River King: A Wonderful Journey

by Natsume, Inc.

Product Features

• Take the role of one of four family members, seeking the River King
• Assist villagers and other shoreline folk
• Win it all in fishing and cooking contests
• Take on crafty critters in tricky trivia challenges
• Between trips to the waterside, you'll collect rare items, trade for better equipment at shops, and make new friends

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000B8Q9OM
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: May 18, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,636 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

River King: A Wonderful Journey is a different kind of role-playing game. You're descended from a long line of fishing folk, and you want angler immortality by catching the legendary and elusive big fish known as the "River King." Perhaps today, perhaps this cast, you'll feel the strum of a tight line as the legendary giant pulls you into angling immortality.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A cool oldie see hit the PS2 but it lacks in presentation., April 27, 2007

By 

T. Edwards (Stankonia) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: River King: A Wonderful Journey (Video Game)

I'm a little bit of a fan of the River King series and for $20 I couldn't pass on this game. If you haven't played a River King game then what you're in for is a hybrid of fishing and RPG gameplay or to be more specific if you've played a Harvest Moon game replace the farming for fishing. The game doesn't have a whole lot of story or direction, you're basically thrown in to the world, you fish, gain levels, get better stuff, and do an occassional side quest to move on like winning a fishing tournament or catching a specific fish for somebody. Fishing is impossible to screw up, it comes down more or less to having the proper equipment in the proper location more so than any skill being a factor. You would almost have to try to not catch a fish. The game feels very sterile, everything is very quiet and serene and the graphics are very minimal so it tends to have me yawning before too long. There's over 100 fish to catch and several different areas to fish in that are all geographically defined ie. stream, river, lake... If they had implemented some more solid progression in this game it would have been much more fun but as it is makes it good only to pick up every now and then.

Probably a pass for most people but if you dig Harvest Moon or previous River King titles then the game is cheap enough to make it worth it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Harvest Moon series, March 23, 2009

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: River King: A Wonderful Journey (Video Game)

ALL of the games in this set are aMAZING. They are filled with clean fun,
challenges and enough to capture a childs attention. My 8 yr old grandchild had some difficulties navigating but older children are just fine (plus I think it's good to play the games with them anyway).

5.0 out of 5 stars River King: A Wonderful Journey, August 9, 2010

By 

Linda - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: River King: A Wonderful Journey (Video Game)

I have just begun playing this game but I like it so far, a lot of interaction between characters and easy to play.