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!
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This is a fun game, but it's very basic. I purchased an edition with a cheap plastic fishing rod by a company called YOOL bundled with the game. Amusingly, the rod is very annoying to use, but it does work. It's a cheap hard plastic rod, and not really worth using, but I use it anyway to feel a tinge more immersion.
If you're like me and just like arcadey types of fishing games over more realistic ones, and you want something to pick up and drop every now and then to kill time or relax with, definitely pick this up on sale or on the cheap. You'll master the gameplay in about 30 minutes, but it's a fun grind and it's fun seeing the massive amount of things you can fish up. Some fish are admittedly annoying to catch because they can pretty easily snap the rod, so there's a decent challenge with those fish at least. But, there's a lot to unlock, even if the gameplay is repetitive.
I think I enjoy Ace Angler: Fishing Spirits a little more though. That game has less of a immersive fishing feeling than Fishing Star: World Tour, but the gameplay is much more interesting and also has content outside of solely fishing. But this is definitely a solid #2 option on the switch, or even a #1 for people that don't want to import.
I am unsure if the Hori controller would work well with this game, it LOOKS like it doesn't restrict your access to the R button on the joycon, but I do not own it and thus cannot confirm if it'd be a better option.
Either way, fun, simple game, with a lot of interesting fish to fish up and some really cool environments, worth grabbing for those that like less realistic fishing games.
If you're like me and just like arcadey types of fishing games over more realistic ones, and you want something to pick up and drop every now and then to kill time or relax with, definitely pick this up on sale or on the cheap. You'll master the gameplay in about 30 minutes, but it's a fun grind and it's fun seeing the massive amount of things you can fish up. Some fish are admittedly annoying to catch because they can pretty easily snap the rod, so there's a decent challenge with those fish at least. But, there's a lot to unlock, even if the gameplay is repetitive.
I think I enjoy Ace Angler: Fishing Spirits a little more though. That game has less of a immersive fishing feeling than Fishing Star: World Tour, but the gameplay is much more interesting and also has content outside of solely fishing. But this is definitely a solid #2 option on the switch, or even a #1 for people that don't want to import.
I am unsure if the Hori controller would work well with this game, it LOOKS like it doesn't restrict your access to the R button on the joycon, but I do not own it and thus cannot confirm if it'd be a better option.
Either way, fun, simple game, with a lot of interesting fish to fish up and some really cool environments, worth grabbing for those that like less realistic fishing games.