Rapala Tournament Fishing

2006 video game

Xbox 360
Wii

ReleaseXbox 360

NA: November 21, 2006

EU: March 16, 2007

AU: March 21, 2007

Wii

NA: November 22, 2006

EU: March 16, 2007

AU: March 21, 2007

Genre(s)SportsMode(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 the Xbox 360 and Wii in November 2006 in the US and in March 2007 in the PAL region. The game received negative reviews.

Critical reaction

GameSpot awarded the game only 4.5 out of 10,^[1] criticising the 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.

IGN awarded the game 3.0 out of 10^[2] with similar criticisms, describing the gameplay as "nearly broken".