Mario Golf: World Tour
Template:Infobox Mario Golf: World Tour is a sport title for the Nintendo 3DS. It is the fifth installment of the 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 only Mario Golf game to have been released after its tennis counterpart.
Gameplay
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 Jump 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.
There are two main modes of play: Mario Golf (Quick Round), and Castle Club.
Castle Club
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). Using coins, the player's Mii is able 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 must complete three different tournaments on the three main Castle Club courses, with the Forest Course having to be practised first in order to enter anything. After completing a handicap tournament, the player will be allowed to compete in tournaments, located on the Forest Course, the Seaside Course, and the Mountain Course in that order.
After winning all three tournaments, Costume Challenges will begin appearing in the Royal Garden's courses to the west of the entrances to the three main courses which allows players to unlock costumes by completing a variety of objectives on Mario World courses, and these may require the player to either collect a certain amount of coins, finish in a short period of time or beat a target score. Drives, approaches, and putts may also be practised in challenges to the east of the tournament entrances. A One-on, One-putt challenge also returns from previous games to the east of the practice challenge area, 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 the ball fails to be hit onto the green or the putt is missed at any point, the challenge is failed. This challenge takes place on Sky Island, and upon its completion the course is unlocked and a 18-hole version can be played in Castle Club in its stead.
Mario Golf
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
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, as well as the number of holes (3, 6, 9, or 18), wind strength, whether to use items, what tees to tee off from (Front, Back and Tournament) as well as whether to be able to see the shot trajectory or not.
Stroke Play
A standard round of golf, where the player's score is compared to par. Multiple courses and modes can be selected, from 18 to 3 holes, how strong the wind is and to use club slots or not. Playing rounds may earn the player Best Badges. Playing rounds will randomly unlock Mii Gear for the player's Mii to use.
Match Play
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.
| Difficulty | Description | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| Novice | An opponent that makes mistakes frequently, such as making mis-hits, having bad putting and incorrect reading of the green. | Initially Available |
| Intermediate | An opponent that has less mistakes than a Novice CPU, however still makes them frequently. | Initially Available |
| Expert | An opponent that makes mistakes but doesn't do so too often, being able to get out of rough easily on occasion. | Initially Available |
| Semipro | An opponent that has little flaws in its game, only rarely mis-hitting. | Unlocked by collecting 90 Star Coins in Challenge Mode. |
| Pro | An opponent with almost no flaws in its game, correctly hitting every shot. | Unlocked by collecting 100 Moon Coins in Challenge Mode. |
Speed Golf
Instead of counting strokes, the player's score is determined by how much time is taken to hole the ball. The options allowed are the same as Stroke Play.
Point Tourney
Scored via a modified version of the 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.
Challenges
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:
- Star Coin Collector - A Star (or Moon) Coin is placed somewhere on a hole. The player must hit the coin with the ball, then complete the hole in par or better.
- Ring Master - Multiple rings are placed around the hole. The player must hit the ball through all of the rings, then complete the hole in par or better.
- 100 Coins - A three-hole challenge where Coins 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.
- Score Attack - The player must complete nine holes of stroke play, and match or beat the given target score.
- Character Match - A nine-hole match play competition against a Mushroom Kingdom character with a set difficulty. Winning this match also unlocks the star version of that character for use.
- Time Attack - The player must complete three holes within the given time limit.
- 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.
A complete list of the challenges is below. Differences between the Star and Moon Coin challenges are underlined. Hovering over one will reveal the Moon Coin version.
| Challenges | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Course | |||||
| Name | In-game Description | Star Coin Challenge | Moon Coin Challenge | ||
| Star Coin Collector 1 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 6 | Par: 5 | Hole: 12 | Par: 5 |
| Star Coin Collector 2 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 10 | Par: 4 | Hole: 15 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 1 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 9 | Par: 3 | Hole: 8 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 2 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 13 | Par: 4 | Hole: 18 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 3 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 5 | Par: 4 | Hole: 16 | Par: 5 |
| 100 Coins | Try to collect 100 coins over three holes. | Holes: 4/7/17 | Coins: 100 | Holes: 1/12/14 | Coins: 100 |
| Score Attack | Complete nine holes with an overall score of - 3 or better. | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 3 | Holes: 10~18 | Total: - 8 |
| Character Match | Challenge Daisy to a round of match play. | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Daisy | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Star Daisy |
