Rapala Tournament Fishing

Rapala Tournament Fishing
Developer(s)	FUN Labs (Xbox 360), Magic Wand Productions (Wii)
Publisher(s)	Activision
Platform(s)	Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 (Cancelled), PlayStation Portable (Cancelled), PlayStation 3 (Cancelled), Xbox (Cancelled), GameCube (Cancelled)
Release	Xbox 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)	Sports
Mode(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 the Wii in November 2006 in USA and in March 2007 on PAL Regions. 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".

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