Super Black Bass 3D is neither hardcore simulation nor breezy recreational romp. Instead, the game shifts between the two categories, fusing fussy fish catching with ill-fitting motion controls. Amateur anglers longing for an adequate recreation of the pastime are advised to overlook the title; even a catch-and-release rental will likely leave to rebuffing.
Gamer Living's Jack Moulder weaves a tale of his childhood, sportsmanship, and fishing safety in this latest review of Super Black Bass 3D.
As the name implies, Super Black Bass 3D by developer Star Fish is a fishing simulator for Nintendo 3DS. You play as either a male or female who enters the fishing tournament at Genesis Hole. Aided by Mary, a young woman who plans on opening a boat rental store, you are taught the basics of fishing and how to ‘fight’ your underwater adversaries.
After entering the tournament, you must work your way through five different tiers – Local, Amateur, Bass Professional, Professional and World Anglers. The lower tiers are free to enter, but certain fishing requirements and fees are required to progress through the ranks.
"In cases where a genre is underrepresented on a platform, developers aren't given license to rest on wishy-washy execution. Time and again, this disposition has backfired, where instead of being a strong contender for future iterations to emulate, you're left with an example of the wrong course of action. Far be it for Super Black Bass 3D to actually make a compelling case as one of the only fishing sims available on the two-year-old handheld. In many ways nonsensical, this blatantly stiff offering is driven by bad execution, with no correcting agents whatsoever to make for an even-level outing." -- Wiiloveit.com
I played the sh!t out of Black Bass on NES/SNES/GameBoy.
This is rather disappointing. Has anyone else played this yet?