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• Mario Golf: World Tour

Mario Golf: World Tour is a sport title for the Nintendo 3DS . It is the third handheld installment of the Mario Golf series , and the eighth installment in the series overall. The game features gyroscope support and Wi-Fi capabilities, allowing players to participate in online Tournaments against other players from around the world. The game made use of downloadable content, in which extra courses and characters could be bought with real money, prior to the 3DS Nintendo eShop service's discontinuation on March 27, 2023. The game also made use of Nintendo Network , but the service was terminated on April 8, 2024, making the game no longer playable online. [1] [2] It is the first Mario Golf game to have been released after its tennis counterpart .

• 2.3 Castle Club
• 3.1.1 Default
• 3.1.2 Unlockable
• 3.1.3 Downloadable
• 3.1.4 Customizable
• 3.2 Non-playable
• 4 Customizable gear
• 7.1.1.1 Stroke Play
• 7.1.1.2 Match Play
• 7.1.1.3 Speed Golf
• 7.1.1.4 Point Tourney
• 7.1.1.5 Challenges
• 7.1.3 Skins Match
• 7.2 Castle Club
• 7.3 Toad's Booth
• 8.1 Regional Tournaments
• 8.2 World Tournaments
• 8.3 Mario Open
• 9 Downloadable content
• 11 Profiles
• 12 Reception
• 13 References to other games
• 14 References in later games
• 15 Regional differences
• 16 Pre-release and unused content
• 20.1 Announcer
• 22 Names in other languages
• 23 References
• 24 External links

Gameplay [ edit ]

The gameplay is similar to past installments of the Mario Golf series. Players have to hit shots while taking into account character attributes, wind, weather, and course topography. The power, accuracy, and spin of shots are determined by the timing when the player taps buttons or the touch screen as a target line slides up and down the power meter. A simplified control system, like the Auto control system from Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour , returns where the player has to worry only about the power of the shot, at the expense of being unable to add topspin or backspin. The touch screen can now be used for selecting clubs, initiating shots, and adding spin. Plus, the trajectory of the shot can be altered by moving the circle pad or by using the touch screen as the shot meter is in motion; this is similar to the impact zone feature of past games. A new feature, known as Item Shots , allows players to hit shots with different effects via items. These include burning through trees with a Fire Flower , creating Note Blocks over water hazards, ignoring wind via Bullet Bill , increasing draw or fade by Boomerang , and freezing the terrain with an Ice Flower . These items can be collected by hitting ? Blocks on the course, although players sometimes start holes with items.

Controls [ edit ]

Menu [ edit ].

Golf [ edit ]

Castle Club [ edit ]

Characters [ edit ], playable [ edit ].

The game includes 13 default characters as well as four unlockable characters, with an additional four as downloadable content, making a total of 21 characters. When the bonus characters are unlocked or downloaded, they immediately get a star rank. Miis , Toad , Kamek , Paratroopa , Gold Mario , Toadette , Nabbit , and Rosalina are playable for the first time in the Mario Golf series, though Gold Mario cannot be used in 100 Coins challenges. In addition, Daisy , Boo , Bowser Jr. , Diddy Kong , and Birdo are playable in a handheld console Mario Golf installment for the first time, after previously being playable in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour . With the discontinuation of digital purchases for Nintendo 3DS in March 2023, it is no longer possible to buy the downloadable characters, though they can still be downloaded by those who purchased them when they were available.

Below is a table of the playable characters. Note that Height is on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 being the lowest-flying shot and 10 being the highest. Sweet Spot and Control are out of 11. When a character curves the ball, it is either called a fade or draw. A fade is when the ball curves in the direction of the dominant hand and a draw is when the ball curves opposite the direction of the dominant hand. When a shot is used with a curve on a hole with a higher surface, the ball can either over-curve or under-curve, resulting in misplacing of the ball.

Default [ edit ]

Stronger Star versions of the default characters can be unlocked by beating them in their respective character match in Challenges mode.

Unlockable [ edit ]

These characters can be obtained by collecting a specific amount of Star Coins in Challenge Mode, after all Mario World courses are unlocked.

Downloadable [ edit ]

Customizable [ edit ], non-playable [ edit ].

These characters appear as either non-playable characters in Castle Club that players can interact with or as background elements in many of the various golf courses in the game.

• Mega Monty Moles
• Koopa Troopa
• Cheep Cheeps
• Big Urchins
• Big Piranha Plant
• Piranha Plant
• Bullet Bill
• Butterflies
• Para-Beetles
• Buzzy Beetle
• Chain Chomps
• Heavy Para-Beetles
• Fishin' Lakitu
• Screaming Pillars
• Big Screaming Pillars
• Giant Chomp
• Hungry Luma

Customizable gear [ edit ]

There is a variety of purchasable gear that can be used to customize the player's Mii that will affect their stats. The game will have 500 customizable gear items. If a player equips a Mii with a full character gear set the Mii will play similarly to that character. At first, participating in tournaments is the only way players can unlock gear that are not available in the store. But it will start selling them once a major tournament has ended. However, players have to enter major tournaments to earn clothing sets themed after these tournaments.

