Umihara Kawase Fresh! launches April 25 in Japan and the west
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Update: Umihara Kawase Fresh! has been confirmed for an April 25th release in the west as well.
Success Corporation has set a release date for Umihara Kawase Fresh! In Japan at least, the title is slated for April 25. It will be sold physically and digitally.
There are also plans to distribute Umihara Kawase Fresh! outside of Japan. However, a release date has not yet been announced.
Umihara Kawase Fresh! site open – details, a look at the boxart, videos
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The official website for Umihara Kawase Fresh! is now open. It can be accessed here, but there are a few things we want to highlight in particular.
First, here’s a bit of new information:
Umihara Kawase Fresh! planned for the first half of 2019
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Umihara Kawase Fresh! has a slightly more specific release window. The game will release in either spring or summer of this year, Success has confirmed.
That news comes from an HTML5 game, accessible here. It involves picking up New Year’s pocket money packets. You can click to jump, click again in mid-air to do a second jump, click a third time to make the boar glide down via kite, and a fourth time to close the kite.
Development on Umihara Kawase Fresh! now 60 to 70 percent complete
Posted on 5 years ago by Devin(@Sonicb00m111) in News, Switch | 0 comments
As a brief development update, developer Success Corporation has confirmed that work on Umihara Kawase Fresh! is now 60 to 70 percent complete.
The note was made on a registration website for a hands-on demonstration event to be held on January 4th at the Success Corporation headquarters in Japan. Thanks to Gematsu for the full translation of the information.
Umihara Kawase Fresh! gameplay footage
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Straight out of Tokyo Game Show, we’ve got the first gameplay footage of Umihara Kawase Fresh! for you. Japanese gaming website 4Gamer played the game during their livestream of the first day of TGS. The Umihara Kawase Fresh! footage can be found between 11:00 and 26:26 in the video below:
Umihara Kawase Fresh! confirmed for worldwide release
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Umihara Kawase Fresh! won’t just be releasing in Japan. As confirmed by publisher Success Corporation, a digital release is planned for worldwide. However, Success has not yet determined whether or not a physical version will be offered.
In terms of languages, Umihara Kawase Fresh! will support Japanese, English, and Chinese.
Success will publish Umihara Kawase Fresh! on Switch in 2019.
First Umihara Kawase Fresh! screenshot
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Success has posted a screenshot from Umihara Kawase Fresh!, giving us a first look at the game. We’ve attached the image above.
Umihara Kawase Fresh! will make its playable debut at the Tokyo Game Show next week. The game launches next year in Japan.
Umihara Kawase Fresh! will have an interconnected Metroidvania-style map
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A year after it was originally teased, Umihara Kawase Fresh! was announced for Switch this week. Success has been sharing a few tidbits on Twitter.
Studio Saizensen will still be leading the way on development and Toshinobu Kondo is back as character designer. Also, the “rubber engine” from the previous titles will still be used in order to maintain the fundamental feel.
In past entries, Umihara Kawase games had a traditional stage structure. But for Umihara Kawase Fresh!, there will be an interconnected Metroidvania-style map with a quest system. Less skilled players will be able to take the prescribed routes while hardcore players can take shortcuts and speedrun.
Umihara Kawase Fresh! coming to Switch in 2019
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
It was almost a year ago that a new Umihara Kawase was teased for Switch. Success finally provided a proper update today, announcing Umihara Kawase Fresh! for the system.
Details are mostly unknown at present. However, we should be getting a good look at Umihara Kawase Fresh! later this month, as it will be playable at the Tokyo Game Show.
Umihara Kawase Fresh! will launch on Switch in 2019.
