Umihara Kawase Fresh! came out in the west today. Curly is now available to play for anons who bought the Japanese version. Some anons in the last thread were interested in the desk calendar that came with the Japanese version so I made scans.
Umihara Kawase Thread
Camden Clark
Jeremiah Young
Henry Gray
Christopher Cook
Owen Baker
>Curly is now available
Huh, sweet.
Carson Peterson
Daniel Myers
David Myers
Is it on the eshop? could I go to the store and pick up a copy?
Daniel Diaz
William Carter
Carson Young
Seems like it's physical only at the moment. It isn't in the eshop.
Michael James
Jack Edwards
Parker Nguyen
Alexander Lee
Nicholas Smith
Jaxon Evans
That seems backwards. You'd think a digital release would be the one they'd spring for with a limited physical.
Blake Jackson
>he actually scanned the calendar
You're a fucking legend
Also I can't find Curly in my game, probably because I haven't beaten it yet
Camden Rogers
Jeremiah Phillips
Cooper Barnes
Lincoln Anderson
Nicholas Wood
Lucas Sanchez
Blade Strangers is adding another Kawase
Anthony Murphy
Aaron Sullivan
It's both for Japan but Nicalis is handling the English publishing so they just do what they want.
Bentley Brooks
Camden Cook
Where the fuck is it? Its not on my eshop
Also are the alt costumes back?
Henry Perry
I hope I can get these all out before the thread slides off the board.
Xavier Parker
>0 mention at all from nicalis
They really want this game to die.
Leo Richardson
I can only guess it's SFC Kawase
If they're actually adding Fresh Kawase I'm going to have a heart attack
I make a point of keeping Umihara threads bumped as long as I can
Oliver Bailey
Is it not released yet? Cant find it
Eli Torres
Nicalis seems to have fucked up and its not in the eshop. It's physical only. Also no alt costumes. There are three playable characters.
Gabriel Edwards
>wants bumps
>wont explain where tf the game even is
Josiah Roberts
Chase Campbell
>no digital release
Is Nicalis fucking retarded? Goddamn I hate these fucking cunts
Jeremiah Bennett
>she has Kawase's pants and backpack
Shes in
Mason Cook
You can buy in on Amazon. It's physical only unless you use the Japanese eshop.
Jordan Morgan
>Is Nicalis fucking retarded?
Yes they are.
Robert Price
tummy
Tyler Foster
Ethan Campbell
It is part of her name
Eli Howard
What does this face say to you?
Elijah James
Samuel Flores
Just a few more.
Grayson Johnson
Thank you for the scans OP!
Gabriel Phillips
Isaiah Clark
You're welcome. Glad to share.
Christopher Sanders
And that's the last one.
Colton Perez
>Curly is now available to play for anons who bought the Japanese version.
so the NA will get her later ?or is that JP only
Zachary Reyes
Thanks for the dump, OP. Got the Japanese release a couple of months ago and I absolutely love this dumb little low-budget game.
Cooper Cook
I know many anons won't see this stuff because these games are discussed all that much on Yea Forums. If I see a bigger Umihara Kawase thread I might post these again so more people can enjoy them.
Leo Jenkins
Well, I guess this calendar wouldn't have been so useful for me anyway since I'd have it set to the 25th all month long.
Mason Thomas
I think she launches with the game, but I have the Japanese one so I can't say for sure.
Lincoln Scott
I think that's also my favorite. New outfit in the older art style.
Luke Bell
At least with that, it will feel like Christmas every day.
Joshua Taylor
Guy's been drawing Umihara for 25 years and you can tell he still loves her just as much.
Jeremiah Perry
Tits too round
Parker Harris
>tfw no switch
I knew I should've just bought one instead of paying rent this month.
Are physicals limited, or can I walk into Best Buy/Target a few months from now and nab a copy?
Tyler Morales
Is it out? I don't see it on the eshop.
Brayden Wilson
Can you blame him? He created perfection.
Justin Cruz
On one hand, it's an extremely niche game and is in no danger of selling out. On the other hand, Nicalis is probably going to produce around 1,000 copies at most. Or you could just import from play-asia and not have either problem
Sebastian Brown
>Are physicals limited
That's a difficult question. This is kind of a niche game. I can see it not not selling too many copes, but there probably are many copies in the first place. You can still buy the Japanese version, which is in full English. You just won't be able to read the box.