Items [ edit ]

Various items can be used during gameplay to affect the player's shots. At the start of the game, the player is given the number of items equivalent to the number of holes being played on divided by three. More can be received when the player hits the ball through ? Blocks , which give the player random items. If the ball goes through a box with a picture of an item on it, the player gets that item. In player-tournaments, a set amount of items can be chosen for the tournament players to receive before starting.

Courses [ edit ]

Mario Golf: World Tour has the most courses of all Mario Golf games, with 16, including the downloadable courses, making a total of 234 holes. The Castle Club courses have 18 holes and have championships that the Mii can compete in against other characters in the game. The Mario World Courses contain gimmicks based on different Super Mario games and have nine holes. All these courses can be accessed through both Mario Golf (quick round) and Castle Club. The six downloadable courses, which could be bought with real money, are taken from the Nintendo 64 game with updated music and graphics. Some of these courses have changed appearances to look like specific worlds from New Super Mario Bros. U .

With the discontinuation of digital purchases for Nintendo 3DS in March 2023, it is no longer possible to buy the downloadable courses, though they can still be downloaded by those who purchased them when they were available.

Game modes [ edit ]

There are two main modes of play: Mario Golf (Quick Round), and Castle Club.

Mario Golf [ edit ]

Mario Golf (Quick Round) is similar to past Mario Golf games, where the player can select a Mushroom Kingdom character or a customized Mii. It features a variety of modes such as Single Player (including Stroke Play, Match Play, Speed Golf, and Point Tourney, all of which provide coins for the player), Vs. (Local Play, Online Friends, and Community Match), and Tournaments (Mario Open and user-created Private Tournaments). Additional regional and worldwide online tournaments are available on the entry floor of the Castle Club.

Single Player [ edit ]

This mode allows players to take on a round by themselves, and against the clock or a computer opponent, as well as Challenges, where courses, Star characters, and Mii costumes can be unlocked. The first four modes allow the player to select any unlocked course. The following settings can be adjusted: number of holes (three, six, nine, or 18), order of holes (normal or mixed), wind strength, whether or not to use items or club slots or have coins on the course, whether to start from hole 1 or hole 10 (when playing the holes in normal order), what tees to start from (regular, back, or tournament), and whether or not to display the shot trajectory. Playing rounds may earn the player Best Badges and will randomly unlock Mii Gear for the player's Mii to use.

Stroke Play [ edit ]

A standard round of golf, where the player's score is compared to par.

Match Play [ edit ]

The player competes against a computer-controlled opponent. The winner of the round is whichever player wins more holes, although if the players are tied by the end of the game, it will proceed into Sudden Death and go through the selected course again until someone wins. The player may choose the opponents skill level, ranging in five different varieties, two of which need to be unlocked.

Speed Golf [ edit ]

Instead of counting strokes, the player's score is determined by how much time is taken to sink the ball.

Point Tourney [ edit ]

Scored via a modified version of the Stableford scoring system . The player is awarded eight points for an albatross or a hole in one, five for an eagle, three for a birdie, two for a par, and one for a bogey. A double bogey or worse scores zero.

Challenges [ edit ]

Each of the game's courses, including downloadable courses, have ten Star Coin challenges and ten Moon Coin challenges (the latter are more difficult, and unlocked by earning 90 Star Coins). They take the following forms:

Vs. [ edit ]

This is the game's multiplayer mode. Local play is available for up to four players, but it does not support download play. During multiplayer, all players play at the same time, which speeds up play significantly because players do not have to wait until it is their turn to play. However, all players must finish the hole before they are allowed to move on. Players can see the ghost shots of other players and on-screen icons also show how the player's shots measure with the other players' in terms of distance. Players can send taunts or cheers to each other by pressing icons, as well as emoticons. Matches with online friends and community matches can also be played from this menu.

Skins Match [ edit ]

In addition to Stroke Play, Match Play, Speed Golf, and Point Tourney from the single-player mode, Skins Matches are playable, though exclusive to multiplayer. They are very similar to Match Play in that the goal is to earn the most points. However, this mode can be played by 2-4 players, and rather than having a set point goal, the player with the most points after a set number of holes wins. This mode does not support simultaneous play.

