Mario Golf: Advance Tour

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Template:Infobox Mario Golf: Advance Tour, known in Japan as Mario Golf: GBA Tour (マリオゴルフ ＧＢＡツアー), is the fourth installment of the Mario Golf series and the Game Boy Advance counterpart of Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour for the Nintendo GameCube. It continues the RPG style of the Mario Golf series. It is advertised as being Role-Playing Golf. The game was re-released on the Wii U's Virtual Console in 2014.

The game is compatible with the Game Boy Advance Wireless Adaptor.

Controls

Menu

• - Confirm
• - Back
• - Select
• - Left-Handed Character
• - Star Character
• - Change Clubs (once unlocked)

Field

• - Confirm
• - Back
• - Move
• - Menu
• - Change Clubs (in Menu Screen)

Golf

• - Start Swing/Choose Power (automatic)
• - Choose Power (manual)
• + - Topspin
• + - Backspin
• + - Super Topspin
• + - Super Backspin
• - Change Direction/Change Clubs
• - Increase Power Bar
• - Decrease Power Bar

Characters

The game features eight playable Mario characters in all, four of which have to be unlocked. There are also even more exclusive human characters that Camelot made for the game. The two main characters in Mario Golf: Advance Tour can be transferred to the Nintendo GameCube game Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour if the Player uses the GBA to Gamecube link cable. It is the second Mario Golf game where Luigi is an unlockable character after Mario Golf. It is also the third Mario Golf game where Wario is an unlockable character after the Nintendo 64 version of Mario Golf and the Game Boy Color version of Mario Golf and the second Mario Golf game where Bowser is an unlockable character after Mario Golf and the only Mario Golf game where Waluigi is an unlockable character.

• Neilart.PNG

  Neil - The main male character.

• Ellaart.PNG

  Ella - The main female character.

Mario		Princess Peach		Yoshi		Donkey Kong
File:MGMario2.PNG		File:MGPeach.PNG		File:MGYoshi.PNG		File:MGDK.PNG
Drive	212 (*280) yards (*+68)	Drive	203 (*235) yards (*+32)	Drive	208 (*250) yards (*+42)	Drive	215 (*285) yards (*+70)
Trajectory	Straight	Trajectory	Straight	Trajectory	Straight	Trajectory	Fade 6
Height	+4	Height	-1	Height	±0	Height	-3
Impact	+1 (*-4)	Impact	+4 (*+1)	Impact	+3 (*±0)	Impact	+1 (*-5)
Control	-4	Control	+3	Control	±0	Control	-4
Spin	+5	Spin	-5	Spin	±0	Spin	+2
Nice Shot Effect	Red Star	Nice Shot Effect	Love Kiss	Nice Shot Effect	Green Impact	Nice Shot Effect	Air Wave
Putts		Joe		Grace		Sherry
File:PuttsArt.PNG		File:Joe.jpg		File:GraceArt.PNG		File:Sherry.jpg
Drive	215 yards	Drive	220 yards	Drive	225 yards	Drive	230 yards
Trajectory	Draw 1	Trajectory	Draw 3	Trajectory	Straight	Trajectory	Straight
Height	-3	Height	+3	Height	-1	Height	+2
Impact	+3	Impact	+2	Impact	+1	Impact	+2
Control	+3	Control	+4	Control	+1	Control	+2
Spin	-1	Spin	+1	Spin	-3	Spin	±0
Nice Shot Effect	Electric Wave	Nice Shot Effect	Blast	Nice Shot Effect	Pink Impact	Nice Shot Effect	Red Impact
Unlock	Doubles Story Match #1	Unlock	Singles Story Match #1	Unlock	Doubles Story Match #2	Unlock	Singles Story Match #2
Tiny		Azalea		Gene		Kid
File:Tinyart.PNG				File:GeneArt.PNG		File:Kid.jpg
Drive	260 yards	Drive	240 yards	Drive	250 yards	Drive	270 yards
Trajectory	Draw 4	Trajectory	Fade 2	Trajectory	Fade 4	Trajectory	Draw 2
Height	+4	Height	+1	Height	-2	Height	±0
Impact	-2	Impact	±0	Impact	-1	Impact	-3
Control	-1	Control	±0	Control	-1	Control	-2
Spin	+4	Spin	-2	Spin	+2	Spin	+3
Nice Shot Effect	Blue Impact	Nice Shot Effect	Fireball	Nice Shot Effect	Blue Star	Nice Shot Effect	Water Splash
Unlock	Doubles Story Match #3	Unlock	Singles Story Match #3	Unlock	Doubles Story Match #4	Unlock	Singles Story Match #4
Luigi		Bowser		Waluigi		Wario
File:MGLuigi.PNG				File:MGWaluigi.PNG		File:MGWario.PNG
Drive	206 (*240) yards (*+34)	Drive	217 (*290) yards (*+73)	Drive	209 (*260) yards (*+51)	Drive	210 (*265) yards (*+55)
Trajectory	Fade 3	Trajectory	Draw 6	Trajectory	Draw 3	Trajectory	Fade 5
Height	-4	Height	±0	Height	±0	Height	-6
Impact	+3 (*±0)	Impact	±0 (*-5)	Impact	+3 (*-2)	Impact	+2 (*-2)
Control	+2	Control	-5	Control	-1	Control	-2
Spin	-3	Spin	+6	Spin	+2	Spin	±0
Nice Shot Effect	Blue Ray	Nice Shot Effect	Explosion	Nice Shot Effect	Purple Ray	Nice Shot Effect	Thunder
Unlock	Transfer1a	Unlock	Transfer2a	Unlock	Transfer3a	Unlock	Transfer4a

