Umihara Kawase DS - countdown to bughell?

duckroll · (12-29-2008, 03:28 PM)

http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001OI24Z6

Amazon Japan is listing Umihara Kawase Shun Second Edition - Complete Version for the DS to be released on 26th March. Based on the title it's expected that this will be an enhanced port of Umihara Kawase Shun Second Edition on the PS1, but considering how fucked up the Shun port to PSP was, will fans will bite? Will this version be plagued with bugs as well? What mysteries and wonders will this hold for Umihara fans? Hang on tight, it's going to be a rollercoaster ride!

Edit: Looks like Genterprise is publishing this instead of MMV. I guess the PSP version left a REALLY bad taste in MMV's mouth as far as Umihara goes.

Dascu · (12-29-2008, 03:39 PM)

I wonder if they'll try to put in stylus controls.

sprsk · (12-29-2008, 03:41 PM)

angelfly · (12-29-2008, 03:42 PM)

I never got around to trying the PSP version so this is good news to me.

Originally Posted by Dascu:

I wonder if they'll try to put in stylus controls.

You'll probably end up sliding the stylus in the direction.

jj984jj · (12-29-2008, 03:44 PM)

Are they trying to secure biggest bomb of 09?

duckroll · (12-29-2008, 03:47 PM)

Originally Posted by jj984jj:

Are they trying to secure biggest bomb of 09?

March is still early on in the year. Mistwalker might still have something up their sleeves that could beat it!

jj984jj · (12-29-2008, 03:53 PM)

Good point.

Defuser · (12-29-2008, 03:58 PM)

Originally Posted by Dascu:

I wonder if they'll try to put in stylus controls.

I'll bet they will put the controls for the ending .Biggest controversy to start in 09 confirmed!!!

RevenantKioku · (12-29-2008, 04:04 PM)

Originally Posted by Defuser:

I'll bet they will put the controls for the ending .Biggest controversy to start in 09 confirmed!!!

I watched a speed run of the PSX version and I sure as fuck was not expecting what popped up at the end.

Linkzg · (12-29-2008, 04:13 PM)

Quote:

will fans will bite?

yes!

Dascu · (12-29-2008, 04:37 PM)

Originally Posted by duckroll:

March is still early on in the year. Mistwalker might still have something up their sleeves that could beat it!

That's cold man.

meppi · (12-29-2008, 04:42 PM)

Seeing as how the PSP version turned out I'll be glad if it's just a port of the SFC game with an added custom level editor and Wifi sharing function. ;)

duckroll · (12-29-2008, 04:43 PM)

Originally Posted by meppi:

Seeing as how the PSP version turned out I'll be glad if it's just a port of the SFC game with an added custom level editor and Wifi sharing function. ;)

Shun Second Edition is the PS1 game. It's an expanded version of the same game that the PSP one was a port of. Hopefully since it's under a new publisher, it'll also being ported by a new DEVELOPER. Lolz.

Night_Trekker · (12-29-2008, 04:46 PM)

...

Fuck it, I'm buying it.

meppi · (12-29-2008, 04:51 PM)

Originally Posted by duckroll:

Shun Second Edition is the PS1 game. It's an expanded version of the same game that the PSP one was a port of. Hopefully since it's under a new publisher, it'll also being ported by a new DEVELOPER. Lolz.

Yeah, I went back to take another look at the post and I noticed the Shun part. :(
Guess I was just overexcited to see another Umihara game...

Should be so easy to make it good especially if it's a port, yet somehow they can't even manage that.

Looks like it's going to combine both PSone versions in one game.

STG! · (12-29-2008, 04:51 PM)

Oh man, was planning on picking up the PSP port, didn't know it was a buggy mess... :(

I guess I'll hold off for this DS version as I still have my SFC copy if I get the itch.

djtiesto · (12-29-2008, 05:34 PM)

Wasn't the PSP port supposed to come out in the US at one time? Even though it's buggy as hell...

xfactor · (12-30-2008, 06:51 PM)

Umm, didn't I confirm this in my other thead few days ago? o_o

GhostSeed · (01-19-2009, 08:02 AM)

Famitsu has some screens now.

