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They all help you with their special abilities (Rock breaking, healing, flying). Once you open one area, you just have to see what's new there and which new fish are swimming around. River King Mystic Valley is a fun and addictive game for the Nintendo DS. It is very addictive and educational because you must help people along the way in order to proceed and you learn about all kinds of different fish. Overall this game ist very fun and I'm sure anybody at any age can enjoy this game. You play a boy who must find a very rare fish called the "River King" in order to save his sister from a deep,deep sleep. In the game you meet three different "monster children": A racoon, a fox and a crow.
Pulling to the left or right edge will drag the fish in closer, while spinning the stylus on the middle of the touch screen will reel it in. Rather than just cast, hook, fight and reel in, now you can control the casting direction and fighting directionals better. Also, you collect a certain number of fish, plants or bugs and you can get trading cards that can also be exchanged for points. Watching the two screens is important, because if you reel when the fish is too far away, line tension increases and you can lose your catch.There's a good amount of new content to keep the game different from the previous installments, and the DS controls are a good addition, but it's still really just the same game. As you feed it fish and talk to it, it grows and becomes more powerful as it follows you around. Just like the rest of the River King games, you're sent on a quest to catch the River King to solve some problem with a family member (this time your sister refuses to wake up).
This time you get points for each fish you catch, you don't sell them, and trade these points for equipment. Your top screen shows a top-down view of your player and how far away the fish is in relation to your pole, while the bottom shows the interactive underwater screen. It's just like the preceding games: catch fish, buy more bait, catch more fish, buy more bait, upgrade rods, etc. The DS controls add a new depth to your fishing experience, and it's a pretty good one. Still, it was worth it in my opinion, being an avid Natsume fan. There are a few new twists, though.
Your combat with outside animals is also different in the fact that you now have a monster pet.
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