Think the 3DS is on its last legs? Try telling that to Bandai Namco, which has announced plans to release a game called Bakuchou Bar Hunter in Japan next year.
Details are pretty light on the ground at present but it appears to be some kind of fishing simulation, and even comes with a cool-looking peripheral (shown in the image above, attached to - strangely - an original 3DS console) which is used to reel in your catches.
It's not currently known if this release has any connection with the similarly-titled Konami Game Boy Color RPG Bakuchou Retrieve Master, which was also a fishing game.
The chances of this title and its zany add-on making it out of Japan are perhaps slim, but would you like to get your hands on this mysterious game?
[source japanesenintendo.com, via ryokutya2089.com]
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I think they're just baiting you, can't see this one being reel.
Oh Japan, how I love your quirkiness!
It's attached to a first generation 3DS...
Oh... fishing. I thought it was a post apocalyptic hand crank DS...
I like it, very odd
Now this I want! Love me some fishing
What is that thing ??
Classic. I actually own the sega Dreamcast fishing rod and that bass fishing game
@admwllms Nope, this is Japan, they also make crazy stuff that doesn’t get released anywhere else. Love the pun though, well done.
Nice clickBAIT title, you got me hook line and sinker.
If it catches AR sealife similar to Pokémon Go I would buy it in an instant!
Holy fish... I find myself wanting one and I don't reely know why...
Is that an extra camera in the middle of that thing? Could this game be an AR fishing game
Bakuchou Bar Hunter
I'm guessing the only thing you're going to be reeling in are drunk waifu.
Wait, this is Japan only, you'll probably be reeling in pieces of drunk waifu clothing 1 at a time, leaving them standing at the bar in their skivvies. Like strip poker, but w/ a fishing pole. Sounds about right.
But where's the peripheral to turn your system into a kamen rider belt?
@rjejr I was skimming this article in amusement and lack of interest at the crazy toy from Bamco until I read your post.
That sounds weirdly fun, and I don't even like weeb bait fanservice.
Day one preorder.
@NEStalgia I decided to do some research - aka check Google - and much to my surprise it is actually a fishing game. Which makes me think no drunk waifu in bars, just scantily clad mermaids. Well not that really are any other kind of mermaids.
I ever show you the clock I got for my newly remodeled sons bathroom?
@rjejr "no drunk waifu in bars, just scantily clad mermaids. "
preorder cancelled. Glad I caught it in time. Meh, shovelware!
Where the heck did you find a clock rendered in Square Enix's engine? Seriously it looks like it. (Also, who has clocks in bathrooms? )
@NEStalgia Also, who has clocks in bathrooms?
Um, everybody who has somewhere to go? Can't be on my phone while I'm brushing my teeth now can I?
Which Squenix engine? Oh, doesn't matter, I know what you mean, it's got a certain colorful cartoony look to it. Too bad it doesn't work.
@rjejr Must be a New York thing. I've never seen a clock in any bathroom I've ever been in, public or private I mean you can play Skyrim on the can. You can fish for waifu in bars while taking a leak. Do you need a wall clock? You have those neat Timex watches after all
Well since it's going in the bathroom we can say it's the Deep Down engine?
So your bathroom needs a clock....but it doesn't work? "Dang I've been playing Skyrim on the can forever....I can't be late to work but I need to gain just one more level to unlock the magma ball......what time is it?"
@NEStalgia I don't need a clock for Reyn time, it's ALWAYS Reyn time.
They'll never duplicate that meme, I just hope the new Nopon is better than the XCX Nopon. I mean nobody can he Heropon Rikki, he was adorable and he actually grew during the game, but the XCX Nopon was almost entirely forgettable except for the girl joking about eating him. That's all he was, a talking vegetable. Almost everybody in XCX was lame. But that's what happens when the main character is basically irrelevant.
Glad to see they are going back to tried and true rote JRPG cliche' characters for XC2. The worst thing about FFXV, well maybe not the worst, there was a lot bad, but I disliked the lack of non-human characters. All FF games need a bunny girl or a blue hairy guy or a ViVi. 4 bros was okay for the core, but they needed some anthropomorphic friends along the way. Like Heropon Rikki.
They'll have my respect for life if they manage to publish this outside of Japan.
@rjejr I was ready for Reyn time, but then I took an arrow to the knee.....
"All FF games need a bunny girl"
That summarizes Japan entirely, actually You forgot "bunny girl with explodable clothing" however. Such an obvious miss.
But yeah, I think anthropomorphic "people" is what defines fantasy content in general. Even sci-fi (who can forget the irreplaceable HK-47 from SW:KoTR?) ViVi is the best! RedXX, comes to mind as well. The boy band didn't cut it. But FF has been going that way for so long.
You can tell this is a thread about a fishing game for original 3DS with a required accessory in Japan. The conversation is about Xenoblade, Skyrim, and broken bathroom clocks.
The only thing ridiculous about this is that is not coming for the New 3DS XL or the New 3DS! I want one!!
10 more years of 3DS confirmed.
Holy carp! I sure has this been all my life!?