Henry Hill
>tits
>tummy
>armpits
>burgers
Fuck I'm tired getting horny every time.
Andrew Butler
Gameplay looks like shit
Gavin Evans
Nicalis fucked up and it isn't in the eshop for whatever damn reason. You have to buy physical or manage the Japanese eshop.
Joshua Young
I just realized there's no art, official or otherwise, of her actually eating a burger so it looks like I'll have to consult the drawthread
Jackson White
>Nicalis is probably going to produce around 1,000 copies at most.
For a nationwide release? What?
>You just won't be able to read the box.
I don't read the manuals, I sure as hell don't need to read the box either.
Ayden Jenkins
Jesus christ. I put off getting the JP version to "support the western release" but then they do shit like this.
Ian Edwards
Kind of prefer Cotton since the flight is fun to use, but the gun comes in handy against some of the swarms near the bottom of the map.
You need to beat stage 12 to unlock her (the giant tadpole boss fight). If you already did pre-patch then do it again and you should get the unlock notification on the results screen.
Andrew Sullivan
Is this a fucking joke? Umihara finally gets a bigger game and the chance to reach a larger audience and Nicalis pulls THIS SHIT
Eli James
You can use the gun to get insane height on your upswings. Not quite as broken as Cotton but still pretty fun.
Henry Sanchez
To be fair, NoA didn't market it in the slightest either
Jackson Gutierrez
Yeah but just being on the front of the eshop is SOMETHING.
Isaiah Turner
It didn't have even a single second of airtime in the direct at E3 and it isn't in the eshop. It's a little heartbreaking. Like this game doesn't even exist.
Andrew Wilson
The irony in that is UK's western debut was a 3DS eShop exclusive at first.
Eli Jenkins
Umi had a hard life
Oliver Cox
Who else managed got this limited release?
Brandon Harris
anyone else not able to redeem the points? says they can't be redeemed in NA
David Lewis
I knew Nicalis was gonna fuck up in advance so I got the physical japanese game a month ago the second I was told it had english included. I gave my cash to the develper that way.
Tyler Morgan
>physical only
ARE THEY OUT OF THEIR FUCKING MINDS?
Carson Gomez
I think that's because the game doesn't exist in the eshop. It doesn't know what the game cost so it doesn't know how many coins to give. The western release is an absolute shitshow.
Ayden Stewart
I love Yumi so much bros...
Evan Peterson
I know you can't redeem points for imported physical games(most of them at least), but if you can't even get coins for the Nicalis Umihara release then that's fucking ridiculous
Oliver Brooks
christ, what else did nicalis fuck up?
Leo Rogers
How much you guys wanna bet it's the laziest rebrand of the Japanese release conceivable? Like, they didn't even change the region code or whatever, it's just a Japanese region copy with English text on the box.
John Anderson
yep it's the NA release that I pre-ordered from best buy.
I saw another user say they think they just imported a bunch of cards and printed a new cover and re-sold it that way
Logan Evans
Probably, seeing how the Japanese version always had English in it. They may change the title screen to have the English as the main title and the Japanese title being the subtext.
Anthony Foster
Should've just got the Japanese copy.
Noah Robinson
Someone try redeeming it on the Japanese eshop.
Logan Bennett
You could easily check to see if that's true by looking at the end of the serial code on the bottom of the cartridge, whether it says JPN or USA.
Landon Perez
Andrew James
Lots of things.
David Campbell
A bit more info on the second Kawase in Blade Strangers
Ryan Adams
Is there a non sexy version of Kawase?
Michael Powell
Yes I know I'm asking for it
Jonathan Cruz
>9 years old
>Already developing breasts
Got to start them early over there in Japan.
Lucas Ross
When is the digital version coming out? I refuse to buy physical games.
Jeremiah Foster
If you can get cash on a Japanese account you can get it right now. If you want to download it from any other eshop ask Nicalis because they haven't told anyone.
Connor Lewis
It'll still be a pain in the ass because unlike physical versions, you HAVE to play digital games with accounts based in the same region
Ian Ramirez
On Switch? No you don't.