To the left of the Caddie Master's booth is the Royal Garden, which has pipes leading to the six Mario World courses, and a passageway to the Royal Room. Entering these pipes will put the player in a practice round on any of the courses, where the player uses the front tees, starts out with a few items and can grab more from Item Boxes around the course, and hits the ball through coins that appear as well. At the far left of this garden is an aura which will summon Kamek when the player approaches it. Kamek can exchange play coins for game coins, change their dominant hand, allow mulligans (the ability to redo strokes), or change the player's swing type, all at a cost of a huge amount of coins. After all three course championships are won, Costume Challenges will begin appearing in the Royal Garden, where players can unlock costumes by completing objectives such as collecting a certain number of coins, finishing in a short period of time, and beating a target score using Club Slots, all on Mario World courses. Unlike in Quick Round, where the challenges only cover three specific holes and the front or back tees are used, Costume Challenges take place on all nine holes and tournament tees are used. To the right of the main course entrances is an area with entrances to training grounds where players can take a golf tutorial (no gate) and practice their drives (purple gate), approaches (blue gate), and putts (green gate). The practice sessions come in different levels, and the goal is to get the ball as close to the pin as possible -- or even sink the ball -- to earn practice points. Succeeding 20 times in the training games each for drives, approaches, and putts will give the player costumes of Bee Mario , Cloud Mario , and Boomerang Mario respectively. Past the practice grounds is the entrance to Sky Island , where the player takes on the One-On, One-Putt challenge, which requires the player to get the ball onto the green in one shot, then putt that ball in the next for nine consecutive holes. If the ball misses the green or just lands on the fringe, or the putt is missed at any point, the challenge is failed. Upon completion, the course will be unlocked and an 18-hole version can be played in Castle Club in its stead. Taking the One-On, One-Putt challenge again and clearing all 18 holes will award the player with a Propeller Mario costume.

Toad's Booth [ edit ]

Hosted by a blue Toad, this is primarily where players can purchase downloadable content. Records for each game mode, including the number of eagles, albatrosses, and holes-in-one made, can also be viewed here. Players can also visit this booth to learn how to play the game, and see a glossary of golf terminology.

Online tournaments [ edit ]

Mario Golf: World Tour features a variety of online tournaments for players to take part in. They can either be made by Nintendo with golf gear as participation prizes (barring DLC tournaments), by other players from across the world in the form of Private Tournaments, or made by Callaway Golf in partnership with Nintendo. SpotPass must be turned on for tournaments to be entered.

After playing through a tournament, the player must upload their score in order for it to be ranked (by score then order of submission) in the leaderboard which can be viewed at any time during the tournament period. Tournaments can be played an infinite amount of times until the deadline has been met, allowing for continuous improvement of a player's score. Most tournaments last for two weeks, those on downloadable courses are one week long, and major tournaments last for almost a month. After a deadline ends for a tournament, the final standings can be viewed in an award ceremony, and both a trophy (gold for the top 10%, silver for the top 20-30%, and bronze for the top 40-60%) and coins are received depending on how the player places. Gaining a trophy in certain regional or worldwide tournaments will allow the player to enter one of four yearly major worldwide tournaments (such as the Castle Tournament or Star Open) that reward the player with a more impressive trophy and a larger coin payout.

Trophies earned from Regional and World Tournaments in the Castle Club appear on the shelf at the back of the trophy hall (a maximum of ten normal trophies can be on display at any one time), and trophies from major tournaments appear in the glass display towards the center of the room. Gold trophies appear beside the screen in the middle, silver ones are seen farther from it, and bronze ones are placed at the far sides of the hall. World tournament trophies appear towards the middle and those for regional tournaments are placed at the sides. The higher the end ranking the player got in a tournament, the closer to the middle its trophy is placed.

Official online tournaments were concluded with World Tour Final, which started on December 20, 2018, and ended on January 10, 2019. Despite this, official online DLC tournaments remained available, with the final DLC Trial Tour 98 on Mario's Star having entries allowed until December 31, 2030, a placeholder date which stayed until the Nintendo Network service was shutdown on April 8, 2024.

Below is a list of the official types of online tournaments:

Regional Tournaments [ edit ]

In the Castle Club's basement, the player's Mii can go into a pipe on the red entry machine to join Regional Tournaments. These restrict participants to those in the chosen region(s). The clothing prizes for these tournaments are obtained individually, and are themed after the playable characters (not the downloadable ones), and some enemies and items. Additionally, Callaway Golf has teamed up with Nintendo to produce Callaway-based regional tournaments, which will give the players sponsored Callaway Gear for the Mii to equip during the tournaments and to keep afterwards.

World Tournaments [ edit ]

On the other side of the Castle Club's basement, the blue entry machine has a pipe leading to World Tournaments, which pit the player against the whole world. The clothing prizes for these tournaments are earned in complete sets and designed like Nintendo gaming devices and themed after the major tournaments.

Major tournaments are like the expert tournaments, only that the flight path is turned on. Four of these happen every year. The Castle Tournament is in the Forest Course, the Star Open is in the Seaside Course, and the Moon Open is in the Mountain Course. In these tournaments, the holes are played in the regular order. The World Championship takes place on all three courses at once, six holes being played on for each course, and the holes are done in a mixed order.

