Do Androids Fish for Electric Cheep-Cheep?

Fishing minigames. You know them; you love them. Or, depending on the game, maybe you hate them, or you're indifferent to them. Our task this episode is to create the definitive tier list of all fishing minigames (or at least over 30 of them) and, once and for all, establish which ones are good, which ones are bad, and which ones are low-poly. No game is sacred, and some of our takes may make you go :0 (like a fish).

References in this episode:

• The current Stardew Valley True Perfection speedrun by TheHaboo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7qIWLV8meU
• Metroid Ravenous / Kirby fan art by WanderJegson: https://x.com/wanderjegson/status/2097764670383718409

Thank you to the following YouTube channels for footage from games we did not capture ourselves:

• @ChuckWagonLive
• @GamesDoneQuick
• @GamerFolklore
• @InBetweenGamer
• @Ze1dahead

Games discussed, at varying length:

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Pokemon Red, Brilliant Diamond, Sword
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Twilight Princess, Ocarina of Time
• Stardew Valley
• Cozy Grove
• Donkey Kong Country
• Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time
• Final Fantasy VI
• Hades and Hades 2
• Jak and Daxter
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land
• Mario Party 1
• Metaphor ReFantazio
• Moon RPG
• Moonlight Peaks
• Nier: Automata
• Okami
• Persona 4 and 5
• Power Shovel
• Pronoun Palace
• Sea of Stars
• Sonic Adventure 1 and Frontiers
• Spiritfarer
• Super Mario Odyssey
• Under the Island
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Donkey Kong 64

This podcast is human-only, no AI. The humans are username_equals_pants and zintendo64.

Theme song: Booster Grooving by Louie Zong.