Is it worth the price?

[Kurikuo]

This price tag does seem kinda inflated for an Umihara title. How long would a decent player approximately need to finish the game? Story seems from other mentions not good, English is missing, but I dont care much about that anyway.

Also, it seems you can switch characters, is that bound to the story progress?

[まりさ]

If you have Nintendo Switch, it's currently $10 on eshop. That is English translated too.
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/umihara-kawase-fresh-switch/

[Melodia]

Which before anyone goes off on a rant, is a different publisher.

I really wonder what Success was thinking here with this game.

[Kurikuo]

Originally posted by まりさ:

If you have Nintendo Switch, it's currently $10 on eshop. That is English translated too.
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/umihara-kawase-fresh-switch/

Thank you for being so kind to share this, I sadly do not own a Switch, neither does this answer any of my questions

Also, me too Melodia. Everything surrounding this title feels really weird lol

[BigJaybowski]

As far as I can tell, Umihara Kawase Fresh on Switch was translated and published by Nicalis for the English version and includes a playable Curly Brace from Cave Story who Nicalis did ports and remakes of for different consoles.

This steam version is published by Success, which is where the other selectable character, Cotton, comes from, very old game series that I think only had one game make it outside of japan in the 90's. It's likely that Success doesn't have the rights to use Nicalis' english translation or Curly Brace, so that's why this steam version doesn't have either at the moment. They're probably going to have it retranslated and add that on to this release, it does say the english version is coming in 2020 on the store page.

You do unlock Cotton as the story progresses, I haven't finished my own play through of the game, I ended up buying it for switch since it was much cheaper and has Curly/English so I'm not sure how long it'll take to play through. The story itself is mostly having you deliver or gather items that are very clearly marked and there's a ton of arrows to guide you along the way. if you don't want to wait for an english version it won't hold you back too much it play in japanese and there's not too much to miss out on story-wise.

As for whether it's worth the price... $60 is steep for what's basically an indie game, it's more than I've ever paid for a Umihara Kawase game by a long shot and if you're a fan of the series it's very different from its predecessors. I paid $20 for a physical version on switch and so far I think that's about the right price I'd want to pay for this.

[Kurikuo]

Thank you very much for the extensive answer, I appreciate it

[Etchasketch]

Originally posted by Melodia:

Which before anyone goes off on a rant, is a different publisher.

I really wonder what Success was thinking here with this game.

My guess is that they know it's a niche title and that charging a premium will guarantee a few sales. My guess is also that they heavily discount it after a year.

[Kurikuo]

Well, its fair to say that they would have more sales, if it was cheaper. A niche with a high price tag is never good for marketing, except it really has the content going for it, but I dont really see that here. It also was dirt cheap on the Switch it seems, yet here was no sale

[Melodia]

Originally posted by Kurisu 青汁:

It also was dirt cheap on the Switch it seems, yet here was no sale

Again, different publishers. You can't compare them, at all. If the game IS translated on PC eventually, it almost certainly won't be the same as on Switch.

[Kurikuo]

Ah yes, totally forgot about that already