Kunio No Oden is one of those weird, charming SNES games that makes you go, "Wait, this is a thing?" It's basically Kunio (yeah, the River City Ransom guy) running around chopping ingredients for oden—Japan's ultimate comfort food stew. You dash through these side-scrolling kitchens, dodging flying fish cakes and slicing veggies while some little dude in a headband yells at you in Japanese.

The pixel art's got that classic 90s vibe—steaming pots, exaggerated facial expressions, ingredients bouncing everywhere. At first I thought it was just a cooking sim, but then a giant shrimp tried to body-slam me into a boiling pot, so... yeah, it's got that Kunio-style chaos. Pro tip: don't ignore the timer. Letting the broth overcook feels weirdly stressful for a game about soup.

It's short, ridiculous, and exactly the kind of niche oddity that makes digging through retro games so fun. You'll either love it or walk away very confused about 90s Japanese game design.