Battle Screen's Gregory Edwards reviews Yumi's Odd Odyssey, stating "Yumi’s Odd Odyssey is platforming bliss in spite, or possibly because of how difficult the whole thing is, and clearing a boss stage that I had died no less than 244 times on (yes) will go down as one of my greatest memories in my gaming career. As steep as the challenge can get, this is a platformer that nails the art of hooking players. You’ll give a level one more try over and over to the point where you’ve played it 100 times, and when you overcome everything and finally reach the end of a level, it’ll satisfy you like little else in the genre."
From the article, "[Jenni Lada] enjoyed Yumi’s Odd Odyssey, Natsume’s brave effort to finally localize an Umihara Kawase game. I applauded the effort and recognize it’s a platformer with a lot of potential, but honestly? It’s the kind of game that really only an uber patient perfectionist can appreciate. (Say that 5 times fast!) At a $30 price point, it just wasn’t inviting."
Yumi’s Odd Odyssey is on discount sale on the Nintendo eShop for 3DS in North America.
"It’s amazing how long it took a publisher to bring such a cult series outside of Japan, but Natsume finally did it. They couldn’t have picked a better entry to introduce this brutal but fair franchise to its new mob of fans in the West. Yumi’s Odd Odyssey is a fun and challenging game that deserves every bit of the praise and reverence that it gets from its Japanese fan base." - Eduardo Reboucas, Entertainium.org