| Time Attack | Complete three holes in 130 seconds. | Holes: 3/11/16 | Time: 02:10.00 | Holes: 2/6/17 | Time: 02:00.00 |
| Point Challenge | Play three holes using Club Slots and earn 6 points. | Holes: 6/14/18 | Total: 6 points | Holes: 4/9/13 | Total: 9 points |
| Seaside Course | |||||
| Name | In-game Description | Star Coin Challenge | Moon Coin Challenge | ||
| Star Coin Collector 1 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 1 | Par: 4 | Hole: 18 | Par: 3 |
| Star Coin Collector 2 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 9 | Par: 5 | Hole: 13 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 1 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 15 | Par: 4 | Hole: 8 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 2 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 14 | Par: 5 | Hole: 16 | Par: 4 |
| 100 Coins | Try to collect 100 coins over three holes. | Holes: 3/12/17 | Coins: 100 | Holes: 5/7/10 | Coins: 100 |
| Score Attack | Complete nine holes with an overall score of - 5 or better. | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 5 | Holes: 10~18 | Total: - 7 |
| Character Match 1 | Challenge Wario to a round of match play. | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Wario | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Star Wario |
| Character Match 2 | Challenge Waluigi to a round of match play. | Holes: 10~18 | Opponent: Waluigi | Holes: 10~18 | Opponent: Star Waluigi |
| Time Attack | Complete three holes in 120 seconds. | Holes: 2/5/16 | Time: 02:00.00 | Holes: 4/12/14 | Time: 02:00.00 |
| Point Challenge | Play three holes using Club Slots and earn 6 points. | Holes: 11/14/18 | Total: 6 points | Holes: 2/6/17 | Total: 8 points |
| Mountain Course | |||||
| Name | In-game Description | Star Coin Challenge | Moon Coin Challenge | ||
| Star Coin Collector 1 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 13 | Par: 4 | Hole: 2 | Par: 4 |
| Star Coin Collector 2 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 17 | Par: 4 | Hole: 18 | Par: 5 |
| Ring Master 1 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 9 | Par: 4 | Hole: 5 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 2 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 14 | Par: 5 | Hole: 12 | Par: 4 |
| 100 Coins | Try to collect 100 coins over three holes. | Holes: 2/8/18 | Coins: 100 | Holes: 7/10/16 | Coins: 100 |
| Score Attack | Complete nine holes with an overall score of - 6 or better. | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 6 | Holes: 10~18 | Total: - 7 |
| Character Match 1 | Challenge Boo to a round of match play. | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Boo | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Star Boo |
| Character Match 2 | Challenge Bowser Jr. to a round of match play. | Holes: 10~18 | Opponent: Bowser Jr. | Holes: 10~18 | Opponent: Star Bowser Jr. |
| Time Attack | Complete three holes in 120 seconds. | Holes: 7/12/16 | Time: 02:00.00 | Holes: 6/15/18 | Time: 02:00.00 |
| Point Challenge | Play three holes using Club Slots and earn 7 points. | Holes: 1/4/11 | Total: 7 points | Holes: 3/14/17 | Total: 8 points |
| Sky Island | |||||
| Name | In-game Description | Star Coin Challenge | Moon Coin Challenge | ||
| Star Coin Collector 1 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 10 | Par: 3 | Hole: 2 | Par: 3 |
| Star Coin Collector 2 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 7 | Par: 3 | Hole: 18 | Par: 3 |
| Ring Master 1 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 3 | Par: 3 | Hole: 12 | Par: 3 |
| Ring Master 2 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 8 | Par: 3 | Hole: 11 | Par: 3 |
| Ring Master 3 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 5 | Par: 3 | Hole: 13 | Par: 3 |
| One-On, One-Putt Challenge | Complete nine holes with two strokes each: one shot and one putt. | Holes: 1~9 | One-On, One-Putt | Holes: 10~18 | One-On, One-Putt |
| Score Attack | Complete nine holes with an overall score of - 9 or better. | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 9 | Holes: 10~18 | Total: - 9 |
| Character Match | Challenge Diddy Kong to a round of match play. | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Diddy Kong | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Star Diddy Kong |
| Time Attack | Complete three holes in 60 seconds. | Holes: 1/4/14 | Time: 01:00.00 | Holes: 9/6/15 | Time: 01:10.00 |
| Point Challenge | Play three holes using Club Slots and earn 9 points. | Holes: 2/12/11 | Total: 9 points | Holes: 7/16/17 | Total: 9 points |
| Peach Gardens | |||||
| Name | In-game Description | Star Coin Challenge | Moon Coin Challenge | ||
| Star Coin Collector 1 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 1 | Par: 4 | Hole: 6 | Par: 4 |
| Star Coin Collector 2 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 9 | Par: 5 | Hole: 2 | Par: 5 |
| Ring Master 1 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 8 | Par: 4 | Hole: 3 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 2 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 2 | Par: 5 | Hole: 4 | Par: 3 |
| Ring Master 3 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 7 | Par: 3 | Hole: 5 | Par: 4 |
| 100 Coins | Try to collect 100 coins over three holes. | Holes: 2/6/4 | Coins: 100 | Holes: 1/7/9 | Coins: 100 |
| Score Attack | Complete nine holes with an overall score of - 1 or better. | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 1 | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 8 |
| Character Match | Challenge Peach to a round of match play. | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Peach | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Star Peach |
| Time Attack | Complete three holes in 150 seconds. | Holes: 7/5/9 | Time: 02:30.00 | Holes: 2/4/8 | Time: 02:00.00 |
| Point Challenge | Play three holes using Club Slots and earn 6 points. | Holes: 2~4 | Total: 6 points | Holes: 1/7/9 | Total: 9 points |
