Fish Tycoon

by Majesco

• 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 Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000UZXOWQ
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 4.8 x 0.5 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 16, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,444 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Nintendo DS

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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.

Product Description

Fish Tycoon is a fish-breeding sim with an entrepereneurial 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!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars hours of playing December 4, 2007

By Carol Daley VINE™ VOICE

Platform for Display:Nintendo DS

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

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

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Leisure fun November 9, 2007

By S. Stansell

Platform for Display:Nintendo DS

Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   

I was expecting something different when I bought this. But I don't think I wasted my money.

This is not really a "pet sim" game... The goal is to try to breed the seven "Magic fish", and for some bragging rights, or just to give yourself more to do, you could try to breed all 780-some species of fish.

As the very subject matter "fish" should make evident, this is not a very engaging game (though at least more engaging than real pet fish). It is much better as a now and then (an hour here, a few minutes there) LEISURELY game; as even on the fastest speed setting, things don't move all that quickly.

Adults can enjoy the small challenge (likely more thrilling than the actual fish-breeding business); and kids can enjoy the virtual pet quality of it (at least tapping the tank wont kill THESE fish).

So, to conclude; it wasn't the pet sim I thought it was, but I do enjoy it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Annoyingly addictive April 14, 2008

By Cheryl M. Brunell

Platform for Display:Nintendo DS

Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

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.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Fish Tycoon DS December 28, 2007

By Amy M

Platform for Display:Nintendo DS

Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   

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!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Yawn.... August 3, 2008

A Kid's Review

Platform for Display:Nintendo DS

Fun: 2.0 out of 5 stars   

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.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fish Tycoon February 17, 2013

By Carol A. Koon

Platform for Display:Nintendo DS|Amazon Verified Purchase

This was a must have game when my grandsons were younger; before Wii came out and they started playing Wii.

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Much Fun! September 16, 2012

By Pamela

Platform for Display:Nintendo DS

Fun: 2.0 out of 5 stars   

I purchased this game for my 12 year old daughter after she fell in love with a 2 week trial version of this for the PC. I really wanted to get the DS version so she didn't stay on her computer so much. So far the game sucks. She enjoyed the PC version much more because the fish didn't die off as bad. With the DS version, we did what people recommend and bred fish to a similar type (you only get one of each type). The baby fish die off non stop. Any adult fish you sell don't get much money, so it's hard to purchase the items needed. She is playing on easy too. This game is NOT for really young kids. They will get bored with it in no time. There is little interaction with the game except in short spurts every few hours!

4.0 out of 5 stars Not for an 8 year old November 26, 2010

By twinsmom

Platform for Display:Nintendo DS|Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   

It's a complex game more suitable for teens or adults on level of skill needed; my 8 year old wasn't patient enough to enjoy the game.