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I keep coming back to this game...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

On GBA I have "Golden Sun", "Tetris", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Racing Gears" and this golfing game. I should also add that I regularly play "Tiger Woods" on the PC. This game is so fun that I play it twice as much as all my other Game Boy Advance games put together.

The characters are kind of dorky looking in an anime meets precious moments kind of way, but how much can you expect in a hand-held golfing game?

The ability to work your way through both the role-playing aspects and the golfing aspects really break up the game. The quick games are great when you're just got ten minutes to kill at the dentist's waiting room. The 3-click works as well as my old Jack Nicklaus' Golden Bear game, and the ability to earn points which you add to your character's attributes gives you a real feeling of progressive accomplishment.

Fun for the short and long haul. Ten bucks well spent.

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4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Takes a little longer to start a game, and doesn't save a game simply by turning the system off, like the earlier version would.

Mario Golf Advance Tour

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Wonderful for building coordination skills in little hands with no worry of violence.

Cool Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Not the best game in the world but its a great golf game all together. I like this much more than any Tiger Woods style golf game b/c it poses a little more than a challege. Worth a try.

Probably the funnest GBA game I've owned

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I lvoe this game that I got used for only $10 on Amazon. The quick games have a lot to offer. The story is fun also. I just started and I'm getting pretty good and addicted to the game. You don't have to be a good golfer to play. This game would be great for any kid and even adults that want to play a fun little golf game.

The best GBA title ever? Possibly...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I got Mario Golf Advance Tour for $7 and it's been my most-played game on any platform or console for the past 4 months... and I'm neither a golfer or a golf fan.

It's so much fun and so addictive, I even play it on my GameCube and HDTV using my GameBoy Player console add-on.

Look at all these great reviews. There's not much left to say about Mario Golf Advance Tour, this is a must-have for the GBA.

Not that much of a Mario game, but a good golf game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: April 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

While this is probably your best bet for a worthwhile golf game on GBA, it isn't exactly a Mario game either. You only start with four playable Mario characters at the beginning of the game (Mario, Yoshi, Donkey Kong and Princess Toadstool) and your primary character in storymode is Some Anime-looking Dude you get to name, similar to Mario Tennis (except you get 8 characters right off the bat in Mario Tennis). You have to spend quite a bit of time unlocking things before you really come close to anything remotely Mario-ish. And there's a lot to unlock. The storymode in the game is very SNES-esque in its RPG presentation, and there's a lot of different mini-games that play by some unique rules (slot clubs, for instance, randomly selects clubs for you for one hole, so in essence you could be left with trying to par a 495 yard par 5 with a 4-wood and a pitching wedge) and some that are just conventional "closest to the pin" contests. Completing these mini-games, as well as tournaments (both singles and doubles) gives you experience points, which you can utilize to build up specific parts of your game, such as driving distance or spin control. And like I mentioned earlier, in the early going while unlocking things and building experience (which may take a while), there isn't a whole lot of Mario going on, and that may turn some players away.

But if you're strictly looking for a good golf game for GBA, this is as good as it's going to get. Considering both the graphical and physics-engine limitations that are present (remember how awful some SNES golf games were?), this game really does a great job presenting a solid golf experience in terms of gameplay and control. It's your traditional three-click swing system, and you can control the spin and select the impact on the ball itself, letting the player manipulate his/her shot in a lot of different ways. Putting is pretty easy; if you putt with some mustard behind your shots, almost any putt will go in from within about 25 feet. The courses are all very different, providing tropical, desert and um.. Scotish atmospheres. The last course that is unlocked after winning each tournament and sufficiently building up experience is the Mushroom Course, the only all-out crazy Mario course in the game, and it's a doozy.

The thing to remember is this: if you're looking for a Mario themed game, you may want to look elsewhere, but if you're looking for a good golf game for GBA, this is the best you'll find.

Excitement around every corner

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'm an 11 year old how knows hardly anything about golf. This was the very first game I got for my Game boy and I love it! I stayed up untill 2 in the morning playing it!!! The first time you play, you get to choose between two characters ; a boy named Neil or a girl named Ella. Don't worry , you can change their namesto whatever you like! You belong to the Mario Club.You go to one of the four golf clubs, which are Mario , Dunes , Palms and Links and you can enter their tourney. You can do doubles with Neil or Ella , or singles , which is by yourself . If you get 1st , 2nd , or 3rd place , you get a trophey to keep in your room and you also get to enter another club's torney. After you win the Links you can choose to go to Peache's Castle and play the Mushroom course. This game goes on for a while , but it is one I'd highly recomend.

THEY NO TITLE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: October 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORET GAME. BUT I HAVE IT FOR GAMECUBE. BUT I KNOW IT IS COOL BECAUSE I PLAYED IT. I LOVE THIS MARIO GOLF GAME

Fun game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: October 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My son really enjoys this golf game for his Gameboy Advance. It is easy to use for all ages. The game graphics are great.

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