It seems that the trio of Griffin International, XS Games and Bass Pro Shops weren’t satisfied with the current offerings of hunting and fishing games and have decided to take the matters into their own hands.

Recently announcing The Hunt and The Strike which the developers are touting as “the most realistic hunting and fishing experience to-date”. The Hunt will consist of, well, hunting while The Strike centers around fishing. Both include different game-modes and mini-games like boat and ATV racing that will keep you occupied once you get bored of huntin’ and fishin’.

The thing that sets these games apart from the rest, however, are the fishing pole (pictured above) and rifle controllers for use with the game. What sucks is the rifle will only be compatible with the Wii version.

Both The Strike and The Hunt will be available for the Xbox 360, Wii and PC this Fall for $69.99 with the added controller(s) and $39.99 without.

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It appears that retailers have grown tired of large plastic instrument controllers taking up their valuable shelf space. In fact, the PopStar Guitar controller by XS Games almost didn’t make it to stores because retailers weren’t willing to stock it. Additionally, one Wal-Mart executive even “spent ten minutes explaining the problem of every single publisher coming out with a new, big controller” during a demo for a music-rhythm game.

This MTV Multiplayer report takes a look at the issue. It notes that XS Games was forced to come up with a Wii Remote wrap-around controller instead of a full-blown plastic guitar just to get retail space for its game.

Music games aren’t the only culprit either, with Wii Fit packing the huge balance board peripheral. Heck, the next Tony Hawk game is expected to pack a skateboard of its own.