Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)

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Template:Articleabout Template:Infobox Mario Golf is a video game for the Nintendo 64 released by Nintendo in 1999. It was developed by Camelot Software Planning. Though several sports games featured Mario characters in the past, Mario Golf is considered the first game in the modern "Mario Sports" line. It would be followed by several titles encompassing a variety of sports.

Gameplay

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

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

Interactions with Mario Golf GBC

Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64 has the ability to link and exchange data with Game Boy Color version of the same game. With the use of the Nintendo 64 Transfer Pak, the player can use his character from the Game Boy Color version to play through the Nintendo 64 version of Mario Golf.

Courses

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

Mario's Power Star Holes

Characters

The following is a list of default characters in the order of which they are unlocked. For a list of character quotes see List of Quotes in the Mario Golf Series. Kid, Joe, Sherry, and Azalea can also be unlocked through a Transfer Pak.

Plum Charlie Princess Peach Baby Mario
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Drive 208 Yards Drive 210 Yards Drive 212 Yards Drive 215 Yards
Shot Straight Shot Fade Shot Straight Shot Draw
Luigi Yoshi Sonny Wario
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Drive 220 Yards Drive 230 Yards Drive 240 Yards Drive 250 Yards
Shot Fade Shot Straight Shot Draw Shot Fade
Harry Mario Maple Donkey Kong
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Drive 260 Yards Drive 270 Yards Drive 245 Yards Drive 275 Yards
Shot Draw Shot Draw Shot Straight Shot Fade
Bowser Metal Mario
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Drive 280 Yards Drive 285 Yards
Shot Draw Shot Draw

Staff

Main article: Mario Golf (Nintendo 64) Staff

Reception

Mario Golf generally garnered favorable reviews.Template:Fact It would later be re-released as a Nintendo 64 "Player's Choice" title, indicating it sold over 1 million copies.Template:Fact

References to Other Games

  • Wario Land II and Wario Land 3 - One of Wario's alternate color schemes in Mario Golf is the monochromatic outfit he wears throughout these games.
  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Many names of characters in this game appear on the score board.
  • Super Mario 64 - Names of several characters in this game appear on the score Board, and many sound effects from this game are used. Also Metal Mario is playable.
  • Star Fox 64 - Many characters from this game appear on the score board.

References in Later Games

Artwork

Trivia

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Wario's pink shoes.
  • Wario's shoes are pink in this game rather than the usual green. His shoes are green, however, in the game's artwork. The shoes are changed to green in Camelot's next game, Mario Tennis.
  • The European/PAL version of the game has a different intro theme.
  • Mario is not unlocked from the start. However, Baby Mario is.
  • Plum, Maple, Harry, Sonny, and Charlie never appear again in the rest of the Mario series.

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