Bass Fishing No. 1
Fishing series started in 1997
A series famous for being supervised by Shigesato Itoi, copywriter, lyricist, actor extraordinaire, as well as former game designer, working on the hit RPG series Earthbound/Mother. Bass Fishing is a fishing simulation series where you must fish up the biggest catch possible, to move on to more prestigious lakes to fish in.
Itoi Shigesato no Bass Tsuri No.1
Release date:
JP: 21 Feb 1997 - 糸井重里のバス釣りNo. 1
(Itoi Shigesato no Bass Tsuri No.1)
System: Super Famicom
Developer: HAL Laboratory
Genre: Fishing
A casual fishing game that celebrity copywriter Shigesato Itoi helped to create. It was Nintendo's only Super Famicom game that used the "slotted cartridge" design, which allowed it to receive and send competition data via the Satellaview. National tournaments were held using this technology.
Itoi Shigesato no Bass Tsuri No.1 Kettaihan!
Release date:
JP: 31 Mar 2000 - 糸井重里のバス釣りNo. 1決定版!
(Itoi Shigesato no Bass Tsuri No.1 Kettaihan!)
System: Nintendo 64
Developer: HAL Laboratory
Genre: Fishing
A fishing game more focused on realistic fishing gameplay. More locations are available to visit for a larger variety of fish, and the type and colour of lure can now be changed to attract different kinds of fish.
