Sega Marine Fishing for Dreamcast FAQ v.1.0 By E. Watts (bannatum@netscape.net) 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: -------------------- -------------------- 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 -------------------- -------------------- 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ D. SAVE Here's where you save. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ E. LOAD Here's where you load a saved game. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ F. OPTIONS Here's where you change the options. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. Copyright 2001 E. Watts.