bit-tech Shopping: Activision Rapala Tournament Fishing (WII)

Rating: 4

Time with product: 2 Days

Strengths: Cheap thrill, driving the boat, Decent graphics

Weaknesses: Awkward controls, Net the fish?

Summary: I'm glad it came with a $10 gift card... I would NOT run out and buy it by any means. It is like a put above, a Cheap Thrill! Driving the boat is okay... Graphics are a B+. The controls are very awkward. You have to net the fish.. I believe a new model is on the way for Rapala..Best Buy had the game with a $10 gift card so I thought I would take a chance on getting it... CERTAINLY not the best fishing game for WII. If you want cheap entertainment..go ahead and spend the $30 and hope for a $10 gift card..or better yet.. wait for it to reach the $15 level and let your kiddos have a go at it! Sorry for being negative on this one!

Rating: 4

Time with product: 1

Strengths: Variety of fishing locations and fish to catch

Weaknesses: 1) Graphics were disappointing2) Integration of the game to the Wii controller needs to be improved.3) Overall game play is not likely to hold user interest

Summary: Rapala Tournament Fishing entered our home with high expectations that it would provide some interesting fishing experience during the winter season. Unfortunately, the slow game play and the relatively weak integration with the Wii controller made for a disappointing experience. After initial playing the game, it gets little use in our household. I would not recommend the game.

Rating: 8

Time with product: 2

Strengths: Great use of the wiimote! Fun action and casting, fun tourneys.

Weaknesses: Sometimes it gets boring and only 1 player action means that no one else can play along.

Summary: This is a pretty fun game, I had been looking for a good fishing game and Rapala delivers that. Its fun and it isnt too time consuming where you need to dedicate hours on it. You can fish a day of a tournament and then call it a day, which is nice because I dont have large blocks of time to play. I would recommend this game to anyone who enjoys fishing!

Rating: 6

Time with product: 1 Month

Strengths: cheaper than the other games for the wiiI like fishing

Weaknesses: hard to catch fish at first

Summary: I've been borrowing this game from a friend for about a month now and really enjoy it a lot. So I finally went and bought my own copy. I like real life fishing, and have small kids that I have started to take fishing and this game is an excellent introduction to them to help prepapre for fishing season again thru the winter months. Its not 'perfect' in that the control lag a little bit, but the situations are similiar to real life. I have the "fish pole" to help with the reality of the game as well. This game has enough variety in it for kids to play and enjoy if they are into fishing. Downside to it, its hard for my kids to catch the fish in the net. Once you figure out the combo, its not that bad for an adult.Good for kids, so so for adults. I like it, but I can't really play it for more than 45-50 minutes without wanting to do something else.

Rating: 2

Time with product: 1 Month

Strengths: Sound

Weaknesses: Controls

Summary: Rapala Tournament Fishing is a fishing sim for Nintendo Wii. The games a typical fishing game with various types of fish and different locales to fish at. Part of the game plays just fine and the wii-mote adds to the fishing experience. But the other part of the game, where at the end of fishing you have to input a button combination to catch the fish is just broken. Its especially hard to input the combo when using the wii-mote/nunchuk combo to play the game. I give the game a 1 star rating since the catching of the fish just totally ruins the whole game.