Mario Open [ edit ]

In addition to Castle Club Tournaments, Nintendo has also created Mario Open tournaments which allow the use of Super Mario characters, and are played on Mario World courses and downloadable courses. Tournaments in this category cover nine holes, so on the downloadable courses, either the front nine or back nine are played on. All of these tournaments are world tournaments, but they award pieces of clothing for the Mii in the same way as the regional tournaments. Mario Open tournaments are stroke-play or coin-collecting tournaments, and when there are no item restrictions, players start out with three different items. Fixed-character tournaments limit players to using a specific character, and that character is not allowed to have a star rank. In limited-item tournaments, players can only use a particular item, and they start out with five of it. Players can also make their own unofficial Mario Open tournaments under rules of their choice for other players to enjoy.

Downloadable content [ edit ]

Mario Golf: World Tour was one of two Mario games on the 3DS to provide paid DLC, the other being New Super Mario Bros. 2 .

Demo [ edit ]

On April 17th, a demo of the game was released on the Nintendo eShop for Europe. Mario Golf: World Tour is the second Super Mario game (preceded by Mario & Luigi: Dream Team ) to have a publicly released demo for download. The demo was later released in North America on April 24. It uses 873 blocks when downloaded and offers ten uses (fifteen for the North American demo).

The demo lets the player go through a tutorial covering camera and shot control or play through either holes 1, 2, and 3 of Seaside Course , holes 1, 2, and 6 of Wiggler Park , and holes 1, 5, and 6 of Yoshi Lake . The demo also allows the player to play the Star Coin Collector mode on hole 9 of Peach Gardens , and the Ring Master mode on hole 14 of Mountain Course . The only playable characters available are Mario , Peach , Yoshi , and Bowser .

Profiles [ edit ]

• Nintendo 3DS eShop description:

Go clubbing around the world with Mario™! Tee off as your favorite Mario or Mii™ character while challenging players online. Shoot into warp pipes and dodge piranha plants in Mushroom Kingdom areas or take a shot at the nature-themed courses. Power-up your shots with special items to burn past pesky plants, blast over gaping chasms, or freeze water hazards. The new Castle Club has both naturalistic and Mario-themed courses, a training area to hone your skills, and a pro shop where you can get unlockable gear and outfits. Test your skills in a gauntlet of course challenges, play with friends locally (using emoticons to cheer them on), or take on players around the world in online real-time tournaments.

Grab your clubs and bring fun to the fore in Mario Golf: World Tour on Nintendo 3DS family systems! Join Mario and friends for engrossing golf action on your own, or tee off with players from all over the world in thrilling online multiplayer matches. The Mario Golf series is known for combining deceptively deep golf gameplay with ideas you could only find in a Mario game, and Mario Golf: World Tour is no exception! Master a range of courses sure to test even the most experienced player. It's not all lush greens and blue skies though - take to the fairway on sandy shores, or shoot for the pin on courses inspired by the world of Mario!

Reception [ edit ]

Mario Golf: World Tour has received generally positive reviews among critics. IGN gave the game a score of 8.6/10 (a "great" rating). They praised the game's learning curve, training options, quantity of unlockables, and multiplayer, but criticized the map in Castle Club, saying it was "confusing". [3] Joystiq gave 3 stars out of 5, being more critical, while praising the basic gameplay and online options, criticizing the Castle Club, opining it as sparse and dispensable, while also opining that the game as a whole was too safe in its approach. [4]

Thomas Whitehead of Nintendo Life compared Mario Golf: Word Tour favorably to Mario Tennis Open . He praised the game for a perceived sense of attention to detail, as well as its skill curve. He gave the game a score of 9/10. [5] The game was scored 83% by Official Nintendo Magazine. [6] Mario Golf: World Tour currently averages a score of 78 out of a possible 100 on Metacritic. [7]

References to other games [ edit ]

