Umihara Kawase yɛ saa SNES agodie a ɛyɛ nwonwa, ɛyɛ nwonwa a ɛte sɛ nea ɛnyɛ hwee no mu biako. Wobɔ sɛ abeawa a okura mpataayi poma —ɛnyɛ sɛ wode bɛkyere mpataa, na mmom sɛ wobɛwosow wo ho te sɛ Bizarro nsu ase akɔre bi. Abɔde mu nneɛma ho nimdeɛ yɛ janky wɔ ɔkwan a eye sen biara so: line no a wɔbɔ no bɔne biako no ma wutumi tu kɔ sukuu a ɛpo mu abɔde a ɛyɛ nwonwa na wɔreserew mu, nanso sɛ wode nnadewa bɔ swing pɛpɛɛpɛ a, ɛyɛ nkonyaayi kronkron.

Levels no yɛ saa surreal, watercoged mazes a ɛwɔ platforms a ɛsensɛn nsu so ne atamfo a ɛte sɛ Pokémon designs a wɔapow no ayɛ no ma. Mfiase no, ebia wobɛhwɛ anim akɔ mmeae a ɛhɔ yɛ fɛ no pii —a, nea ɛhyɛ so no gye bi na ɛyɛ wo su —nanso sɛ ɛkyere pɛ a, wufi ase twetwe afiri a ɛyɛ fɛwdi no fi hɔ. Biribi a ɛyɛ nwonwa a ɛma abotɔyam wɔ ho sɛ wobɛtow wo ho agu gaps so denam biribiara a wode bedi dwuma so gye mpataayi hook ne momentum.

Mfiase no na ɛyɛ Japan nkutoo a wɔayi no adi, na Engiresi nkyerɛase no ma ɛyɛ mmerɛw sɛ wobɛkyerɛ sɛnea agoru yi yɛ nwonwa a ɛyɛ nwonwa no ho anisɔ. Ɛyɛ tiawa, ɛyɛ den, na ɛnkura wo nsa, nanso ɛno yɛ asɛm a ɛyɛ dɛ no fã. Sɛ wopɛ platformers a ɛwɔ nipasu (ne adesua curve a ɛyɛ toro) a, eyi yɛ abohene a ahintaw.