My sons friend only has an original model 3ds. His father only plays fishing games. If we can just find 100,000 more people like that they’ll have a sure fire hit on their hands.
I don't "think" the 3DS is on its last legs. It is. And that is nothing negative about the system. It was a great device and lasted us a good 7ish years. It has dozens of great and hundreds of good games. But even here in Japan it is fading in popularity. When I first came to Japan in 2013, just walking down the street in rural Shiga would net me a full load of 10 streetpasses. Now I have to spend the day in Sanjo-Kyoto to get that. The 3DS is simply fading gracefully into what will probably be an early 2019 retirement.
It'll never leave Japan, but I'd probably end up buying it if it did.
@NEStalgia Forget about the whole clock thing, @rjejr's kid has his OWN bathroom?
I've got my own, roomy, two bedroom apartment and it only has one (although pretty sizeable) bathroom. And no clock. Although the shower radio does show the time when it's switched off...
Oh, and talking about forgetting something: I want to add something to that "bunny girl with explodable clothing".
It should probably be "bunny girl with explodable clothing squealing in delight with a high-pitched voice while making a piece sign". Now that REALLY summarizes Japan.
Well, in games (and anime), at least...
@ThanosReXXX Well it was more like my wife got her own new $30,000 bathroom (I can show you the bill) and my 2 sons and I got the old bathroom. We've almost paid off the house, but my wife will be paying off that bathroom long after I'm gone.
@rjejr Nah, no need to show me, I'll take your word for it. That's quite a hefty sum, though. And all that for a separate ladies and gentlemen bathroom situation...
As for the whole "long after I'm gone" thing: are you doing that bad, compared to the missus? Thought you were okay.
@ThanosReXXX I'm doing ok, my cardiologist is a jerk, and I think the side effects of the med I'm on is worse than the disease, well if I have a disease, who knows, maybe it's just indigestion, but paying off that bathroom is nuts. "Home ownership" is the "American dream" of the people who own the banks, not the homes. Sure 465 banks went out of business over the past few years, but 10 million homes were foreclosed on. That's a lot of homes. (And yes, I know a lot of them deserved it for buying more house than they could afford, McMansions went up everywhere, but the banks got a better bailout than the home owners.) Hurricanes are the American dream of Home Depot, but that's another story. Hope all those folks had insurance.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/14/heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-home-depots-earnings.html
599 emails this morning, I'm never catching up.
@NEStalgia In our defense, the game nor the peripheral are probably coming to the west, so we need to talk about stuff that is.
And reading your post now explains Thanos post earlier, i thought the guy had finally cracked. Waking up in the morning w/ so many unread emails then reading them top to bottom usually lands me in trouble, but that's how I roll.
@rjejr So you roll up the hill, then?
No wonder you frequently end up being in so much trouble...
And I might crack someday, but not just yet. I would sooner break than bend, so the possibility is there, but no major health issues in this body yet.
@rjejr As for the home ownership situation: buying way too expensive houses has happened here, but on a much smaller scale. The Dutch aren't really such a credit card or "take out a massive loan" kind of people...
Certainly no McMansion style stuff anyways, that's only for the rich and famous. Now that you mentioned it, I do remember the reply you sent me once, with some links and pictures of those kinds of houses in them. It was actually an interesting read, albeit of the "never going to achieve that in this lifetime" type...
@ThanosReXXX Yeah, I had a bit of deja vu there w/ the McMansions. I think it's an American "bigger is better" thing. Though I feel like there might have been a change w/ the recession. People still want homes in the 'burbs rather than the cities, but the younger kids don't even want to buy a home, just rent. Sure they may want a home eventually, but at 28 or 33, not 18 or 21. All kids need now is a 6x6 cell w/ a smartphone.
@ThanosReXXX LOL that's a fair point! On both counts! And don't forget "the pose".....we all know "the pose" that is some how automatic whenever the completely innocent bunny girl has another piece of clothing exploded.
@rjejr
A $30,000 BATHROOM!? Wheeee..... I mean $30,000 is a lot for anything let alone something you just use to relieve yourself No wonder you have no money for XC2 until next year....
Also....ohhhhh, so NOW it's the bathroom for your sons and you.....so...who is it that wanted the half naked fish-girl clock again?
The worst thing is they're still building McMansions. I haven't seen a normal house built any time in the last 15 years. Every single house that goes up is a McMansion. Then they're building these high density "luxury condos, luxury apartments" You know, I haven't seen any condos or apartments that aren't "luxury".....are there only two choices, "luxury" and "ghetto?" And these things sell for half million to 3/4 million. For what looks like a 3 room "condo" or "carriage home"....I love that phrase..."carriage home"......it's a rowhome with a garage. For 1/2 million. And then the HA tells you how to live your life (Isabelle and her Happy Homes can shove it up her tail.... ) Who's buying this stuff? It makes no sense. I'm starting to think ghetto's an upgrade....at least you're free from being managed. And it doesn't cost more than a cruise ship. Sure you have to dodge gunfire and ignore the junkies....but is it that much worse than dodging your neighbor's Mercedes S-Class doing 90?
