Sea Bass Fishing 2 - Strategy v. 1.0
Written by Magnus Andersson, in May 2002
rubens.barrichello@swipnet.se
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/8867
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Introduction
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This document is a strategy of the game
Sea Bass Fishing 2 for Sega Saturn. This
game was only released in Japan, and this
game is in Japanese. I do not speak Japanese,
so therefore, this strategy is not complete.
But I still think I could give you a hint
or two about where you get some large fishes
in this game. :) I will try to guide you in
this strategy how to get the largest fishes,
what lures to use etc. Please note that my
English is far from perfect (I´m from Sweden),
but I have tried my best. :)

You may spread and copy this document in any
way you like, and you may upload it anywhere
on the Internet, as long as you don´t make any
changes to it, and as long as you don´t sell it
for own profit. Feel free to mail me with your
comments and questions. :)

This document is split into 5 sections:

1. Introduction (you are reading it now)
2. Mode Select Screen
3. Fishing-control
4. The tides and weather
5. Tournament Mode
6. Save cheating in the Tournament Mode
7. Free Fishing Mode


2. Mode Select Screen
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This screen is shown when you have pressed the
START-button on the main screen. From this screen,
you can chose these options:

* Tournament Mode
* Free Fishing Mode
* Instruction
* Cooking
* Records
* Options

I will explain the "Tournament Mode" below, in
section 5 of this strategy, and "Free Fishing
Mode" in section 6. The "Instruction" is a set
of real-life videos with a proffessional
Japanese fisher, who gives you advise about
fishing in reality, what equipment you need,
how to throw the wire etc. A very pleasant
feature. :) "Cooking" is a set of fish-recipes
(all in Japanese) with photos. This is also a
nice feature. "Records" is just that. Your
fishing records. :) "Options" is nothing but
a sound test.


3. Fishing control
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In "Sea Bass Fishing 1" (I will call this SBF1
from now on) you were fishing from a boat.
This has changed for the second part, now you
are fishing on the shore. The control has
also changed a bit. To move yourself to left
and right on the shore, use the L R buttons.
When you feel satisifed with your position,
press the C-button to activate the power
indicator, which indicates to far you will
throw the fishing-wire.
Press C-button again when you feel that the
right power is on (the best thing to do is
to press the C-button when your power is at
maximum). When the lure has landed in the
water, the camera changes, and you will
follow the lure in the water (if you want
to switch back the camera, press the
X-button (above the A-button on your
joypad). When the lure has landed in the
water, use the A-button to pull the wire
slowly, B-button to pull thw ire at medium
speed, and C-button to pull the wire quickly.

In this game, you really need to hook the
fish to your lure properly (this was not
needed in the SBF1, but it made fishing
easier), in other case, the fish won't bite.
When the fish is just about to bite on the
lure, press "up" on the joypad to hook the
fish to the lure (you must time this
correctly). If you switched the camera back
to the surface mode, the camera switches
back to underwater mode when a fish is
approaching the lure.

When the fish is hooked to the lure, pull
the wire with the C-button (you can of course
use A and B as well, but it is easier to
concentrate on one button only). The
indicator to the right indicates the
tension, and if the tension becomes too
low, the fish could fall off from lure.
Be careful meanwhile so that the tension
doesn't become too high. You can still pull
the wire, even though the tension seems to
be at its maximum, but don't pull the wire
when the small blue box under the tension
bar is flashing (the fish is pulling the
wire when this is happening). If you do so,
the tension indicator will flash and
eventually the line will break, and you
lose the fish and your lure. You only have
12 lures per day, so don't waste them.

The fish will eventually get tired, and
then you can pull the wire back again.
Sometimes the fish pull the wire more
than 15 metres at once, sometimes it
pulls the wire 3x5m (or similar), and
sometimes even longer. A good thing to
remember about this is, that the more the
fish is pulling the wire, the larger
fish it will be. You will fight with these
fishes for a longer time, so be patient.
But these fishes are also harder to catch
even when they are hooked to your lure.
If you are very unlucky, the fish will
pull away too far away, so that your line
breaks (I never experienced this in SBF1),
and it is also more difficult to avoid
obstacles if the fish is larger and has
pulled the wire far away.

Obstacles is a new thing for this game. In
SBF1 there where rocks, poles and other
similar obstacles, but in that game, you
could throw your fishing-wire straight
through the obstacles (which made things
unrealisitc). This has changed for this
game, and has brought more realism to the
game (but on the other hand, the game also
became much harder). When you throw the
fishing-wire, and it hits for example a
rock, then the lure will fall straight
down into the water in front of the
rock. If you throw the wire over the
rock, the lure will land in the water
below the rock, and the wire itself over
the rock. This is a bad thing, because
this could damage the line. You will
hear noices, and also see some yellow
spark from the wire if this happens.
What you have to do now is to quickly
move either to the left or right, to make
the wire to fall off from the rock, so
that the wire won't get damaged. If the
wire gets too much damage, it breaks,
and you lose the lure. The fishes could
pull your wire behind obstacles quite often,
so the best thing you can do is to switch
back to the surface camera mode when the
fish has hooked, and keep your eyes open
for obstacles, so that the wire won't stuck
anywhere as you pull it back to the shore.