More at the link (Cut & Past the URL)
http://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/1221015_1407.html

jj984jj · 08:12 AM

I saw this a few days ago:

Quote:

The story of Umihara Kawase and her grappling hook began over a decade ago on the Super Famicom. Since then, she's made it to a couple of sequels and a remake on the Playstation Portable. The PSP remake had issues with the way the grappling hook worked (the heart and soul of the game) but publisher (株)Genterprise is giving gamers a more accurate rendition that's being supervised by the original series programmer Sakai Kiyoshi.

http://ncsx.blogspot.com/2009/01/umi...d-edition.html

Good news for all 0 people interested, at least it probably won't be bughell.

distantmantra · (01-19-2009, 08:12 AM)

Originally Posted by djtiesto:

Wasn't the PSP port supposed to come out in the US at one time? Even though it's buggy as hell...

I heard they're trying to fix it for the NA release.

emilio · (01-19-2009, 08:14 AM)

Nice, it seems to be just like the PSX title, more than the PSP port, which had a fixed perspective instead of being 2.5D like the original.

ITA84 · (09-10-2009, 09:08 PM)

Wasn't this game supposed to come out in March? Here it says that it's coming out next month. Was it delayed?

stuminus3 · (09-10-2009, 09:12 PM)

Originally Posted by ITA84:

Wasn't this game supposed to come out in March?

Release date was a bug.

Koren · (09-10-2009, 09:20 PM)

Originally Posted by ITA84:

Wasn't this game supposed to come out in March? Here it says that it's coming out next month. Was it delayed?

I wasn't expecting it any more... Does anyone experienced the DS version ? I gave up on finding a SNES cart for this game (actually, I found one, but it was insanely expensive, several hundred dollars, and I was a bit short on cash), and I'd really want to play it again (I haven't touched this game since someone lent it to me last century)

jiji · (09-10-2009, 09:30 PM)

It was delayed to TBA, but now it has a date. October 29th.

http://www.shopncsx.com/umiharakawaseds.aspx

Wehrwolf · (09-11-2009, 08:03 AM)

Originally Posted by Koren:

I gave up on finding a SNES cart for this game (actually, I found one, but it was insanely expensive, several hundred dollars, and I was a bit short on cash)

That is NOT the going rate for the Super Famicom one, probably a good thing you passed (well, who knows about it if its a new copy, as its near impossible to gauge value on something that there's nearly none of)

GhostSeed · (10-27-2009, 05:28 PM)

Game came out today, has anyone picked this up yet? Impressions?

JEKKI · (10-27-2009, 06:18 PM)

yay U Kawase!

I want this game too!

Koren · (10-27-2009, 06:23 PM)

Originally Posted by Wehrwolf:

That is NOT the going rate for the Super Famicom one, probably a good thing you passed (well, who knows about it if its a new copy, as its near impossible to gauge value on something that there's nearly none of)

Not new, but in mint condition (you know how used games can be in Japan, including advertisements, spine cards, everything in perfect shape, etc.) Nice to hear that it was indeed expensive. But on the other hand, I've not managed to find a single copy beside this one in several months lurking in all used game shops in Tokyo.

Originally Posted by GhostSeed:

Game came out today, has anyone picked this up yet? Impressions?

Thanks for the warning, I think I'll try to import it.

kazuo · (10-27-2009, 08:14 PM)

Umihara Kawase for SFC goes for around Y3000-Y10000 on YAJ depending on completeness.

This was around six months ago, and there aren't any listed at the moment except for one in a lot with some shitty games, so it could have changed.

Priz · (11-02-2009, 04:35 PM)

I was in Japan for around a week at the start of October and saw a sign for Umihara DS and got excited. Then I realized it was to reserve your copy due in at the end of the month! Man! If it came out just a few weeks earlier, it would have been mine! :( Ah well...

My friend bought me the PSP version for my birthday last year.

I love this series. I picked up a promo poster years ago at Mandarake for the Shun release and tried to find it to bring to Japan with me. I've e-mailed Toshinobu Kondo before (after finding his website) and I was hoping to find the poster, meet up with him and get him to sign it. Never found it and we ended up being on the go non-stop the whole trip. Only met up with one friend!

Moor-Angol · (11-18-2009, 12:04 AM)

Any impressions yet ?