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Big Ol' Bass 2

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Big Ol' Bass 2 is the third game of the Fisherman's Bait series and the only fishing game where you can die after being attacked by a dinosaur. It was one of the final games released by Konami Computer Entertainment Nagoya.

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There are a lot of unused audio files for the game announcers, but they are on long audio tracks. Upload them individually.

Unused Audio#

VOICE.STR#

Hidden Message

Japanese

皆さん, この度はお買い上げいただきまして誠にありがとうございます。 お楽しみいただけましたでしょうか。 次回作も頑張りますので, 今後ともひとつよろしくおねがいしたします。 ご指導ご鞭撻のほど よろしくお願いいたします。

Translation

Our sincere thank you to everyone who has purchased our game, I hope you've been enjoying it. We are working hard towards our next game, so please continue supporting us. We also appreciate the advice and encouragement (from everyone)!

Overwritten Audio

Regional Differences#

The Japanese version is missing many elements of the World Monster Fishing mode. Indeed, the entire plot of the game is missing, which may suggest that an earlier build was released there.

US

Japan

It's hard to see at first glance, but Jennifer Clam doesn't appear on the game mode screen. There is a dim image of her face winking on the American version, while the Japanese one does not have it. Also, the "World Monster Graphic" magazine from the top-center is also absent.

US

Japan

The cutscenes are skipped. Instead, a screen with the title of the stage the player has chosen is shown right before the target screen.

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The game was released with different names according to their region, so each title screen has a different logo design.

US

Europe/Japan

The type of unit that appears when displaying the fishing results was also adjusted based on the region.