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[zaxon]

Suikoden V's was amazing. None of the "Stand here and wait, then press X really fast" nonsense, you go out on a lake and chase the fish around in a boat.

 

[Kocolino67]

No way! With a fried fish I can tame me my own cat in Minecraft.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

No mention of Okami yet, which at least had a fairly reasonable little fishing game, albeit formulaic, it was the least unpleasant fishing game I've encountered (and a beautiful as fuck game)

"YUS"

 

[Petrae]

Speaking of which we need a sequel to this....NOW

EDIT: Loved this game as a kid...I have no idea how it ended up in our house

The Fisherman's Bait games are a lot of fun. Saw the coin-op first, then went and bought the PlayStation games later. Very arcadey, like SEGA Bass Fishing, but for an arcade rat like me? That's quite the catch.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Fishing in Zelda and Dark Cloud was alright.

 

[Deified Data]

I remember really enjoying fishing in Okami.

 

[Clear]

Nier's fishing dialogue is hilarious.

"Shhh.... You're scaring them away!"

 

[Regiruler]

What? No. OoT fishing AR games fishing are loads of fun.

 

[Possum]

^ Best fishing minigame, right thur.

 

[Bulzeeb]

I agree.


Link is pretty ripped if he can lift 34 lbs. like that with his weak hand.

what are you talking about?, that fish is nothing for link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48AEDFgH4jY&t=9m40s

 

[Almighty]

Well i liked it in Breath of Fire 3, but besides that I can't remember a game that had a good one.

 

[NotSelf]

Every day.

 

[Toxi]

I have a confession to make:

I didn't hate Big the Cat or his fishing sections of Sonic Adventure.

Phew. That's a weight lifted. Been carrying that for 14 years.

I should also mention that I disagree with most everything you said at the start. My fishing experiences in life have led me to believe that there are few things I'd rather do in the world than not fish. I'm not sure if this is related to my increased tolerance for Big, like there's some kind of weird inverse relationship between liking real fishing and liking dumb mascot fishing sections of games.

I hate fishing and I'm okay with Big, so I don't think the connection exists.

Although the reason I hate fishing is because I had a really nasty experience with casting a hook as a kid that landed someone in the emergency room.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

You are wrong OP

Zelda fishing minigames are great.

 

[NearRivers]

Jak and Daxter's fishing mini game was a pain in the arse. You have to catch 200lbs of fish to continue, which sounds easy enough but they're fast and you have to avoid the bad fish. Not only that but you're not allowed to miss many. The PS2 and PS3 versions gave me a lot of bother due to only being able to use the left analog stick to control the net; My (and presumably everyone else's) left thumb is used to making up & down movements while my right thumb is more comfortable with lefts & rights. The vita version remedied this by allowing you to guide the net with the touchscreen.

The fishing in the Yakuza games, on the other hand is actually pretty fun, I had no problems with it.

 

[SwiftDeath]

I enjoyed it in Ocarina of time and even in the Ubisoft Naruto Games

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Surprised no one mentioned Pokemon. I guess we all hate it in those games. I couldn't grasp how to even catch something at first in Emerald.

 

[Sgblues]

While I love fishing in games that offer it and aren't fishing games(Yakuza, Zelda, FFXI, Animal Crossing) I would say not all fishing games can be fun, most are badly implemented with shotty hit-detection, controller issues or are just straight up bad with generic fish to catch.


I always love when you can catch crazy stuff like great white sharks and coelacanth rather than generic "bass" or something lame like that.

Or even Japanese comedians pretending to be a zombie

 

[MYeager]

I like them in nearly any game I come across them.

But they're nothing compared to a game that's dedicated to doing it well, like Fishing Resort.

 

[Vigilant Gambit]

I... liked Big the Cat and the fishing game in Sonic Adventure...

I'm sure I'm not the only one.

But then again, I also had that damn fishing controller for sega bass fishing on dreamcast.

You are not the only one. That was actually my favorite part of the game, in retrospect.

 

[ubersticky]

I like the ones in Mario Party

 

[Max Knight]

I love the fishing in Ocarina of Time. Every other fishing mini-game I've played has been pretty boring.

