Mario – Kristopher K. Online

This is it. The final three fishing games I have on my list. I may add some more in the future, but for now this is all I have.

If this is your first of all my fishing posts, it’s kinda weird that you started on the last one, but be sure to take a look at my first post in order to see how I rank the different categories.

Super Mario Odyssey (2017)

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Super Mario Odyssey is the first game I ever bought for my Switch, and I am really glad there’s a short element of fishing in it.

VARIETY OF FISH: 1

Like just about all games in the MCU (Mario Cinematic Universe), the only fish in the game is the Cheep Cheep. They are red with yellow fins, and come in various sizes, but that’s all the fish there are. There are no Bloopers or Toads that look like fish to catch like in Paper Mario.

FISHING LOCATIONS: 1

The only time you are able to fish in the game is in the Lake Kingdom, where you can eventually possess a Lakitu and go fishing in a small pond.

FISHING CONTROLS: 5

The controls are very similar to Paper Mario The Origami King where you look for shadows, cast your line, and wait for a bite. You press the same button to cast and reel in, and the only slightly complicated part it reeling in at the right time.

KNOWLEDGE: 5

Since there’s only one type of fish, you definitely know what you’re going to catch. Sure they’re only shadows, and the largest one is actually a moon, but you know what you’re gonna catch.

RELAXATION: 5

With the calming music and the ability to fish in this little spot, it is very relaxing to fish in this game. Seriously go and listen to the entire Super Mario Odyssey soundtrack. It’s all great.

EDIBILITY: No

Unfortunately, you still cannot eat this fish. You can possess them like Lakitu if you’d like, but you cannot eat.

OVERALL SCORE: 17/25

Toontown (2003/2014)

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Ahh Toontown. The perfect world where jellybeans are your fishing bait, and your currency. The game was originally released by Disney in 2003, but after it got shut down thankfully some people made a new version of it in 2014. I would have gone on it myself to play it, but I accidentally forgot my password so I had to do a bit more research and try and remember the fishing for the game rather than getting on and doing it all myself.

VARIETY OF FISH: 5

There are a ton of different types of fish, and multiple sub-types. For example: You can catch the generic “Pool Shark” but there’s also other variations like “Kiddie Pool Shark,” “Swimming Pool Shark,” and “Olympic Pool Shark.”

FISHING LOCATIONS: 4

There is a small area to fish in every single location in the game. Every street, neighborhood, even in your home is a place to fish. This game loves fishing so much there’s even an event called Fishing Bingo.

FISHING CONTROLS: 5

The only thing you need to do to fish in this game is click the mouse to cast in the water, then wait.

KNOWLEDGE: 3

All you see in the water are shadows when fishing. Once you catch some fish then you add it to your catalogue, but before that you have no idea. Also: some fish that are found in one location, may not be found in another, so you at least know what you could catch.

RELAXATION: 4

This is very relaxing overall. The only reason it’s not a perfect 5 is because you use your jellybeans as bait, and once you run out, not only can you not fish, but you’re also broke.

EDIBILITY: No

To be honest, I don’t think you would want to eat these fish. The PB&J Fish maybe, but not the others.

OVERALL SCORE: 20/25

The Walking Dead (2018)

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I never watched the television show, but the game is really fun, and real sad too. Seeing as it’s about a zombie apocalypse, it makes sense that some people would fish to survive.

VARIETY OF FISH: 1

There’s only one type of fish to be caught in this game. Maybe all the other kinds turned into fish zombies? Or maybe the game is just being more realistic and not putting all the fish in the same area.

FISHING LOCATIONS: 1

There’s only one river you can fish at, and only at one point in the game is it even possible. There’s even a chance you would miss the fishing in the game if you decide to go hunting instead, but who would ever go hunting instead of fishing?

FISHING CONTROLS: 4

You don’t press a single button, but the controls are not complicated at all either. You use a spear in the game instead of a fishing rod, and that means you need to aim then strike, which may or may not be difficult depending on your timing.

KNOWLEDGE: 3

Clearly I can tell in the game that they are catfish, but the game does not tell you that in any way. The only description it gives you is ‘fish’. However, you can easily see the fish in the water, which is important for this kind of fishing.

RELAXATION: 3

I decided to give this one an average score for relaxation because you need to be a lot quicker than other fishing games to get the fish, and there’s always the threat of the zombie apocalypse looming over you. However, I did have fun and had a generally relaxing time catching these fish.

EDIBILITY: Yes +10 POINTS

There’s no buttons or menu to get the fish and eat them, but because you’re in the wilderness trying to survive, obviously you’re going to eat the fish at some point.

OVERALL SCORE: 22/25

Because this is the final part of my fishing posts, let’s take a look at the best and the worst games that’ve been ranked:

BEST GAME TO FISH

Skyrim – 31 points

This is kind of surprising to me, actually. Skyrim is the best fishing game and there’s not even an actual fishing pole or anything to catch them? Weird. The edibility bonus definitely boosted it a lot, but it is my opinion that fishing should not just be for sport, but to actually eat, so that is why all those games got maybe more than they deserved.

WORST GAME TO FISH

Ghostbusters – 11 points

This one makes sense. The fish in this are actively trying to kill you, so it being the worst fishing game may actually be a compliment. You also attack the fisherman in the game. Ghostbusters might just be anti-fishing, and that’s probably why it scored so poorly.