| Yoshi Lake | |||||
| Name | In-game Description | Star Coin Challenge | Moon Coin Challenge | ||
| Star Coin Collector 1 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 8 | Par: 4 | Hole: 9 | Par: 5 |
| Star Coin Collector 2 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 1 | Par: 5 | Hole: 5 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 1 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 5 | Par: 4 | Hole: 6 | Par: 3 |
| Ring Master 2 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 4 | Par: 4 | Hole: 3 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 3 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 9 | Par: 5 | Hole: 2 | Par: 3 |
| 100 Coins | Try to collect 100 coins over three holes. | Holes: 2/3/9 | Coins: 100 | Holes: 1/6/7 | Coins: 100 |
| Score Attack | Complete nine holes with an overall score of - 3 or better. | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 3 | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 7 |
| Character Match | Challenge Yoshi to a round of match play. | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Yoshi | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Star Yoshi |
| Time Attack | Complete three holes in 140 seconds. | Holes: 1/6/7 | Time: 02:20.00 | Holes: 2/8/9 | Time: 02:10.00 |
| Point Challenge | Play three holes using Club Slots and earn 6 points. | Holes: 1/4/6 | Total: 6 points | Holes: 2/5/9 | Total: 8 points |
| Wiggler Park | |||||
| Name | In-game Description | Star Coin Challenge | Moon Coin Challenge | ||
| Star Coin Collector 1 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 1 | Par: 4 | Hole: 2 | Par: 4 |
| Star Coin Collector 2 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 9 | Par: 3 | Hole: 8 | Par: 5 |
| Ring Master 1 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 7 | Par: 4 | Hole: 5 | Par: 3 |
| Ring Master 2 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 8 | Par: 5 | Hole: 6 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 3 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 4 | Par: 4 | Hole: 3 | Par: 5 |
| 100 Coins | Try to collect 100 coins over three holes. | Holes: 2/3/5 | Coins: 100 | Holes: 1/8/9 | Coins: 100 |
| Score Attack | Complete nine holes with an overall score of - 4 or better. | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 4 | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 6 |
| Character Match | Challenge Mario to a round of match play. | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Mario | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Star Mario |
| Time Attack | Complete three holes in 140 seconds. | Holes: 3/6/9 | Time: 02:20.00 | Holes: 4/5/8 | Time: 02:00.00 |
| Point Challenge | Play three holes using Club Slots and earn 7 points. | Holes: 1/5/8 | Total: 7 points | Holes: 3/7/9 | Total: 8 points |
| Cheep Cheep Lagoon | |||||
| Name | In-game Description | Star Coin Challenge | Moon Coin Challenge | ||
| Star Coin Collector 1 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 9 | Par: 5 | Hole: 1 | Par: 4 |
| Star Coin Collector 2 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 8 | Par: 4 | Hole: 2 | Par: 3 |
| Ring Master 1 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 1 | Par: 4 | Hole: 7 | Par: 3 |
| Ring Master 2 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 5 | Par: 4 | Hole: 6 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 3 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 3 | Par: 4 | Hole: 4 | Par: 5 |
| 100 Coins | Try to collect 100 coins over three holes. | Holes: 2/4/6 | Coins: 100 | Holes: 3/7/9 | Coins: 100 |
| Score Attack | Complete nine holes with an overall score of - 5 or better. | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 5 | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 5 |
| Character Match | Challenge Luigi to a round of match play. | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Luigi | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Star Luigi |
| Time Attack | Complete three holes in 150 seconds. | Holes: 3/7/9 | Time: 02:30.00 | Holes: 2/4/8 | Time: 02:10.00 |
| Point Challenge | Play three holes using Club Slots and earn 6 points. | Holes: 1/4/7 | Total: 6 points | Holes: 2/5/9 | Total: 8 points |
| DK Jungle | |||||
| Name | In-game Description | Star Coin Challenge | Moon Coin Challenge | ||
| Star Coin Collector 1 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 1 | Par: 5 | Hole: 8 | Par: 3 |
| Star Coin Collector 2 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 2 | Par: 4 | Hole: 5 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 1 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 8 | Par: 3 | Hole: 3 | Par: 3 |
| Ring Master 2 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 4 | Par: 4 | Hole: 7 | Par: 5 |
| Ring Master 3 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 6 | Par: 4 | Hole: 9 | Par: 4 |
| 100 Coins | Try to collect 100 coins over three holes. | Holes: 3/5/7 | Coins: 100 | Holes: 1/6/8 | Coins: 100 |
| Score Attack | Complete nine holes with an overall score of - 6 or better. | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 6 | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 5 |
| Character Match | Challenge Donkey Kong to a round of match play. | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Donkey Kong | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Star Donkey Kong |
| Time Attack | Complete three holes in 130 seconds. | Holes: 1/2/8 | Time: 02:10.00 | Holes: 3/7/9 | Time: 02:10.00 |
| Point Challenge | Play three holes using Club Slots and earn 7 points. | Holes: 3/7/9 | Total: 7 points | Holes: 1/4/8 | Total: 8 points |
| Bowser's Castle | |||||
| Name | In-game Description | Star Coin Challenge | Moon Coin Challenge | ||
| Star Coin Collector 1 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 3 | Par: 4 | Hole: 4 | Par: 3 |
