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Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years Amazon Minimum Age: 60 months Binding: Video Game Brand: Majesco EAN: 0096427014980 ESRB Age Rating: Everyone Label: Majesco Sales Inc. Manufacturer: Majesco Sales Inc. Model: 01498 Platform: Nintendo DS Publisher: Majesco Sales Inc. Release Date: October 16, 2007 Sales Rank: 3723 Studio: Majesco Sales Inc.
Features:
Extensive use of touch screen features
Seven exclusive fish to the NDS version yield over 750 possible fish types
Enhance your fish with special plant types and chemicals
Based on the leading online and PC game from Big Fish Games that won 2006 iParenting Media Award
Simulated real-time experience - chooses from 4 speed options
Product Description: Fish Tycoon is a virtual fish breeding game. The object is to breed and cross breed fish until you find the 7 Magic Fish and solve the genetic puzzle. You will have to buy supplies like meds, eggs and special plants and then sell some of your fish in your virtual pet store. If you have enough money you can buy new supplies and customize your virtual aquarium. Enhance your fish with special plant types (nutrition, fertility, or incubation), and chemicals (i.e. one chemical causes a growth burst, another temporarily boosts health while a third causes mutations) Research environment, food and advertising techniques to discover how to keep your rare fish healthy, feed more fish per feeding and attract additional customers Use the Species Chart to track your breeding strategies Set your own prices for specific
Amazon.com: Product Description: Fish Tycoon is a fish-breeding sim with an entrepreneurial twist. Raise your fish in real-time virtual aquariums then crossbreed them however you see fit to create all-new, super unique breeds. Open your fish store and sell your fish to raise money for supplies, medicine, and special chemicals while researching new technologies or investing in advertising. Find the correct genetic combination needed to make each of the "Seven Magic Fish" and become the ultimate Fish Tycoon. Features:
Extensive use of the Touch Screen: use it to breed and feed fish, administer medicine, make purchases, decorate tanks and much more.
Seven exclusive fish in the DS version including the Clown Fish and Blue Tang, yield nearly twice as many fish as the PC version--over 750 possible fish types. Mix and match your fish to create rare hybrids while searching for the genetic combination to each of the "Seven Magic Fish".
Simulated real-time experience brings potential surprises every time you turn the game on. Choose from 4 speed options to dictate how time passes in game: Paused, ½ Speed, Normal Speed and Double Speed. Be sure to take regular care of your fish or watch all of your hard work get flushed down the drain.
Brand new 3D environments in the DS version bring your fish tanks to life. Buy fish tanks, decorations, plants, fish eggs, fish food, and medicine to enhance the aesthetic of your tank and attract more customers. A huge assortment of decorations make your tanks look nicer and help you sell more fish. Enhance your fish with special plant types and chemicals. Research environment, food and advertising techniques to discover how to keep your rare fish healthy, feed more fish per feeding and attract additional customers.
Use the Species Chart to track your breeding strategies.
Set your own prices for specific fish based on prior sales and present needs.
Use hotspots around the store to access statistics including how many fish you've discarded, cured and sold.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Yawn....
As a kid, I thought that Fish Tycoon was very boring. It's a great idea for the game, but it is a very slow moving... and takes a LLLOOONNNGGGG time for your fish to grow. I'm a fan of the computer version, so I thought I would give the DS version a try... It was not worth the money. The screen graphics are fair, and instead of having a large view of your fish tank, you can only see one little section at a time. You have to drag your sytlus across the screen to view different parts of the fish tank, so it's very hard to tell how many fish you actually have in your tank. It's great for someone if they want to play it while watching TV, since you have to wait so long for your fish to grow, the game requires very little attention... you just have to check on it once in a while. If you like slow moving games or have a LOT of free time on your hands, then this product would be great for you. But if you are like me and prefer to actually be playing something exciting or semi-interesting, then this product is not for you.
Rating: - Annoyingly addictive
Definitely worth the price, but it is not a game I should really say I like, I just can't stop playing it. You are driven to keep making money and trying new breeding pairs. Gameplay is extremely slow, even on double speed. Too many fish fry die too often, making it frustrating and hard, yet I find too many games today are over in a matter of hours. Graphics are not great. BUT, for $20, I have gotten more than enough value out of it already- quite the challenge. Not for those without a lot of patience.
Rating: - Fish Tycoon DS
I have to admit that this game takes some patience. I've had other Tycoon games in the past, and played a demo of Zoo Tycoon, and this one I didn't "get" at first. Now that I've gotten past my first hurdle I really like it a lot, certain fish sell better than others, some sell for more than others and that's where the strategy comes in.
Now I need to figure out the 7 Magic Fish!
Rating: - Too hard
got this for my son, hes 5. its too hard even for me to try to figure out. Yucky graphics.
Rating: - hours of playing
i did fish tycoon a year ago on my pc and spent hours and hours doing it. i was thrilled to see it for my ds. if you like games like this, you will love it. you have to find the 7 magic fish and in the meantime, breed, heal, sell fish and also buy equipment for your aquariums. you can stop time if you go away a long time or you can speed up time so everything goes faster. once you find a breed of fish that sells for some bucks, just keep breeding it over and over and you will get money to buy the special eggs, the potions and equipment. then it makes it easier to find the magic fish. i just finished plant tycoon on my pc and hope ds comes out with the game for it. fish tycoon is a game where you need to spend some time breeding and making your sick fish well and upgrading your equipment. once you get the hang of it, you will not be able to put it down. a great game for everyone but especially older folks (over the age of 12 lol). some fish are very very pretty and unusual looking and it is fun to breed different ones just to see what you get. sometimes, you will get one of the magic fish ! good luck
- Yawn.... 
- Annoyingly addictive
- Too hard
