OT created with help from baekshi and InfiniteNine. This should have been up sooner, but I didn't want to go through the trouble of posting it from my phone.
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Sayonara UmiharaKawase + |OT| Rubbering action at 60 flames per second
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OT created with help from baekshi and InfiniteNine. This should have been up sooner, but I didn't want to go through the trouble of posting it from my phone.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
NA version has language options so small chance of the JP release providing English.
NA version has language options so small chance of the JP release providing English.
here's hoping there's an Asian release with ENG/JP language options then
Eolz
Member
In console war threads
OT is obvious enough
NA version has language options so small chance of the JP release providing English.
Nice! Hope this release isn't too limited since I won't preorder it.
In console war threadsOT is obvious enough
Nice! Hope this release isn't too limited since I won't preorder it.
#BestOnVita isn't about console warz haha (at least for me it isn't :X)hmm if there's an Asian release with JP/ENG options, I'm happy to help get it and send it to fellow GAFfers
Ingueferroque
Banned
Erm, I was enjoying the Vita title despite the rather crud presentation and menu design (and annoying tutorials in the first levels).. but then I gave the included original a shot. And WOW, I forgot just how GOOD it was. Just about everything (aside from level select?) seems to have been done better in the original. It is much more fluid, I feel like I have much more control, and everything runs at a brisk and fluid pace.. a huge difference. I felt like a Ninja breezing through the first level.
Was the original SNES release this smooth?
Great package though, happy to see this game return.
Was the original SNES release this smooth?
Great package though, happy to see this game return.
guess I should really get this!
The Bankslammer
Member
Responding to a post from the other thread:
Comparing my copies of the Vita and DS version side by side, the only thing I'd really say the DS version has going for it over the Vita version is that the color is closer to the original (it's possible sound is different too but my ear isn't discerning enough.)
Other than that, the game is excellent on the Vita. It plays great, has translated menus, configurable controls, and gives you some basic filtering options. Plus, it adds in a practice mode so you can jump in and try any level you've reached any time, like the PSX game. In my amateur opinion, I'd probably say it's the new definitive version of the original.
Comparing my copies of the Vita and DS version side by side, the only thing I'd really say the DS version has going for it over the Vita version is that the color is closer to the original (it's possible sound is different too but my ear isn't discerning enough.)
Other than that, the game is excellent on the Vita. It plays great, has translated menus, configurable controls, and gives you some basic filtering options. Plus, it adds in a practice mode so you can jump in and try any level you've reached any time, like the PSX game. In my amateur opinion, I'd probably say it's the new definitive version of the original.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Going to stream a bit of the game if anyone curious wants to peek in and see what the game is like.
www.hitbox.tv/InfiniteNine
www.hitbox.tv/InfiniteNine
Eolz
Member
Was saying that partly joking, as hashtags are getting used a bit too much in this way (didn't see you using it in that way, don't worry and sorry about that).
Thanks for the info, nice to know!
Edit:
It's basically a weird platformer based around physics. You should watch InfiniteNine's stream above
Was saying that partly joking, as hashtags are getting used a bit too much in this way (didn't see you using it in that way, don't worry and sorry about that).
Thanks for the info, nice to know!
Edit:
It's basically a weird platformer based around physics. You should watch InfiniteNine's stream above
no worries man! hmm shall see if i can get a PSN card to buy this
Haha, yeah I'm still a bit confused as well.
The Bankslammer
Member
The best introduction to the series is always the GameCenter CX episode.
Eolz
Member
Inoko MAX GOAT
wheremypho
Member
I've never got around to pick up Yumi's Odd Odyssey on the 3DS. Is this a remake or an entirely new entry?
This is an enhanced port of that game with additional content.
It's an upgraded port.
Enhanced port. 60fps, new & remixed stages, & biggest of all, includes the original Super Famicom game.
Great OT, more people need to know about/play Umihara Kawase.
The game is fantastic, thoroughly enjoyed playing through the 3DS version. My only complaint with that version was the framerate and the Vita version seems to fix that. At $20 I'd call this a blind buy for people who love challenging oldschool platformers that reward you for learning the controls. Will double-dip on the Vita version
The game is fantastic, thoroughly enjoyed playing through the 3DS version. My only complaint with that version was the framerate and the Vita version seems to fix that. At $20 I'd call this a blind buy for people who love challenging oldschool platformers that reward you for learning the controls. Will double-dip on the Vita version
Ingueferroque
Banned
Am I the only one that prefers the included SNES original?
Does the SNES version ever unlock level select? Or is it expecting me to play through the game in one sitting?
Does the SNES version ever unlock level select? Or is it expecting me to play through the game in one sitting?
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
That's how the game is structured you go through different doors/shortcut doors to get to new levels.
Also liking the stage UI tree more than the 3DS's.
The Bankslammer
Member
Practice Mode lets you play any single level you've been to before, but clearing the stage doesn't take you to the next one. You only unlock new stages by reaching them in the main game, which starts at Field 0. Still, you can reach a proper ending in as few as 9 doors, I believe, and any given field should be no more than 15 doors from the start.
The12thGripper
Member
No retail release again.
Maybe I'll import this one instead of not buying it because it's an option now.
Maybe I'll import this one instead of not buying it because it's an option now.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Unsure on the US release still since the only thing that acknowledges PSTVs on the PSN page says there might be some features unavailable. (I'm guessing the touch controls for the UI.)
BomberMouse
Member
Will wait a couple of days to see if I should import or not.
ThatsMytrunks
Member
I had absolutely no idea this was coming to the US. Is this the first Umihare Kawase game to do so? I played the original in Japanese and loved the hell out of it.
Yes, it's compatible.
Sort of, if you don't count the 3DS version, which this is based on but has additional content.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
There was 50 fields in the 3DS version right? So this is a new stage!
cj_iwakura
Member
I got the 3DS version when it went on sale, now I'm a little sad that I did.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Well I had some fun! Going to take a break for today but does anyone know what stage unlocks field 20?
The Bankslammer
Member
I'm honestly pretty surprised by how much has changed in this version. Beyond just adding new levels and features, there's new models and animations and all sorts of stuff.
One cool new thing is the overhaul of the Replay system. You can upload replays to the game's server, so that when someone sees your ranking on the leaderboards, they can check your uploaded replay. Like, for example, I have the top time in S0->S1 right now, so you can go look at my replay and tell me how cool and good at videogames I am
You can specifically see which replays your PSN friends have uploaded too.
Really, really digging this version so far.
One cool new thing is the overhaul of the Replay system. You can upload replays to the game's server, so that when someone sees your ranking on the leaderboards, they can check your uploaded replay. Like, for example, I have the top time in S0->S1 right now, so you can go look at my replay and tell me how cool and good at videogames I am
until someone beats it very shortly lol
Really, really digging this version so far.
The Vita version is an enhanced port of a 3DS game that was released internationally last year (Natsume changes the name to "Yumi's Odd Odyssey" for North America).