| Star Coin Collector 2 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 8 | Par: 4 | Hole: 9 | Par: 5 |
| Ring Master 1 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 5 | Par: 5 | Hole: 1 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 2 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 4 | Par: 3 | Hole: 2 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 3 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 9 | Par: 5 | Hole: 7 | Par: 3 |
| 100 Coins | Try to collect 100 coins over three holes. | Holes: 7/6/9 | Coins: 100 | Holes: 5/4/8 | Coins: 100 |
| Score Attack | Complete nine holes with an overall score of - 6 or better. | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 6 | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 5 |
| Character Match | Challenge Bowser to a round of match play. | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Bowser | Holes: 1~9 | Opponent: Star Bowser |
| Time Attack | Complete three holes in 120 seconds. | Holes: 2/5/4 | Time: 02:00.00 | Holes: 7/6/9 | Time: 02:10.00 |
| Point Challenge | Play three holes using Club Slots and earn 7 points. | Holes: 1/7/9 | Total: 7 points | Holes: 5/4/8 | Total: 8 points |
| Toad Highlands | |||||
| Name | In-game Description | Star Coin Challenge | Moon Coin Challenge | ||
| Star Coin Collector 1 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 9 | Par: 4 | Hole: 11 | Par: 4 |
| Star Coin Collector 2 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 10 | Par: 4 | Hole: 4 | Par: 5 |
| Ring Master 1 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 1 | Par: 4 | Hole: 12 | Par: 5 |
| Ring Master 2 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 3 | Par: 4 | Hole: 18 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 3 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 17 | Par: 3 | Hole: 7 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 4 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 14 | Par: 4 | Hole: 16 | Par: 5 |
| 100 Coins | Try to collect 100 coins over three holes. | Holes: 13/3/12 | Coins: 100 | Holes: 16/2/10 | Coins: 100 |
| Score Attack | Complete nine holes with an overall score of - 4 or better. | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 4 | Holes: 10~18 | Total: - 5 |
| Time Attack | Complete three holes in 150 seconds. | Holes: 17/1/8 | Time: 02:30.00 | Holes: 13/5/16 | Time: 02:15.00 |
| Point Challenge | Play three holes using Club Slots and earn 4 points. | Holes: 2/7/16 | Total: 4 points | Holes: 6/12/18 | Total: 6 points |
| Koopa Park | |||||
| Name | In-game Description | Star Coin Challenge | Moon Coin Challenge | ||
| Star Coin Collector 1 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 1 | Par: 4 | Hole: 3 | Par: 4 |
| Star Coin Collector 2 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 13 | Par: 3 | Hole: 15 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 1 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 2 | Par: 5 | Hole: 5 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 2 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 14 | Par: 4 | Hole: 9 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 3 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 17 | Par: 4 | Hole: 8 | Par: 3 |
| Ring Master 4 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 12 | Par: 5 | Hole: 18 | Par: 5 |
| 100 Coins | Try to collect 100 coins over three holes. | Holes: 1/16/2 | Coins: 100 | Holes: 18/4/14 | Coins: 100 |
| Score Attack | Complete nine holes with an overall score of - 4 or better. | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 4 | Holes: 10~18 | Total: - 5 |
| Time Attack | Complete three holes in 150 seconds. | Holes: 8/1/18 | Time: 02:30.00 | Holes: 4/17/12 | Time: 02:05.00 |
| Point Challenge | Play three holes using Club Slots and earn 5 points. | Holes: 16/7/2 | Total: 5 points | Holes: 13/11/6 | Total: 6 points |
| Layer-Cake Desert | |||||
| Name | In-game Description | Star Coin Challenge | Moon Coin Challenge | ||
| Star Coin Collector 1 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 1 | Par: 4 | Hole: 16 | Par: 4 |
| Star Coin Collector 2 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 12 | Par: 3 | Hole: 18 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 1 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 3 | Par: 5 | Hole: 11 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 2 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 4 | Par: 4 | Hole: 17 | Par: 5 |
| Ring Master 3 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 7 | Par: 3 | Hole: 13 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 4 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 14 | Par: 5 | Hole: 5 | Par: 4 |
| 100 Coins | Try to collect 100 coins over three holes. | Holes: 9/11/7 | Coins: 100 | Holes: 8/17/2 | Coins: 100 |
| Score Attack | Complete nine holes with an overall score of - 5 or better. | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 5 | Holes: 10~18 | Total: - 5 |
| Time Attack | Complete three holes in 140 seconds. | Holes: 15/1/3 | Time: 02:20.00 | Holes: 12/6/14 | Time: 02:05.00 |
| Point Challenge | Play three holes using Club Slots and earn 5 points. | Holes: 2/18/9 | Total: 5 points | Holes: 7/10/17 | Total: 7 points |
| Sparkling Waters | |||||
| Name | In-game Description | Star Coin Challenge | Moon Coin Challenge | ||
| Star Coin Collector 1 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 9 | Par: 4 | Hole: 16 | Par: 4 |
| Star Coin Collector 2 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 18 | Par: 5 | Hole: 7 | Par: 5 |
| Ring Master 1 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 6 | Par: 3 | Hole: 14 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 2 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 8 | Par: 4 | Hole: 12 | Par: 3 |
| Ring Master 3 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 15 | Par: 3 | Hole: 5 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 4 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 7 | Par: 5 | Hole: 17 | Par: 4 |
