Sega Marine Fishing for Dreamcast FAQ v.1.0

By E. Watts ([email protected])
Updated 7/14/01

When I returned to finish up collecting items in Sega Marine Fishing, I couldn't
find a FAQ for the game. At all. So here's a little something to help you with
the game, since there was nothing for me.

First of all, if you don't have a fishing controller, you're missing out on an
important aspect of the game. I only have the Sega brand rod, but Interact also
makes one. Being able to flick your wrist to cast and having to spin a reel to
pull a fish in is immersive and integral to the game's fun.
In June of 2001, Electronics Boutique had the official Sega fishing controller
for $15, so there's little reason not to top off your experience.

This FAQ mostly covers the items you can collect in Original Mode, since that's
where most of the information I was looking for was.


Index:
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A. ARCADE MODE
B. ORIGINAL MODE
I. AQUARIUM
 1. ITEM LIST
 2. VIEW AQUARIUM
II. MINIGAME
 1. Mini Game - Fight Training
 2. Mini Game - Fishing Training
 3. Mini Game - Total Weight Training
 4. Mini Game - Casting Training
 5. Mini Game - Lure Action Training
III. FREE FISHING
 1. Stages
 2. Item Select
 3. Lure Select:
C. NETWORK
D. SAVE
E. LOAD
F. OPTIONS
G. MISCELLANEOUS
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A. ARCADE MODE
Fish like in the arcade, with time limits and weight requirements. The best way
to learn to catch specific kinds of fish is to play original mode, and in the
process of figuring out how to catch specific kinds of fish (without a time
limit) in order to get all the items, you'll be well equipped for arcade mode.
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B. ORIGINAL MODE
Same basic stages as arcade, but no time limits or other requirements while
fishing. And don't forget the many options, listed below.

I. AQUARIUM
You get an aquarium to fill with items you unlock in mini games and win in free
fishing. You can turn on all of the following items at once except for the
seabeds, of which you can only choose one at a time.

1. ITEM LIST
You seem to get items in stages where they show up in the game. In other words,
you seem to need to fish an area that has an item appearing in it in order to
pick it up. I'm not sure that all the items appear in the stages before you get
them. If I'd known I was going to be writing a FAQ, I would've paid closer
attention. I'll update it if it becomes clearer.


Coral:
Coral Reef 1
Coral Reef 2
Coral Reef 3
Coral Reef 4
Coral Reef 5
Coral Reef 6

Stone:
Stone 1
Stone 2
Stone 3
Stone 4
Stone 5
Stone 6
Stone 7
Stone 8
Stone 9
Stone 10
Statue of Moai

Rock:
Rock 1
Rock 2
Rock 3
Rock 4
Rock 5
Rock 6
Rock 7
Rock 8
Rock 9
Rock 10
Pyramid

Fixed Object:
Skeleton
Treasure Box 1
Treasure Box 2
Treasure Box 3
Buoy
A Sunken Submarine
A Sunken Ship
Fighter 1
Fighter 2
Billboard
Giant Ruins
Giant Building
State Secrets

Moving Object:
Scallop
Sea Turtle
Jellyfish
Horseshoe Crab
Tropical Fish
Diver 1
Diver 2
Submarine 1
Submarine 2
Crab
Squid
Octopus
Sperm Whale
Dolphin

Fish:
You unlock the fish by catching the species at the right time (like if there's
nothing else to unlock with the given lure in the stage you're on), and catching
bigger fish seems to help. It also seems that you can only unlock them with
certain lures. So if you haven't unlocked a fish yet, but have been catching it,
experiment with your lures. See the list of lures below for lures that work
especialy well for catching certain kinds of fish. The lure that unlocks the
normal fish seems to generally unlock the metal version as well.


Giant Trevally
Bluefin Trevally
Skipjack Tuna
Sailfish
Blue Marlin
Yellowfin Tuna
Dolphin Fish
Amberjack
Dogtooth Tuna
Great Barracuda
Napoleon Fish
Permit
Tarpon
Stingray
Shortfin Mako
Hammerhead Shark
Bluefin Tuna
Coelacanth

Metal Fish:
Same list as in Fish, except "Metal" precedes each name

Seabed:
Seabed 1
Seabed 2
Seabed 3

2. VIEW AQUARIUM

15 camera tracks or points are available to view all the things you've caught.
Some of the views are OK, but none are great.
You can eventually listen to 29 different pieces of music here:
Aquarium
Advertise
How to Play
Coral Reef Original
Coral Reef Dance Mix
Coral Reef Trance Mix
Coral Reef SBF Mix
The Offing Original
The Offing Soul Mix
The Offing Bigbeat Mix
The Offing SBF Mix
Shallow Original
Shallow Bossa Mix
Shallow Jazz Mix
Shallow SBF Mix
Hideaway Original
Hideaway Techno Mix
Hideaway Digi Mix
Hideaway SBF Mix
Fishing Port Original
Fishing Port Techno Mix
Fishing Port Final Mix
Fishing Port SBF Mix
Name Entry
Ending
Fight 1
Fight 2
Fight 3
Fight 4


II. MINIGAME
Play these minigames and you unlock 266 items to win in original mode that you
can put in the aquarium or that you can equip in original mode.

