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Not for non-fishers.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 19 / 23
Date: December 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I've never gone fishing, so perhaps I'm not the target audience. Then again, I've never performed surgery and I loved Trauma Center: Second Opinion.

For someone with little fishing experience, holy jeez is this game bad. It's not even the awful graphics (which are on par with an early GameCube game like WaveRace.) It's the almost complete and utter lack of instruction. It took almost five minutes of wrangling with the wiimote rod before I figured out the timing just to cast my line. Then, there's your "fishing buddy" who gives you nearly useless fishing advice like "I don't know if the color of that lure is working" which might be helpful if there were only 3 colors to choose from, but there tend to be upwards of ten. If it takes 3 - 5 minutes to test each color, you're looking at hours just to see if a particular color of lure is the most effective with a particular type of fish. Add to that the scads of lures available and frankly, it's overwhelming.

Then, there's the feeling of inadequacy you get when during loading screens (which, incidentally seem horribly long for how subpar the graphics are), questions are asked of you like "How deep does the Super Scap 3 fishing lure sink?" without having ever received any hint as to the answer so you just sit there guessing wrong answers.

To the game's credit, there are scores of locations, each with different fish, and all sorts of different boats, rods, lures, colors of lures, etc. But none of that is helpful if the game doesn't provide even the most basic instruction in how to use those tools. This game was clearly created by expert fishermen for expert fishermen. Everybody else should stay away.

Bad

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Graphics are as bad as the Nintendo 64. The game makes no sense in general, and the instructions are terrible. It doesn't feel like you are really fishing as I had hoped, because you just push buttons, which makes no sense. Don't buy! At least if you are thinking of buying it, RENT it first, you will see what I mean.

I hate this game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: December 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I don't know if it's the sloppy controls, the lack of instruction, or the stupid trivia between loads, but this game makes me very angry.

Zelda's fishing mini game is better than this.

It's pretty sad that Zelda's fishing minigame is better than this.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

For those of you who own a super nintendo with bassin's black bass, I recommend you bust it out and play it before you opt to buy this game. I'm not sure if this game is a port from an older console, or if there was no effort at all put forth to develop a good fishing game. When you are given innovative hardware, I feel I should be doing more than holding A to reel in a fish. Oh, not to mention the graphics are comparable to playstation 1, maybe. I'm still trying to figure out why this game was even released for a next gen console, granted so much more could have been done better, not to mention, there is virtually no use of the wii motes innovative controls.

Now for the review:
Starting from when the game was first booted up, the opening music and graphics gave me hope that I may be playing a good fishing game. As soon as I saw the chracter select screen, I knew I was wrong. The graphics right from the get go are pretty bad, probably slightly better than playstaion 1 graphics, I was also using a widescreen TV, which only made it look worse. There was no create-a-character mode to customize your player, you just select from a few preset male and female models. Moving along to start the game, nothing is unlocked to start so you are pretty much stuck with the one boat and a few lures. There are limited lakes to fish from, most of which only contain a few types of fish, and most of the locations look the same. The boat controls are standard but the graphics were so bad I didn't think it mattered where I was fishing as I couldn't tell the difference between the dock and a floating branch any way.

Now for the actual fihsing. The controls are terrible, you don't even use the nunchuk to reel like Zelda. You basically hold A and flick your wrist. Hold A to reel, and move the wii mote left and right to guide the line. You can't change the camera at all once you cast, so you are stuck in this poor underwater view. The fish for the most part appear randomly out of no where and bite. Oh, and for reeling in a fish, once you figure out that all you have to do is hold A while swinging the wii mote like a lasso, you'll have the fish from 80 ft to your boat in less than 2 seconds. Boooorrrring. The underwater graphics are much better than the rest of the game, but the poor views and fishing controls make the game a complete bomb. Also, there are severeal glitches in the game. Once the fish gets close to your boat it randomly gets stuck under the boat and some how comes through the bottom of the boat into your net.

Cons:
Glitchy
Limited camera options and poor view
Terrible graphics
Limited character creation
Limited fishing areas
Limited fish variety
Very repetative, boring fishing controls (once you figure it out)
Controls don't make use of wii mote or nunchuk
Rapala in your boat is annoying and just says random things the whole time
Fish appear randomly on your lure

Pros:
None

Overall:
If you are satisified with n64 graphics and don't care at all to use your wii mote / nunchuk to fish innovatively, this game is for you. For you true anglers, just wait for a real fishing game for the wii, I'm sure there will be one soon.

Worst Game Ever

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for the Nintendo Wii and played it once and never touched it since. I have no idea how to use the controls. I'm about to reel in a fish and then some weird bullseye screen pops up. Nowhere in the instructions does it explain what I'm supposed to do at that screen. Don't waste your money on this game.

This game is a joke

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It's a good thing I have Gamefly because if I bought this game I would be soooo upset. I liked fishing on Wii Play and I going to rent Zelda and try it there but this game totally sucks!!! The graphics are horrible and the controls are worse. You dont know what to push when you get the net on the screen. I caught five fish but because I couldn't get the controls for the net...I failed at catching them. If you catch a fish....how come it sort of disappears from the screen if you keep it???

Nintendo should have more hardcore games for the Wii. This doesn't even live up to casual gamers standard....
Shame on who ever made this game!!!!

HORRIBLE GAME

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Since my husband and young son enjoy the fishing on Wii Play, I thought this would be fun! I'm so sorry I bought this game. Unlike Wii Play, this game doesn't vibrate when you hook the fish. Driving the boat was ok. Don't buy this game. Stick with fishing game in Wii Play until a more realistic fishing game comes out.

Horrible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Don't waste your time with this game, it is horrible. The graphics for some aspects of game play are great, but others are extremely poor. For example, the character that is in the boat likes fairly realistic. The fish on the other hand look horrible. They look like big stupid grey blobs. There are also in game glitches that drive me crazy, for example, the fish can swim through the bottom of the boat. The best part of this game is the fact that Activision's help section of their website lists this game for the 360, but not the Wii. There are are also pointless button combinations that you need to push to net your grey blob fish. I'm waiting for Sega's new fishing game, because Sega rarely disappoints.

The Worst Game Ever?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This may be the worst game I have ever played. I bought it used from a local gaming store and they said I could bring it back if unhappy. I brought it back the same day. I am not keeping a game like this in my house. I am an avid fisherman and video gamer so perhaps I am expecting too much. However, this game fails in every department so I doubt it. DO NOT buy this game!!! Shame on Nintendo for putting their good name on such a horrible product.

Poor graphics, OK game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

As the other reviewer points out, the graphic quality on this game is VERY sub-par. It seems like a very old port with updated wii-mote controls added in. Gamecube games, on average, had such better resolution, I have no clue why the heck this game got released as it is.

That aside, this game is pretty average in terms of gameplay. I had fun with it, although it does not merit it's price tag as is. When it is in the clearance/discount bin, this game will be a pretty good catch.

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