| 100 Coins | Try to collect 100 coins over three holes. | Holes: 16/4/6 | Coins: 100 | Holes: 12/9/18 | Coins: 100 |
| Score Attack | Complete nine holes with an overall score of - 5 or better. | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 5 | Holes: 10~18 | Total: - 5 |
| Time Attack | Complete three holes in 140 seconds. | Holes: 3/1/11 | Time: 02:20.00 | Holes: 15/11/18 | Time: 02:05.00 |
| Point Challenge | Play three holes using Club Slots and earn 5 points. | Holes: 12/2/7 | Total: 5 points | Holes: 6/10/4 | Total: 7 points |
| Rock-Candy Mines | |||||
| Name | In-game Description | Star Coin Challenge | Moon Coin Challenge | ||
| Star Coin Collector 1 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 5 | Par: 4 | Hole: 2 | Par: 4 |
| Star Coin Collector 2 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 12 | Par: 3 | Hole: 18 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 1 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 18 | Par: 4 | Hole: 9 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 2 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 5 | Par: 4 | Hole: 16 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 3 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 1 | Par: 4 | Hole: 2 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 4 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 11 | Par: 4 | Hole: 15 | Par: 3 |
| 100 Coins | Try to collect 100 coins over three holes. | Holes: 17/14/4 | Coins: 100 | Holes: 12/3/13 | Coins: 100 |
| Score Attack | Complete nine holes with an overall score of - 5 or better. | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 5 | Holes: 10~18 | Total: - 6 |
| Time Attack | Complete three holes in 130 seconds. | Holes: 8/2/10 | Time: 02:10.00 | Holes: 15/6/7 | Time: 02:15.00 |
| Point Challenge | Play three holes using Club Slots and earn 6 points. | Holes: 12/18/3 | Total: 6 points | Holes: 4/9/17 | Total: 7 points |
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| Name | In-game Description | Star Coin Challenge | Moon Coin Challenge | ||
| Star Coin Collector 1 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 1 | Par: 4 | Hole: 3 | Par: 5 |
| Star Coin Collector 2 | Collect Star Coins while achieving par. | Hole: 10 | Par: 4 | Hole: 18 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 1 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 15 | Par: 4 | Hole: 13 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 2 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 6 | Par: 3 | Hole: 8 | Par: 4 |
| Ring Master 3 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 11 | Par: 5 | Hole: 17 | Par: 5 |
| Ring Master 4 | Shoot through all the rings and complete holes in par. | Hole: 16 | Par: 3 | Hole: 9 | Par: 4 |
| 100 Coins | Try to collect 100 coins over three holes. | Holes: 14/4/11 | Coins: 100 | Holes: 12/17/18 | Coins: 100 |
| Score Attack | Complete nine holes with an overall score of - 6 or better. | Holes: 1~9 | Total: - 6 | Holes: 10~18 | Total: - 5 |
| Time Attack | Complete three holes in 130 seconds. | Holes: 12/5/3 | Time: 02:10.00 | Holes: 4/8/11 | Time: 02:05.00 |
| Point Challenge | Play three holes using Club Slots and earn 6 points. | Holes: 16/17/2 | Total: 6 points | Holes: 6/13/7 | Total: 7 points |
Vs.
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.
Tournaments
- Main article: List of Mario Golf: World Tour tournaments
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 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:
| Tournament | Tournament type | Course Range | Mode | Origin date | Coin reward |
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| Fixed-Character Tournament | Mario Open | Mario World | Stroke Play | 1st May 2014 | 30,000 coins |
| Limited-Character Coin Rush | Mario Open | Mario World | Coin Collector | 1st May 2014 | 27,000 coins |
| Limited-Item Coin Rush | Mario Open | Mario World | Coin Collector | 1st May 2014 | 27,000 coins |
| Regional Tournament | Regional Tournament | Castle Club | Stroke Play | 1st May 2014 | 36,000 coins |
| Regional Point Play | Regional Tournament | Castle Club | Stroke Play | 1st May 2014 | 36,000 coins |
| Regional Near-Pin | Regional Tournament | Castle Club | Stroke Play | 1st May 2014 | 18,000 coins |
| World Tournament | World Tour | Castle Club | Stroke Play | 1st May 2014 | 24,000 coins |
| DLC Coin Rush | Mario Open | Downloadable Courses | Coin Collector | 1st May 2014 | 45,000 coins |
| Limited-Item Tournament | Mario Open | Mario World | Coin Collector | 8th May 2014 | 30,000 coins |
| DLC Tournament | Mario Open | Downloadable Courses | Stroke Play | 8th May 2014 | 48,000 coins |
| Regional Double Peoria | Regional Tournament | Castle Club | Stroke Play (Double Peoria) |
15th May 2014 | 18,000 coins |
| Regional Handicap | Regional Tournament | Castle Club | Stroke Play (Handicapped) |
15th May 2014 | 19,000 coins |
| Regional Speed Golf | Regional Tournament | Castle Club | Speed Golf | 22nd May 2014 | 19,000 coins |
| Regional One-On, One-Putt | Regional Tournament | Castle Club | One-On, One-Putt Contest | 22nd May 2014 | 18,000 coins |
| Callaway Tournament | Regional Tournament | Castle Club | Stroke Play | 22nd May 2014 | 72,000 coins |
| Major Tournament | World Tour | Castle Club | Stroke Play | 12th June 2014 | 54,000 coins |
| Open Coin Rush | Mario Open | Mario World | Coin Collector | 12th June 2014 | 27,000 coins |
| Open Tournament | Mario Open | Mario World | Stroke Play | 12th June 2014 | 30,000 coins |
| Regional Driving Contest | Regional Tournament | Castle Club | Best Drive Contest | 10th July 2014 | 18,000 coins |
Regional Tournaments
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, 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
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.
Mario Open
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.
