Namiji

You are a fisher in the Japan of yesteryear, a few kilometers south of the famous Tokaido road, and today's job is to have a fruitful day at sea. You fish with a line or a net to fill your racks with colorful fish, haul in crustacean traps, stop to improve your equipment and admire the marine species. The sea gods are watching too: you float offerings, and you can fulfill the wishes they voice at the Sacred Rocks for a reward. If Tokaido's walking-down-a-road rhythm sounds familiar, it is the same idea: a linear track, where the player furthest behind goes next. It is gentle, colorful and lightly tense, from age eight.