Fishing Controller
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The Fishing Controller, known as the Tsuri Controller (つりコントローラ) in Japan, is a specialised peripheral for the Sega Dreamcast for use in fishing games. Though fishing controllers have been seeen both before and since, the Fishing Controller stands as the only "official" fishing peripheral for a video game console to date, being manufactured by Sega shortly after the console's debut for use with Sega Bass Fishing.
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Hardware
The Fishing Controller is shaped like a fishing rod, though lacks a line at the end. 
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and START buttons are mounted on the top of the unit along with an analogue stick, and unique to this device is a fishing reel on the right hand side, which can be turned to reel in fish. The controller also has basic motion sensing capabilities, being able to detect when the device is moved left, right, up or down. The controller also vibrates if a fish is caught. It is one of the few accessories with no space for a VMU.
Compatibility
- Bass Rush Dream: EcoGear PowerWorm Championship (2000)
- Lake Masters Pro Dreamcast plus! (2000)
- Reel Fishing: Wild (2001)
- Sega Bass Fishing (1997)
- Sega Bass Fishing 2 (2001)
- Sega Marine Fishing (2000)
- SoulCalibur (1999)
- Virtua Tennis (1999)
The peripheral is compatible with a handful of fishing games, but also SoulCalibur and Virtua Tennis (the latter being discovered to allow players to play the game in a Wii Tennis-esque fashion). It is not compatible with the Big the Cat fishing sections in Sonic Adventure. Games which only require buttons and the analogue stick will also function perfectly fine.
Localised names
| Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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| English | Fishing Controller | Fishing Controller |
| Japanese | つりコントローラ | Tsuri Controller |
Magazine articles
- Main article: Fishing Controller/Magazine articles.
Patents
US6312335
Photo gallery
Official photographs
Physical scans
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dream Information Vol. 14, February 2000, page 4
- ↑ http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/corp/news/nr990203_2.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-08-01 01:51)
- ↑ Press release: 1999-09-02: Sega Dreamcast Launch Titles and Peripherals
- ↑ Game Informer, "October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 18
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-10-13), page 68