Controls
Menu
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- Select Option
- Confirm
- Cancel
- Star Character
- Make Character Left-handed
Golf
- - Select Shot Path/Move Camera/Change Clubs
- - Select Shot Path/Change Clubs/Select Ball Hit Placement (while swinging)
- - Begin Swing/Confirm Sweet Spot Position (manual)
- - Cancel Swing/Confirm Sweet Spot Position (manual)
- Select Shot Type
- Change Camera- - Decrease Power Bar
- - Increase Power Bar
- Pause Menu
Castle Club
- / - Move
- - Talk/Confirm
- - Pause Menu
Characters
Playable
The game includes 21 playable characters: 13 default characters as well as 4 unlockable characters. Additionally, 4 more characters are available as downloadable content. Overall stronger Star variations of these characters are unlocked by beating the character on their respective character match in Challenges mode, with the exception of unlockable characters and downloadable characters, in which case the Star variation is unlocked at the same time the character is unlocked or downloaded.
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". For right handed characters, a fade is when the ball curves to the right, and a draw is when it curves to the left, and vice versa for left handed players. 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
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| Trajectory | Straight | Trajectory | Fade | Trajectory | Straight | Trajectory | Straight |
| Height | 6.5 | Height | 3.5 | Height | 4.5 | Height | 5 |
| Drive | 215 yards | Drive | 206 yards | Drive | 200 yards | Drive | 208 yards |
| Sweet-Spot | 6.1 | Sweet-Spot | 7.9 | Sweet-Spot | 8.3 | Sweet-Spot | 7.25 |
| Control | 5.25 | Control | 6.25 | Control | 6.75 | Control | 6.1 |
| Star Drive | 280 yards | Star Drive | 240 yards | Star Drive | 233 yards | Star Drive | 250 yards |
| Star Sweet-Spot | 3.3 | Star Sweet-Spot | 6.1 | Star Sweet-Spot | 7.25 | Star Sweet-Spot | 5.05 |
| Star Control | 4.5 | Star Control | 6 | Star Control | 6.3 | Star Control | 5.6 |
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| Trajectory | Draw | Trajectory | Draw | Trajectory | Fade | Trajectory | Fade |
| Height | 7.5 | Height | 4 | Height | 5 | Height | 2.25 |
| Drive | 213 yards | Drive | 217 yards | Drive | 220 yards | Drive | 209 yards |
| Sweet-Spot | 6.1 | Sweet-Spot | 5.6 | Sweet-Spot | 5.6 | Sweet-Spot | 7.25 |
| Control | 5.6 | Control | 5.05 | Control | 5.05 | Control | 6 |
| Star Drive | 270 yards | Star Drive | 283 yards | Star Drive | 290 yards | Star Drive | 258 yards |
| Star Sweet-Spot | 4 | Star Sweet-Spot | 2.9 | Star Sweet-Spot | 2.9 | Star Sweet-Spot | 5.05 |
| Star Control | 4.9 | Star Control | 4.1 | Star Control | 4.1 | Star Control | 5.25 |
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| Trajectory | Draw | Trajectory | Draw | Trajectory | Straight | Trajectory | Draw |
| Height | 5 | Height | 4.25 | Height | 4 | Height | 6.25 |
| Drive | 208 yards | Drive | 209 yards | Drive | 210 yards | Drive | 211 yards |
| Sweet-Spot | 7.9 | Sweet-Spot | 7.25 | Sweet-Spot | 6.75 | Sweet-Spot | 6.75 |
| Control | 6.1 | Control | 6.1 | Control | 6 | Control | 6 |
| Star Drive | 246 yards | Star Drive | 255 yards | Star Drive | 260 yards | Star Drive | 264 yards |
| Star Sweet-Spot | 5.6 | Star Sweet-Spot | 5.1 | Star Sweet-Spot | 4.5 | Star Sweet-Spot | 4.5 |
| Star Control | 5.6 | Star Control | 5.25 | Star Control | 5.05 | Star Control | 5.05 |
Star-Character unlocking criteria
| Unlocking criteria for the star version of default characters | |
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| Star Mario | Beat Mario in the Wiggler Park Character Challenge. |
| Star Luigi | Beat Luigi in the Cheep Cheep Lagoon Character Challenge. |
| Star Peach | Beat Peach in the Peach Gardens Character Challenge. |
| Star Yoshi | Beat Yoshi in the Yoshi Lake Character Challenge. |
| Star Daisy | Beat Daisy in the Forest Course Character Challenge. |
| Star Donkey Kong | Beat Donkey Kong in the DK Jungle Character Challenge. |
| Star Bowser | Beat Bowser in the Bowser's Castle Character Challenge. |
| Star Wario | Beat Wario in his Seaside Course Character Challenge. |
| Star Waluigi | Beat Waluigi in his Seaside Course Character Challenge. |
| Star Boo | Beat Boo in his Mountain Course Character Challenge. |
| Star Bowser Jr. | Beat Bowser Jr. in his Mountain Course Character Challenge. |
| Star Diddy Kong | Beat Diddy Kong in the Sky Island Character Challenge. |
Customizable
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| Trajectory | Straight |
| Height | 5 |
| Drive | 210 yards |
| Sweet-Spot | 5.6 |
| Control | 5.6 |
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| Trajectory | Draw | Trajectory | Fade | Trajectory | Straight | Trajectory | Fade |
| Height | 6 | Height | 4.25 | Height | 5.5 | Height | 6 |
| Drive | 203 yards | Drive | 214 yards | Drive | 207 yards | Drive | 212 yards |
| Sweet-Spot | 8.3 | Sweet-Spot | 6.1 | Sweet-Spot | 7.9 | Sweet-Spot | 6.75 |
| Control | 6.9 | Control | 5.25 | Control | 6.3 | Control | 5.6 |
| Star Drive | 237 yards | Star Drive | 277 yards | Star Drive | 243 yards | Star Drive | 267 yards |
| Star Sweet-Spot | 6.75 | Star Sweet-Spot | 3.3 | Star Sweet-Spot | 6.1 | Star Sweet-Spot | 4 |
| Star Control | 6.1 | Star Control | 4.5 | Star Control | 6 | Star Control | 4.9 |
Unlocking criteria
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| Toad | Collect 40 Star Coins in Challenge Mode. |
| Kamek | Collect 45 Star Coins in Challenge Mode. |
| Paratroopa | Collect 50 Star Coins in Challenge Mode. |
| Birdo | Collect 55 Star Coins in Challenge Mode. |
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| 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 | 8.3 | Sweet-Spot | 6.1 | Sweet-Spot | 5.6 |
| Control | 5.25 | Control | 7.05 | Control | 5.6 | Control | 5.05 |
