Editing Mario Golf: World Tour

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'''''Mario Golf: World Tour''''' is a sport title for the [[Nintendo 3DS]]. It is the fifth installment of the [[Mario Golf (series)|''Mario Golf'' series]], and the third handheld installment in the series. The game also features gyroscope support and Wi-Fi capabilities, allowing players to participate in online Tournaments against other players from around the world. The game also makes use of downloadable content, in which extra courses and characters may be bought with real money. It is the first and thus far only ''Mario Golf'' game to have been released after its [[Mario Tennis Open|tennis counterpart]].

 

[[File:MGWT screenshot.png|thumb|200px|]]

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|Item Shot]]s, allows players to hit shots with different effects via items. These include burning through trees with a [[Fire Flower]], creating [[Jump Block]]s 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 [[? Block]]s on the course, although players sometimes start holes with items.

*{{button|3ds|Stick}} - Select Shot Path/Move Camera/Change Clubs

*{{button|3ds|Pad}} - Select Shot Path/Change Clubs/Select Ball Hit Placement (while swinging)

[[File:Mgwt ch-slt.jpg|150px|thumb|right|The complete character select screen.]]

The game includes 21 playable characters: 13 default characters as well as four unlockable characters. Additionally, four more characters are available as downloadable content. Stronger Star versions of the default characters are unlocked by beating them in their respective character match in Challenges mode, with the exception of unlockable characters and downloadable characters. When the bonus characters are unlocked or downloaded, they immediately get a star rank.

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|'''Star Control || 4.5

|'''Star Control || 5.<span style="text-decoration: overline;">6</span>

! colspan=2 style="background:#7F3013" | {{color-link|Donkey Kong|white}}

! colspan=2 style="background:#669900" | {{color-link|Bowser|white}}

! colspan=2 style="background:#FFE500" | {{color-link|Wario|white}}

! colspan=2 | [[File:Donkey Kong Artwork - Mario Golf World Tour.png|107x113px]]

! colspan=2 | [[File:Bowser Artwork - Mario Golf World Tour.png|107x113px]]

|'''Trajectory || Draw

|'''Height || 2.25

|'''Drive || 209 yards

|'''Sweet-Spot || 7.25

|'''Control || 6

|'''Star Drive || 258 yards (+49)

|'''Star Sweet-Spot || 5.05

|'''Star Control || 5.25

! colspan=2 | [[File:Boo Artwork - Mario Golf World Tour.png|107x113px]]

|'''Height || 5

|-

|-

|'''Sweet-Spot || 7.9

|'''Sweet-Spot || 7.25

|'''Sweet-Spot || 6.75

|'''Sweet-Spot || 6.75

|-

|'''Control || 6.1

|'''Control || 6.1

|'''Star Drive || 264 yards (+53)

|-

|'''Star Sweet-Spot || 5.<span style="text-decoration: overline;">6</span>

|'''Star Sweet-Spot || 4.5

|'''Star Sweet-Spot || 4.5

 

|Beat Mario in the Wiggler Park Character Challenge.

|Beat Waluigi in his Seaside Course Character Challenge.

|Beat Boo in his Mountain Course Character Challenge.

!Star Bowser Jr.

|Beat Bowser Jr. in his Mountain Course Character Challenge.

|Beat Diddy Kong in the Sky Island Character Challenge.

|-  

|}

 

{| border=1 align=center cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border:1px solid black; border-collapse:collapse" width =25%

! colspan=2 style="background:lightgray" | {{color-link|Mii|white}}

! colspan=2 | [[File:Mii artwork-MGWT.png|107x113px]]

|'''Trajectory || Straight

|'''Height || 5

|'''Drive || 210 yards

|'''Sweet-Spot || 5.<span style="text-decoration: overline;">6</span>

|'''Control || 5.<span style="text-decoration: overline;">6</span>

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border:1px solid black; border-collapse:collapse" width =100%

! colspan=2 width=25% style="background:#001CFF" | {{color-link|Toad|white}}

! colspan=2 width=25% style="background:#00BBFF" | {{color-link|Kamek|white}}

! colspan=2 width=25% style="background:#FFDE0C" | {{color-link|Paratroopa|white}}

! colspan=2 width=25% style="background:#C33FFF" | {{color-link|Birdo|white}}

! colspan=2 | [[File:Toad MGWT.png|107x113px]]

! colspan=2 | [[File:Magikoopa Artwork - Super Mario Galaxy.png|107x113px]]

! colspan=2 | [[File:ParaT!.PNG|107x113px]]

