Ace Angler

Ace Angler: Nintendo Switch Version (or simply Ace Angler), released in Japan as Fishing Spirits: Nintendo Switch Version,^[a] is a 2019 fishing video game published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game was released for the Nintendo Switch.^[2]

Ace Angler
Developer(s)	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch
Release	JP: July 25, 2019 SEA: July 21, 2020
Genre(s)	Fishing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Development and release

Ace Angler is based on Fishing Spirits, a fishing simulator arcade game.^[3][4] In the arcade game, players use their rod controllers to catch the fish swimming on the monitor.^[4] A trailer for Ace Angler was released in May 2019.^[1]

The arcade game was ported to the Nintendo Switch and released in Japan under the title Fishing Spirits: Nintendo Switch Version on July 25, 2019.^[5] It was later released in Southeast Asia on July 21, 2020, as Ace Angler: Nintendo Switch Version.^[6][7] Though release for Western markets never occurred, copyrights for the game's title surfaced in various countries in 2022 (its sequel would be released outside Asia).^[5]

Reception

Ace Angler sold over 800,000 copies.^[4]

Sequel

Ace Angler: Fishing Spirits, a sequel to the game, was announced in 2022. It was released in Japan on October 27, 2022 and North America on October 28, 2022.^[4][8]

Notes

1. Alternatively, Tsuri Spirits: Nintendo Switch Version^[1]