Sega Bass Fishing 2

{{Infobox video game

|image = Sega Bass Fishing 2 cover.jpg

|publisher = Sega

|release = {{vgrelease|NA|August 21, 2001{{Cite web |date=June 4, 2001 |title=Updated Dreamcast release list |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/updated-dreamcast-release-list/1100-2766081/ |access-date=June 23, 2024 |website=GameSpot}}|JP|August 30, 2001{{Cite web |title=Get Bass 2 |url=http://sega.jp/dc/010807/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803085926/http://sega.jp/dc/010807/ |archive-date=August 3, 2014 |access-date=June 23, 2024 |website=Sega}}}}

|series = Sega Bass Fishing

|genre = Sports

|modes = Single-player video game

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Sega Bass Fishing 2, known in Japan as {{nihongo foot|Get Bass 2|ゲットバス2|Getto Basu Tsū|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}}, is a video game developed by WOW Entertainment and published by Sega for the Dreamcast in 2001. It is the sequel to Sega Bass Fishing.

Gameplay

While the game can be played with the standard Dreamcast controller, it was designed to support the console's Fishing Controller. The game is single-player.

Development

Sega Bass Fishing 2 was developed as a sequel to Sega Bass Fishing. Originally an arcade game, its Dreamcast port in 1999 had been unexpectedly successful.{{cite web | url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sega-bass-fishing-2/1100-2793294/ | title=Sega Bass Fishing 2 (Preview) [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"] | author=Torres, Ricardo | date=July 20, 2001 | website=GameSpot | publisher=Fandom | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050111091220/http://www.gamespot.com/dreamcast/sim/segabassfishing2/preview_2793294.html | archivedate=January 11, 2005 | url-status=live | accessdate=February 19, 2021}}

Reception

{{Video game reviews

| MC = 76/100{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/sega-bass-fishing-2/ | title=Sega Bass Fishing 2 | website=Metacritic | publisher=Fandom | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216125834/https://www.metacritic.com/game/sega-bass-fishing-2/ | archivedate=December 16, 2023 | url-status=live | accessdate=February 8, 2024}}

| Edge = 5/10{{cite magazine | author=Edge staff | url=https://retrocdn.net/images/e/ec/Edge_UK_103.pdf | title=Sega Bass Fishing 2 | magazine=Edge | publisher=Future Publishing | issue=103 | date=November 2001 | page=87 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930101850/https://retrocdn.net/images/e/ec/Edge_UK_103.pdf | archivedate=September 30, 2023 | url-status=live | accessdate=February 8, 2024}}

| Fam = 27/40{{cite magazine | url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=12447&redirect=no | title=ゲットバス2 [ドリームキャスト] | language=ja | magazine=Famitsu | publisher=Enterbrain | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725141451/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=12447&redirect=no | archivedate=July 25, 2023 | url-status=live | accessdate=February 8, 2024}}

| GI = 8.5/10{{cite magazine | title=Sega Bass Fishing 2 | magazine=Game Informer | publisher=FuncoLand | year=2001}}

| GSpot = 8.6/10{{cite web | url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/sega-bass-fishing-2-review/1900-2806307/ | title=Sega Bass Fishing 2 Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"] | author=Tracy, Tim | date=August 21, 2001 | website=GameSpot | publisher=Fandom | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050108165106/http://www.gamespot.com/dreamcast/sim/segabassfishing2/review.html | archivedate=January 8, 2005 | url-status=live | accessdate=February 19, 2021}}

| GSpy = 9/10{{cite web | url=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/sbf2/index2.shtml | title=Sega Bass Fishing 2 | author=GamingNoise-Chip | date=November 2, 2001 | website=PlanetDreamcast | publisher=IGN Entertainment | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125100719/http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/sbf2/ | archivedate=January 25, 2009 | url-status=dead | accessdate=February 20, 2021}}

| IGN = 8.3/10{{cite web | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/08/29/sega-bass-fishing-2 | title=Sega Bass Fishing 2 | author=Chau, Anthony | date=August 29, 2001 | website=IGN | publisher=Ziff Davis | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217221402/https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/08/29/sega-bass-fishing-2 | archivedate=February 17, 2018 | url-status=live | accessdate=February 8, 2024}}

| NGen = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/NextGen84Dec2001/page/n113/mode/2up | title=Sega Bass Fishing 2 | author=Bratcher, Eric | magazine=NextGen | publisher=Imagine Media | issue=84 | date=December 2001 | page=112 | accessdate=February 19, 2021}}

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Sega Bass Fishing 2 received generally favorable reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Edge cited the game's emphasis on simulation over arcade elements as a downside, compared to the arcade style of the first one. Conversely, GameSpot lauded the game as "a model example of what sequels should be." However, Eric Bratcher of NextGen said that the game was "More realistic, but not more fun. This is easily Sega's deepest fishing title, but it's alternately too hard or too easy." In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 27 out of 40. Four-Eyed Dragon of GamePro said, "The sequel to one of the best fishing games ever unfortunately delivers nothing but a fishy stench instead of a prize catch-of-the-day."{{cite magazine | url=http://www.gamepro.com/sega/dreamcast/games/reviews/16305.shtml | title=Sega Bass Fishing 2 Review for Dreamcast on GamePro.com | author=Four-Eyed Dragon | date=August 22, 2001 | magazine=GamePro | publisher=IDG | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041010124036/http://www.gamepro.com/sega/dreamcast/games/reviews/16305.shtml | archivedate=October 10, 2004 | url-status=dead | accessdate=February 19, 2021}}{{efn|GamePro gave the game 4/5 for graphics, 2/5 for sound, 4.5/5 for control, and 2.5/5 for fun factor.}}