Rapala Tournament Fishing
Encyclopedia
Rapala Tournament Fishing is a video game of the fishing
sports
genre developed by FUN Labs
and Magic Wand Productions
and sponsored by Rapala
. It was released by Activision
on the Xbox 360
in November 2006 and the Wii
in March 2007.
awarded the game only 4.5 out of 10, criticising the unresponsive controls, unchallenging nature of the fish themselves, graphical quirks and inappropriate force feedback. However the pleasant music and inclusion of a wide variety of fishing equipment were highlighted as good features.
IGN
awarded the game 3.0 out of 10 with similar criticisms, describing the gameplay as "nearly broken".
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....
sports
Sports game
A sports game is a computer or video game that simulates the practice of traditional sports. Most sports have been recreated with a game, including team sports, athletics and extreme sports. Some games emphasize actually playing the sport , whilst others emphasize strategy and organization...
genre developed by FUN Labs
FUN Labs
FUN Labs is a video game developer based out of Romania, in Bucharest. It was founded in 1999. Their publishers are Activision, most notably hunting games based on the Cabela license.-Games developed:...
and Magic Wand Productions
Magic Wand Productions
Magic Wand Productions is a video game developer based out of Bucharest, Romania. The company is part of a group that also includes the Romanian companies FUN Labs and Sand Grain Studios...
and sponsored by Rapala
Rapala
Rapala is the world's largest manufacturer of fishing lures and other fishing related products. It was founded in Finland in the 1930s by Lauri Rapala. Their most popular product is a balsa wood minnow imitation lure called the Original Floater....
. It was released by Activision
Activision
Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles...
on the Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
in November 2006 and the Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
in March 2007.
Critical reaction
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awarded the game only 4.5 out of 10, criticising the unresponsive controls, unchallenging nature of the fish themselves, graphical quirks and inappropriate force feedback. However the pleasant music and inclusion of a wide variety of fishing equipment were highlighted as good features.
IGN
IGN
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awarded the game 3.0 out of 10 with similar criticisms, describing the gameplay as "nearly broken".