One of the best aquatic games anyone could ever want. No joke.

User Rating: 9.5 | Forever Blue 2: Umi no Yobigoe WII
Endless Ocean Blue World is a great game, worthy of praise and entirely worth all the time it takes. The story mode is a great portion of it. If you played the first one (which I did, and loved it!!) you can tell that this is an entirely different game in its own sense.

The story mode for Blue World is fantastically created. You can play this game, and eventually you say "Wait a minute, this is an interactive movie!" With the way they wrote the story at Arika, that sure is what it feels like.

The fish in this game look much better than the last Endless Ocean, probably because the graphics are so much better. The fish look much more alive in this game, leading you to think that you're watching actual fish swim across your screen.

You also get much more diving space in this game. Instead of a small circle in the midddle of a larger map, this game gives you entire maps to swim in, with every map connected to a smaller, secondary area with different fish and more items to find.

I also like how you get your own little island to walk around instead of a small boat. However, walking around the island in un-necessary, because if you press the + button, it pulls up a convenient little menu, with most of the island's features in it.

You can also find a large amount if items in the game. These items can tie into the game in several ways, and most are important to the story.

I know what you're thinking, though. "If it's such a perfect game, why did you only rate it 9.5?" That's because this game a large fault that the first game didn't have. Unlike the original Endless Ocean, fish can attack you in this game, and several species take no time at all to do just that. When certain fish, like a tiger shark for instance, attack you, this lowers your air by a crucial ammount, making dives shorter and annoying. If it weren't for that one addition, this game would be a straight ten.

Anyways, great game, great story, highly recommended. (Keep an eye out for my original Endless Ocean review, coming soon.)