Features- It's a fishing controller, we've seen them before. It has a standard button layout just like the DC control pad (excluding the two trigger buttons and the d-pad...oh, and the VMU slots, of course). It also has a reel, which obviously is what makes the controller a fishing controller. It has that realistic ticking sound when you turn it...just like a real rod. The joystick feels right, so do the buttons, kind of smooth actually. The controller feels just a bit out of place in your hand but it still fits well. One strange thing about the reel, you can reel forward and backwards...what's the point in reeling forward?

Price- It costs around $30, like most of Interact's peripherals. It's a fair price for any peripheral. This is the only third party fishing controller that I know of...so if you want a third party but don't like Interact, your screwed...sorry.

Perfarmance- Ok, this is not a part of the peripheral reviews format but I feel it's a necessary category...at least for this peripheral, cause it ain't gettin' away with a good review without mentioning it's weak points!! First of all, it's response is very less than accurate. Sometimes you will be reeling in your lure and it will just stop altogether. Another thing, the "rumble feature" of this controller is virtually unnoticeable. The most subtle rumbling I have ever felt. It kinda feels like holding your hand against your PC's hard drive (yes, that subtle). Don't think I'm basing these opinions out of being bias, which I'm not, InterAct is a very good company, and I HAVE tried the Sega brand fishing controller (in fact, Sonic Adventure and Get Bass were the first two Dreamcast games I ever played...before launch at my EB). Let's just say the Sega brand is miles ahead of this one...and it's around the same price so I just have one question for Interact...why bother?

Ingenuity- Hey, it's a fishing controller. They are fairly new, the DC originated them. Currently only compatible with Get Bass (known as Sega Bass Fishing in the states). Not much more to say on the subject.

Overall

68%