Back in January, we reported on Fishing Star: World Tour's release in Japan - a game which, as well as being its own, standalone title, supports Nintendo's very own Labo fishing rod Toy-Con. Now, a western release has been confirmed - you'll be able to catch it this September.
You can see the various control methods available in the trailer above; as well as the Nintendo Labo fishing rod, you can use your Joy-Con or Pro Controller to reel in your catches. We've got an official description of the game for you below.
In Fishing Star World Tour, players will be able to catch over 180 kinds of fish across 40 different scenic locations from around the world, all the while completing objectives and tracking different species of fish within the game’s “Fish Book”.
Players can customize several parts of their fishing gear, including their Lure, Reel, and Rod, each of which has its own stats that can improve your performance. Each time a fish is caught, the Fish Book makes a note of the gear that was used as well as the location of the catch. This information can be extremely helpful, especially when attempting to hook a Boss Fish!
The game's being published by Aksys Games and will launch on 26th September for $29.99.
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There is also Fishing game from Bandai Namco, based on their Arcade version.
Ace Angler - Bandai Namco
It's neat that they use the Labo Toy Con, but in the end it looks very boring...
I think this might be for a physical release. The game's been available on the eShop for a long time now. I actually bought it not too long ago at half off. It's a fun, chill fishing experience.
@MaxlRoseGNR Did you not watch the commercial? Everyone is having a great time
Yeah it has been available digitally for a while. I also bought it recently on sale and it's pretty swell for what it is. The motion controls work well. It's fun!
@ermzzz Well they already posted this article 3 weeks ago!
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/07/catch_a_physical_version_of_fishing_star_world_tour_later_this_year
"At the start of this year, Fishing Star: World Tour was released on the Switch eShop across all-regions.
If you've been holding out for a physical release, you're in luck. Aksys Games will be releasing a hard copy later this year in both North America and Europe. The game will be priced at $29.99 in the US. This information was revealed at Anime Expo 2019 by the developer, WFS."
This is just weird.
I like fishing games, I play them from the Dreamcast ages... This one looks fun.
The issue with LABO is that they all only work with the game they're included with, that feels more like a tech demo than an actual game.
If they worked on making many popular games compatible, I'm sure they would sell much better than they did because they are legitimately cool and function well.
This game is a good step in the right direction, but they really should've done stuff like update BOTW to have fishing like from Twilight Princess, but you could only do it with the LABO rod, and have future games like Animal Crossing New Horizons be compatible with it by making fishing more fun and interesting if you have the LABO rod, as well as offering special deluxe packages for games that include the game + all compatible LABO as opposed to only being able to get them from the kits.
Also do stuff like add a special weapon in splatoon that unlocks if you play with the LABO launcher from the VR kit, let you play instruments in games with the labo keyboard using some basic inbuilt MIDI function that supports various instruments (would be especially cool in ACNH as it has already many instruments in the game and this would let you play them for yourself or friends visiting), play Daemon X Machina with robot kit?, Mario kart is at least already compatible with the pedal but all racing games should be, Camera for Pokemon Snap 2
Long story short, the products are good, it's just like a controller with no compatible games and Nintendo should've pushed for features in all the popular games that utilized them if they wanted to sell instead of just giving us a prepackaged tech demo and calling it a day.
I wonder if fishing games are popular in Japan due to their being islanders. Everybody is close to fishing water.
Why does the girl look like she’s from Pokémon Let’s Go?
@Totaldude911
I always assumed this would also be the reason why Darius is relatively popular in Japan, but never caught on elsewhere (compared to it's horizontal shmup competitors Gradius, R-Type and Thunder Force)
@Anti-Matter
I'm very interested in that arcade fishing game from Namco, let's hope it gets localized.
I liked fishing master world tour on the Wii with motion controls. Should be a cool upgrade. Labo rod isn't really that immersive so switch lite owners won't miss much.
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