List of River King video games

"River King" redirects here. For the film, see The River King. For a river, see King River.

River King (North America) or Harvest Fishing (PAL) (known in Japan as Kawa no Nushi Tsuri (川のぬし釣り lit. "Fishing the River Master")),[1] originally released in English as Legend of the River King, is a fishing-themed role playing video game series by Natsume (known mostly in America for its farming game series "Harvest Moon") that has releases on over 6 video game systems. Of these, 3 have been released in America, Kawa no Nushi Tsuri 3 and 4, dubbed "Legend of the River King" and "Legend of the River King 2" in the U.S. as well as Kawa no Nushi Tsuri: Wonderful Journey for the PS2 which was renamed River King: A Wonderful Journey. Natsume also plans to release versions for the PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS.

In addition to the River King series which, as the name suggests, deals purely with freshwater fish, a spinoff series of saltwater fishing games has also been released called "Umi no Nushi Tsuri". The series has been released for the Game Boy, Super Nintendo, PlayStation, and Wii.

Games

Kawa no Nushi Tsuri titles

Title Details
Kawa no Nushi Tsuri

Original release date(s):[2]
  • JP August 10, 1990
 Release years by system:
1990—Famicom[2]
Notes:
  • Published by Pack-In-Video[2]
  • It is the first game released in the series and the only one to be released on the Famicom
Kawa no Nushi Tsuri: Shizenha

Original release date(s):[3]
  • JP March 27, 1992
 Release years by system:
1992—TurboGrafx-CD[3]
2007—Wii Virtual Console[4]
Notes:
Kawa no Nushi Tsuri 2

Original release date(s):[5]
  • JP April 28, 1995
 Release years by system:
1995—Super Famicom[5]
Notes:
Legend of the River King

Original release date(s):[6]
  • JP September 19, 1997
  • NA August 1998
  • PAL 1999
 Release years by system:
1997—Game Boy[6]
1999—Game Boy Color[7]
2013—Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console (GBC version)
Notes:
Kawa no Nushi Tsuri

Original release date(s):[9]
  • JP August 20, 1998
 Release years by system:
1998—PlayStation[9]
Notes:
Legend of the River King 2

Original release date(s):[11]
  • JP July 16, 1999
  • PAL March 30, 2001
  • NA April 17, 2001
 Release years by system:
1999—Game Boy Color[11]
2014—Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
Notes:
Kawa no Nushi Tsuri 5

Original release date(s):[13]
  • JP March 15, 2002
 Release years by system:
2002—Game Boy Advance[13]
Notes:
Harvest Fishing

Original release date(s):[14]
  • JP January 27, 2005
  • PAL November 16, 2005
  • NA March 28, 2006
 Release years by system:
2005—PlayStation 2
Notes:
  • Developed by Marvelous Interactive. Published by Marvelous Interactive in Japan, Natsume in North America and 505 Game Street in Europe[15]
  • Known as Kawa no Nushi Tsuri: Wonderful Journey in Japan and River King: A Wonderful Journey in North America[14]
Kawa no Nushi Tsuri 3 & 4

Original release date(s):[16]
  • JP February 9, 2006
 Release years by system:
2006—Game Boy Advance[16]
Notes:
  • Developed and published by Marvelous Interactive[17]
  • It is a remake of Kawa no Nushi Tsuri 3 and Kawa no Nushi Tsuri 4, which have been updated with improved graphics[16]
River King: Mystic Valley

Original release date(s):[18]
  • JP June 28, 2007
  • NA April 29, 2008
  • PAL October 16, 2009
 Release years by system:
2007—Nintendo DS[18]
Notes:
  • Developed by Marvelous Interactive. Published by Marvelous Interactive in Japan, Natsume in North America and Rising Star Games in Europe[19]
  • Known as Kawa no Nushi Tsuri: Komorebi no Tani, Seseragi no Uta in Japan and Harvest Fishing in Europe[18]

Related titles

Title Details
Umi no Nushi Tsuri

Original release date(s):[20]
  • JP July 19, 1996
 Release years by system:
1996—Super Famicom[20]
Notes:
  • Developed and published by Pack-in-Video[20]
  • It is the first title in the spin-off "Sea" series where the fishing takes place in the sea rather than the river
Umi no Nushi Tsuri 2

Original release date(s):[21]
  • JP July 10, 1998
 Release years by system:
1998—Game Boy[21]
Notes:

Original release date(s):[23]
  • JP November 27, 1998
 Release years by system:
1998—Nintendo 64[23]
Notes:
Umi no Nushi Tsuri: Takarajima he Mukatte

Original release date(s):[25]
  • JP July 22, 1999
 Release years by system:
1999—PlayStation[25]
Notes:

Original release date(s):[27]
  • JP May 26, 2000
 Release years by system:
2000—Nintendo 64[27]
Notes:
Nushi Tsuri Adventure: Kite no Bouken

Original release date(s):[28]
  • JP August 4, 2000
 Release years by system:
2000—Game Boy Color[28]
Notes:

See also


References

  1. ↑ http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1C Japanese Translation site
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Kawa no Nushi Tsuri for NES". GameSpot. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Legend of the River King: Tsuri Shizenha". IGN. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  4. ↑ "Kawa no Nushi Tsuri: Shizenha for Wii". GameSpot. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Legend of the River King 2". IGN. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Legend of the River King for Game Boy". GameSpot. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  7. ↑ "Legend of the River King GBC for Game Boy Color". GameSpot. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  8. ↑ "Legend of the River King". allgame. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Kawa no Nushi Tsuri Release Information for PlayStation". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  10. ↑ "Legend of the River King". IGN. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Legend of the River King 2 for Game Boy Color". GameSpot. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  12. ↑ "Legend of the River King 2". allgame. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Legend of the River King Advance". IGN. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "River King: A Wonderful Journey for PlayStation 2". GameSpot. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  15. ↑ "River King: A Wonderful Journey Release Information for PlayStation 2". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "Legend of the River King 1 & 2". IGN. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  17. ↑ "Kawa no Tsuri 3+4 Release Information for Game Boy Advance". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "River King: Mystic Valley for DS". GameSpot. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  19. ↑ "River King: Mystic Valley Release Information for DS". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 "Legend of the Sea King". IGN. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Legend of the Sea King 2". IGN. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  22. ↑ "Umi no Nushi Tsuri 2 - Technical Information". GameSpot. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Nushi Tsuri Release Information for Nintendo 64". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  24. ↑ "Legend of the River King 64". IGN. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Umi no Nushi Tsuri Release Information for PlayStation". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Legend of the Sea King: To Treasure Island". IGN. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 "Legend of the River King 64: Shiokaze ni Notte". IGN. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 "Legend of the River King Adventure: Kite no Bouken". IGN. Retrieved 2008-12-29.

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