Product ReviewsMario Golf: Advance Tour (Nintendo Game Boy Advance, 2004)

Golf + RPG = Awesome!

A golf game with RPG elements? What's going on? An amazing game, that's what! If you like golf games at all, you love this one. The controls strike a beautiful balance between easy to pick up and challenging to master, the game has loads of stuff to do in it, and the graphics are a pleasure to look at. Best of all, at it's core this games has probably the best 2D golf engine I've ever seen. It creates the feel of a 3D golf course convincingly enough that it's easy to forget that this is a 16-bit game. As for the RPG part? It works well, and makes the one player mode a bit more interesting and involving than the typical golf handheld, but don't expect an epic and engaging story-line. I only have two minor critiques of this game: Firstly, there's a bit of a learning curve issue. It's a little easy until the end, at which point it gets very hard. The other is that, while I'd never think I'd say this, there's almost too much stuff to unlock. Half of me is like "Oh man! I only have half the characters unlocked: I need to keep it up!" and the other half is "Ohhh GOD! How many times do I have hit this ball around the grass??" It is just a golf game, after all. I think its designers expected the player to get more into golf games than is humanly possible for the average person. But when my mind goes numb from birdies, skins games, and backspin, I just set the game aside for a few weeks, so I can rediscover how fun it is again later.Read full review...

Great Game

The game is a lot of fun, it made my husband to take up golf . With this game it allows you to upgrade your characters and transfer them along with their news skills over to the next GameCube Mario Golf.Read full review...

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Mario Golf for Game Boy Advance

This Mario Golf Game Boy Advance game was for my 4 year-old. He was looking for a new game for his Game Boy, and we looked on ebay because it is difficult (or next to impossible) to find new Game Boy games in stores. He was interested in this game because he likes to play golf on out Wii, he enjoys the Mario characters, and the price was reasonable.

The game arrived in great condition with a manual. What I don't like about it is that you can only play with a generic boy and girl player when you play in single player mode. You cannot play with any Mario player in single player mode (unless we are doing something wrong). In multiplayer mode, you can choose from several Mario characters. My son enjoys playing in multiplayer mode better than single player mode because of the Mario characters. I've never played the game myself, but my 4 year-old has no problem playing, so I assume it must be fairly easy to understand. The graphics look great, and he enjoys the sounds effects the game makes.

Overall, we are very happy with the purchase and would recommend this game to others. My older son wonders why this game is not made as a DS game also, but I assume it was discontinued.Read full review...

OOOH Here we go

This is by far the best golf game out there for Game Boy!

You can build your Character up by winning Tournaments and special Events..Which gives you points and makes your golfer better..You can go Solo or with a partner...When you Win all the Events (Any TOP 3 ) you get to the Mushroom cup ( Very Tricky Course, eg BOMBS, SPECIAL MARKERS ON COURSE WITH MOVES YOUR BALL TO A NEW POSITION ) to face MARIO, LUIGI,DONKEY KONG,PRINCESS, TOAD,WARIO...This is a must game for everyone..MY wife hates sports games but she was sold on this one..You can pick one up from ebay for about $10us (WELL WORTH THE $$$) Also it will save your game data and can be linked up with another GBA if you have 2 Games )
VERY HARD TO PUT DOWN!!Read full review...

Great golf game for newcomers and more skilled players!

I bought this game because it got a good review on GameSpot and a reviewer on one of the video game podcasts I listen to highly recommended this game. It's good. I've never played a golf video game before, but this is fun! I've been playing it for a hour night ever since I got it.

I had bought the GameCube version of this game - Toadstool Tour - and I hadn't played it all until I got this game. Now I'm splitting my time between the two, so that I can import my character from Advance Tour into Toadstool Tour (BTW, another great feature of this game).

Advance Tour is a great game by itsef but the connectivity with its GameCube cousin makes it a must-have! Make this a part of your video game collection!Read full review...

Not Enough Mario

I love Mario golf on N64 and Gamecube (it's one of the few video games I like) so when I got a Gameboy Advance I knew I had to have it. It fun to pass the time, but compared to other Mario Golfs it isn't that great. For one, the main part of the game, a story where you have a partner and go around playing golf with him/her, has nothing to do with Mario--it's just some random kid characters. Also, the view when hitting the golf ball is wierd. Unlike in other Mario Golfs, you only get a bird's eye view directly above your player. You miss out on seeing the curves in the ground. Anyway, I still like Mario Golf so I can't completely bash it, but it definitely needs to have more Mario characters in it.Read full review...

Good product

Fun game love it

Good

For it's age, still o fun game to play.

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Great for golf lovers!

Mario games never get old to me and this is one of my favorite ones! I personally own just about every Mario Game ever made and love playing them. I really recommend that you buy this one because it is a really good one!Read full review...

works great. thank you very much

works great. thank you very much

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