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title: "Crystal Crisis – Umihara Kawase is 20th character"
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description: "Nicalis has revealed the 20th and final playable character joining the puzzle brawls of Crystal Crisis!"
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2019-02-19 21:44:35"
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Crystal Crisis - Umihara Kawase is 20th character | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Crystal Crisis – Umihara Kawase is 20th character](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/crystal-crisis-umihara-kawase-is-20th-character.jpg "Crystal Crisis – Umihara Kawase is 20th character")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/crystal-crisis-umihara-kawase-is-20th-character.jpg)Nicalis has revealed the 20th and final playable character joining the puzzle brawls of **Crystal Crisis**!

> Umihara Kawase is hooked on [\#CrystalCrisis](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CrystalCrisis?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and joins the heroic cast! Coming to [\#NintendoSwitch](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NintendoSwitch?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [\#PS4](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PS4?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on May 28! <https://t.co/bTu4O5ZWy4> [pic.twitter.com/4G5KxH4cKb](https://t.co/4G5KxH4cKb)
>
> — Nicalis, Inc. (@nicalis) [February 15, 2019](https://twitter.com/nicalis/status/1096495079848435712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

She will be none other than the energetic Umihara Kawase, the explorer girl with grappling hooks in-hand! This will be her second time joining a cross-over title – with the first being Nicalis’ *Blade Strangers*.

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## [](#crystal-crisis-roster)Crystal Crisis Roster

Crystal Crisis will be launching digitally and physically on 28 May 2019. With Kawase in the mix, the game will now feature the following roster:

1. **Quote** (*Cave Story*)
2. **Curly** (*Cave Story*)
3. **Ballos** (*Cave Story*)
4. **Isaac** (*The Binding of Isaac*)
5. **Atomu** (*Astro Boy*)
6. **Black Jack** (*Black Jack*)
7. **Princess Solange** (*Code of Princess*)
8. **Aban** (*1001 Spikes*)
9. **Tina** (*1001 Spikes*)
10. **Jim** (*1001 Spikes*)
11. **Thompson** (The Tempura of the Dead)
12. **Zombie** (*The Tempura of the Dead*)
13. **Akuji** (*Akuji the Demon*)
14. **Knight** (*Hydra Castle Labyrinth*)
15. **Johnny Turbo** (*Johnny Turbo*)
16. **Helen** (*Blade Strangers*)
17. **Cedric** (future Nicalis title)
18. **Elise** (future Nicalis title)
19. **Ninja** (future Nicalis title)
20. **Umihara Kawase** (*Umihara Kawase*)

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