! colspan=2 | [[File:Birdo MP9.png|107x113px]]

|'''Trajectory || Draw

|'''Trajectory || Fade

|'''Trajectory || Straight

|'''Trajectory || Fade

|'''Height || 6

|-

|-

|'''Sweet-Spot || 8.<span style="text-decoration: overline;">3</span>

|'''Sweet-Spot || 6.1

|'''Sweet-Spot || 7.9

|'''Sweet-Spot || 6.75

|-

|'''Control || 6.9

|'''Control || 5.25

|'''Control || 6.<span style="text-decoration: overline;">3</span>

|'''Control || 5.<span style="text-decoration: overline;">6</span>

|'''Star Drive || 267 yards (+55)

|'''Star Sweet-Spot || 4

|'''Star Control || 4.9

|}

 

|Collect 55 Star Coins in Challenge Mode.

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border:1px solid black; border-collapse:collapse" width =100%

|-

! colspan=2 width=25% style="background:#E5CB39" | {{color-link|Gold Mario|white}}

! colspan=2 width=25% style="background:hotpink" | {{color-link|Toadette|white}}

! colspan=2 width=25% style="background:#6E4C99" | {{color-link|Nabbit|white}}

! colspan=2 width=25% style="background:#41D8C4" | {{color-link|Rosalina|white}}

|-

! colspan=2 | [[File:Gold Mario.png|107x113px]]

! colspan=2 | [[File:Toadette111.png|107x113px]]

! colspan=2 | [[File:NabbitNSMBU.png|107x113px]]

! colspan=2 | [[File:Princess Rosalina Super Mario Galaxy.png|107x113px]]

|'''Trajectory || Straight

|'''Trajectory || Straight

|'''Trajectory || Draw

|'''Trajectory || Fade

|'''Height || 6.5

|'''Height || 4.25

|'''Height || 1.75

|'''Height || 7.75

|'''Drive || 215 yards

|'''Drive || 198 yards

|'''Drive || 213 yards

|'''Drive || 218 yards

|'''Sweet-Spot || 6.1

|'''Sweet-Spot || 8.<span style="text-decoration: overline;">3</span>

|'''Sweet-Spot || 6.1

|'''Control || 7.05

|'''Control || 5.6

|'''Control || 5.05

|'''Star Drive || 286 yards (+68)

|'''Star Sweet-Spot || 2.9

|'''Star Control || 4.5

|'''Star Control || 4.1

====Purchasing criteria====

{|border=1 cellpadding=3 align=center style=background:#fff7f7;text-align:center;width:84%;border-collapse:collapse

!colspan=2|Information on acquiring these characters

!Gold Mario

!Toadette

|-

!Nabbit

|Purchase the Star Pack or Season Pass.

|-  

|- valign=top

|

*[[Mega Goomba]]

*[[Toad (species)|Toads]]

*[[Koopa Paratroopa]]

*[[Luma (species)|Lumas]]

*[[Chomp (Donkey Kong Country series)|Chomps]]

*[[Mega Chomp]]

*[[Luma (character)|Luma]]

|}

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. Tournaments will grant the participants with a piece of gear that isn't available through the store until one of the four major tournaments has ended.

Various items can be used during gameplay to affect the player's shots. They may either be found in [[? Block]]s or boxes with pictures of the item on it. They can also be obtained at the start of the game, with more items being received if more holes are to be played. In player-tournaments, a set amount of items can be chosen for the tournament players to receive before starting.   

{| width=800px border=1 style="text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse;background:white; margin: 0 auto;"

|- bgcolor=#dedede

|[[Mushroom]]

|[[File:MushroomMGWT.jpg|36px]]

|Makes the ball roll far once it lands.

|-

|[[Fire Flower]]  

|[[File:FireFlowerMG.jpg|36px]]

|Increases the shot distance and burns through trees and obstacles.

|-

|[[Ice Flower]]

|[[File:IceFlowerMG.jpg|36px]]

|Freezes terrain to allow the ball to bounce multiple times. This item works on water, but not on [[Bowser's Castle (golf course)|lava]]

|-

|[[Bullet Bill]]

|[[File:BulletBillMG.jpg|36px]]

|Turns the ball into a Bullet Bill and blasts it in a straight line. Ignores wind and greatly increases maximum distance.

|-

|[[Bob-omb]]

|[[File:Bob-ombMG.jpg|36px]]

|Ignores power-reducing terrain, allowing the ball to be hit at full power in the rough.