 

[Toad.T]

Surprised no one mentioned Pokemon. I guess we all hate it in those games. I couldn't grasp how to even catch something at first in Emerald.

With Pokémon, it's so automatic that it doesn't feel like a minigame.

It seems that I'm in the minority regarding my original opinion, then. That's alright, though, because I was reminded of all the awesome fishing minigames instead.

 

[DXLelouch153]

i hate fishing minigames
such a waste of time

 

[Doug Heffernan]

Leave Big the Cat alone, dude just wants to fish.

 

[kittens]

I always had a soft spot for the one in Link's Awakening.

 

[MasterLeePhD]

Ocarina of Time is the only good fishing game.

 

[R_thanatos]

Zelda , atelier & breath of fire games are doing fishing just fine..

 

[Prince Vultan]

Persona 4 did them okay as I recall. Keep it short and simple.

I think for a lot of us those Big the Cat levels Sonic Adventure forced you to do to finish the game properly were just so fucking awful that they've tainted the fishing minigame forever though.

Fuck Big the Cat and fuck Froggy even more.

 

[Bedameister]

No

 

[Arukado]

Fishing in Breath Of Fire 4 was great (and relaxing).

 

[NoMoreTrolls]

Case in point: Nier. Love that game to death, but the fishing minigame is awful.

 

[kingofthedead45]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcAL24G0IEM

Dark cloud 2 fishing. Not only fun as can be, but all the extra stuff you can do with fish. (breed, train, race collect) Made the fishing in this game the best.

 

[metalmania4evr]

No, because Breath of Fire 3.

This. Also Zelda: OoT had amazing fishing. Fishing minigames are great in the hands of the right designers.

 

[Robin64]

No.

 

[Lumpy Onion]

No, because Breath of Fire 3.

Dat first post reading my mind. 2 had a good one too, but I could never get into 4's for some reason.

 

[dragonbane]

Nope. Spend too much time fishing in Zelda:

 

[Twin Drive System]

Nier's fishing dialogue is hilarious.

"Shhh.... You're scaring them away!"

One of the reasons why I love Nier.

 

[TouchMyBox]

I didn't mind the one in Torchlight II.

 

[PrawnyNZ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcAL24G0IEM

Dark cloud 2 fishing. Not only fun as can be, but all the extra stuff you can do with fish. (breed, train, race collect) Made the fishing in this game the best.

Yep, came here to post this. The stuff outside the story in Dark Cloud 2 were excellent - fishing, golf, inventing, photogrpahy. A lot of what makes this my favourite PS2 game,

 

[Timeaisis]

I enjoy fishing in Zelda and Animal Crossing.

 

[hoserx]

well, I guess the answer is "no", we can not agree that fishing minigames suck.

 

[Silky]

Breath of Fire 4's fishing is addicting.

 

[Archaix]

I didn't mind the one in Torchlight II.

Well, sure. I imagine people would be more accepting of fishing minigames if you could buy dynamite that blows all of the fish out of the water and into your backpack.

 

[Nags]

Nier.

I liked it in Nier for some reason... Strangely relaxing.

 

[Kanokare]

I liked it in Nier for some reason... Strangely relaxing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XvFnrAbLLQ
Whether I was fishing in the city or not, I would hear that track. That's why it was so calming and enjoyable for myself.

 

[NewGame]

I think I spent an entire day of my childhood at that pond.

 

[KORNdoggy]

This...this made me hate fishing mini-games...and this...this thing made me smash a PS3 controller against my wall. Most frustrating thing ever.

 

[fengshuifever]

Getting some strange flashbacks to the Ordon Village segment in Twilight Princess.
Jesus that was the absolute worst.

And dear god Nier's fishing minigame, I completely blocked that out.

Does having a bad fishing segment come down to not explaining the mechanics clearly or correctly?
Because there are a lot of examples in this thread of GREAT fishing minigames, obviously the Ocarina of Time minigame was fantastic.

 

[Dark Octave]

I agree but that could also go for any kind of mini game where there is also a whole game dedicated to that activity. Of course the mini game in game A is going to suck compared to the game B which only does that one thing.