As you are fishing, it is possible that your
fishing starts jumping in and out of the
water of the surface. This makes the tension
very low, which could cause you losing the
fish. To avoid this, press "down" on the
joypad. If the fish is only splashing around
on the surface, press "up".

As you are fishing, there is also another
thing which is important to notice. There
are two music themes played when the fish is
hooked. The first one (Bgm 22 on the sound
test) is played when a small or medium fish
is on the hook. The other one (Bgm 23 on the
sound test), which sounds a bit more dramatic,
is played when a large fish is biting (Use
the B-button only to pull the wire, using the
C-button on a large fish is too risky).
Another thing to note is to watch your
"walking style" as you are standing on the
shore, pulling the wire. When a small fish
is biting, you will keep your normal walking
style, but when a larger fish bites, you are
walking differently, and you can't walk very
fast either. If you get an extremely large
fish, your walking looks even more different,
and you move extremely slowly. This could
tell you in advance about how large the fish
would be, if you manage to bring it back to
the shore. It is sometimes very difficult
to avoid obstacles when you have extremely
large fishes on the hook.

When the lure is about 5.0 metres from the
shore, the camera switches back to surface
mode, and when the lure is about 3.0 metres
from the shore, the fish is yours.

When you are standing on the shore, you can
also press the X-button for varrious options:
You can check the weather conditions, you
can read the tournament rules (In Japanese).
You can also check your results and your
position in the tournament. You can also
change lure, select a new area to fish
from and change music (you can also turn
the music off and only have sound-effects
from the sea. These sound-effects may be
different for various areas). You can also
chose to go back to the harbour. Select the
anchor icon, and select the second
alternative to go back to the harbour
(The first one is to stay where you are.
I don't understand the use of the third
option, sorry).


4. The tides and weather
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As in In SBF1, the tides and weather seem to
have some effects on your fishing, but I
have no idea about how this works. But fishing
works usually fine when the sky is cloudy,
with or without rain.



5. TOURNAMENT MODE
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The first thing you see when you have
entered this mode, is a screen with your
saved files (pretty equal to SBF1). Press
XYZ at the same time to delete any of your
saved files. If you select to start a new
game, the game continues to the first
tournament, Amateur tournament.


Amateur Tournament
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You will first of all see the rules, and they
are as follows:
This tournament lasts for one day only, and
during the day you should try to get five
large fishes (only Sea Bass counts). The
largest five fishes are the only fishes that
count. The weight of these fishes will be
calculated, and the angler who has gotten
the largest five fishes is the winner. The
tournament begins at 4:00am and ends at 8:00am,
so this tournament is only 4 hours long. In SBF1
it was enough to finish in the top three, but
this has changed in this game. You must win this
tournament in order to access the next tournament.

Next, you can check the weather conditions,
check some info about your rod, and pick your
lures. This may sound ridicolous, but it isn't:
change all lures to "T.D Silent Vinration,
color B-2". Highlight a lure, press C, and use
left and right on your joypad til that find this
name. Then use up and down on the joypad to find
colour B-2. When you are done with this, you will
select an area where you want to start fishing
(you have four options, and you can access all
these areas during the day, and you won't lose
any time as you move from one area to another).

For this tournament, I suggest you to go fishing
in the third area. To the right is a bridge, and
below and in front of the bridge is usually a
lot of large Sea Basses. The problem with this
bridge is of course the obstacles, so you have
to be careful, so that you don't lose too
many lures. This place is, as far as I have
seen, the best place to fish in this
tournament. You need the "T.D. Silent Vibration"
lures here, and you will probably need plenty,
since it is easy to lose them under the bridge.
The first standard lure which normally would
had been equppied to your rod, if you had not
made any changes to the lures, wouldn´t had
reached the bridge. But still, I would suggest
that you don't throw the wire at maximum power,
because if you do, the lure will land in water
behind the bridge, and then it will be difficult
to get the lure out of there. Larger fishes are
more common behind the bridge, so if you want
to play a bit risky, then you can of course
throw your lure there. But if a large fish
bites, it could become very difficult to get
it back to the shore. At 04:00 in the morning,
you should pull the wire with the B-button as
you wait for a fish to bite.

If you get a (large) fish in front of the
bridge, immediately go to the left, to move
away from the bridge (so that the fish
doesn't sneak behind it).

