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Umihara Kawase

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PlatformSuper FamicomYear1994
PublisherTNNDeveloperKiyoshi Sakai
RegionJPLanguageJapanese
TagsAction, Platformer, Puzzle, Fish, Physics, Single Player, Japan Only
PlatformSuper Famicom
Year1994
PublisherTNN
DeveloperKiyoshi Sakai
RegionJP
LanguageJapanese
TagsAction, Platformer, Puzzle, Fish, Physics, Single Player, Japan Only

Use your fish hook to traverse 49 levels as you grapple, swing and climb onto platforms. You also use your hook to defend yourself from the various fish as you progress through the stages.
 
GoodBad
  • Well animated main character
  • Innovative use of physics not seen often on the platform
  • Mini-tutorial before each level
  • Plenty of lives
  • Ugly digitized backgrounds
  • Enemies pop out of nowhere
  • Random generation of enemies
  • Bland visuals
  • Repetitive music
  • Colorless backgrounds lack detail
  • Enemies look out of place
Good
  • Well animated main character
  • Innovative use of physics not seen often on the platform
  • Mini-tutorial before each level
  • Plenty of lives
 
Bad
  • Ugly digitized backgrounds
  • Enemies pop out of nowhere
  • Random generation of enemies
  • Bland visuals
  • Repetitive music
  • Colorless backgrounds lack detail
  • Enemies look out of place
 
4This innovated physics based action puzzle game unfortunately has bland visuals, hideous backgrounds, and frustrating random enemy pop-in. The cute main character and interesting premise aren't enough to make it worth playing.

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