Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)

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Template:Articleabout Template:Infobox Mario Golf (マリオゴルフ64 Mario Gorufu Rokujūyon, Mario Golf 64) is the first installment for the Mario Golf series and was released for the Nintendo 64 in 1999. It was developed by Camelot Software Planning. Though several sports games featured Mario characters in the past, Mario Golf is considered the first game in the modern "Mario Sports" line. It would be followed by several titles encompassing a variety of sports. Its Game Boy Color Counterpart was released later that same year.

Gameplay

Mario Golf is a golf game which combines largely traditional mechanics and gameplay devices with a cartoonish presentation, and a roster of characters and hazards taken from the Mario universe. It differs from the Game Boy Color version in that it does not feature role-playing game elements.

The basic gameplay uses the typical "sliding bar" mechanism of most golf video games, with several variables which must be anticipated, such as character attributes, wind strength and direction, rain, ball spin, and course topography. The gameplay modes include speed golf, ring shot, mini golf and skins match.

Interactions with Mario Golf GBC

Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64 has the ability to link and exchange data with Game Boy Color version of the same game. With the use of the Nintendo 64 Transfer Pak, the player can use the characters: Kid, Azalea, Sherry, and/or Joe from the Game Boy Color version to play through the Nintendo 64 version of Mario Golf. The unlockable characters from the Game Boy Color version: Putts, Grace, Tiny, and Gene are not transferrable.

Courses

There are eight courses in the Nintendo 64 version of Mario Golf. They are:

Mario's Star Holes

Characters

Playable

The following is a list of default characters in the order of which they are unlocked. For a list of character quotes see List of quotes in the Mario Golf series. Kid, Joe, Sherry, and Azalea can also be unlocked through a Transfer Pak. Each character has three alternate colors to choose from (players can choose the colors by using the Right C Button, Down C Button, and Left C Button, and each character can be chosen multiple times if there is more than one player.

Plum Charlie Princess Peach Baby Mario
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Drive 190 m Drive 192 m Drive 194 m Drive 197 m
Shot Straight Shot Fade Shot Straight Shot Draw
Luigi Yoshi Sonny Wario
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Drive 200 m Drive 210 m Drive 220 m Drive 230 m
Shot Fade Shot Straight Shot Draw Shot Fade
Unlock Character Match #1
Default in 2~4P
Unlock Character Match #2
Default in 2~4P
Unlock Character Match #3
Default in 2~4P
Unlock Character Match #4
Default in 2~4P
Harry Mario Maple Donkey Kong
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Drive 240 m Drive 250 m Drive 225 m Drive 250 m
Shot Draw Shot Draw Shot Straight Shot Fade
Unlock Character Match #5
Default in 2~4P
Unlock Character Match #6
Default in 2~4P
Unlock Collect 50 Birdie Badges. Unlock Collect 30 Stars in Ring Shots.
Bowser Metal Mario
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Drive 260 m Drive 260 m
Shot Draw Shot Draw
Unlock Character Match #7 Unlock Collect All 108 Birdie Badges.*

* - North American and PAL versions.

Non Playable

Toad

Gallery

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Staff

Main article: List of Mario Golf (Nintendo 64) staff

Reception

Mario Golf generally garnered favorable reviews. GameSpot describes the game as easy to play, by having simple features and by "removing the guesswork for gamers who are not familiar with the subtlenuances of golf" that may put off many players. IGN stated "When it comes to the intricacies that make golf the most loved and frustrating game on the planet, Mario Golf has it all. Challenging, but you will be drawn into it because of the nature of golf and your fear that the "little cartoon game" is mocking you".

Mario Golf is the 40th best selling game for the Nintendo 64, selling approximately 1.005 million copies worldwide, 534,283 copies in the US, and 479,779 copies in Japan and it would later be re-released as a Nintendo 64 "Player's Choice" title.

References to other games

  • Super Mario 64 - Names of several characters in this game appear on the score Board, and many sound effects from this game such as camera change are used. Also Metal Mario is playable and has the same sound effects. Mario's Hole-in-one animation is the same as his victory animation from this game.
  • Wario Land II and Wario Land 3 - One of Wario's alternate color schemes in Mario Golf is the monochromatic outfit he wears throughout these games.
  • Mario Party - Many of the sound effects from Mario Party, such as "menu select", "go back", "your turn", "pause", and "not available", are used. If the corresponding character is out of power, it will make the "go back" sound in any attempt to press the B Button when far away from the Green.
  • Mario Kart 64 - Some of the sound effects from Mario Kart 64 are also used, such as "item drop".

References in later games

Trivia

Wario playing on Yoshi's Island in Mario Golf
Wario's pink shoes.
  • Wario's shoes are pink in this game as opposed to the usual green. His shoes are green, however, in the game's artwork. The shoes are changed to green in Camelot's next game, Mario Tennis.
  • The European/PAL version of the game has a different intro theme.
  • In the Virtual Console port, the Transfer Pak feature to transfer the characters from the Game Boy Color version was removed.
  • While selecting a tournament in Tournament Mode, Boo Classic is misspelled as "Boo Clasic".

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