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Line 4: {{quote\|''Umi no sakana wa hara ni, kawa no sakana wa se ni abura ga notteiru.''\|''Sea fishes are fat in the belly, river fishes are fat in the back.''}} Released in 1994 for Super Famicom, '''''Umihara Kawase''''' features the eponymous girl and her fish hook trying to reach doors in increasingly difficult fields while avoiding fish walking around. Yes, fish walking around. It can be beaten in less than ten minutes, but there's dozens of different ways to reach the ending credits, and impossible to see all of the fields in one playthrough. Plus, some doors take a lot of knowledge about the game physics to reach. A sequel, ''Umihara Kawase Shun'' (Shun meaning something being in season), was released for PlayStation three years later. It had fields that required [[Up to Eleven\|even more intricate tricks with the hook]], a shorter and springier line and... commercials. Yes, there were actually commercials inbetween some fields, from a company producing [[Product Placement\|fishing supplies]]. In 2000, ''[[Updated Rerelease\|Umihara Kawase Shun Second Edition]]'' was released. It contained five new fields and some bugfixes, but most importantly, it replaced the commercials with artwork of Umihara. Following that, the series stayed quiet for eight years, until ''Umihara Kawase Portable'', a port of ''Shun'', was released for the PSP in 2008. While at first welcomed, upon release it was found a huge disappointment due being [[Porting Disaster\|riddled with bugs]], and due to a change in physics but the fields staying the same some doors were rendered [[Game Breaking Bug\|impossible to reach]]. This had to do with the port being developed by a different studio altogether, and was so bad that a boycott was called. Fans did not have to be without their portable fix, however -: in 2009, ''[[Long Title\|Umihara Kawase Shun Second Edition Kanzenban]]'' (kanzenban meaning "complete version") was released for the Nintendo DS. Not only was it a [[Polished Port\|far better port]], it also included the original game and had some extra fields. This port was overseen by the original programmer of the game, and the original artist contributed with new artwork. It has been recieved with great praise. There is also a manga, but it does not seem to have very much to do with the game. {{tropelist}} ~~=== The games provide examples of: ===~~ * [[~~One~~ 1-Up]]: In the form of Kawase's pink backpack.▼ * [[Anticlimax]]: Alright, the game has no story whatsoever, but there is ''nothing'' that even remotely hints that you are close to the end of the game. You merely enter a door, identical to every other door in the game, and the credits start rolling. * [[Badass]]: Umihara herself is one, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4tsf_Z86K4 considering she can possibly do this.]. ** [[Badass Adorable\|Adorable]] [[Badass Normal]]: In a game full of giant, walking fish, she's just a normal girl with a really awesome fishing line &and a [[Hammerspace]] backpack. * [[Giant Enemy Crab]]: Field 56 (SFC). * [[Grappling Hook Pistol]]: Well, not a pistol. Just a rubber line and fishing hook. Line 29: * [[Older Than They Look]]: Upon first seeing her SFC sprite, one would probably assume Umihara is still in her single digits. Her ''Shun'' sprite makes her look a little older, though not by much. She's actually ''nineteen''. * [[One-Hit-Point Wonder]]: Most enemies kill Kawase at the slightest touch. Good thing there's... ▲* [[One Up]]: In the form of Kawase's pink backpack. * [[Platform Game]] * [[Respawning Enemies]]: ''Everything'' except for the Octopi and bosses. Line 35 ⟶ 34: * [[Sprite Polygon Mix]]: ''Shun'' has the stages built out of polygons while everything else are sprites. * [[Timed Mission]]: Every field has a time limit. There's also a global timer, and the longer you play the game, the more likely is it that you will reach an ending field. Field 28 (again, SFC) is only possible to reach this way, after having played for 30 minutes. * [[Unmoving ~~Plaid~~Pattern]]: The moving blocks in ''Shun'' are like this. * [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]]: Again, fish. With legs. {{reflist}} [[Category:Platform Game]] [[Category:~~Umihara Kawase~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] [[Category:Microsoft Windows]]