At a designed-to-be-informal blogger get together today, Hudson announced the Japan-only Wii game, Fishing Master, will be localized and released in the U.S. later this year. The game isn't the fishing simulation real-world anglers have been hoping for, but its waggling controls may still appeal in-part to those players. Instead, Fishing Master is a decidedly Japanese game -- your dog barks to help identify strikes -- that hopes to find an international audience of casual players.
All other Japanese features, like the kinds of bait, types of fish, and locations based on prefectures, will remain intact for the rest of us. Hudson hopes to ship the game in September. Stay tuned for our hands-on impressions of the game.
wow how crappy. Sega's Bass Fishing for the Dreamcast looked way better than this! Oh and that had a motion sensitive controller too!! How about part 3, Sega?
please tell me this is a DS game instead, the graphics look more DS than anything. Maybe they are doing direct ports right now. Oh, no widescreen??? WTF?
Fishing in Twilight Princess was a good 10 minute diversion.. But I want a real fishing game, not something that a 5 year old would be playing in a commercial.
Fishing in Twilight Princess was a good 10 minute diversion.. But I want a real fishing game, not something that a 5 year old would be playing in a commercial.
{ Jun 14th 2007 at 11:05PM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
bearattack79 @ Jun 14th 2007 11:23PM
Thats neat, the fish look cool but the rest of the game looks too..... Cartoon like?
kingofwale @ Jun 15th 2007 12:00AM
are you kidding me? please tell me they are not thinking of charging full price for this game.
Ken @ Jun 15th 2007 12:10AM
kingofwale! Where've you been man?
Pyronite @ Jun 15th 2007 12:52AM
Fishing... HOORAY!
It's like a mini-game of a much larger game, except there is no larger game and I get to pay full price!
unosturgis @ Jun 15th 2007 1:04AM
wow how crappy. Sega's Bass Fishing for the Dreamcast looked way better than this! Oh and that had a motion sensitive controller too!! How about part 3, Sega?
kingofwale @ Jun 15th 2007 7:40AM
>3. kingofwale! Where've you been man?
it's the summer, i was out having a life. :)
please tell me this is a DS game instead, the graphics look more DS than anything. Maybe they are doing direct ports right now. Oh, no widescreen??? WTF?
hvnlysoldr @ Jun 15th 2007 7:45AM
To appeal to American audiences they should have the dog laugh at you when you miss. And then you get a chance at animal cruelty.
Jin @ Jun 15th 2007 9:00AM
They should have called this game "Master Baiter". YES!
Ghen @ Jun 15th 2007 9:14AM
Fishing in Twilight Princess was a good 10 minute diversion.. But I want a real fishing game, not something that a 5 year old would be playing in a commercial.
Ghen @ Jun 15th 2007 9:14AM
Fishing in Twilight Princess was a good 10 minute diversion.. But I want a real fishing game, not something that a 5 year old would be playing in a commercial.