1. Mini Game - Fight Training:

The fish are already hooked. You need to bring them each in without the line
breaking or the hook coming off. Here's the fish you need to land, in order.
This also works as a list of which fish are in which fields, for when you've got
a few specific fish you need to track and catch to unlock them in the aquarium.

Coral Reef

Bluefin Trevally
Skipjack Tuna
Great Barracuda
Giant Trevally
Napoleon Fish
Sailfish

The Offing

Dolphin Fish
Amberjack
Yellowfin Tuna
Skipjack Tuna
Dogtooth Tuna
Blue Marlin

Shallow

Permit
Stingray
Sailfish
Great Barracuda
Shortfin Mako
Tarpon

Hideaway of Big Fish

Sailfish
Tarpon
Blue Marlin
(yep, that's all)

Fishing Port

Bluefin Trevally
Great Barracuda
Stingray
Hammerhead Shark
Bluefin Tuna
Coelacanth

2. Mini Game - Fishing Training
Spin the wheel of fish; catch the kind of fish you landed on for points within
the time limit.


3. Mini Game - Total Weight Training
Catch lots of heavy fish. You're trying for the most weight in a stage.

4. Mini Game - Casting Training
Cast and try to hit moving objects for points.  I find this easier with a normal
DC controller's D-pad.

5. Mini Game - Lure Action Training
Move the lure well and get points. Do it really badly on purpose at first and
slowly improve your performance to unlock lots of items quickly. The strategy
works for all the minigames, but is easiest to pull off here.


III. FREE FISHING

1. Stages
Stage: Coral Reef
Stage: The Offing
Stage: Shallow
Stage: Hideaway of Big Fish
Stage: Fishing Port


2. Item Select:
Some of the items are specific to characters (see under Rods for how to use
different characters), so I'll put their initials next to items that aren't good
for everyone.
Powell (the default guy)=P
Masala (your fishing guide with the doorag)=M
The Captain (the guy who tries not to sink the boat)=C
Most character specific items have to be won while using the character who they
are supposed to be used by. So if you can't get most of the bandannas, you're
probably not using Masala enough. Again, vary the fish you catch and the lure
you use to unlock items you need.

Hat:
Powell's Hat P
Powell's Cap P
SMF Premium Cap P
Yellow Bandanna M
Blue Bandanna M
Purple Bandanna M
Sky Blue Bandanna M
Pink Bandanna M
Green Bandanna M
Captain's Hat C
Captain's Bandanna C
Captain's Cap C
Professional Sunglasses P
Nicked Shaver M
Awesome Shaver M

Shirt:
Powell T-Shirt 1 P
Powell T-Shirt 2 P
Powell T-Shirt 3 P
Jinbei P
SMF T-Shirt M
T-Shirt for Work M
Fishing T-Shirt M
Captain's Polo Shirt 1 C
Captain's Polo Shirt 2 C
Aloha Shirt C

Pants:

Powell's Pants 1 P
Powell's Pants 2 P
Powell's Pants 3 P
Masala's Pants 1 M
Masala's Pants 2 M
Masala's Pants 3 M
Captain's Pants 1 C
Captain's Pants 2 C
Captain's Pants 3 C

Ship:
Cruiser (Note: this is a different ship than you start with)
Raft

BGM:
Coral Reef Dance Mix
Coral Reef Trance Mix
Coral Reef SBF Mix
The Offing Soul Mix
The Offing Bigbeat Mix
The Offing SBF Mix
Shallow Bossa Mix
Shallow Jazz Mix
Shallow SBF Mix
Hideaway Techno Mix
Hideaway Digi Mix
Hideaway SBF Mix
Fishing Port Techno Mix
Fishing Port Final Mix
Fishing Port SBF Mix
EAR PLUGS (no music at all)

Rod:
Rod 1
Rod 2
Rod 3
Rod 4
Taro's Rod
Masala's Rod (Note: lets you fish as Masala, and use his items) M
Captain's Rod (Note: lets you fish as the Captain, and use his items) C

Line:
Sky Blue Line
Purple Line
Pink Line
Red Line
Orange Line
Yellow Line
Green Line
Ghost Line

Special:
Rockey (Masala's golden retriever)
Apollo (Captain's Labrador retriever)
Magic Hand (Guides luring in Original Mode)
Fireworks (Works on Fishing Port stage)
Ending (Staff roll)

Effective Item:
(Can only be used a limited number of times)
Stamina Drink
A Strong Line
A Lucky Charm
Durable Hook



3. Lure Select:
In order to unlock lures, you usually need to use lures from the same class. So
if you need Big Popper 7, you should try using another Big Popper to unlock it.
If you're using a sympathetic lure but you're still not unlocking what you need,
try catching different kinds of fish with it.

