Rapala Tournament Fishing

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Rapala Tournament Fishing
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Developer(s) Fun Labs (Xbox 360)
Magic Wand Productions (Wii)
Publisher(s) Activision
Platform(s)
Release
  • NA: November 22, 2006 (Wii) [1]
  • EU: March 16, 2007
  • AU: March 21, 2007
  • NA: April 10, 2007 (X360) [2]
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single Player

Rapala Tournament Fishing is a fishing video game developed by Fun Labs and Magic Wand Productions and sponsored by Rapala. It was released by Activision on Wii and Xbox 360 in 2006-2007.

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Critical reaction

The game received "unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [3] [4] GameSpot criticized the Wii version's 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. [7] IGN also described the gameplay of the same console version as "nearly broken". [8]

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