Editing Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

|developer=[[Camelot Software Planning]]

|publisher=[[Nintendo]]

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|genre=[[Mario Golf (series)|Golf]]

|modes=1–4 players

|platforms=[[Nintendo GameCube]]

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==Opening cinematic==

[[File:MGTT Luigi's Shot Intro Screenshot.png|thumb|left|150px|Daisy, Peach, Luigi, and Mario celebrating the results of excellent tee shots.]]

Meanwhile, Mario is preparing to take a shot on that same course with Luigi, Peach, and Daisy observing from behind. As Wario and Waluigi still try frantically to escape from Bowser's looming threat by going through an enormous metal door, Mario hits his ball with his golf club. Wario and Waluigi open the door and continue their escape attempt, but Mario's ball hits them, giving them black eyes as well. The ball then strikes Bowser, causing him to fumble the bomb. This ultimately results in an explosion claiming Wario, Waluigi, and Bowser as the victims. Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Daisy witness the explosion from afar, completely baffled in terms of what was the cause behind it.

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===Screenshots===

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[[File:MGTT Gameplay.png|thumb|Gameplay of ''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour'']]

While playing fairly similarly to the previous two games, particularly ''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]'' for the [[Nintendo 64]], this game makes various additions and alterations to the formula present in both controls and visuals. The game uses 3D renders for the designs of characters and courses, like the previous home console game, allowing for the camera to be changed to view more of each hole in detail. Pressing {{button|gcn|X}} or {{button|gcn|Y}} allows the player to see an overview of the hole and study the topography of the both the course and specifically the green. In order to adjust their shot, the player can use the aforementioned controls and look around using {{button|gcn|C}}. The green also now displays moving topographic lines that follow down its path, increasing in speed the more the green slopes. A new control system has also been added, with manual and automatic swinging. The automatic swing is used by pressing {{button|gcn|A}} to set the power for the shot and then letting the game decide where the sweet spot marker ends up. A manual swing involves pressing {{button|gcn|B}} when choosing power, then pressing either {{button|gcn|A}} or {{button|gcn|B}} to set the sweet spot impact marker. This allows the use of a new feature, spin, to be used on shots.  Backspin, topspin, super backspin or super topspin can be used, affecting the ball's line of movement on the ground. Topspin sends the ball rolling forward while backspin causes the ball to roll back; these spins make the ball roll a shorter distance than their super versions. Different characters' spin will be more powerful with higher spin levels. The ability to change where the ball is hit is also makes a return from the two previous games, allowing different types of shots to be taken. Approach shots, used when players approach the pin, appear in this game, as well as the limited number of [[Power Shot (Mario Golf series)|power shots]]. Power shots have longer drives than normal shots, and only six can be used at a time. If a player does a perfect power shot (meaning they have aligned the first bar at the far left and perfectly aligned the second bar), it is not used up.

===Controls===

====Menu====

===Scores===

Depending on how many strokes the player required to take to hit the ball into the hole, players receive a score and a name for the score. The following is a list of them, from best to worst scores:

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|[[List of golfing terms#Hole-in-One|Hole-in-One]]

|The player has sunk the ball the number indicated above par. The highest score a player can take is equivalent to triple par (i.e. +6 for a par 3, +8 for a par 4, and +10 for a par 5). Selecting Give Up will penalize the player with a triple par score and retire the hole.

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===Terrain, hazards, and other features===

|colspan=3|'''Terrain'''

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|[[List of golfing terms#Fairway|Fairway]]

|align=left|Found only in [[Bowser Badlands]], this terrain very heavily affects a ball's lie the most, moreso than the deep rough and grass bunkers. The player must time their shot perfectly if they want to get out of the heath.

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|colspan=3|'''Hazards'''

|align=left|These enemies occupy certain O.B. zones. If a ball rolls into an area with a Chain Chomp, the Chain Chomp wakes up and an O.B. is called.

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|colspan=3|'''Weather'''

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[[File:Mario Golf Toadstool Tour Title Screen.png|thumb|The title screen to the game.]]

