American Bass Challenge
Encyclopedia
American Bass Challenge, known in Japan as , is a fishing
video game developed by Starfish for the Game Boy Advance
. It was published in Japan
by Starfish on August 8, 2001, and in North America
by Ubisoft
on December 5, 2001. It is the eleventh game in The Black Bass
series and the first in the series to be released after Starfish bought the original creator of the franchise, HOT・B.
American Bass Challenge has a few different modes: Practice, Quick Fish, and Tournament mode. The practice mode teaches the player the ropes like expected. The only major difference between Quick Fish and Tournament mode in the way it's played out, is that in Quick Fish, the player is provided a location and a lure, while in Tournament mode, the player must decide those aspects themselves. Quick Fish includes a system link feature, that allows up to four friends to play the game at once with only one cartridge.
American Bass Challenge, despite its look, is far from an arcade game, and has a more simulation feel to it. "American Bass Challenge actually takes the other route and delivers some heavier simulation gameplay." The game hearkens back to the NES
fishing days, in particular, The Black Bass
series.
liked the depth of the game, but that the depth was also off-putting and its weakness, and gave the game a 6.1. IGN
praised the game, and the reviewer wrote, "I never thought I would say this but, I found a fishing game that rocks." IGN gave the game an 8 out of 10. GameSpy
writes that the game is an anomaly in the fishing game genre, because the user will most likely love the game. GameSpy gave the game a 68 out of 100.
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....
video game developed by Starfish for the Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Advance
The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...
. It was published in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
by Starfish on August 8, 2001, and in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
by Ubisoft
Ubisoft
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries....
on December 5, 2001. It is the eleventh game in The Black Bass
The Black Bass (MSX)
is a fishing video game developed and published by Gamu . It was originally released for the MSX computer in 1986, and was later ported to the Family Computer on March 18, 1987 in Japan.-Gameplay:...
series and the first in the series to be released after Starfish bought the original creator of the franchise, HOT・B.
Gameplay
American Bass Challenge, despite its look, is far from an arcade game, and has a more simulation feel to it. "American Bass Challenge actually takes the other route and delivers some heavier simulation gameplay." The game hearkens back to the NES
Nes
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fishing days, in particular, The Black Bass
The Black Bass (MSX)
is a fishing video game developed and published by Gamu . It was originally released for the MSX computer in 1986, and was later ported to the Family Computer on March 18, 1987 in Japan.-Gameplay:...
series.
Reception
The game garnered mostly positive reviews. GameSpotGameSpot
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liked the depth of the game, but that the depth was also off-putting and its weakness, and gave the game a 6.1. IGN
IGN
IGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...
praised the game, and the reviewer wrote, "I never thought I would say this but, I found a fishing game that rocks." IGN gave the game an 8 out of 10. GameSpy
GameSpy
GameSpy Industries, Inc., known simply as GameSpy, is a division of IGN Entertainment, which operates a network of game websites and provides online video game-related services and software. GameSpy dates back to the 1996 release of an internet Quake server search program named QSpy. The current...
writes that the game is an anomaly in the fishing game genre, because the user will most likely love the game. GameSpy gave the game a 68 out of 100.