The lures often have specific fish they're good for catching. I'll list those
fish by initial next to the lures (Sailfish and Stingray are spelled out; Blue
Trevally is BTre so you don't think it's Bluefin Tuna, even though there are no
Bluefin Tuna-specific lures). Some lures are best for big or small fish of a
certain type, of big fish in general, or any kind. That's listed too.

Big Popper:
Big Popper 1 GT, Sailfish
Big Popper 2 Big fish
Big Popper 3 SM, HS
Big Popper 4 BTre
Big Popper 5 Stingray
Big Popper 6 Any
Big Popper 7 GB, T
Big Popper 8 BM

Big Pencil Popper:
Big Pencil Popper 1 Any
Big Pencil Popper 2 T
Big Pencil Popper 3 SM
Big Pencil Popper 4 P, ST
Big Pencil Popper 5 GB
Big Pencil Popper 6 BM
Big Pencil Popper 7 NF
Big Pencil Popper 8 HS

Big Splasher:
Big Splasher 1 Any
Big Splasher 2 GT, GB
Big Splasher 3 S, P
Big Splasher 4 Sailfish
Big Splasher 5 T, GB
Big Splasher 6 ST
Big Splasher 7 BTre, HS
Big Splasher 8 YT

Deep Diver Minnow:
Deep Diver Minnow 1 BTre
Deep Diver Minnow 2 small T
Deep Diver Minnow 3 BM
Deep Diver Minnow 4 DF, ST
Deep Diver Minnow 5 Any
Deep Diver Minnow 6 Stingrays
Deep Diver Minnow 7 Big
Deep Diver Minnow 8 P

Metal Jig:
Offing and Shallow stages
Metal Jig 1 DT, YT
Metal Jig 2 Stingrays, P
Metal Jig 3 BM
Metal Jig 4 DF
Metal Jig 5 Any
Metal Jig 6 A
Metal Jig 7 DT
Metal Jig 8 T, SM

Big Metal Jig:
Offing and Shallow stages
Big Metal Jig 1  A, big YT, big BM
Big Metal Jig 2 GB, P
Big Metal Jig 3 YT (can't be used in Coral Reef)
Big Metal Jig 4 Big
Big Metal Jig 5 DF, SM
Big Metal Jig 6 DT
Big Metal Jig 7 SM, Stingrays
Big Metal Jig 8 small Sailfish

Popper A:
Popper A 1 small DF, small BM
Popper A 2 YT
Popper A 3 small BM, GB
Popper A 4 NF
Popper A 5 Any
Popper A 6 small T, P
Popper A 7 Stingrays, SM
Popper A 8 BTre, ST

Popper B:
Popper B 1 T, Sailfish, SM
Popper B 2 YT, BM
Popper B 3 HS
Popper B 4 GT, ST
Popper B 5 P, Stingrays
Popper B 6 SM, BTre
Popper B 7 T
Popper B 8 Big

Pencil:
Pencil 1 small DF, small BM
Pencil 2 GT, BTre
Pencil 3 small Sailfish
Pencil 4 P, Stingrays
Pencil 5 NF
Pencil 6 Big
Pencil 7 SM, GB
Pencil 8 T, small DF

Pencil Popper:
Pencil Popper 1 small T, small Sailfish, GB
Pencil Popper 2 small T, small Sailfish, small BM
Pencil Popper 3 Any
Pencil Popper 4 DF
Pencil Popper 5 SM, BTre
Pencil Popper 6 GT
Pencil Popper 7 P, Stingrays, ST
Pencil Popper 8 BM

Lipless Minnow:
Lipless Minnow 1 big DF, BM
Lipless Minnow 2 SM, Stingrays
Lipless Minnow 3 NF, GB
Lipless Minnow 4 ST, P
Lipless Minnow 5 T
Lipless Minnow 6 GT
Lipless Minnow 7 BTre
Lipless Minnow 8 GB

Minnow:
Minnow 1 Any
Minnow 2 small DF
Minnow 3 SM, HS
Minnow 4 small Sailfish
Minnow 5 GB, P
Minnow 6 Stingrays
Minnow 7 ST
Minnow 8 small GT, BTre
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C. NETWORK
For use with your modem. I don't know if it supports the broadband adapter. Does
anything, besides Quake and PSO?
I. Fishing Competition
Downloadable contests.  I haven't done this.
II. Fish Mail Fishing
Odd way of communicating with random SMF players. You get messages by catching
fish. Haven't tried it; seems freakish enough to be good for a couple minutes of
laughs.
III. Home Page
Haven't tried it, since I have yet to be anything but underwhelmed with any
game's homepage.
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D. SAVE
Here's where you save.
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E. LOAD
Here's where you load a saved game.
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F. OPTIONS
Here's where you change the options.
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G. MISCELLANEOUS

I caught a huge coelacanth in original mode; 261 lbs and some ounces, when I had
264 items. The border (while playing on a VGA monitor) turned blue (and normally
it's black) until I returned to attract mode. I'm not sure if this does anything,
or if it's just a colorful bug.

Get all 266 items and you get a pleasant little screen when you exit from free
fishing after pulling in item 266.


Thanks to Wow Entertainment and Sega for a great game.
Enjoy your fishing.


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