Creature Intersection

Creature Intersection is a game for the Nintendo GameCube in which the objective is to simply catch as many coelacanth as you can in one day, with gameplay about as exciting as watching paint dry.

It is widely known that coelacanth are both only found during the rain, and are very rare to boot. Thus, the world record for the most coelacanth caught in one day - 15 - is both a statistical achievement as well as a test of the player's incredible patience and ability to run up and down fifty meters of coast for eight hours until they got bored.

Reception
Creature Intersection is described as 'my childhood' by numerous twelve-year-olds who comment on YouTube, Tumblr and /r/creatureintersection, despite the fact that the game came out numerous years before they were born. This has led to considerable anger from those who actually do consider Creature Intersection their childhood as well as other twelve-year-olds, angry at their constant misuse of the word 'your'.

The game is the subject of many internet stories and memes, including one where a child played Creature Intersection with their mother, who eventually passed away with cancer. Years later, the child (now a mature-for-his-age 13-year-old boy) decided to play the game, and found that his town was over-run with weeds, all his favourite villagers had moved out, and a letter was in his mailbox addressed to him from his mother. The jury is out on whether this story is true, but just like anything else you read on the internet (unless it's on Reddit and is about Edward Snowden and/or government surveillance/censorship), should be taken with a pinch of salt.

Critically, the game was received positively by critics who did enjoy a loading screen every 16 metres, and who like the ability to have a pick-up-and-play paint-drying simulator for when they had nothing better to do. Some critics did not like the repetitive gameplay, and we respect their opinion while calling them rude names on the GameFAQs forums.