Mobile phone fishing titles are hugely popular in Japan, and soon we will get to find out why. Online gaming speciliast Kayak has just announced Bill Dance Bass Fishing, a realistic angling sim complete with competative multiplayer modes. The press release states:
"Our mobile game lets players pick their line weight and lures to test their skills against various conditions water depth, water clarity, time of day, wind and temperature while getting tips from Bill Dance on how to improve their efforts."
Bill Dance, by the way, is a broadcaster and famed fisherman.
The online mode will allow a variety of over-the-air competitions. According to Kayak's PR man Brian Baglow, "Since it's part of the Kayak system, it's very simple to plan and host tournaments, where multiple players can compete against each other in either a single competition or as part of a larger series of elimination events. It also boasts Kayak's regular features like Buddy lists, so you can fish with your chums, swap messages with other players, etc".
Unfortunately, unlike similar fishing games in Japan, it won't be GPS sensitive, so the weather and time of day aren't specific to the user's real-world location. However, Baglow assures me that this is something the company could instigate later on.
Mobile fishing: fun, convenient and you don't have to sit at the side of a canal all day with your hand in a bucket of maggots.
