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Sega Marine Fishing
Developer(s)Wow Entertainment
Publisher(s)Sega
Platform(s)Arcade, Dreamcast, Windows
Release
1999
  • Arcade
    • NA: 1999
    • JP: March 2000
    Dreamcast
    • NA: October 16, 2000[1]
    • JP: October 19, 2000
    Windows
    • EU: October 19, 2001
    • JP: February 28, 2002
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player
Arcade systemSega NAOMI

Sega Marine Fishing (セガ マリン フィッシング, Sega Marin Fisshingu) is a fishing video game published by Sega for arcade games, Dreamcast and Microsoft Windows in 1999-2002.

Gameplay

The gameplay's emphasis was on enticing fish to bite onto the lure and then successfully fighting the fish and reeling it to the boat.

As the player catches fish, they earn item cards. Items earned with these cards include fish and artifacts for an aquarium, fishing equipment, additional boats, and various goofy accessories such as different colored shorts. The game also featured two modes of online play: tournament fishing and "fish mail". In tournament fishing, players competed to catch the biggest fish within a species. Fish mail consisted of writing short messages. Players could receive random messages by catching fish.

Sega Marine Fishing can be played using the Dreamcast fishing rod controller. Players can customize their character with hats, shirts, etc.

This game is a direct sequel to Sega Bass Fishing.

Reception

The Dreamcast version received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2] Eric Bratcher of NextGen said of the game, "Any tournament or, better yet, online play would have landed this five stars. As it is, it's just cool."[14] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 27 out of 40.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ In GameFan's viewpoint of the Dreamcast version, one critic gave it 89, and the other 93.

See also

References

  1. ^ "GameInformer - Your Source for Gaming News". Game Informer. 2000-12-14. Archived from the original on 2000-12-14. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  2. ^ a b "Sega Marine Fishing for Dreamcast Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  3. ^ Torres, Ricardo (October 23, 2000). "Sega Marine Fishing - Dreamcast Review". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on December 1, 2000. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  4. ^ Edge staff (Christmas 2000). "Sega Marine Fishing (DC) [JP Import]" (PDF). Edge. No. 92. Future Publishing. p. 99. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  5. ^ Hager, Dean (January 2001). "Sega Marine Fishing (DC)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 138. Ziff Davis. p. 199. Archived from the original on January 29, 2001. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "セガ マリン フィッシング [ドリームキャスト]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  7. ^ "Sega Marine Fishing". Game Informer. No. 91. FuncoLand. November 2000.
  8. ^ Higgins, Geoff "El Nino"; Jacques Strap (December 2000). "Sega Marine Fishing (DC)". GameFan. Vol. 8, no. 12. BPA International. p. 126. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  9. ^ Human Tornado (October 16, 2000). "Sega Marine Fishing Review for Dreamcast on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on January 23, 2005. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  10. ^ Liu, Johnny (November 2000). "Sega Marine Fishing Review (DC)". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  11. ^ Tracy, Tim (November 7, 2000). "Sega Marine Fishing Review (DC) [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"]". GameSpot. Red Ventures. Archived from the original on February 8, 2001. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  12. ^ Hardcore Prawn (November 16, 2000). "Sega Marine Fishing". PlanetDreamcast. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  13. ^ Chau, Anthony (October 24, 2000). "Sega Marine Fishing (DC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  14. ^ a b Bratcher, Eric (January 2001). "Sega Marine Fishing (DC)". NextGen. No. 73. Imagine Media. p. 97. Retrieved May 23, 2022.