This game was better than I thought. Mario Golf Advanced Tour

[brainerdrainer]

I'm not really into golf very much but last week I got a bunch of games for a trade and found Mario Golf Advanced Tour for GBA. I started playing the game for the hell of it and now I can't stop. I'm more into this game than I ever thought I could be. It's not the best most awesome game in the world.... but it sure is a lot of fun. Kinda has some RPG feel to it as you can level up your characters and unlock new areas. I'm glad I put the game in to give it a try, now I'm addicted to it. Anyone else play this game?

[kedawa]

I played this a lot a year or two ago, and although some of the RPG stuff just slows the game down, it's a far better experience than the Tennis game.
My original motivation for picking it up was to unlock stuff in Mario Golf Toadstool Tour for GC, but I actually wound up spending more time with Advance Tour.

[M.Buster2184]

It is a pretty damn fun game. I've come to find most the Mario sports titles are fun. Mario tennis, baseball, soccer, all entertaining and fun to play with a group of people.

[FrankSerpico]

Mario Tennis for GBC has similar rpg elements. It can currently be found for very cheap, too

[Tanooki]

I'm planning to get it again sometime this year I think(unless the 3DS one blows me away.) It was a pretty fine game but outside of the visuals and audio I felt it was a little bit of a downgrade over how the GBC original was setup as I had a lot more fun on those courses and the RPG parts too so perhaps look into that one for more fun?

[brainerdrainer]

I have not played the GBC version yet so I can't compare it

[recorderdude]

Mario Hoops 3 on 3 on the DS is my personal fav mario sports game. It's genuinely enjoyable and each character does have a fairly unique playstyle. Speaking of characters, not only is there a plethora of mario/DK characters to unlock,as it was co-made by SquEnix you can actually play as several final fantasy characters. You can make Black and White Mages, a Moogle and a Ninja take a break from their world-saving quest to chill and shoot some hoops.

Also, that fucking character select song. IT WILL NEVER LEAVE IT WILL NEVER LEAVE IT WILL NEVER LEAVE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj3aVrNOW0Q

The game is somewhat like mario sports mix on the wii's basketball mode but that version lacks the entire coin/item mechanic that made Mario Hoops feel like mario kart with basketballs, and its touch controls actually ENHANCE the gameplay.