| Star Drive | 280 yards | Star Drive | 230 yards | Star Drive | 274 yards | Star Drive | 286 yards |
| Star Sweet-Spot | 3.3 | Star Sweet-Spot | 7.9 | Star Sweet-Spot | 4 | Star Sweet-Spot | 2.9 |
| Star Control | 4.5 | Star Control | 6.75 | Star Control | 4.9 | Star Control | 4.1 |
Purchasing criteria
| Information on acquiring these characters | |
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| Gold Mario | Purchase the Season Pass or all three DLC packs separately. |
| Toadette | Purchase the Mushroom Pack or Season Pass. |
| Nabbit | Purchase the Flower Pack or Season Pass. |
| Rosalina | Purchase the Star Pack or Season Pass. |
Non-playable
Items
Various items can be used during gameplay to affect the player's shots. They may either be found in ? Blocks 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.
| Name | Image | Description |
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| Mushroom | File:MushroomMGWT.jpg | Makes the ball roll much further. |
| Fire Flower | File:FireFlowerMG.jpg | Increases the shot distance and burns through trees and obstacles. |
| Ice Flower | File:IceFlowerMG.jpg | Freezes terrain to allow the ball to bounce multiple times. |
| Bullet Bill | File:BulletBillMG.jpg | 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 | Ignores power-reducing terrain, allowing the ball to be hit at full power in the rough. |
| Boomerang Flower | File:BoomerangFlowerMG.jpg | Drastically increases the draw or fade of the shot. |
| Note Block | File:NoteBlockMG.jpg | Creates a Jump Block in midair, letting the ball avoid hazards. |
| Tornado | File:Tornado.jpg | A tornado that sucks up nearby coins. |
| Kab-omb | File:Kab-Omb.jpg | Explodes in mid-air to drop the ball straight down. |
| Gold Flower | 
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Has the same effect as the Fire Flower, plus gives the player coins for every yard the ball travels. |
Customizable gear
- Main article: List of Mario Golf: World Tour Mii gear
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.
Courses
A total of 16 playable courses appear in Mario Golf: World Tour, the most of any Mario Golf games, with a total of 235 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 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.
| Name | Image | Holes | Par | Description | Unlock Condition | Course Type |
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| Forest Course | 
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18 | 72 | A forest-themed course where multi-colored hills can be seen in the distance. | Default | Castle Club |
| Seaside Course | 
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18 | 72 | A course located near a beach with a similar appearance to Blooper Bay. | Default | Castle Club |
| Mountain Course | 
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18 | 72 | A mountainous desert-themed course with multi-colored cacti. | Default | Castle Club |
| Sky Island | 
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18 | 54 | A Par-3 course set in the sky, where clouds and Para-Beetles can be seen. | Complete the Nine-hole One-On, One-Putt Challenge in the Castle Club mode. | Castle Club |
| Peach Gardens | 
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9 | 36 | A Peach's Castle-themed course, with pink fairways and greens. | Default | Mario World |
| Yoshi Lake | 
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9 | 36 | A course with many pools of standing water, resembling Yoshi's Woolly World and some levels of Yoshi's Story. | 7 Star Coins | Mario World |
| Wiggler Park | 
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9 | 36 | A flower garden course with a Mega Goomba and other giant characters. | 14 Star Coins | Mario World |
| Cheep Cheep Lagoon | 
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9 | 36 | An underwater course with Cheep Cheeps and and other marine creatures. | 21 Star Coins | Mario World |
| DK Jungle | 
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9 | 36 | A Donkey Kong Country Returns themed course, featuring Screaming Pillars and Barrel Cannons. | 28 Star Coins | Mario World |
| Bowser's Castle | 
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9 | 36 | A Bowser-themed course, with many Thwomps and Bob-ombs which will explode if contacted. | 35 Star Coins | Mario World |
| Toad Highlands | 
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18 | 72 | Toad Highlands from Mario Golf, updated with improved music and graphics. | Buy Mushroom Pack | Downloadable Courses |
| Koopa Park | 
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18 | 72 | Koopa Park from Mario Golf, updated with improved music and graphics. | Buy Mushroom Pack | Downloadable Courses |
| Layer-Cake Desert | 
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18 | 72 | Shy Guy Desert from Mario Golf, updated to resemble Layer-Cake Desert from New Super Mario Bros. U. | Buy Flower Pack | Downloadable Courses |
| Sparkling Waters | 
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18 | 72 | Yoshi's Island from Mario Golf, updated to resemble Sparkling Waters from New Super Mario Bros. U. | Buy Flower Pack | Downloadable Courses |
| Rock-Candy Mines | 
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18 | 72 | Boo Valley from Mario Golf, updated to resemble Rock-Candy Mines from New Super Mario Bros. U. | Buy Star Pack | Downloadable Courses |
| Mario's Star | 
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18 | 72 | Mario's Star from Mario Golf with a Super Mario Galaxy theme and layout changes. | Buy Star Pack | Downloadable Courses |
Downloadable content
| Mushroom Pack |
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| Description: Toadette takes up the clubs in the first DLC pack for the game. You'll also get two brand new courses to play: Toad Highlands and Koopa Park. This pack will definitely grow on you.