''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour'' offers a wide variety of game modes, including tournaments, training sessions, collecting coins and shooting the ball through rings. Multiplayer for up to four players is supported, and can be played with one to four controllers. All of the game modes are explained briefly below. Note that multi-player game modes not marked with an asterisk (*) can also be played with 1 player and AI opponents.

====Single-player====

*'''Tournament''' - The player competes against others for first place in an 18-hole round of golf and to earn [[Best Badge|best badge]]s on specific holes. The lowest score at the end of the tournament is the winner.

==Playable characters==

Including transferable characters, a total of 18 playable characters are featured in ''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour'', consisting of 12 default characters, 4 unlockable characters, and 2 transferable characters. [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]], [[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]], [[Diddy Kong]], [[Waluigi]], [[Birdo]], [[Bowser Jr.]], [[Boo]], [[Shadow Mario]], and [[Petey Piranha]] are playable for the first time in the ''Mario Golf'' series, with Bowser Jr., Shadow Mario, and Petey Piranha also making their overall playable debuts. This is also Diddy Kong's first appearance in a ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' game.

*'''Drive''' - How far the ball travels in the air for on a perfect shot with a driver (1W).

*'''Height''' - How high or low the ball travels in the air. The higher the ball travels, the more affected by wind it is, the higher it bounces, and the more it is affected by spin. The lower it is, the less it gets affected by wind; additionally, it makes the ball bounce further, roll more and get more affected by lie.

*'''Control''' - The amount of movement away from the targeted spot when hit off the perfect impact point. The higher the amount, the less the ball moves from the target spot.

*'''Spin''' - The amount of affect spin has on the ball. Having a higher amount will mean that the ball will roll further with the use of spin.

Impact, Control, and Spin are on a scale of 21. Numbers in parentheses for all stats indicate how they are shown when selecting Advance Tour Clubs. The quotes above the stats are each character's challenge invitation and instruction manual profile.

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|15 (+5)

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|7 (-3)

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|5 (-5)

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|14 (+4)

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|10 (±0)

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|8 (-2)

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|12 (+2)

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|9 (-1)

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|10 (±0)

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|12 (+2)

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|13 (+3)

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|16 (+6)

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!width=50% style="background:#EAECF0"|Drive:

|colspan=2 height=90px|Complete the 18 hole Birdie Challenge

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|colspan=2 height=90px|Obtain 50 [[Best Badge]]s in Tournament Mode

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|colspan=2 height=90px|Complete all Ring Attack holes

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|colspan=2 height=90px|Complete Shot Practice, Approach Practice, and Putting Practice on all difficulty levels

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Neil and Ella can be transferred into the game by connecting ''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]'' for the [[Game Boy Advance]] with the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. Up to four different pairs can be linked via different save files, with each pair wearing different colors.

==Golf courses==

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|[[Lakitu Valley]]<br>[[File:LakituValleyIcon.png]]

|[[Blooper Bay]]<br>[[File:MGTT Blooper Bay Icon.png]]

|[[File:Blooper Bay TT.png|150px]]

|Beating the Sands Classic.

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|Unlocked by Default

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====Score table====

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| +6

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| +4

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| +3

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| +2

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| +1

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| -9

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| -7

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| -5

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| -3

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| -1

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| ±0

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==Reception==

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|''Despite its camera problems, its visual deficiencies, and the fact that it does some things worse than the original, I'm having lots of fun with Toadstool Tour. Sure it's not as good as the latest Tiger Woods or even Hot Shots Golf 3. Nor is there much new here from the original Mario Golf. But I love playing as these characters. Seeing the behavior of Mario, Koopa, Peach (my favorite) Waluigi, and the others makes for a really fun time. Even though the game's problems keep it from being great, it's still an enjoyable title for Nintendo fans and gamers looking for a simple golf game.''

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|colspan=2|Compiler

|JapR=Mario Gorufu Famirī Tsuā

|JapM=Mario Golf Family Tour

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==External links==

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*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gftj/index.html Japanese site]

*[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-GameCube/Mario-Golf-Toadstool-Tour-268258.html UK site]

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