Simple Wii Series Vol. 2: The Minna de Bass Tsuri Taikai

 

Region Lock-out
Please note Japanese Wii games will not boot on USA or European Wii consoles due to the inherent region-lockout on Japanese Wii game discs. A Freeloader (and a Wii with 3.2U firmware) is required to play Japanese Wii games.

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NCS Game Notes
» Players may choose to play as a blue-haired boy in blue jeans or a red-haired girl in thigh-length jeans. Players may also choose the nationality of the fisherman from pretty much every country in the world including the USA, Iraq, Japan, Poland, Israel, and many more. After choosing the country, players are prompted to enter a name in Hiragana, Katakana, or English. Next, you'll be able to change the eyes and skin tone of your character and outfit him. The outfit choices at the outset are pretty much non-existent but as you earn some credits, more options become available.

» To throw the lure, press and hold the "A" button on the Wii Remote and the fisherman flicks the line out across the water. A gauge on the top-left portion of the screen keeps track of the lure and the line. Next to it is the distance of the lure from your vantage point. Once the lure is in the drink, a thought bubble appears on the left side of the screen which shows it in the water.

» To reel in the line, press the Z button on the nunchuk or wag the nunchuk and Wii Remote to the left and right. To change your viewpoint of the lake, move the analog pad on the thumbstick to the left or right.

» The fishing takes on a different character from other fishing games in that Wii Remote swishing is required to match the arrow cues that appear. There's an "O" targeting spotter on the back of your fisherman. Every once in a while, an arrow that points up, down, left, or right will scroll in from the right side of the screen. When the arrow reaches the target and fits within it, you're supposed to move the Wii Remote in the direction of the arrow to perform a fishing maneuver.

» When a fish swims near your lure, the thought bubble that shows the lure also shows the fish swimming to and fro. Your goal is to attract its attention by swishing the Wii Remote to the cues on screen. As you successfully hit the cues, the fish will eventually be hooked and a battle ensues where you reel in the fish while making sure the tension gauge doesn't get to high lest the line break and the fish swims away.

» A section in the game menu allows players to check out the different hooks and lures used in the game. There's also a section for storing the biggest catches as well as a trophy roster.

» To make sure the cues for fishing appear consistently, you'll have to continually move the Wii Remote and nunchuk to provoke the cues to scroll from the side of the screen. If you don't move either controller, the cues will comes only once in a while which doesn't help anyone. The key to success is continual movement to ensure that the cues scroll.

» The first few catches we got were 20cm minnows that were labeled "Tiny" by the game. Thanks for the vote of confidence. Each fishing stint lasts 3 minutes by default but you may also select 5 minutes or 10 minutes. In any of the time spans, you'll have multiple chances to bag a fish if you're a fast worker.

» When fishing, the sound effects are sparse. There's the distant sound of waves hitting the shore and the tittering of birds but that's pretty much it.

» The game features a total of 22 lures and six species of fish to catch.

» The two-player mode splits the screen in two so each gamer has his own vantage point and personal space to fish in.

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