Version 1.0.102024-09-16
School’s back in session, bookworms, and we’ve got your first syllabus ready with the latest Ridiculous Fishing: EX update, Back to School:
NEW GEAR
- The Yo-Yo, an upgrade to the Knife allowing you to skip straight to blasting fish right outta the sky
- The Propeller Hat, snazzy new gear with a hidden secret that’ll cement your title as the Class Clown
NEW FEATURES
- Bird sponsorship of each Pro Fishing Tour season
- New Fly Fishing Leaderboard added
- Toaster and Tesla Coil can now be unequipped
NEW ACHIEVEMENTS
- Complete Seven Days of the Pro Fishing Tour
- Complete the Trash-o-Pedia
- Unlock the Garbage Patch
- Take Down the Garbage Patch Boss
- Buy a Helicopter
- Skewer Seven Fish with a Single Railgun Bullet
- Conquer Fly Fishing #100
- Complete New Game+ and Retrieve Your $$$ and Gear
NEW BUG FIXES + TWEAKS
- Rebalanced Fly Fishing #3
- Updated French localization
- Fixed Periscope lock with controllers
- Reworked scoring of the COGF
An updated, handcrafted game about fishing with guns, chainsaws & toasters.
Follow Billy as he tries to find redemption from his uncertain past. Chase your destiny on the high seas and embark on a heroic quest for gills and glory.
An all-new 3D Ridiculous Fishing built from the ground up by the original award-winning team, with new features:
+ Gorgeous 3D art
+ An all new Pro Fishing Tour endgame mode
+ Exclusive new content
+ Leaderboards
+ Total rewrite from the ground up
+ All new guest fish
+ BikBok™
Based on Vlambeer’s popular 2013 original, Ridiculous Fishing was lovingly handcrafted over the course of two years by Vlambeer (Super Crate Box, Nuclear Throne), Zach Gage (SpellTower, Knotwords, Good Sudoku, Really Bad Chess, Card of Darkness) and Greg Wohlwend (Threes, Hundreds, TumbleSeed), and remade in collaboration with KO_OP (GNOG, Winding Worlds).
Winner of the Apple Design Award 2013; Nominated for the 2011 Independent Games Festival Awards; Declared Most Important News Story 2011 by industry magazine Control International; Featured in The New York Times
Praise for the original *Ridiculous Fishing*:
"Ridiculous Fishing is such a complete package that it's an effortless recommendation." ~ Eli Hodapp (TouchArcade) - (5 / 5)
"Every aspect of the game, from the rewarding upgrade system to the unique graphics, displays an intricate craftsmanship we rarely see on the App Store." ~ Chris Reed (Slide2Play) - (4 / 4)
"Vlambeer's game is, as its title suggests, ridiculous. In its simple, gleeful rhythms of play, it's sublime, too." ~ EDGE - (9 / 10)
"One of the most mechanically satisfying experiences you'll ever find, and wrapped in a dazzlingly cool aesthetic." ~ Eli Cymet (Gamezebo) - (5 / 5)
"It makes the mass destruction of innocent sea life absolutely adorable." ~ Andrew Webster (The Verge)
"I've come to think of Ridiculous Fishing as the unofficial game of Wes Anderson's movie The Life Aquatic." ~ Rob Hearn (PocketGamer)
"Ridiculous Fishing is from an alternate iPhone gaming universe where Nintendo is the production quality standard and action is everything." ~ Robert Ashley (A Life Well Wasted)
"A rare pearl amidst the endless sardines of iOS games." ~ Chris Bateman (International Hobo)
"I'm hooked up to an IV and playing Ridiculous Fishing. One is medicine, the other is a painkiller." ~ Ben Kuchera (PA Report)
"Ridiculous Fishing is something very special." ~ exp. Magazine
Content IncludesInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or ReferencesInfrequent/Mild Sexual Content and NudityInfrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude HumourInfrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
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