I wish i was a Master Baiter.

First; an insincere apology to people who like bass master video games. The follwing is the opinion of someone who is probably cooler than you are.

If there is a first time for everything, i'm still waiting for the first time i see someone actually catch a fish in Bass Masters. or any other video fishing for that matter. So here is my beef. I have absolutely nothing against either fishing of video games, but put it together and it sucks. Let me explain

Every time me and my cousin Den would get together, he would insist on renting Bass Masters for super nintendo. i would try to play it, get bored, watch him play it (even more boring but with the opportunity to munch the chips meanwhile), and if it was really late and i couldn't get to sleep i would pick up the controller again. But never have i seen someone catch a fish. and i was reminded of this a little while ago, sitting in my livingroom playing bass fishing on PS2. Everytime a fish would get on the line, and we seemed to be making progress, it would wiggle off, mocking our pitiful efforts. And i was thinking not much has changed from the days of super nintendo.

But the games are much better. It looks nicer, and i'm sure there is an increased level of 'realism'. Now i'm sorry (no i'm not) but realism in fishing for me is the sunrise/sunset with a beer(s) at hand, and not much on your mind. But to someone who really cares, i'm sure you can 'really tell the difference'. Like the drag tension-o-meter is real time, or some garbage. Now who on earth would spend anytime out of their life to improve a fishing game? And especially a game that you can't, to my knowledge, actually catch fish in?

It must be the Japanese (who the Kids in the Hall taught are a country, not a company), or at least people pretending to be Japanese. This is why the Japanese would make a better Bass Masters. Because it is written somewhere in their forgiegn policy that they have to take boring Western culture and give it a shot of speed, heroin, and neon lights, all done with a Samurai precision. So we can soon expect DDR-type bass fishing, with projected 3D fireworks when you catch a fish, and lots of girls with crazy hair and short skirts. Maybe that's just wishful thinking.

But seriously, there are people out there as we speak, interview and collaborating with Bob Izumi (coincidence?) on how to make a better, more realistic fishing game.
It's amazing what lengths people will go to be appreciated. But who am i to judge, just because i can't catch a damn fish in these stupid games.

And to add insult to it, a couple of days later, while i wasn't around, my friends went and started winning trophies, landing master anglers, and otherwise kicking ass at the game. So i still haven't seen it happen. But i think if i do, the world will fall into itself and become bizzaro or something. So you can thank me later.