• Super Mario Bros. : The loading screens portray various golf scenes that use sprites from this game. The music used in Cheep Cheep Lagoon is a cover of the underwater theme. The music of Bowser's Castle has some parts of the castle theme in it. The overworld theme is heard in part of the music for the credits.
• Super Mario Bros. 3 : The music used in Sky Island is a cover of this game's Athletic Theme. A Super Leaf clothing set and Tanooki Mario costume appear, with golf clubs and balls to go with them.
• Super Mario World : Baby Yoshi and Reznor costumes appear, with golf clubs and balls to go with them.
• NES Open Tournament Golf : A costume, golf clubs, and a golf ball appear based on Mario's attire in this game.
• Super Mario 64 : The music of Bowser's Castle has parts of this game's Bowser level music. Additionally, the stained glass portrait of Peach appears on hole 16 of Mario's Star as terrain.
• Mario Golf (Nintendo 64) : Toad Highlands and Koopa Park return with an updated appearance, while the other four main courses appear in a new iteration. In addition, Peach's Eagle and Birdie animations are similar to her hole-in-one animation from this game as, while she celebrates, her sports uniform turns into her trademark dress (although, in that case, it was deliberate instead of accidental).
• Yoshi's Story : Yoshi Lake appears to be based on this game, even using a cover of the title screen as the music.
• Donkey Kong 64 : Some of Diddy Kong 's voice clips are recycled from this game.
• Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour : The major tournaments function much like the Star Tournaments in this game. The coin-collecting matches are similar to Quick Cash mode in this game. The availability of Petey Piranha and Koopa Troopa costumes, golf clubs, and balls recalls how they were playable characters in this game. Sky Island has a similar layout to Congo Canopy .
• Mario Golf: Advance Tour : The Castle Club has a similar layout to the Marion Clubhouse from this game. Sky Island has a similar layout to Elf's Short Course .
• Mario Power Tennis : Many voice clips are reused from this game.
• Mario Kart DS : The music of Peach Gardens is a cover of the theme used in this game's Peach Gardens .
• Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 : Mario's Star has elements from these games, and various Luma characters appear in Rosalina's post-hole animations. The music used in Wiggler Park is a cover of the Honeyhive Galaxy music. Bee Mario , Cloud Mario , and Luma costumes appear, with golf clubs and balls to go with them.
• Mario Kart Wii : Some voice clips are reused from this game.
• New Super Mario Bros. Wii : A Propeller Mario costume appears, with golf clubs and a ball to go with it.
• Donkey Kong Country Returns : The DK Jungle course is heavily based on this game. Donkey Kong's Eagle/Albatross/Hole-In-One animation features him in a silhouetted jungle setting referencing the silhouette levels that originated from this game.
• Super Mario 3D Land : A Boomerang Flower clothing set and Boomerang Mario costume appear, with golf clubs and balls to go with them. A Tail Goomba appears along with regular Goombas on hole 13 of Mario's Star as terrain.
• Mario Kart 7 : Rosalina 's voice clips are recycled from this game. Gold Mario's artwork is based off Metal Mario's artwork in this game, only with a golf club instead of a stack of tires.
• Mario Tennis Open : Mii customization returns from this game. The overall structure of the game is like this one, with sound effects and icons borrowed from it.
• New Super Mario Bros. 2 : Gold Mario appears as a playable character. Moon Coins reappear. A Fox Luigi costume appears, with golf clubs and a ball to go with it. The background of Mario's Eagle/Albatross/Hole-In-One animation is the same as that of World Star .
• New Super Mario Bros. U : Layer-Cake Desert, Sparkling Waters, and Rock-Candy Mines are downloadable golf courses of places that originated in this game. A Boss Sumo Bro costume appears, with golf clubs and a ball to go with it. Nabbit appears as a playable character. His Eagle/Albatross/Hole-In-One animation features him running through a series of levels based on this game, complete with HUD.
• Super Mario 3D World : Mario 's and Luigi 's character icons appear as terrain on hole 18 of Mario's Star, while Toad 's appears on hole 12.

References in later games [ edit ]

• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS : A trophy appears depicting Mario in his Mario Golf: World Tour appearance. The trophy itself is even titled "Mario Golf: World Tour."
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate : One of Peach's victory poses resembles her Hole-in-One/Eagle animation in World Tour , only without her parasol. Similarly, one of Daisy's victory poses resembles her Birdie animation. In addition, the music track "World Tour", which plays during national tournaments, appears as an unlockable music track on Super Mario -franchise stages except for Mario Kart -themed stages.

Regional differences [ edit ]

In the British English version of Mario Golf: World Tour , the exclamation marks are missing from the animation for Birdie , Eagle , and Albatross . One is present in the Hole-in-One animation, however. The Hole-in-One text that appears in both English versions are different, the British English version having "HOLE-IN-ONE!", whereas the American English version has "HOLE IN ONE!!", leaving out the dashes.

The character select screen also has multiple differences in the distance for each character, as the letters size vary for different versions, with the British English letters being bigger than the American English letters. The abbreviation for "Yards" is also different, with the American English version having "yd." and leaves a space between it and the number, whereas the British English region uses a "yd" abbreviation with no space between the numbers and letters.

Pre-release and unused content [ edit ]

In some pre-release screenshots, the animations for " Birdie " or " Bogey " had orange circles and letters, whereas in the final game, they're blue. The letters and wording was also different in the final version, with different colors, fonts and sizes. Many holes where different, either moved or changed completely. Dark transparent boxes were also added behind the wording of certain course information, and some things were moved to different parts of the screen.

