Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour is the second game in the Mario Golf series and the first for the GameCube. The game has earned the Player's Choice rating.

This game also features special elements such as Fast Fairways (fairways where the ball rolls much farther than on a normal fairway), Warp Pipes, (when a ball is shot into a Warp Pipe, it will come out of another one) and Chain Chomps (when a ball is hit and it lands near them, the Chain Chomp will chase after the ball causing an O.B. shot).

Playable Characters
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour features many characters as well as unlockable ones. Here is a list of all the characters appearing in the game.

Original Characters

 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Peach
 * Daisy
 * Yoshi
 * Birdo
 * Donkey Kong
 * Diddy Kong
 * Koopa Troopa
 * Wario
 * Waluigi
 * Bowser

Unlockable Characters

 * Bowser Jr.
 * Shadow Mario
 * Boo
 * Petey Piranha

Transferable Characters
Neil and Ella can be transfered into the game by connecting Mario Golf: Advance Tour for the Game Boy Advance with the Nintendo GameCube.

Modes

 * Tournament
 * Club Slots
 * Coin Shoot
 * Speed Golf
 * Stroke Play
 * Side Games
 * Training
 * Match Play
 * Skins Match
 * Near-Pin

Golf Courses
Lakitu Valley - A basic course surrounded by trees. It is the most conventional and easiest course to play on. Cheep Cheep Falls - This course has a conventional nature like Lakitu Valley, but also contains ponds and rivers as water hazards. Shifting Sands - This course is very similar to Dry Dry Desert and contains many sand traps. Blooper Bay - This course features some unconventional elements, such as fast fairways, and is set in a tropical resort theme. Its bunkers are shaped like certain objects, such as seagulls or bananas. Peach's Castle Grounds - This course features many unconventional elements, such as warp pipes, Chain Chomps, and giant mushrooms. Hitting a ball in a flower bed will result in many Pikmin popping up from the flowers. Bowser Badlands - This dark course, designed by Bowser, contains Bob-ombs, Piranha Plants, and Whomps, as well as elements such as lava. Congo Canopy - Set in the Congo Jungle, this is a special course used in pin-shot and birdie challenges.

Trivia

 * In coin attack mode, the coins make up various patterns. One makes up the Triforce from the Legend of Zelda series, while another looks like the Nintendo GameCube.  One pattern spells out "1-2-3 GO!"
 * Every time the player makes a shot, the screen will close up on the ball. Very, very rarely and randomly, the close up will feature a Boo the size of a golf ball, making the sound that Boos do.
 * This game's scoreboard features many characters from other Mario games, including Goombario and Hammer Bro. Quite shockingly (and very possibly coincidentally), one of these referenced characters has actually never been seen since the Super Mario Adventures comic, where he was a minor hero.
 * Baby Mario and Metal Mario were meant to be in this game, but were taken out in the final version.