Justin Hughes
The icon does make it look like she's just wearing a bikini top or a necklace
Joseph Sullivan
But her hair looks more like classic Kawase's hair
Logan Murphy
How's the gameplay?
Ryder Lee
I wanna lick that tummy.
Liam Perez
this is still getting supported? How many play this? The online must be dead.
Cameron Jenkins
Isaac Lewis
>I refuse to buy physical games.
This is weird to me.
Luke Martinez
There are slight nuances, but for the most part it feels just as good as every other Umihara game. The structure is more like a mission-based Metroidvania with resource-gathering and cooking elements, but it still has a lot of good platforming and a time attack mode if you want a more classic experience.
Bentley Long
Brandon Rodriguez
I just ordered it off Amazon. (Inb4 it gets crushed in shipping)
Also it looks like you can buy it off of Nicalis' site as well.
Benjamin Wilson
No you don’t.
Matthew Evans
Nathan Roberts
What's her fucking problem?
Samuel Campbell
She's a serial killer that sees people as fish so it's not murder.
Jonathan Hughes
>almost no other characters in fresh are human
It all makes sense now
Aiden Bennett
I don't think anyone did
Julian Perez
This series always looked like a lot of fun, never got around to trying it though
Does the Japanese version support English? Cus I'm kinda considering for the calendars alone if it's still bundled in, even if it would be a little late for it now
John Johnson
I mean, maybe not everyone outright refuses to go physical like me, but the majority of consumers just buy digital. I have over 40 Switch games, I can't imagine how inconvenient it would be for me and my girlfriend to have to deal with that many physical games. It's just vastly more convenient, when the Switch Pro eventually drops I'll just eject and reinsert the sd card into the new console and wham, 40+ games on a state of the art handheld console. And I dont want to make and keep track of a Japanese account for one game. Nicalis needs to get their shit together.
Ryder Diaz
>tfw despite watching the tutorial vid the game gives you I cant beat the fish boss in the 3DS game
>been stuck for years
feels bad man
Luis Reed
does anyone have the original image for this? i need more umi's...
Charles Evans
Its fascinating this artist can draw this girl for almost 3 decades and not know how to draw big breasts in shirts
THE TIDDIES DO NOT HAVE INDIVIDUAL OUTLINES. THE FABRIC STRETCHES OVER THEM YOU HACK
Jaxon Morris
Kawase may be perfect but that doesn't mean she's the only girl to get any fanart
Luke Richardson
>Realism
>In Umihara Kawase
Charles Ross
Being able to draw COMPETENTLY is-
No. You're a fucking idiot. I shouldn't have to explain this. You'd probably defend the artist drawing her with 2 left feet as well.
Michael Richardson
At this point it's clearly a fetish of his
Julian Wright
I dunno man. Some japs cant draw so good. Its either feet that look like hands or tits that aren't drawn in shirts right.
Its not just this artist that its applicaple. Its just.
Hes SO close to drawing it correctly.
Julian Walker
They're not trying to make them look realistic. They're trying to make them cartoony like the rest of the character.
Luke Lopez
I understand, realize I have to accept that and simultaneously am still rather annoyed about the stylistic choice. So im not going to gripe about it further.
Asher Cox
drawing to preference is not the same as drawing to improve. Artists often get stuck, by preference or lack of skill, into drawing what you know. Most commerical artists tend to hit it at some point.
Adam Stewart
Yeah, the Japanese version is completely translated. Go nuts, though if you have a PC or Vita(?) you can play some of the earlier games for much cheaper in the interim.
Kevin Gonzalez
When will blade strangers update? They need to polish on some of the grab/hitboxes.
Joshua Cox
Wish I could keep bumping this thread, maybe they'll remember the game is supposed to be on the eshop by tomorrow
Chase Bell
I saw some mention of it being "physical only" on twitter. I don't think it's getting an eshop release LOL.
Matthew Myers
Fuck off, I like my tit formed shirts
Elijah Richardson
Seriously, you'd think they would go with the fire and forget approach that digital allows. You put it up on the store and people can ALWAYS buy it. It's a niche game, you usually don't go physical only in this day and age with niche games. As a Vitafag I don't know how many digital titles had to be fought tooth and nail over just to get a limited physical release. This seems like the COMPLETE opposite and I'm just baffled. Digital is easier to manage, probably costs less too.