Staff [ edit ]

Mario Golf: World Tour was created by staff at both Camelot and Nintendo, with localization teams from both Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe also involved, the latter organization involving sixteen translators to bring the game to a variety of languages. Both Shigeru Miyamoto and Koji Kondo were involved as supervisors. Finally, while she was not listed in the game's credits, Kerri Kane portrayed Rosalina via recycled and previously unused voice clips from her earlier work on Mario Kart 7 . [8]

Gallery [ edit ]

Mario , Luigi , Peach and Toad

Seaside Course

Mario's golf ball

Mario's club

Media [ edit ]

Quotes [ edit ], announcer [ edit ].

• " Nice on! "
• " Wow! Nice Albatross ! "
• " Congratulations! "

Trivia [ edit ]

• Cheep Cheep Lagoon and Koopa Park are the only courses whose greens do not have square designs; instead, they use a wavy design and a hexagonal design respectively.
• The course (and mode) music for this game continues after shots on the green and post-hole animations, unlike in previous games, where the music restarts when entering a new hole (there even being a tune for hole overviews).

Names in other languages [ edit ]

References [ edit ].

• ^ @NintendoAmerica (October 4, 2023). As of early April 2024, online play and other functionality that uses online communication will end service for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software. Thank you very much for your continued support of our products. . Twitter (American English). Retrieved February 17, 2024.
• ^ @NintendoAmerica (January 23, 2024). Update: as of 4/8, online play and other functionality that uses online communication will end service for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software. Thank you very much for your continued support of our products. . Twitter (American English). Retrieved February 17, 2024.
• ^ Albert, Brian (April 24, 2014). Mario Golf: World Tour Review . IGN (English). Retrieved June 25, 2024.
• ^ Hayward, Andrew (May 1, 2014). Mario Golf: World Tour review: In the rough . Joystiq (English). Archived May 2, 2014, 03:59:53 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
• ^ Whitehead, Thomas (April 24, 2014). Mario Golf: World Tour Review (3DS) . Nintendo Life (English). Retrieved June 25, 2024.
• ^ East, Thomas (May 3, 2014). Mario Golf: World Tour review . Official Nintendo Magazine (British English). Page 3. Archived August 30, 2014, 00:56:16 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
• ^ Mario Golf: World Tour . Metacritic (English). Retrieved June 25, 2024.
• ^ " I’ve played the part of a fast kart-racing princess for Nintendo in Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart Arcade GP DX and a pretty powerful golfer in Mario Golf: World Tour. " – Kerri Kane | Professional Voiceover Artist . Kerri Kane (English). Archived May 17, 2014, 19:24:31 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 25, 2024.

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Mario Golf: World Tour

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Mario Golf: World Tour is a sports game for Nintendo 3DS , and the fifth installment in the Mario Golf series. Developed by Camelot Software Planning (who also developed Mario Tennis Open ) and published by Nintendo , it was released May 1, 2014 in Japan, May 2 in North America and Europe, and May 3 in Australia. [1] [2]

• 4 References
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Gameplay [ ]

Gallery [ ].

References [ ]

• ↑ http://www.gamespot.com/news/mario-golf-3ds-delayed-into-2014-6410339
• ↑ http://www.joystiq.com/2014/02/13/mario-golf-world-tour-tees-off-on-may-2/

External Links [ ]

• Official Japanese website
• Official North American website
• Official European website

Mario Golf: World Tour to include regional and worldwide online tournaments

Mario Golf: World Tour will contain regional and worldwide online tournaments hosted by Nintendo, as well as custom tournaments.

Players can check SpotPass notifications for upcoming and available tournaments,and submit scores before the event deadline. Tournaments can be accessed in Mario Golf mode or using one of the entry machines in the new Castle Club.

A variety of different tournaments will be available, ranging from larger competitions to smaller-scale events like longest-drive challenges, coin-gathering challenges or even speed golf.

Nintendo is also collaborating with Callaway Golf to host a series of special in-game tournaments starting May 22. The tournaments will be activated using the SpotPass feature, and all players who participate will receive in-game digital Callaway Golf items which enhance stats when used by Mii characters.

Winners of all in-game tournaments – including the Callaway tournaments – are determined by the highest submitted score, and winners will receive in-game coins that can be used to acquire more gear in Toad’s Shop in Castle Club.

Starting at launch, a schedule for select tournaments will be available through here .

Mario Golf players will also be able to create online tournaments through multiplayer through created communities and private tournaments.

A demo for Mario Golf: World Tour will land on the eShop for 3DS on April 24.

Mario Golf: World Tour will launch in stores and through the eShop on 3DS on May 2.

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Mario Golf: World Tour

Go clubbing around the world with Mario!

Tee off as your favourite Mario or Mii™ character while challenging players online*. Shoot into warp pipes and dodge piranha plants in Mushroom Kingdom areas or take a shot at the nature-themed courses. The new Castle Club has both naturalistic and Mario-themed courses, a training area to hone your skills, and a pro shop where you can get unlockable gear and outfits. Test your skills in a gauntlet of course challenges, play with friends locally**, or take on players around the world in online real-time tournaments*.

