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[[File:Legend_of_Zelda_Fishing.jpg|link=The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|right|[[Sidetracked By the Gold Saucer|Good job on catching that fish]]. [[Saving the World|Now get back to work!]]]
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Many video games are made in Japan, and one of Japan's leading food industries is fishing. This is a culture where squid and octopus are seen as viable daily snacks, so fishing is pretty ingrained into the culture. So if the video game you are playing is [[Sidequest]]-ish and [[Mini Game]]-ish enough, it ''will'' have a fishing minigame.
Fishing minigames also occasionally appear in Western games, mainly those that fall on the more "simulationist" side of the "game"/"simulation" line. Something about fishing is impossibly tempting to simulationists. They're obviously [[Pun|addicted]] [
Fishing minigames are often [[Luck
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* ''[[Mabinogi (Video Game)|Mabinogi]]'' Has one where you can catch fish for cooking skill, [[Randomly Drops|treasure]] [[Inexplicable Treasure Chests|chests]], [[Sidequest|quest scrolls]], and [[Fishing for Sole|worn-out equipment]] which you would need to repair for it to be useful.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda Links Awakening (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Links Awakening]]'', for the Game Boy, was the first to feature a fishing minigame.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'' had a really fancy one (pictured), which is generally considered superior to many actual fishing games.
** So did ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'', even more elaborate than the one in ''[[Ocarina of Time]].'' You also get a regular fishing rod without a reel as an item, and have to use it in order to complete a certain quest.
*** Fortunately, it does not become a [[Scrappy Mechanic]]. However, in the [[Scrappy Level|Water Dungeon]], you can catch skull fish, which the game makes you throw back.
** And ''[[The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass]]'', too.
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* ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' gives Dwarfs (and humans/elves if you mod the game to control them) the ability to fish, but it's entirely out of the players hands(as are most things, it being a [[God Game]]). Some of the fish are extremely likely to eat the Dwarfs involved in the exercise due to a popular glitch.
* In the PC RPG game ''Arx Fatalis'' you can combine a pole and string to make fishing rod and catch fish to cook and eat from most any water area.
* The Sims 2: Seasons includes Fishing as an activity your sims can perform, along with a skill badge that (somehow) affects the quality of fish you catch. The Sims 3 is supposed to have fishing in it as well. This is [
* Many ''[[Sonic Adventure Series|Sonic Adventure]]'' players found Big the Cat's fishing-based story [[Scrappy Mechanic|annoying]]. It was shorter than the other modes and had little relevance to the plot. Also, you played as a [[The Ditz|very stupid character]].
* ''[[Monster Hunter (Video Game)|Monster Hunter]]'' allows you to fish at specific spots, and you don't even have to bring a fishing rod. As long as you have bait, your character will [[Hammerspace|produce a rod]] and cast the line. Apart from there being fish you can have cooked to eat later, there are types of fish you can use to mine ore and sharpen your weapon.
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