Ninja Fishing [iOS]

If you haven't already seen my review of Radical Fishin' you should take a look here as these two games are very similar. The difference is that in Ninja Fishing you slice the fish with your sword instead of shoot them.

The basics are you fling down your hook and try and dodge the fish getting your hook as deep as it can go. Then you catch the most expensive fish you can find. Once you have caught a bunch of fish they are flung into the air for you to slice with your sword. Every now and then some dynamite is added to the mix and you must avoid slicing it or the minigame will end. It is an incredibly annoying addition to the gameplay this stick of dynamite. Sometimes it will be thrown up so as to cover that new fish you had worked so hard to collect and as the sword arcs are quite wide it can make it virtually impossible to get. Radical Fishin' handles it in a much better way, instead of dynamite you pull up jellyfish which deduct money from you. This mechanic works well as when you are tight for money early on it is best to avoid them but as you progress the amount deducted is so little compared to the amount you are making per fish that it doesn't matter. In fact the makers of Ninja Fishing acknowledge that this is such an annoying mechanic that they even included a sword that removes the dynamite without penalty, however you have to pay $AU2.99 for the privilege.

Most of your time is spent dreaming of the next item and there is a lot of things to unlock to help you get better fish. The menus are clean and the game has a nice graphical style, bright and cheerful with a lot of colour. It certainly trumps Radical Fishin' in this respect. Fish explode here and there as you slice them apart and it is exciting to see what the next fish type will be. However the creators have tried to squash every internet meme into the game in a vain attempt to make it funny yet it is just comes across as shallow and lame.

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At the end of the day I would rather play Radical Fishin' but this is a good portable version of it. It's clean and there is plenty to unlock however crashes plague the game and it it really misses the point when it comes to humour. What could be funnier than fishing for fish with a gun? Nothing, 6/10.