[DS] Mario Golf World Tour - Clubbin' all day

... one of the first new threads GFF has seen in a long time probably deserves a more exciting OP, but i'm too lazy right now.

Is anyone else playing this at all? I was thinking about setting up a GFF tournament and putting the code up here but i don't know whether anyone even has the game.

I'm having a lot of fun with it, but i've found myself in the right kind of mood. Only 3 full-length non-gimmicky courses without DLC is a little disappointing, but i'm finding the online play to be a lot of fun.

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You don't have to buy the game if you don't want to, Vemp. It'll just be loads of fun that everyone else will be having without you.

I've created a tournament that lasts the week, the GFF Open. Unfortunately there's no way to limit the number of tries someone can take at playing a tournament, so i guess people can just try to get the best score they can until it ends at midnight a week from now.

Find the tournament using the code: 28-7805-7588-7163

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Thus far, my Mii is, after a fair amount of playing, still a good deal weaker than most of the star characters. The only stat that really seems to matter is drive distance, since that determines what eagle possibilities are open to you. Sweet spot will change how forgiving the game is on the second button press of manual shots (and how far off auto shots might go), and control affects how much of a difference putting spin on the ball will make how forgiving your shot is when you miss the timing (low control means missing the second timing by even a little bit will send the shot way off).

Online live (as in Vs. mode, not tournaments) is pretty balanced, since winning requires you to be consistent. The online tournaments, on the other hand, let you try as many times as you want for the best score, so only people who have maxed out Miis and the willingness to sit and play the same course over and over until they have an eagle on every hole are ever going to win those. It's a little frustrating, to be honest.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I just experienced the worst thing ever: Got my first hole in one - and because i happened to be trying out speed golf at the time, the game didn't even care. So bitter.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Not sure, never played those. In terms of challenge, it's probably not the same - timings are relatively forgiving, "easy" swing mode makes it impossible to actually duff a shot (though you can still mess it up, you can't just blow it off to the side entirely), and the greens are super easy to read thanks to the putting grid. Stats aren't really a thing - your Mii can improve, but for the most part good shotmaking can make up for a weaker character pretty easily (it takes a pretty significant difference to offer a significant enough difference that you feel legitimately underpowered).

Not sure what else to tell you on it though.

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Wow, turns out those large scale tournaments are a pretty good way to make some cash if you can do well - just scored 16000 coins for finishing 117th in the NA Point Tournament. Early indications are that the near-pin contest will not be a repeat of that performance, though.

Also, SuperSonic and I are still the only two who have posted a round for the GFF Open, so there's still a spot on the podium for whoever wants it! ..It's a little depressing having a tournament with only two people

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I only played one round too (though it was a good one). The thing with this format is that it lets people just keep playing until they get a perfect game, so if you want to improve your score you can keep playing the tournament over and over.

FELIPE NO

So i've been a little busy and distracted this week, but the second round of the GFF Circuit is now open - the Coupler Cup. The tournament lasts until midnight Sunday night again, because if it takes more than four days for you losers to throw together 18 holes then forget it, you're worse than Game Night. This is not a statement i make lightly.

Code is 36-6790-2082-8965.

In other news, dropped a -20 round into World Tournament 1 this evening - still only good enough for me to place around 300th. Looking forward to spending that mad bank on mulligans, then finally trying that stupid one-on, one-putt 18 hole ridiculousness again.

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The first two tournaments i set up were played only by myself and SuperSonic, so i had given up on them - glad to see i was wrong.

Also, mulligans are useless when you're clicking through the obvious failure of a shot too fast and skip the part where you can actually use them. 14th hole of birdie challenge, wasted.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Not realizing that Omagnus had made another tournament, i went and made the third round of my tournaments.

code is 33-4191-4079-1951.

lasts... not quite a week? i don't remember.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

i think Omagnus won both of those tournaments, but i beat him in the Castle Club tournaments, so it's all good.

In other news, holy crap guys this Castle Tournament means business. I tried a bit from the tournament tees to make sure i was ready for the first major of the year, but then they went and changed so much stuff. Faster greens, way smaller fairways, and extra trees all over the place. I'm going to have to be at this for a while if i want to put up an actual score (first round was only -10 because WHAT ARE THESE GREENS EVEN)

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.