|-

|[[Boomerang Flower]]

|[[File:BoomerangFlowerMG.jpg|36px]]

|Drastically increases the draw or fade of the shot.

|-

|[[Note Block]]

|[[File:NoteBlockMG.jpg|36px]]

|Creates a Jump Block in midair, letting the ball avoid hazards.

|-

|[[Tornado]]

|[[File:Tornado.jpg|36px]]

|A tornado that sucks up nearby coins.

|-

|[[Kab-omb]]

|[[File:Kab-Omb.jpg|36px]]

|Explodes in mid-air to drop the ball straight down.

|-

|[[Gold Flower]]

|[[File:GoldFlower.png|36px]]

|Has the same effect as the Fire Flower, plus gives the player coins for every yard the ball travels.

|}

A total of 16 playable courses appear in '''''Mario Golf: World Tour''''', the most of any ''[[Mario Golf (series)|Mario Golf]]'' games, with a total of 234 Holes, including the downloadable [[Nintendo 64]] courses. All of the Castle Club courses have 18 Holes and have tournaments that the [[Mii]] can compete in against other Mario characters. The Mario World Courses have different features based on different ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' games and have 9 Holes. All courses but the downloadable ones can be accessed through both Mario Golf (quick round) and Castle Club. The six downloadable courses, which must be bought with real money, are all taken from the Nintendo 64 game with updated music and graphics. Some of these courses have changed appearances to look like some of the Worlds from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''.  

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!width=10% |Name

!width=15% |Image

!width=5% |Holes

!width=5% |Par

!width=15% |Description

!width=15% |Unlock Condition  

!width=10% |Course Type  

|A course set in the sky, where clouds and [[Para-Beetle]]s can be seen. All holes are par 3.

|Complete the Nine-hole One-On, One-Putt Challenge in the Castle Club mode.

|A course with many pools of standing water, resembling ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and some levels of ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''.  

|A flower garden course with a [[Mega Goomba]] and other giant characters.  

|An underwater course with [[Cheep Cheep]]s and and other marine creatures.  

|[[Yoshi's Island (course)|Yoshi's Island]] from ''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]'', updated to resemble [[Sparkling Waters]] from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]].

|[[Mario's Star (course)|Mario's Star]]

This mode allows the player to take on a round against the scorecard, 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 18 holes in normal order), what tees to start from (front, back, or tournament), and whether or not to display the shot trajectory. Playing rounds may earn the player [[Best Badge]]s and will randomly unlock [[Mario Golf: World Tour Mii Gear|Mii Gear]] for the player's [[Mii]] to use.

 

{| border=1 cellpadding=3 style=border-collapse:collapse;width:100%

|An opponent that makes mistakes but doesn't do so too often, being able to get out of rough easily on occasion.

[[File:Speed Golf (Mario Golf World Tour).png|thumb|Mario is ready to tee off in Speed Golf.]]

Scored via a modified version of the [[wikipedia:Stableford|Stableford scoring system]]. The player is awarded 8 points for an albatross or a hole in one, 5 for an eagle, 3 for a birdie, 2 for a par, and 1 for a bogey. A double bogey or worse scores zero.

:'''100 Coins''' - A three-hole challenge where [[Coin]]s are placed around each hole. The player is given a number of shots equal to the hole's par minus two, and attempts to hit the ball into 100 of Coins over the course of the three holes.

:'''Point Challenge''' - A three-hole challenge. On each hole, Club Slots are spun, which limits the player to no more than three clubs (plus a putter) for the duration of the hole unless the player lines up three Stars on the slots, in which case they will have all of their clubs available. Point Tourney scoring applies, and the player must earn at least the given target number of points within the three holes.

:'''One-On, One-Putt Challenge''' - [[Sky Island]] only. If a tee shot misses the green, the challenge is failed. If a birdie putt is missed, the challenge is failed. To succeed, the player must successfully complete nine holes. If a player gets a Hole-in-One, they succeed as well.

