Why Rapala Tournament Fishing for the Nintendo Wii Sucks

The first game I wanted when I bought my Nintendo Wii was of course a fishing game. I imagined that my wii remote would become the rod, while my nun chuck attachment was the reel.

The first fishing game available though was Rapala Tournament Fishing. The game itself cost $39.99 at the time, and me being new to the whole wii thing, I figured that a $39.99 game meant it was a good game. Who knew that when games are priced in this range that it sucks? I didn't, but now I do.

I figured I would share the reasons as to why Rapala Fishing is not even worth a rent.

1. The beginning start up screen makes the game look fantastic. I was drooling, and could not wait to start playing. However when the real fishing occurred, it looked absolutely nothing like the start up screen. It sucked.

2. Water fishing takes your view to underwater. However there is nothing beach, ocean, or lake like about it. The underwater environment looks murky at all times. No matter what the weather is. The underwater environment looks like a dead scarce moon surface. The seaweed, if you are lucky to spot any, looks all the same. A moss green colored stick shaped thing that hangs out of the sea bed. The seaweed does not move, and each piece is all the same size.

3. The camera angels flip out of control when you try to move your pole around.

4. The controls are all out of whack when you actually manage to catch a fish.

5. I'm catching the same two fish over and over again. It seems that there are only bass and some other type of rainbow fish. No matter what lake or sea I choose to fish from I'm catching them over and over again. The fish all have a different weight, so I guess that is supposed to be cool?

6. The idiotic mini game you must play right before you reel a fish on board. It's like some stupid Atari like mini game thrown in just to annoy you. If you mess this mini game up, the fish gets loose.

7. Casting the pole is all types of messed up. I can cast, and cast, and cast, and still my line goes nowhere, or it ends up right off the side of the boat.