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As the
title indicates, this little game is all about fishing. Gee, what an
original idea... This time around, we get to see the fishermen. From
the start, you can see the simple designs. The demo lets you try the
three 1P modes: Arcade, Challenge and Fishtris. When you select
Arcade, you get to choose between Jack or Walter, the fishermen, and
then say whether you're right or left-handed.
How does
this game work? Well, you control the fisherman walking on a dock. To
swing the fishing net (which is more of a bug net, actually), swing
the Wii remote. The character can also jump when you press A. In
front of the docks, there's a lot of colored fishies jumping out of
the water; you have to swing the fishing net to catch them. Not
exactly the kind of fishing I was hoping for... Whenever a fish is
caught, it adds some points to your score and increases an orange bar
on the top left of the screen. The bars are shaped like fish, and
when one is filled, you get more points. However, the game also has
obstacles: Crabs will often walk by and pinch the fisherman's butt
(ow), and even worse, sometimes a shark may show up and try to eat
the fisherman! Oh, no worries though, if he gets eaten he comes back.
Guess these small, old fishermen are retired shark killers.
Select
Challenge and you get to choose between the two fishermen again. The
demo lets you try the first four Challenges in the game, two of which
consist of catching a certain kind of fish – luckily, only that
kind of fish seems to be coming out of the water. The third one
demands that you catch one kind of fish, the rarer kind, while other
species are also jumping out. And the fourth challenges asks that you
catch one kind of fish and avoid all of the others, or else you lose.
That's a nice thing added to this game. Honestly, the Challenge mode
seems fun, too bad we only get access to four levels in the demo.
Eight would have been better.
As for the
final mode, Fishtris, it's... Tetris with fish. No, really; each time
you catch a fish, its color appears on a bar on either side of the
screen; each time you pick up three fishies of the same color in a
row, the column of fish disappears and the score greatly increases.
It's fun.
My main problem with this game is how the obstacles are very difficult
to avoid; I mean, not everyone can press buttons while they're
swinging the remote. Also, while I was trying Fishtris, there was an
annoying (but cute) little hedgehog who kept getting in my way.
Talking about the cuteness, this game is all about it. The style is
simple, the designs are cute (even for the fish!). The backgrounds
are detailed, and while it takes a little bit of practice to catch
the fish at the right moment, it becomes very fun once you get the
hang of it. The full version includes a 2-Player mode and all the
challenges. I don't think I'd buy it, but I definitely enjoyed
testing this demo. I prefer real fishing games though, thank you very
much.
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