These best/worst of fishing do not mean much in regards of game quality by the way. Most of the games received the same rankings. They’re all good games, and every game is automatically good if it has fishing in it, so try some of these out if you haven’t before!

And that is all the fishing games that I have right now! Do you know of a game I haven’t looked at and want me to rank? Let me know and I may put out another post of these when I get enough new games.

These themed posts are some of my favorite to write, and I always love doing them and sharing them so I will always be trying to think of some new thing to write about daily or weekly as a big show. It’s just what I like to do, and I have the time now that I’ve graduated.

Check out some of my other themed posts below that had multiple parts:

Boss Baby nominated for an Oscar

AquaWeek – DAY ONE

Scooby-Doo’s 50th Anniversary Celebration – DAY ONE

Toontown fishing image found from: https://rainbowrosegames.wordpress.com/2018/03/14/how-to-properly-fish-garden-in-toontown-rewritten/

The third post about fishing, and they’re all pretty fun games in my opinion. Well, they all have fishing in them so of course they’re fun.

If you need a refresher on how I am handling my ranking system, check back on my first fishing post I made.

Minecraft (2009)

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Surprisingly, besides both mining and crafting, there’s also fishing in this game. But for some reason they decided not to add that in the title of the game?

VARIETY OF FISH: 2

There’s more than one type of fish, but not many. Just Cod, Salmon, Pufferfish, and what is clearly a clownfish but is labeled as “Tropical fish.”

FISHING LOCATIONS: 5

Like Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you can create rivers and lakes and any body of water you want, and the fish will just appear in them.

FISHING CONTROLS: 4

I was playing this with an Xbox controller, so the controls for me was just using the trigger to cast and the trigger to catch, and for PC users I’m assuming the controls are just the mouse button, so it is very simple to fish, but you will need to make a fishing rod with sticks and string, and in my experience, killing spiders and finding string is hard to come by.

KNOWLEDGE: 2

When using a fishing rod, you have no idea what you’re going to fish up. It could be a fish of any kind, or it could be an item or some garbage. However, in some water locations you can see the fish swimming underwater and you can punch them, catch them with a bucket, or kill them with your sword.

RELAXATION: 5

It is very relaxing to fish in this game, watching the bobber waiting for fish to grab it.

EDIBILITY: Yes +10 POINTS

Just like real life, don’t eat the pufferfish because they are poisonous. They are edible in the game though just like all fish.

OVERALL SCORE: 28/25

Paper Mario The Origami King (2020)

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VARIETY OF FISH: 2

Most of the fish you catch will be a cheep cheep, but in one of the fishing spots there’s also Bloopers (white squid). Sometimes, you’ll get a Toad pretending to be a fish, or even a collectable, but there isn’t too much variety in the fish.

FISHING LOCATIONS: 2

The game is not like Minecraft or Animal Crossing where you can just create a new fishing spot, but there’s a total of 3 locations where you can fish in the game, and sometime you need to complete a task for someone to unlock the fishing spot.

FISHING CONTROLS: 4

These fishing controls are very similar to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, in that it is one button to control your casting, and the left thumbstick to aim. I do think fishing in this is just a bit easier, too. Unlike New Horizons, you are planted firmly in one place and cannot move until you stop your fishing, and you can charge your cast so aiming is a lot easier in this game.

KNOWLEDGE: 4

There’s really only a few things you could fish up, so knowing what you’re going to fish, despite all you seeing is shadows, will be pretty easy

RELAXATION: 4

I personally feel really relaxed fishing in this game. The only reason it is not a perfect 5 is because of the waiting time from where the fish see’s the line, and when I can reel it in, and that is slightly stressful.

EDIBILITY: No

Seeing as all the fish are made of paper, and you’re also made of paper, I think it makes sense not to be able to eat any of the fish. I mean, would that be considered cannibalism or something?

OVERALL SCORE: 16/25

Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018)

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Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of my favorite games from the last few years. It’s in the wild west, and it has fishing in it.

VARIETY OF FISH: 4

There is a total of 15 types of fish throughout the game, and some large “Legendary Fish” you can catch and sell to a specific person.

FISHING LOCATIONS: 4

Almost every body of water has fish in the game, and once you catch one it appears on your map as a small sketch so you can remember that the fish are located there. For all the legendary fish locations you receive a separate map later in the game.

FISHING CONTROLS: 2

Fishing in this game is more difficult than other games. You need to have the right kind of bait or lure to catch fish easier depending on if you’re at a river or lake, and while using my controller I have to press a lot of buttons to cast the line, and reel the fish in. It actually is very difficult and tiring to reel in a large fish sometimes. Thankfully, there is a tutorial mission early in the game teaching you how to fish. This is probably the most realistic fishing controls in the list of games I have.

KNOWLEDGE: 3

Besides the legendary fish locations, you really just need to start fishing and see what you catch. You cannot see the fish in the water most of the time, but once you catch a fish once in the area, you’ll see it on your map.

RELAXATION: 2

Considering you need to keep the pole up and moving in a certain direction to fight the fish, and you need to manually reel in the line when something is caught, I do not think this fishing is very relaxing.

EDIBILITY: Yes +10 POINTS

Fishing is one of the ways your character can survive. You need to eat a lot to keep your character’s weight up, and fishing is a skill needed in the Old West.

OVERALL SCORE: 25/25

Be sure to check in again for part four of my fishing games! All of those games surprisingly start with the letter ‘S’. It’s stupendous!