waiting for them to land on Umihara.

Oh, and another achievement I don't seem to get is the "Uplifting" one, which consists on travellling upwards 2 screens or more without touching the floor. What's the best stage to do this on?

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Umihara Kawase Fresh! / Re: Umihara Kawase Fresh! is coming to PS4, JP release: April 23rd 2020

« Last post by KawaseFan on October 16, 2020, 03:27:23 PM »

It's been announced that the PS4 version will be released by Nicalis in the west on October 30.  Physical copies will be limited and will be released through the Nicalis store.

Source: https://www.gematsu.com/2020/10/umihara-kawase-fresh-for-ps4-launches-october-30-in-the-west