Thanos talking about bunny girls squealing in delight is normal. No sign of cracking here
Edit: OMG I'm even talking like rjejr now........ This is what Nitneod Life does to us!
@NEStalgia You forgot to tag @rjejr...
@ThanosReXXX Whoops, thanks. Darned reply buttons never working
@rjejr 6x6 cell with a smartphone? That sounds like a crack house/pick up point.
Take away the smartphone and it's a jail cell...
@ThanosReXXX Make it a phone and a Switch and it sounds like an average stay in Japan....
@NEStalgia "No wonder you have no money for XC2 until next year.... "
Pretty much.
"Edit: OMG I'm even talking like rjejr now........ This is what Nitneod Life does to us!"
Well I did anoint you to be my replacement about a year ago, I'm just having a problem leaving. Dont' know why, just am.
"Make it a phone and a Switch and it sounds like an average stay in Japan...."
You win the internet for today.
@rjejr "I'm just having a problem leaving. Dont' know why, just am."
Aw, come on, just own it: you actually like being around here...
Besides, what's more fun than trying to weed out the handful of people that are still interesting enough to have a meaningful discussion with?
Must surely be more entertaining to use this escape hatch every once in a while than focus on all the real world crap all the time. And some of that stuff truly is bad, as I've recently experienced, as you know.
And there was more to come: my deal with NetApp didn't happen, because we couldn't come to a suitable agreement that ticked all the boxes for both of us, so after three intensive meetings it's bye, bye big assignment and bye, bye big money. Back to mediocrity and fighting to keep a small, one man company alive, and onward to another crappy Christmas...
@NEStalgia I agree with the old blue-eyed dragon: that was a good twist to my joke, so you win the internet.
Just for today, though...
@ThanosReXXX This isn't a bad place, I just spend way too much time here. Like I get on every morning at 7:30 and before I've gone thru a few emails it's 10:30 or 11:00. Every day. A lot of that is junk email but a lot of it is here. It would be fine if I could ever figure out how to limit myself to 20-30 minutes a day. Everything in moderation.
Sorry about the deal falling thru, that sucks. You're tenacious though, I'm not too worried about you.
@ThanosReXXX "Must surely be more entertaining to use this escape hatch every once in a while than focus on all the real world crap all the time."
And you mean that LITERALLY, if he's paying 30-large for a "golden throne"
@rjejr the NL community will forgive and encourage your wife's $30,000 lavatory fetish so long as she dedicates at least 50 hours to using it for Skyrim.
"win the internet."
Does the prize involve exploding clothing?
This is the fun section of the site where all the old folks gather to complain about the hardships of adulting in a thread about imaginary fishing in Japan.... We've successfully scared the kiddies away. Internet high-five's all around!
@rjejr "You're tenacious though, I'm not too worried about you."
And now I'm getting echos of my sister. She more or less said the same thing.
@NEStalgia Golden throne? It'll probably just be your bog standard porcelain pony, or maybe one of those luxury, floating ones. With one of those retractable cleansing systems under the seat, like the Japanese also have...
@NEStalgia "We've successfully scared the kiddies away."
We didn't scare them away, there's just nobody here for them to pick on. I've decided half the site is bullies and half are victims. We're the third half.
@ThanosReXXX I'll take it as a compliment.
My sister you don't like got to be interviewed on one of those AM morning TV shows that's all the rage in the states. I'm quite jealous and proud and happy for her. And bragging a bit I suppose.
My eyes are closing as I type, time for bed.
@rjejr It was also kinda meant as such, so you're welcome...
Did I ever explicitly say I don't like your sister? I usually don't do that with people I don't know, and if I did, it must have been in jest.
Besides, wouldn't want to run into anyone's angry sister if I ever decide to visit the States again...
@ThanosReXXX No, you never said you didn't like my sister, it was more like - your sister sounds like the kind of person I wouldn't like. And you probably wouldn't, it's ok. I only mentioned her b/c you mentioned your sister, I wasn't trying to start anything.
@rjejr "third half"
LOL, true enough. Though there's that forth half that seems to flip flip between victim and bully. Like a cornered pitbull.
@rjejr No need to worry about starting something. I never took it as such, so I'm anything but offended.
EDIT:
It was actually a genuine question, not an accusation. I honestly don't remember. Too much has been happening lately. Guess I'm getting older too...
Might as well call myself a grey, brown-eyed dragon. Or perhaps a green dragon would be a better fit with my eye color...
@rjejr What was it that she does, anyway? For what job/expertise does one get invited on a breakfast TV show?
I'd totally get this.. if it was a thing for the Switch! for real though, if they release this (and the game) in the west, i might have to pick it up.
Lol, crazy!
@ThanosReXXX Red eyed dragon, Thanos is insane.
@rjejr Thanos is, but my own eyes are a deep, dark brown. If I had to be a dragon, green skin would be a nice match to that...
(or yellow, or blue, but the latter were already taken by the grey dragon... )
@NEStalgia forth half
I leave them behind the 4th wall.
@rjejr Thanks for the elaborate info. I get the sentiments you're having about all that, and completely understand the deleting.
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