Play as your Mii character or as your favourite Mario characters.

Golf it up on Mario courses.

Play with friends all over the world*.

Trick out your Mii character and get the edge on your competition with outfits and equipment.

Use the touch screen and motion sensor to better track and control shots.

Create and play in online communities with unique tournament rules*.

Compete in worldwide tournaments online*.

In-game content available for purchase using stored account funds. *Wireless broadband Internet access required for online play. Learn more at support.nintendo.com. **Additional systems and games required for multiplayer mode; each sold separately.

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Mario Golf: World Tour guide - How to unlock all the secret characters and courses

Mario Golf: World Tour is pretty great.

It's a terrific sports game, with a smart mix of golfing realism and wacky Mario brilliance, only let down by a severely unambitious single player campaign.

It's also packed to the clubhouse rafters with bonus content, with secret characters and courses kept under lock and key. Luckily for you, we know how to unlock the lot.

This spoiler-filled guide will tell you how to get all the golfers, unlock all the courses, and get every star character. Ready?

All bonus characters and unlocked by completing challenges, which can be found under 'Quick Round - Mario Golf', 'Single Player', 'Challenges'.

These tricky puzzler-like challenges might involve collecting coins, hitting the ball through hoops, using a limited selection of clubs, or playing under a tight time limit.

You'll need a certain number of coins for each golfer. Here's how many:

Most of the course are also unlocked by completing challenges, which can be found under 'Quick Round - Mario Golf', 'Single Player', 'Challenges'. Here's how many you need:

You can unlock Star Characters by beating each golfer to a character match in the challenges menu. Here's where to find each golfer's character match.

Mario - Wiggler Park Luigi - Cheep-Cheep Lagoon Peach - Peach Gardens Yoshi - Yoshi Lake Daisy - Forest Course Donkey Kong - DK Jungle Bowser - Bowser's Castle Wario - Seaside Course Waluigi - Seaside Course Boo - Mountain Course Bowser Jr - Mountain Course Diddy Kong - Sky Island

Mario Golf: World Tour

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Mario Golf comes to 3DS and brings with it the return of the RPG-style singleplayer mode and the series debut for online multiplayer.

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Mario Golf: World Tour brings the classic Camelot-developed Mario Sports game to the 3DS for the first time. World Tour is the fifth game in the series with online play making its series debut. World Tour was originally supposed to release in the summer of 2013, but has since been delayed until May 2nd, 2014.

Singleplayer

Castle club.

In this mode, players go through various tournaments with their Mii character similar to the story mode in previous Mario Golf games. Players can earn coins to spend on new gear that will affect their Mii's stats reminiscent of the Mii customization in Mario Tennis Open.

Quick Round

In Quick Round, players can pick any available character to their liking or use their customized Mii to play in various modes such as Single Play, Match Play, Speed Golf, and Point Play. Coins can be earned in this mode

Ring Master

Players try to collect all the rings in a course.

Star Coin Collector

Players collect Star Coins.

Point Challenge

The player will play with a limited set of clubs.

Multiplayer

Vs. (local).

In this competitive mode, up to four players face-off against each other locally. Of note here is that this mode is played simultaneously in real-time. There is no waiting. All players go through the courses at their own speed while seeing ghost shots off their competitors and on-screen indicators comparing their shot distances against the other players. Players can also send taunts to each other.

Tournaments

Mario Golf: World Tour is the first Mario Golf title with a robust online integration. A variety of options are available to players ranging from regional to global tournaments or leaderboard challenges. Players can rack up coins by winning games but they'll also be rewarded with new gear simply for entering events.

The community feature from Mario Kart 7 returns for this game, letting players create unique communities and customize their desired rule sets for their own tournaments. These can either be private or open to anyone.

Pick a character from the roster and play through a regional 18-hole event.

Regional Tournaments

These events offer various challenges for different handicaps. Players use their Mii characters.

Worldwide Tournaments

A global challenge. Players use their Mii character.

Callaway Tournaments

In the Castle Club, players can enter special Callaway Tournaments that potentially yield prizes in the form of Callaway-themed items for their Mii characters. This ties into real-world sponsorship by Callaway Golf who partnered with Nintendo for these special tournaments.