===Vs.===

Castle Club is a story mode where the player's [[Mii]] tackles different tournaments (similar to the story modes from previous handheld ''Mario Golf'' games). The building is the Mushroom Kingdom counterpart to real-life golf country clubs. To the left and right of the entrance are the boys' and girls' locker rooms respectively.  At the center of the lobby are two staircases leading to the basement, where the player can enter regional and world tournaments and ask the purple Toad for advice on golf terminologies. To the left of the doorway to the Castle Club's exterior is the boutique, where the player's Mii is able to use [[Coin]]s to buy equipment that will affect its stats, such as drive distance and shot trajectory, similar to the Mii customization feature in ''[[Mario Tennis Open]]''. The player can change his/her gear by accessing the pause menu from anywhere in the Castle Club, or by going to the locker room of the Mii's gender and pressing {{button|3ds|A}} when in front of the locker. Above the boutique is the Royal Room, where most of the ''Mario'' playable characters can be met. Located opposite the boutique is the gym, and on top of that is the trophy room. Just outside the Castle Club is the Caddie Master's booth where the player can sign up for a handicap tournament. After completing that, the player will be allowed to compete in tournaments, located on the [[Forest Course]], the [[Seaside Course]], and the [[Mountain Course]] in that order. The entrances to these courses are located to the right of the booth, and when the player goes into one of them, he/she can either go for a stroke play or the course championship.  Completing either of these modes can raise or lower the player's handicap, and when a tournament is won, the player appears in the Royal Room to receive his/her trophy from [[Princess Peach]].

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.  At the far left of this garden is an aura which will summon [[Kamek]] when the player approaches it. Kamek can give the player coins, change his/her 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 amount 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, Costume Challenges take place on all nine holes. 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 land the ball on a bullseye placed on the hole to get practice points.  The outer, middle, and inner circles are worth 10, 30, and 50 points respectively, and sinking the ball will give the player 100 points. Succeeding 20 times in the training games each for drives, approaches, and putts will earn 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 (the fringe is not counted) in one shot, then putt that ball in the next for nine consecutive holes. If the ball fails to be hit onto the green or the putt is missed at any point, the challenge is failed. Upon completion, the course will be unlocked and a 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.

''Mario Golf: World Tour'' also features a variety of online tournaments for players to take part in that reward the player's [[Mii]] with (gold, silver or bronze) trophies and a varying amount of coins depending on their performance, as well as some equipment for participating in the tournament (barring DLC ones). They can either be made by [[Nintendo]], other players from across the world in the form of Private Tournaments, or made by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callaway_Golf_Company| Callaway Golf] in partnership with Nintendo.

Trophies earned from Regional and World Tournaments in the Castle Club appear on the trophy hall's display (a maximum of ten normal trophies can be on display at any one time), and trophies from major tournaments appear behind the glass display towards the centre of the room. Trophies are sorted by the type of trophy (gold > silver > bronze), the type of tournament it was earned from (world > regional) and the end ranking the player received from highest to lowest (eg. rank 346 > rank 408). These are the varieties of tournaments known thus far:

{| class= "sortable" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="background:#f5f5f5;text-align:center;width:65%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-bottom:5px;" align=center

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Fixed-Character Tournament

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Mario Open

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Mario World

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Stroke Play

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|1st May 2014

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|30,000 coins

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Limited-Character Coin Rush

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Mario Open

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Mario World

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Coin Collector

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|1st May 2014

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|27,000 coins

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Limited-Item Coin Rush

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Mario Open

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Mario World

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Coin Collector

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|1st May 2014

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|<span class=explain title="The first of these was 30,000 coins">27,000 coins</span>

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Regional Tournament

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Regional Tournament

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Castle Club

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Stroke Play

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|1st May 2014

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|36,000 coins

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Regional Point Play

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Regional Tournament

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Castle Club

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Stroke Play

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|1st May 2014

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|36,000 coins

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Regional Near-Pin

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Regional Tournament

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Castle Club

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Stroke Play

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|1st May 2014

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|18,000 coins

|bgcolor=#CCFFFF|World Tournament

|bgcolor=#CCFFFF|World Tour

|bgcolor=#CCFFFF|Castle Club

|bgcolor=#CCFFFF|Stroke Play

|bgcolor=#CCFFFF|1st May 2014

|bgcolor=#CCFFFF|24,000 coins

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|DLC Coin Rush

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Mario Open

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Downloadable Courses

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Coin Collector

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|1st May 2014

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|45,000 coins

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Limited-Item Tournament

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Mario Open

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Mario World

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Coin Collector

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|8th May 2014

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|30,000 coins

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|DLC Tournament

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Mario Open

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Stroke Play

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|8th May 2014

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|48,000 coins

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Regional Double Peoria

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Regional Tournament

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Castle Club

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Stroke Play<br>(Double Peoria)

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|15th May 2014

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|18,000 coins

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Regional Handicap

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Regional Tournament

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Castle Club

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Stroke Play<br>(Handicapped)

