Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
- Developer
- Nintendo
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Genre
- Sports
- Players
- 4
- Rated
- Everyone
- Released
- 07/29/2003
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
Mario Kart, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, Mario Mario Mario!
You'd almost think Nintendo was trying to cash in on their own success of their most established mascot. But you can't call them sellouts if they're making games like this so fun. I’m all for it!
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour will feature all the all-star cast you'd expect in any Mario sports game including Luigi, Peach, and Bowser, sorry no Sonic and Tales in this one.
The golf mechanics handle like any other golf game, using a three button setup. There are 2 types of swings, manual and automatic. You can choose backspins, and topspins using the D pad, and you can also set the desired location of where you want your shot to go. If you want to hit the ball manually, pressing the A button will initiate your swing, pressing the B button will set the strength put into it the swing. The automatic swing handles the timing of your swing, all you have to do is aim, but the automatic swing is not as precise as the manual swing.
You will find all the levels you’ll expect in a Mario game. But this time around, Camelot is taking this a different direction. In the first Mario Golf, they concentrated on the golf mechanics over the actual “Mario” of the game. Toadstool Tour puts the “Mario” concept first. You’ll find much wackier levels than the first one, representing everything you could think of from past Nintendo games. The Donkey Kong course takes place in the treetops of a massive jungle, while other courses will feature chain chomps, thwomps, piranha plants, and more. And the levels wont only feature these classic characters, but they’ll also interact with the environment. If you land your ball into a sand pit with a chomp chomp, they’ll gobble up your ball and you’ll have to restart your swing.
Mario Golf will also support GBA connectivity, though Nintendo has not yet specified exactly what the connectivity will feature.
Take me to the review!
- Richard Targett
Mario Kart, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, Mario Mario Mario!
You'd almost think Nintendo was trying to cash in on their own success of their most established mascot. But you can't call them sellouts if they're making games like this so fun. I’m all for it!
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour will feature all the all-star cast you'd expect in any Mario sports game including Luigi, Peach, and Bowser, sorry no Sonic and Tales in this one.
Expect much more wackier "Nintendo" themed courses this time.
The golf mechanics handle like any other golf game, using a three button setup. There are 2 types of swings, manual and automatic. You can choose backspins, and topspins using the D pad, and you can also set the desired location of where you want your shot to go. If you want to hit the ball manually, pressing the A button will initiate your swing, pressing the B button will set the strength put into it the swing. The automatic swing handles the timing of your swing, all you have to do is aim, but the automatic swing is not as precise as the manual swing.
You will find all the levels you’ll expect in a Mario game. But this time around, Camelot is taking this a different direction. In the first Mario Golf, they concentrated on the golf mechanics over the actual “Mario” of the game. Toadstool Tour puts the “Mario” concept first. You’ll find much wackier levels than the first one, representing everything you could think of from past Nintendo games. The Donkey Kong course takes place in the treetops of a massive jungle, while other courses will feature chain chomps, thwomps, piranha plants, and more. And the levels wont only feature these classic characters, but they’ll also interact with the environment. If you land your ball into a sand pit with a chomp chomp, they’ll gobble up your ball and you’ll have to restart your swing.
Look at the attention to detail. You can even see Peach's cooties in the air.
Mario Golf will also support GBA connectivity, though Nintendo has not yet specified exactly what the connectivity will feature.
Take me to the review!
- Richard Targett