Character Roster

• Donkey Kong
• Toad (unlockable)
• Paratroopa (unlockable)
• Kamek (unlockable)
• Birdo (unlockable)
• Toadette (DLC, Mushroom Pack)
• Nabbit (DLC, Flower Pack)
• Rosalina (DLC; Star Pack)
• Gold Mario (DLC, Season Pass/Three-Pack Set)
• Forest Course
• Seaside Course
• Mountain Course
• Cheep Cheep Lagoon
• Wiggler Park
• Yoshi Lake (notably themed after the yet-to-be released game Yarn Yoshi )
• Peach Gardens
• Bowser's Castle
• Sky Island Course

Add-On Content

The previously mentioned delay of the title is speculated to have been more of a strategic nature instead of one necessitated by development needs. This explains itself in the fact that Mario Golf: World Tour offers a substantial amount of additional download content that almost doubles the size of the game. Camelot supposedly used the extra time to create these additional courses and characters for the game. The three add-on packs offer an additional 108 holes across six new courses on top of the ten courses with 126 holes present in the base game.

Season Pass & Gold Mario

Mario Golf: World Tour is the first Nintendo game to offer a "season pass" for its three add-on content packs. Those who purchase the season pass (or Three Pack, in Europe) will receive the three add-ons at a reduced price while also getting an additional playable character in the form of Gold Mario who has a special Golden Flower shot that gains the player one coin for every yard it travels. Gold Mario will also unlock for players who have purchased all packs separately once they've all become available while Season Pass buyers will be able to use him right away.

Mushroom Pack

New character:

New courses:

Toad Highlands (18 holes) - Toad Highlands from Mario Golf (N64)

Koopa Park (18 holes) - Koopa Park from Mario Golf (N64)

Flower Pack

Layer-Cake Desert (18 holes) - redesigned version of Shy Guy Desert from Mario Golf (N64) themed after NSMBU

Sparkling Waters (18 holes) - redesigned version of Yoshi's Island from Mario Golf (N64) themed after NSMBU

New character :

Mario's Star (18 holes) - Mario's Star from Mario Golf (N64) now with a Super Mario Galaxy theme

Rock-Candy Mines (18 holes) - redesigned version of Boo Valley from Mario Golf (N64) themed after NSMBU

Free-Trial Course Pack

Players interested in the DLC packs can even try before they buy. A special Trial Tournament that samples courses from the add-on packs is available to anyone free of charge so they can get an idea whether or not the extra content is worth purchasing.

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Grab your clubs and bring fun to the fore in Mario Golf: World Tour on Nintendo 3DS family systems! Join Mario and friends for engrossing golf action on your own, or tee off with players from all over the world in thrilling online multiplayer matches.

The Mario Golf series is known for combining deceptively deep golf gameplay with ideas you could only find in a Mario game, and Mario Golf: World Tour is no exception! Master a range of courses sure to test even the most experienced player. It’s not all lush greens and blue skies though – take to the fairway on sandy shores, or shoot for the pin on courses inspired by the world of Mario!

Play as your Mii in the Castle Club and prove you’re the best in the Mushroom Kingdom! Upgrade your gear to customise your look and improve your abilities. If you can only wedge in a quick round, take a swing at several match types: aim for the lowest stroke count, complete courses as fast as possible or compete for coins in Challenges.

Hit the links against friends with Local Play, or connect to the internet and head into online multiplayer matches against players from all over the world. You can also upload your scores to see how your skills stack up against others in large-scale tournaments, or even create your own tournaments!

It’s easy for friends to gather online and play together with Mario Golf: World Tour’s community feature. Get creative with your ideas and make a round to remember! However you set the rules, one thing’s for sure – golf has never been this fun!

• Perfect your game on courses inspired by the world of Mario!
• Take on other players from around the world in online matches, and upload your scores to large-scale tournaments
• Create and join online communities to enjoy all-new kinds of multiplayer fun
• Customise your Mii and take them to the top of the Castle Club!

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Mario Golf: World Tour - Mushroom Pack – Release Details

• Genre:   Sports > Individual > Golf > Arcade
• Developer:   Camelot Software Planning
• ESRB Descriptor(s):   Comic Mischief
• Local Players:   1-4 Players
• Online Players:   Up to 4 Players
• Wikipedia (EN):   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Golf:_World_Tour

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• Luigi and his Mushroom Kingdom neighbors are teeing up once again in Mario Golf: World Tour. The Nintendo 3DS game includes both simple controls and a deeper experience for golf fans, plus courses that range from traditional to those inspired by the Mushroom Kingdom. The game launches this summer.
• Its possible to increase your time on the green with additional characters and courses, available from Nintendo eShop! You can visit Toads Booth in-game to see whats on offer! Each pack contains a new character and two 18-hole Mario World Courses. You can add Toadette to your roster and try your hand at two courses from Mario Golf 64: Toad Highlands and Koopa Park!
• Its possible to increase your time on the green with additional characters and courses, available from Nintendo eShop! You can visit Toads Booth in-game to see whats on offer! Each pack contains a new character and two 18-hole Mario World Courses. If you grab Nabbit, you'll also receive two courses inspired by New Super Mario Bros. U: Layer-Cake Desert and Sparkling Waters!

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