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|15th May 2014

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|19,000 coins

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Regional Speed Golf

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Regional Tournament

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Castle Club

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Speed Golf

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|22nd May 2014

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|19,000 coins

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Regional One-On, One-Putt

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Regional Tournament

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Castle Club

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|One-On, One-Putt Contest

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|22nd May 2014

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|18,000 coins

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Callaway Tournament

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Regional Tournament

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Castle Club

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Stroke Play

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|22nd May 2014

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|72,000 coins

|bgcolor=#CCFFFF|Major Tournament

|bgcolor=#CCFFFF|World Tour

|bgcolor=#CCFFFF|Castle Club

|bgcolor=#CCFFFF|Stroke Play

|bgcolor=#CCFFFF|12th June 2014

|bgcolor=#CCFFFF|54,000 coins

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Open Coin Rush

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Mario Open

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Mario World

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Coin Collector

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|12th June 2014

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|27,000 coins

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Open Tournament

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Mario Open

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Mario World

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|Stroke Play

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|12th June 2014

|bgcolor=#C2FFC2|30,000 coins

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Regional Driving Contest

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Regional Tournament

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Castle Club

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|Best Drive Contest

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|10th July 2014

|bgcolor=#FA9D9F|18,000 coins

Regional Tournaments may be entered and played by the players' [[Mii]] in the Castle Club's basement. They are entered through the red pipe in the area and restrict participants to those in the chosen region(s). Additionally, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callaway_Golf_Company| 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.

On the other side of the Castle Club's basement, where a blue area with a blue pipe is located, World Tournaments may be entered. Entering these tournaments will pit the player against the whole world. Participating in these tournaments will give the player sets of clothing for the [[Mii]] to equip, like [[Game Boy]] or [[Wii]] gear sets.

In addition to Castle Club Tournaments, Nintendo have also created Mario Open tournaments which allow the use of Mario characters. Some events include character or item restricted tournaments. Players can also make their own unofficial Mario Open tournaments under rules of their choice for other players to enjoy.

'''Price:''' US$5.99 / CAN$6.49 / €5.99 / £5.39 / AUS$7.80

'''Price:''' US$5.99 / CAN$6.49 / €5.99 / £5.39 / AUS$7.80

*[[Sparkling Waters (golf course)|Sparkling Waters]]: [[Yoshi's Island (course)|Yoshi's Island]] from ''Mario Golf'' updated with the look of [[Sparkling Waters]] from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''.

'''Price:''' US$5.99 / CAN$6.49 / €5.99 / £5.39 / AUS$7.80

*[[Mario's Star (course)|Mario's Star]]: Mario's Star from ''Mario Golf'' with a ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' theme and changes in layout.

*After May 31, 2014: US$14.99 / CAN$16.49 / €14.99 / £13.49 / AUS$20.90

*[[Sparkling Waters (golf course)|Sparkling Waters]]: [[Yoshi's Island (course)|Yoshi's Island]] from ''Mario Golf'' updated with the look of [[Sparkling Waters]] from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''.

*[[Mario's Star (course)|Mario's Star]]: Mario's Star from ''Mario Golf'' with a ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' theme and layout changes.

On the 17th of April, a demo of the game was released on the Nintendo eShop for Europe, making this strictly the second ''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).

==Critical reception==

''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, large quantity of unlockables, and multiplayer, but criticized the map in Castle Club, saying it was "confusing".<ref>[http://au.ign.com/articles/2014/04/24/mario-golf-world-tour-review IGN Review]</ref> Joystiq gave 3 stars out of 5, being more critical, while praising the basic gameplay and online options, criticizing the Castle Club for being sparse and dispensable and noting the safe, conservative approach to the game such as the uninspired environments.<ref>[http://www.joystiq.com/2014/05/01/mario-golf-world-tour-review-in-the-rough Joystiq Review]</ref> Thomas Whitehead of Nintendo Life compared ''Mario Golf: Word Tour'' favorably to ''Mario Tennis Open''. He praised the attention to detail that gives the game its charm, such as in Castle Club as well as its reasonable skill curve that allows both novice and expert players to enjoy the game. He gave the game a score of 9/10.<ref>[http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds/mario_golf_world_tour Nintendo Life's Review]</ref> The game was scored 83% by Official Nintendo Magazine.<ref>[http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/57754/reviews/mario-golf-world-tour-review-review/?page=3 ONM Review]</ref> ''Mario Golf: World Tour'' currently averages a score of 78 out of a possible 100 on Metacritic.<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/game/3ds/mario-golf-world-tour Metacritic Review]</ref> Overall, the game was praised for its gameplay and graphics, but criticized for the lack of content in the Castle Club and, by some reviewers, for being too safe.

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