One such includes a plea to love with your heart and live in harmony with nature, among other things. At the end of the whole process, the Master Fisherman (a Grizzly Adams lookalike) relinquishes his crown to you as he offers some pearls of wisdom. When you haul In fish that reach a certain size and number, you then progress to fish at different sites until you reach the newly set quotas. Also in the room are records of all your catches listing size, amount and success rate. It's a weird element thrown into the game, but it seems to work as it's fun to view your fish, feed them and watch them grow. In this room you can release your two best catches into large tank, but not before you name them (mine was Sparky) and check on their mental wellbeing. That's the main draw of the game, but other elements spice it up such as the Aqua Room and all it has to offer. The fun begins as you fight to land the fish by carefully combining the right amount of line tension while reeling to tire the fightin' fish enough to pull it to shore. As your baited hook sinks to the bottom, a large river trout eyes it and goes for the strike. Just as you're nodding off, your bobber dips and the underwater FMV sequences kick in. While you fish, slow mood music lulls you into a sedate state, thus dropping your blood pressure to an all-time low. Streams, ponds, waterfalls and rivers comprised of FMV provide a cool, relaxing atmosphere to master your craft. Natsume's Reel Fishing takes a new approach to the fishing game by emphasizing the whole experience, rather than competition elements of tournaments and contests. At least the fishing hole backgrounds are cool. Carpal Tunnel Fishing is a better name for it, as replacing your hook, line and sinker takes far too long thanks to the weak menu system and loading. Add the poorly designed tackle box interface to my list of frustrating features. I love the other features like the fish tanks, but they honestly aren't what I'd buy a fishing game for. This is mainly due to the lack of sensory feedback for the tension on the line. Despite your high rate of hooking a fish, you will find that these bad boys can break your toughest line without much problem. Sure, you might finally get the hang of it after building your virtual fishing skills for hours, but who wants to lose for that long? For one thing, you are guaranteed to hook a fish. You have a 95 percent chance of losing either the fish, the bait, the hook, or (most likely) all three. On the easiest level, in the simplest fishing hole, you will find that catching a fish in Reel Fishing isn't anything like real life.

I really couldn't stand to watch someone play this for the first time my own experience was bad enough. I don't doubt that Reel Fishing will do well, but it won't be by my recommendation. Fishing games have historically been fairly popular for some unknown reason.

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