Golf game featuring characters and places from the Super Mario series. As with all golf games, you are given a grassy course with a hole somewhere on it. Each course has a par score, which is how many shots you should be able to get the ball in the hole to break even. Scoring under par sets you higher in the golfing league, and scoring over par means you lose out. You have to repeat over 18 holes before your score is finally tallied.
The game makes use of many conventions in the golfing game genre. The accuracy of your shot is determined by a power bar at the bottom of the screen. You can view where the ball will land, and alter the shot accordingly. You must also be aware of the wind direction and strength, as that will affect your shot.
Each character has their own strengths and weaknesses. As you play you can unlock more characters, and even import custom characters from the Gameboy Color game of the same name.
You can play whole tournaments, or individual practice holes. There are trick shot courses you play. And of course there is a multiplayer mode, where players take it in turns to play a hole. Again you can play multiplayer tournaments or single holes.
Start a tournament and press Start to open your options and view the Leader Board. On it are the names of all the characters taking place in the tournament. As there are more places on the leader board than characters in the game, someone improvised and filled the rest of the spaces with the names of Nintendo of America staff and other Nintendo characters. Here are some of the cameo names spotted so far:
- Mario Series: Big Penguin, Bob-Omb, Bub, Buzzy, Cheep Cheep, Chill Bully, Dorie, Fly Guy, Goomba, Koopa, Lakitu, Larry, Lemmy, Ludwig, Monty Mole, Morton, Pidgit, Red Beezo, Rex, Spike, Spiny, Toad, Ukkiki, Wendy O., Whomp, Wiggler
- The Legend of Zelda Series: Darunia, Deku Scrub, Goron Kid, Impa, Link, Malon, Navi, Saria, Sheik, Talon, Zelda
- Star Fox Series: Bill, Falco L., Fox, McCloud, Peppy, Pigma
There are probably even more cameo names available. You seem to get a lot of different names if you play the different courses a few times.
