I've been replaying the Umihara Kawase games...

I've been replaying the Umihara Kawase games. Are there any other Japanese platformers -- or action games -- I can play without knowing Japanese? You know, mostly pure gameplay. Any system is fine

a-anyone?

panel de pon, has cute lolis too

The only thing that comes to mind are the touhou games. There are fan translation patches but they're not needed at all to enjoy the gameplay & music

not the OP, isn't that just Tetris Attack?

But with lolis

>pure gameplay
Asakura P. Puzzle platformer for PC. Next to no story, truly sadistic level design with danmaku enemies and some mindbending puzzles, see pic.

keep em' coming. fighting games would be nice too

When did springy fishline girl turn into a titty monster?

Shounen Ashibe, I don't think you need any literacy for that.

Coropata

they look kind of big there

GAL GUN

jk it's released in NA now

That isn't a platformer or action.

Do you guys think a Umihara Metroidvania would work?

nigger it's better than any metroidvania

Here are some untranslated games if that's what you mean.
PSX - chippoke ralph no daibouken
SNES - ganbare goemon 2, 3 and 4
NES - gimmick, ai senshi nicol, akumajou special, nazo no murasame jo, quest of ki, astro robo sasa

Will we ever see another Umihara Kawase game? I wish Sayonara had a level editor.

As for OP's question, Triggerheart Exelica is a pretty fun shoot em up. I played it at an arcade before, but if I remember correctly it has a PS2 port. It's fun capturing ships and tossing them around.

Fuwaru no Bouken, a cute Platformer by the Fortune Summoners dev is quite playable without moon knowledge, there's a wiki you can put through google translate to identify item effects.

Lethal Crisis is a straightforward mega man zero clone, but with very little platforming due to a flying mechanic. The focus is on combat, lots of boss fights. The previous game in its series has a translation, Lethal Application.

>Will we ever see another Umihara Kawase game?
Possible but unlikely. Who holds the license to Umihara anyways? Because I do know that one of the publishers for Sayonara (Agatsuma Entertainment) shut down earlier this year.

I'm going to buy it and make 2 more games. Watch

Is it better on Steam? Umihara, I mean

Yes. Vita too