Finny the Fish & the Seven Waters

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Finny the Fish & the Seven Waters
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Developer(s) SCEI
Publisher(s)
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Release
  • JP: July 15, 2004
  • NA: May 17, 2005
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Single-player

Finny the Fish & the Seven Waters, known in Japan as Uo: Seven Waters and the Gods of Legend [lower-alpha 1] , is an action game developed and published for PlayStation 2 by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan in Japan in 2004, and by Natsume Inc. in North America in 2005.

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Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [1] In Japan, however, Famitsu gave it a score of all four eights for a total of 32 out of 40. [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: うお 7つの水と伝説のヌシ, Hepburn: Uo Nanatsu no Mizu to Densetsu no Nushi

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References

  1. 1 2 "Finny the Fish & the Seven Waters for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic . Red Ventures . Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Uo: Legend of Seven Waters and Gods [JP Import]". Edge . No. 142. Future Publishing. November 2004. p. 110.
  3. 1 2 "うお 7つの水と伝説のヌシ". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. July 7, 2004. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
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