I know they won't say it, but hopefully they don't go with Nicalis again as publishing partner...
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Umihara Kawase Fresh! Info thread [Up6: Releasing on Switch. JP: April 25, 2019. WW: July 9]
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I know they won't say it, but hopefully they don't go with Nicalis again as publishing partner...
It was an extremely rushed one-man port of the Vita version, basically. Given the extremely quick turnaround, it's a wonder that's the only real issue.
Goddamn, poor sod D: Must've been immediately profitable at least
Durante did make a mod to put in higher resolutions, though unfortunately it doesn't work on the latest version (in which they added, of all things, VR support!)
Yoooo that screenshot looks so good! Such a nicer art style than Sayonara (which i still really enjoyed tho).
What's up with those hunger and thirst meters tho??
What's up with those hunger and thirst meters tho??
If they just went with Nicalis for the physical release that might be fine, they do nice packaging. Success doing the global digital release shouldn't be a problem since Nintendo relaxed their publishing guidelines, lots of JP pubs are doing direct foreign releases now (Poisoft, Silverstar, ITL, Zerodiv, etc).
That's nifty, problem is I think a JP-publisher trying to self-localize has had issues with quality. It's understandable a JP-company trying to do an English translation in-house might result in hiccups (not being their native language of course), but I've seen typos and whatnot be a bit too common in such instances (I think Poisoft is one that falls in this category, Flyhigh isn't perfect either). Some do it fantastically like Inti-Creates though.
Hope Success can find... success in their first go. :P
Inticreates has native english speakers on staff and they seem to work with 8-4 and Wayforward a lot so those connections likely help. Some JP studios are just doing machine or no translations, lol.
Success has been around forever, they even worked on PCE, SFC and Megadrive games, so hopefully this won't be totally new for them.
Sorry, I just can't stand how Nicalis only do US releases nowadays, and promote themselves over the developer (as seen with Blade Strangers, Cave Story, etc).
They're just not a good publisher, as good their physical releases (that would be overpriced without the bonuses) might look.
I can understand with Cave Story. They were the dev on every Cave Story port they did (Wii, DSi, Steam, 3DS, Switch) and they did all the new "16bit" assets, extra areas, complete 3D remake and remixed audio themselves. I believe they actually bought the game and IP from Pixel, he's not really involved anymore afaik?
I wasn't aware they only did US physicals though, that is an issue.
Dont know how i never saw this comment, that makes sense hahaAwesome, been waiting for this since they originally announced the plans to make it. So happy that the series is not over with Sayonara (despite the name).
In actuality she was never really a small kid, since the first game they said her age is supposed to be 19 (20 in Sayonara), the bigger bust was more of a change in Kondo's art style (more than likely to appeal to the perverted otaku crowd).
Artbook for the first game:
Her design was long overdue for an update. She still had that late 90s/early 2000s low budget anime look going on. New design is good!
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I'd say her new design has a much better appeal compared to what was used in the last game:
New artwork!
if you told me Wayforward was doing the art, I'd believe you
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Less than 3 hours left for the stream to start.
Meanwhile, go to Gematsu for streams for other things happening at TGS: https://gematsu.com/2018/09/tgs-2018-live-stream-schedule
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Yes, the easiest way currently is to buy them on Steam, link: https://store.steampowered.com/sub/85452/
Sayonara UmiharaKawase released on 3DS and Vita but I don't know if it's not possible to still buy them digitally because the publisher for the game Agatsuma went bankrupt which caused the games to get delisted.
Meanwhile, Degica is the publisher for the Steam versions.
3DS version was published by Natsume in the West, so it's still OK.
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Only for North America as Yumi's Odd Odyssey.
Europe had Sayonara UmiharaKawase (3DS) published by Agatsuma.
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It was just streamed one hour ago: https://www.resetera.com/posts/12825168/
I only saw a quick peek since I can't watch the stream now but as expected from Success saying so, it's running on the same engine as Sayonara UmiharaKawase (Rubber Engine) but the artstyle of Fresh! makes it look better.
Besides showing off the demo, they seem to have announced another playable character:
https://twitter.com/gosokkyu/status/1042657139393613826
https://twitter.com/gosokkyu/status/1042657139393613826
Wow, Kawase booth cosplayers?
Sayonara didn't look great, so nice they could reuse the engine at least.
Wow, crossover too!
Sorry for the double post, but gematsu just put a link with screenshots and the part of the stream:
https://gematsu.com/2018/09/umihara-kawase-fresh-tgs-2018-gameplay
https://gematsu.com/2018/09/umihara-kawase-fresh-tgs-2018-gameplay
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Gameplay:
Some details from Gematsu: (More at the link)
https://gematsu.com/2018/09/umihara-kawase-fresh-tgs-2018-gameplay
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Gameplay footage goes from 11:00 to 26:21 of the following link:
Some details from Gematsu: (More at the link)
https://gematsu.com/2018/09/umihara-kawase-fresh-tgs-2018-gameplay
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Instructions
Gameplay footage goes from 11:00 to 26:21 of the following link:
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Didn't see this this morning but MY GOD THANK YOU SUCCESS! Goddamn this is so good!Cotton
Now make a new horizontal Cotton please!
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Day 3 of TGS where the business days are finished and now the show is open to the public.
The line for the booth is currently 15 to 25 minutes long.
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Considering this is a niche series, that's probably the longest you should expect to line up.
The line for the booth is currently 15 to 25 minutes long.
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Considering this is a niche series, that's probably the longest you should expect to line up.
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Since this wasn't discussed after the gameplay was shown.
It seems the Hunger meter is really just a health bar. Umihara Kawase's health only depleted when she got hit by an enemy. So she went from dying in one hit in past games to having HP.
As for the thirst meter, I don't think it's a stamina meter because it never depleted during the demo. I can only think it's a meter to prevent you from breaking progression in the game. Think like how Samus needs the Varia suit to get through hot areas, I think the same thing could end up being applied with Thirst in Umihara Kawase Fresh!