Release Date: May 2, 2014 Price: US$5.99 / CAN$6.49 / €5.99 / £5.39 / AUS$7.80 Blocks: 447 Courses:
Character: Toadette |
| Flower Pack |
| Description: Delicious! The Layer-Cake Desert and Sparkling Waters courses are perfect complements to each other in this pack. You'll also snag the character Nabbit from New Super Mario Bros. U.
Release Date: May 22, 2014 Price: US$5.99 / CAN$6.49 / €5.99 / £5.39 / AUS$7.80 Blocks: 447 Courses:
Character: Nabbit |
| Star Pack |
| Description: The two stellar courses in this pack will have you driving deep into Mario's Star and playing through the Rock-Candy Mines. Need even more star power? How about Rosalina as a playable character!
Release Date: June 19, 2014 Price: US$5.99 / CAN$6.49 / €5.99 / £5.39 / AUS$7.80 Blocks: 482 Courses:
Character: Rosalina |
| Season Pass |
| Description: Can't decide what new courses and characters you want? You can get all three (as they are released) by buying a Season Pass! You'll also get the Gold Mario character to use immediately. If you buy all three packs separately, then you'll get Gold Mario when the Star Pack is released in June.
Release Date: Starts May 2, 2014 and downloads new courses and characters as they are released. Price:
Blocks:
Courses: First Wave:
Second Wave:
Third Wave:
Characters:
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| Free-Trial Course Pack |
| Description:
Release Date: May 2, 2014 Price: Free Blocks: 370 (as of June 19, 2014) Courses: Character: None |
Demo
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).
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.
References to other games
- 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.
- Super Mario Bros. 3: The music used in Sky Island is a cover of this game's Athletic Theme.
- NES Open Tournament Golf: 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.
- Yoshi's Story: Yoshi Lake appears to be based on this game, even using a cover of the title screen as the music.
- 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 this game, and various Luma characters appear in Rosalina's post-hole animation. The music used in Wiggler Park is a cover of the Honeyhive Galaxy music. Golf clubs, a golf ball, and a costume appear based on Bee Mario and Cloud Mario.
- Donkey Kong Country Returns: The DK Jungle course is heavily based on this game. Donkey Kong's Albatross, Hole-in-One and Eagle celebrations features him in a silhouetted jungle setting referencing the silhouette levels that originated from this game.
- Mario Tennis Open: Mii customisation 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.
- 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. Golf clubs, a golf ball, and a costume appear based on Boss Sumo Bro Nabbit appears as a playable character. His Albatross, Hole-in-One and Eagle celebrations feature him running through a series of levels based on this game, complete with HUD.
- Super Mario 3D World: Mario and Luigi's character icons appear as terrain on Hole 18 of Mario's Star while Toad's appears on Hole 12 of Mario's Star.
Critical reception
Mario Golf: World Tour has received generally positive reviews amongst 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 criticised the map in Castle Club, saying it was "confusing".[1] Joystiq gave 3 stars out of 5.[2] Nintendo Life gave the game a score of 9/10.[3] The game was scored 83% by Official Nintendo Magazine.[4] Mario Golf: World Tour currently averages a score of 78 out of a possible 100 on Metacritic.[5] Overall, the game was praised for its gameplay and graphics, but criticised for the lack of content in the Castle Club.
Beta elements
- Main article: List of Mario Golf: World Tour beta elements
In the earlier 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 colours, 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.
Regional differences
In PAL versions 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. Also, the Hole-in-One words that appear are different, the PAL having "HOLE-IN-ONE!", wheras the NTSC 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 PAL letters being bigger than the NTSC letters. The abbreviation for "Yards" is also different, with the NTSC version having "yd." and leaves a space between it and the number, whereas the PAL region uses a "yd" abbreviation with no space between the numbers and letters.
Gallery
Mario after swinging.
The game's logo.
A golf ball.
Quotes
- Main article: List of Mario Golf: World Tour quotes
Announcer
- "Nice on!"
- "Wow! Nice Albatross!"
Daisy
- "Yahoo! I did it! Okay, not bad."
- "I can't believe you're the title holder for all three championships! Right on! ...I am a bit jealous, though."
Luigi
- "Birdie!"
Yoshi
- "(Think anyone would notice if I ate some fruit? I'm so hungry!)"
- "(I heard you won a championship. So it's true?! Congratulations!)"
Staff
- Main article: List of Mario Golf: World Tour staff
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.[6]
References
- ^ IGN Review
- ^ Joystiq Review
- ^ Nintendo Life's Review
- ^ ONM Review
- ^ Metacritic Review
- ^ From Kerri Kane's official site: "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." (Retrieved July 1, 2014)
External links
- Premiere Trailer from Nintendo Direct.
- Official North American website
- Official European website
- Official Japanese website
