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The result was keep. ansh666 10:30, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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I don't think this is a sub-genre in the video gaming literature. Coin945 (talk) 01:16, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep Actually, I'd argue that it is. Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV is keeping that fishing genre alive. There have been quite a few games that primarily revolve around fishing, as evidenced by the category._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 14:33, 28 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Do they classify themselves as "fishing video games", and do critics bunch them all together into a 'genre'? Or do they all just happen to share a common theme?--Coin945 (talk) 15:35, 28 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Yes, they classify themselves as fishing games or simulators and there is a niche market for them. I remember there being various fishing rod peripherals. So I think there's enough for an article that would be unfit to merge into "action game"._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 17:51, 28 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - Needs a re-title, as this suggests that there was a video game called "fishing video game", either "fishing in Video Games", "List of Fishing in Video Games", or "Fishing Video Games" would be fine. I don't think it warrants deletion though, as there have been an awful lot of mini-games and full blown fishing titles over the years for an article on the topic to be viable. Lee Vilenski(talk) 10:15, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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