Smartphone firm GREE's first console release is just around the corner with Fishing Star: World Tour heading to Switch later this month. Excitingly, it has been revealed that your Nintendo Labo Fishing Rod Toy-Con will be compatible with the game.
The news comes from this week's Famitsu magazine in Japan, with a product listing now also appearing on the Japanese Switch eShop. This Switch edition, which is based on the original smartphone version of the same game, reportedly comes with "vastly revamped systems with in-depth fishing", more than 180 types of fish, and more than 70 different fishing tools.
It's not just in-game tools that you can use, though, with Nintendo's very own Labo fishing rod listed as a compatible controller option.
https://twitter.com/japanese3ds/status/1085570917995085825
The game launches for Nintendo Switch in Japan on 31st January for 2,680 yen; no western release has been confirmed just yet but the Japanese version of the game does support English. If you want to try it out for yourself, you could always set up a Japanese eShop account and download it to your machine.
Have you been itching for more reasons to use your Nintendo Labo kits? Would you like to see more games make use of them going forward? Tell us below.
[source siliconera.com]
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If it hasn’t been horribly crushed or mangled already, that is. Paper game accessories aren’t exactly durable.
Cool! That’s one toy I haven’t built yet, but this is a good excuse too. Labo + wife + Mimosas on a Saturday morning is always a good time!
Fibbit. I need a money tree. Ugh I can't really buy anything for a few months. But I want this. Cant fish in real life worth beans, but I love the idea of the activity.
Come on Sega release sea bass and marine fishing on switch!
Say what you want about Labo but the motion controls are second to none
This is a good use of Labo. Was talking to a friend today about how Nintendo should release skyward sword and make a Labo compatible sword and shield set.
I hope this comes out here. I love "fun" stylized fishing games. A port of Fishing Resort (Wii) is still a Switch game I really, really want. Also I love the super excited reaction shots of all the people in this trailer. FISHING!
Pokemon Let's Go Fishing. Minus the Pokemon. Seriously, I thought this might be Pokemon news with that character looking ripped right out of Let's Go before I read the article's title.
I love fishing games. This looks funny.
Speaking of labo compatibility, I would love it if Out Run was compatible with the labo steering wheel and peddle. It would give it more of an arcade feel and I would probably use it more.
Ignoring Labo, it's nice to see more motion-based multiplayer games. I'm still waiting for Nintendo to release a Wii Sports equivalent for the Switch. I've heard nothing good about any of the third-party Wii Sports clones for Switch aside from Go Vacation, which I still heard mixed things about.
@wiggleronacid Go Vacation was one of my favourite games to play last summer. Plenty of mini games and activities. Can also jump cars onto boats.
I never actually properly tried a fishing game before. Was going to try Sega Bass Fishing before my Dreamcast laser burned out.
Might break up my backlog of RPGs and action games...
@theinstruct0r Sounds sweet, glad to hear you enjoyed it. I might give it a go when I see it for a cheap price!
Only fishing game that I have is "The Black Bass" on the NES. Until I can find a decent fishing game, that'll have to do. Otherwise, I'll go fish in real life. I do not plan on getting the Nintendo Labo.
Because we all love to use an inaccurate, non 1 to 1 fishing controller to play a game with. lol. smh.
Stardew Valley has one of the best fishing games out there. Others should learn for this and move that technique into a bigger fishing game.
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