If you want to be sure to win the tournament,
you should try to get around 27 kilo during
the day.


Top Pro Tournament
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The rules of this tournament is exactly the
same as in the previous one, except that it
begins at 02.00pm and ends at 08.00pm. If you
want to be sure to win the tournament, you
should try to get around 35-38 kilo during
the day.

My favourite place to fish in this tournament
is in the second area. As you are in this
area, you will see one bigger rock to the
right, and a smaller one to the left. Equip
the "Phantom II 18.0 g" lure, (I suggest that
you bring plenty of these) and throw it out
at full power to the left of the bigger rock.
Let the lure sink a few metres (if the lure
actually reaches the bottom, where the water
is about two metres deep, pull back to lure
and aim for the area around where the water
is deeper (it is a bit difficult to explain it,
but I'm very sure you will find it). Fishing
in general in this area with this lure, a few
metres deep, is simply worth a try! :)


The Sea Bass Classic
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The rules of this tournament is exactly the
same as in the previous tournaments, except
that it begins at 05.00am and ends at 07.00pm.
If you want to be sure to win the
tournament, you should try to get around
60-62 kilo during the day.

This tournament is extrememly hard, you really
need *huge* fishes in order to win. And as I
played the game, I have only found one place
where such great fishes exist, and that is
in the third area. Chose to start fishing
in this area. As you are here, you will
notice two bigger rocks in the water. Right
between this rocks (and behind them) are
the fishes you need! For this place, you
need plenty of "Phantom II 18.0 g" lures, so
it is a good idea to select plenty of these
when you select the lures. Throw out the wire
with maximum power between these rocks, and
you should get huge fishes without too much
searching. The trouble here is just to be
able to get the fish back to the shore. The
gap between the rocks is not too big, so it
is difficult to bring a large ship to the
shore. Expect many long fish fights (up to
15 videogame-minutes long!) here. Some of
the fishes really enjoy pulling the wire,
so be careful so that the fish doesn't pull
it too far out (I think you have about 85
metres of wire, but sometimes this is not
enough!). If it seems as the fish will pull
this far out, then you must pull back the
wire at absolutely every opportunity you
have. Stretch your limits, and you can make it! :)


6. SAVE CHEATING IN THE TOURNAMENT MODE
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Why make things difficult? There is actually
a possibility to cheat in the game, to make
the tournaments easier, but this requires
that you have a Sega back-up cartridge
memory. The game saves everytime you get a
fish (it doesn't matter if it is a Sea Bass
or any other sort). Play any tournament for
about an hour, and if you feel satisfied
with your results so far, save the game,
turn off the game, and copy your saved game
to the back-up cartrdige. Restore the game
and continue the game where you left off.
During the next hour, if you feel that your
fishing is going bad, then quit the game
and go to the Saturn memory manager and
copy the memory from the cartridge to the
system. Now you can play the game from the
point where you saved it for the first time,
and you can try again over and over again
to get large fishes. It is generally a good
idea to save the game and copy the saved game
file to the back-up memory everytime when you
have gotten a huge fish. This is extremely
important in the Sea Bass Classic tournament.


7. FREE FISHING MODE
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When you have entered your name, you can check
the settings: the weather conditions, your
fishing equipment, and your lures. At the
weather conditions screen you can select at
what time of the day you want to start
fishing (you can start anytime you want). If
you want to check your fishing equipment, you
will first have two options, if you want to
use Lure Tackle or Bait Tackle. If you select
Lure Tackle, you will go to a new options
screen, where you can select equipment. The
further you have reached in the tournament
mode, the more options you will have.
Unfortunately, I have no idea about how the
Bait Tackle is working.

When you are done with these settings, you will select
the area where you want to fish. It is the same about
these areas, as the fishing equipment: The further you
have reached in the tournament mode, the more options
you will have. If you haven't won any tournament
at all, four areas are available. If you finished
the first tournament, eight areas are available,
and finally, if you have finished the second
tournament, all twelve areas are available.

The Free Fishing mode is a never ending story.
This mode has no ending at all, you can fish
as long as you like.


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I hope that this strategy has been able to help
you a little bit.

Other walkthroughs/strategies I have written are:

(Sega Saturn)
* Guardian Heroes
* Mystaria - The Realms of Lore
* Shining Wisdom
* Sea Bass Fishing 1

(Sega Dreamcast)
* Who wants to be a millionaire?

(Sega Arcade)
* Emergency Call Ambulance

(Sega Mega CD)
* Prince of Persia

(Sega Game Gear)
* Tails Adventure


If you are interested in reading any of these,
just e-mail me. :)

Best of luck, I wish you! :)

Magnus Andersson
rubens.barrichello@swipnet.se