| Mario Golf Advance Tour | 
 enlarge | From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $7.02
You Save: $12.97 (65%)
Buy New/Used from $7.02
Avg. Customer Rating:   (33 reviews)
Sales Rank: 9240
Platform: Game Boy Advance
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 4.9 x 4.9 x 1
MPN: agb p bmge
Model: 45496733254
UPC: 045496733254
EAN: 0045496733254
ASIN: B00009WAUM
Release Date: June 22, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 The best GBA title ever? Possibly... May 16, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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 April 2, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
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 March 21, 2006
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 October 23, 2005
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
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 October 3, 2005
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
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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