Categories: Retro

A Look At The Game Boy Fishing Accessory

How to reel in the big ones using your Game Boy.

The Gaming Historian has a video analyzing the Pocket Sonar, a fishing accessory for the Game Boy that was released by Bandai for Japan.

This device lets you detect objects in water, includes a fish encyclopedia, and a fishing mini game. It’s a fascinating piece of gaming history that would make sense for fishers to use back in 1998 when it first released.

What do you think about this accessory? Let us know below.

Have you ever wanted to find fish with your Game Boy? Now you can with the Pocket Sonar! Released only in Japan in 1998, Bandai’s “Gyogun Tanchiki: Pocket Sonar”, aka Fish Finder: Pocket Sonar, hooked up to your Game Boy and contained a fish sonar, fish encyclopedia, and even a fishing mini-game! Learn all about this unique device on this episode of The Gaming Historian!

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