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Big's Fishing

Big's Fishing is an LCD game created for distribution in McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants. They were offered as a part of Happy Meals for a limited time in 2004. The main goal of the game is to move…

31 December 2004

Big's Fishing is a sport, released 31 December 2004 on Handheld Electronic LCD.

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What Big's Fishing is

Big's Fishing was released in 2004. It was published by McDonald's. It is available on Handheld Electronic LCD only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Big's Fishing is an LCD game created for distribution in McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants. They were offered as a part of Happy Meals for a limited time in 2004. The main goal of the game is to move Big's fishing hook up and down appropriately to catch the fish that appear on the screen. If the player misses 3 fish, the game will end. The game has a directional pad with only the up and down arrows and also a single button.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Sonic The Hedgehog series

Big's Fishing is the 138th of 407 entries we hold in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. The next entry was Shadow Hockey in 2004.

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What it launched against

Big's Fishing launched on 31 December 2004, within three weeks of Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Gran Turismo 4 and Cave Story.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Gran Turismo 4, Cave Story.

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When did Big's Fishing come out?
Big's Fishing was released on 31 December 2004 for Handheld Electronic LCD.

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