Umihara Kawase Series Retrospective

An in depth look at the entire Umihara Kawase (Yumi’s Odd Odyssey) Series from 1994 – 2020!
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Video Contents:
00:00 Intro
01:02 What Is Umihara Kawase?
03:16 Development History and Prototypes
07:21 Umihara Kawase (Super Famicom)
12:16 Umihara Kawase Shun (PS1)
16:20 DenSen (Cancelled – PS2)
16:52 Sayonara Umihara Kawase (3DS / Vita)
21:33 Umihara Kawase Fresh (Switch)
24:46 Umihara Kawase BaZooKa! (Switch / PS4)
27:46 Blade Strangers / Crystal Crisis (Switch / PS4)
28:32 Thanks for watching!

Links and resources:
Fansite:
https://kawasefan.net

Umihara Kawase: From the Past to the Future

Dev interview – https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.usgamer.net/amp/indie-before-it-was-cool-the-umihara-kawase-story
Game centre CX video – https://archive.org/details/0755aa3faad2bf2aa6b121f1d9ea5448
X68000 Protoypes

Siliconera+

AGDQ Speedrun:

https://www.mobygames.com/game/snes/shij-saiky-league-serie-a-ace-striker
https://www.mobygames.com/game/umihara-kawase
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/indie-before-it-was-cool-the-umihara-kawase-story
http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/System_Sacom

Umihara Kawase

http://tasvideos.org/GameResources/SNES/UmiharaKawase/FieldMap.html
Past Games TV:

Cameltry X68000:

Mamono Hunter Youko: Dai 7 no Keishou
TempestWay:

Umihara Kawase Technique Guide
Tech akathisia

Bionic Commando Arcade

Roc N Rope Arcade:

Donkey Kong Arcade:

Game centre CX https://archive.org/details/0755aa3faad2bf2aa6b121f1d9ea5448
Interview for Sayonara:

sayonaraumihara

Untold History of Japanese Game Developers

Main series games:
Umihara Kawase (Super Famicom, released 1994) – Developers: TNN, NHK SC – Publisher: TNN
I-mode (Japanese mobile phone port)
Umihara Kawase Shun ~Second Edition~ Kanzenban (Nintendo DS, released 2009)
Steam – 2015

Umihara Kawase Shun (PlayStation, released 1997) – Developer Jackpot
Umihara Kawase Shun ~Second Edition~ (PlayStation, released 2000; PlayStation Network, released 2012) – Maruan series of budget indie releases – some changes from first version
Umihara Kawase Portable (PlayStation Portable, released 2008)
Umihara Kawase Shun ~Second Edition~ Kanzenban (Nintendo DS, released 2009)
Steam – 2015

Cancelled PS2 game: DenSen (https://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/15/densen/) – https://youtu.be/aYOw-3FgBE0

Sayonara Umihara Kawase (Nintendo 3DS, released 2013; known as Yumi’s Odd Odyssey in North America)
Sayonara Umihara Kawase Chirari (PlayStation Vita, Steam, released 2015; known as Sayonara Umihara Kawase + in the west)
VR mode (cancelled 1st person view – https://youtu.be/64gshZBC7bQ)
Sayonara Umihara Kawase Smart (Android, 2018)

Umihara Kawase Fresh! (Nintendo Switch, 2018)
Location test – https://kawasefan.net/forum/index.php?topic=155.0

Umihara Kawase Bazooka! (Nintendo Switch, 2020)

Other games:
Blade Strangers (PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, released 2018)
Crystal Crisis (Switch, PS4, Windows, released 2019)

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