¹ - Gain some experience in Toadstool Tour.
² - Collect 81 Birdie Badges in Toadstool Tour.
³ - Collect 27 Birdie Badges in Toadstool Tour.
⁴ - Collect 54 Birdie Badges in Toadstool Tour.
^a - Unavailable on the Wii U Virtual Console re-release.

Non-Playable Characters

• Buzz
• Helen
• Piranha Plant
• Boo
• Pokey
• Toad
• Toadsworth
• Koopa Troopa
• Klepto
• Blooper
• Monty Mole
• Grampie
• Grammie
• Daisy (Mentioned)
• Birdo (Mentioned)
• Diddy Kong (Mentioned)
• Bowser Jr. (Mentioned)
• Shadow Mario (Mentioned)
• Petey Piranha (Mentioned)
• Il Piantissimo (Mentioned)

Courses

• Marion
• Palms
• Dunes
• Links
• Mushroom Tourney (Unlockable)
• Elf's Short Course (Unlockable for 18 Holes)
• Coo-Coo Course

Collectibles

The unlockable characters as seen in the intro.

Throughout the game, several collectibles appear as items that the player may find in the map. They include 1-Up Mushrooms, Drinks and Custom Tickets.

1-Ups

1-Ups increase the players level by 1. They can be found in various places.

Bottles

Bottles can be found in various places on the map. They increase distance by 3, 4 or 5 yards, depending on the drink. There are Muscle Drinks, Hyper Bottles and Super Bottles.

Custom Tickets

Custom Tickets are used to order clubs from the Club Maker. Different Tickets give different Clubs that the Club Maker can make.

Custom Clubs

Clubs	Affect	Ticket Needed
POW	Distance increases by 10%, Shot worsens by 1	Custom Ticket A
Low-Fly	Decrease Height by 3, decease Spin by 1	Custom Ticket A
Straight	Shot improves by 2, Control worsens by 1	Custom Ticket A
Sweet	Increase Impact by 2, worsen Shot by 1	Custom Ticket A
Control	Increase Control by 2, worsen Shot by 1	Custom Ticket A
Backspin	Increase Spin by 2, lower Control by 1, adds Special Backspin effect	Custom Ticket B
Super Low-Fly	Height is lowered by 5, Spin is lowered by 2	Custom Ticket B
Super Straight	Automatically makes the Shot Trajectory Straight, lowers Distance by roughly 5%	Custom Ticket B
Super Sweet	Impact is increased by 4, Shot is worsened by 2 and Control is lowered by 1	Custom Ticket B
Super POW	Distance increases by 20%, worsens Shot by 2, decreases Control by 1 and increases Height by 1	Custom Ticket C
Low-Fly Spin	Lowers Height by 2, increases Spin by 2 and decreases Control by 2	Custom Ticket C
Straight n' Low	Straightens Shot by 2, lowers Height by 2 and decreases Impact and Control by 1	Custom Ticket C
Sweet Control	Increase Impact and Control by 2, worsen Shot by 2 and increase Height by 2	Custom Ticket C
Risky	Increase Distance by 40%, decreases Control by 2, lowers Height by 2 and lowers Impact to the lowest possible.	Custom Ticket D
Super Spin	Increases Spin by 5, lowers Control and Impact by 2 and worsens Shot by 1	Custom Ticket D

Staff

Main article: List of Mario Golf: Advance Tour staff

Pre-release and unused content

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An earlier build features a different layout for the Marion Clubhouse than in the released game.

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Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Mario Golf: Advance Tour.

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  The game's logo.

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  The main characters.

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  Course artwork.

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  Mario's Sprite.

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External links

• The intro footage.