Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

So for silly reasons I own a gamecube. I don't like it very much because the controllers were very silly and I found most of the games inferior to those of XBOX when it was actually a relevant console. But this is one of the few games that I have and got some amusement out of it. I brought this game out only because I recently watched Funny Games (the original one, maybe I'll watch the remake after we finish Shitty Shuttle Shervish so I can actually participate in making it without hating myself) so I don't feel that it is appropriate to review a game with lots of violence. Violence is not entertaining.

But back to the review. This is the sequel to the N64 game. I never played it, but thought it should be mentioned. I usually don't like sports games, unless they involve soccer, hockey, or snow sports, but the Mario sports games are usually pretty fun. This is an example of a fine Mario game. It's still golf, and golf is golf even with a giant ape. As frustrating as it can be I think I would prefer to play the Wii Sports golf game over this. The motion controller makes the gameplay more involving. Did I mention golf is pretty boring? I'm not really willing to spend much time playing a golf game where I just hit a few buttons every few minutes. At least with the Wii game there is a bit of action in between the boring bits.

There is one huge negative part to this game. It is really hard to make short puts because the way the power meter works. It involves a very quick "tap tap" but even then it can easily power over the hole. What is worse than a boring sport? A frustrating boring sport.

As much as I like playing games with friends, this is one of those games I'd rather play with just one other person or go solo. I don't have the patience to wait a long time until it is my turn. Again, golf games are fine to play, but watching them is really boring.

This game is fine all around, the courses are fun, the controls are fine except for that putting, but it isn't anything great. So for a very middle of the road game I give an average score of 2.5 stars out of 5.