~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- __ ___ |\ /| /\ | \ | / \ | \ / | / \ |__| | | | | \/ | /____\ | \ | | | | | / \ | \ | | | | | / \ | \ | \___/ ___ ___ _______ / \ / \ | | | | | | | | ___ | | | |_____ | | | | | | \___/ \___/ |_____ | ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Mario Golf FAQ for Game Boy Color Version 1.7 "The Official Final Release" By "Gruel" Dale Kulas dkulas@hotmail.com Latest Revision: September 28, 2000 Revision History: ---Version 1.7---September 28, 2000 Alright, I have now found out the glory of what is notepad, and uploaded my review from Word Perfect 8.0 into there and got read of those cursed line breaks, plus added some nice Ascii art. Now I'm finally done with it so thank you. ---Version 1.6---July 31, 2000 I keep on getting e-mails about missing 1-up locations, and I was just ignoring them, but I kept on getting e-mails so I guess I'll add them, I also added my own review of the game in there too. Also added a few more gameshark codes. Now this FAQ should be complete. ---Version 1.5---March 5, 2000 Finished this FAQ! Got all of the course info done! And also got tips for Raven Wood's mini-course. This is it, no more updates, I'm finally glad I finished this guide. ---Version 1.4---December 16, 1999 Sorry for the lack of updates. I put a lot more tips on the mini-games and added some more reader tips as well. Also finished the the controls part of the FAQ. ---Version 1.3---November 27, 1999 Sorry for no updates recently. Added some readers codes and tips, if some don't work please e-mail me. ---Version 1.2---November 16, 1999 Added the mini games and challenges sections for Palm Club games, Tiny Tots golf grounds, and Mini-Mini Lake Course. Also added another playing tip and code on how to unlock Peach Course. ---Version 1.1---November 14, 1999 Added the Mini Games and Challenges sections for Marion Club games, Windy Valley Hole 2, and Club Maker's hut. ---Version 1.0---November 12, 1999 First Release, Everything New FAQ Contents I. Introduction II. Differences between N64 and GB Color Versions of Mario Golf III. My Own Review for the Game IV. Controls V. The Characters a) Kid b) Sherry c) Joe d) Azalea e) Mario f) Luigi Hidden Characters g) Putts h) Grace i) Tiny j) Gene Yuss k) Wario VI. The Swing Meter VII. The Clubs VIII. Gameplay Modes a) VS. Mode b) Match Game c) Stroke d) Training e) Tournament IX. Course Information a) Marion Course b) Palm Course c) Dune Course d) Links Course e) Peach Course X. Mini-Games a) Marion Club Mini-Games b) Golf Clinic c) Palm Club Mini-Games d) Windy Valley Hole 1 e) Windy Valley Hole 2 f) Dune Club Mini-Games g) Links Club Mini-Games h) Club Maker's Hut i) Tiny-Tots Golf Grounds j) Mini-Mini Lake Course k) Raven's Woods Course l) Guru's Pitch & Putt 9 hole challenge XI. Playing Tips XII. The Transfer Pak XIII. Codes XIV. Gameshark Codes XV. Credits ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I. Introduction Hey, It's me Gruel again. Welcome to my Mario Golf FAQ for Game Boy Color. I bought this game and went absolutely nuts over it because of its depth. I find this game to be one of the very few "unique" golf games and it turns it vaguely to be a golf RPG. I hope you'll enjoy this FAQ. Nintendo usually has a key developer to make all there golf games, T & E Soft. Here's a little list of the golf game that T & E made for Nintendo: Golf(Virtual Boy), Pebble Beach: True Golf Classics(Super Nintendo), and Wailailae Country Club: True Golf Classics(Nintendo 64). Other Nintendo Golf games are Golf(NES,Game Boy) and NES Open Tournament Golf, but I'm unsure who the developers are for those games. Anyways I thought T & E was gonna develop this one until I was surprised that it was Camelot, the same people who made Hot Shots Golf for Playstation! Now that little sidenote is done we can finally get onto the FAQ. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ II. Differences between the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color versions of Mario Golf. Mario Golf for Nintendo 64 is more of an arcade fantasy type golf game, much like Hot Shots Golf for PSX. Also the N64 version features much more Mario characters like Mario, Luigi, Wario, Peach, Baby Mario, and Yoshi. Mario Golf for Game Boy Color is more of a simulation-rpg type of Golf game, and is truly one of the first of it's kind. And it only features 3 character from the Mario Universe: Mario, Luigi, and Wario. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ III. My Own Review for the Game The Game Nintendo hired Camelot software, the same makers of Hot Shots Golf for PSX, and the N64 version of Mario Golf, to make this game. If you're expecting an arcade golf game like the previous mentioned titles, be prepared for a completely different experience. How will it fare to it's previous games, lets read the review and find out. Graphics This is a Game Boy Color only game, meant that graphics that only Game Boy Color can handle, and boy does it pay off. These graphics are awesome. All the golf courses are well done, and look like ones in sim golf games, not fantasy ones like in the 64 version of Mario Golf. The game has a familiar, overhead RPG look whenever you enter the Marion Clubhouse. T & E Soft usually makes all of Nintendo's golf games(Golf for VB, the True Golf Classics series which featured Pebbles Beach for SNES and Wailailae Club for N64), the games were pretty good, but Camelot(Hot Shots Golf for PSX) is way better and it is a good decision that Nintendo chose this developer. All the golfers look like they came out of a 16- bit RPG, and are really detailed and can easily tell if they're a male or female and what they're wearing. So overall a really nice job on the graphics by Camelot. Sound The music in here also sounds like it came straight out of an RPG, with tunes that remind me a lot like the ones that came out of Pokemon for Game Boy. Most of them sound pretty good to listen to and are kind of catchy and I was really surprised how good the music was pulled off here considering it's a Game Boy game. The sound effects are mediocre, like all the other Game Boy games, shots sound like little ‘swishes' and everything else sounds pretty average. Game play You got a power meter, where you stop it once to see how hard you hit the ball, and tap it again to see which spot you hit the ball in. If you remember Golf for Game Boy a while back, Mario Golf uses the same putting system with < and > symbols to indicate slopes on the green. The game is sorta like a Golf RPG where you give one of the 4 fictional characters a name and give them experience points by playing tournaments, stroke matches and other types of golf games. And after your player levels up high enough, he'll be ready to face the club champ of one of the 4 golf courses. Once you beat the champ, you'll unlock him as a selectable character, after you beat him you can go against the next course's champ, and so on, and level up your guy until he becomes the grand pokemon, err golf, master. You'll be able to unlock the 5 secret characters, some you'll be able to transfer over into the N64 version of Mario Golf once Pokemon Stadium comes out with the Transfer Pak(Around February 2000) and be able to play as characters on the N64 version you couldn't of unlocked before. If you ever get board with the single player mode of the game you can always link up with a buddy for some 2-player fun! Replay Value The game surprisingly has a lot of depth for a golf game. I love this whole added ‘RPG' concept of the game where you gain levels by getting experience points for winning matches, tournaments, and so on. And the story for the game isn't all that bad either. Also the game can be played by up to 2 players with the Link Cable, and the added stuff with the Transfer Pak to get your created and leveled up GBC golfers on the N64 version of the game makes the replay value go way up! In Brief +: Innovative ‘RPG' concept to golf, lots of added extras like 2-player link option, and Transfer Pak compatibility -: Sound effects aren't the greatest, gets hard to keep track of that little ball on the screen all the time The Final Ratings Rundown Graphics: 8.9 Sound: 6.8 Game play: 9.6 Replay Value: 8.9 Overall: 8.5 Rounded to fit GameFAQs Score: 9 Final Analysis Don't just consider this your average golf simulation by first game, because this game has so much depth, you'll be surprised. I was hooked instantly on this game, and couldn't put it down for days, Camelot has packed so much into this game and gave it so much effort so that you can have one of the best gaming experiences on your Game Boy. Without a shadow of a doubt, this is the best Game Boy Golf game! Go buy this now! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IV. Controls Control Pad: -Move Cursor on In-game Menus -Move Character on field map -Change shot and putt direction(by pressing Left or Right) -Select Clubs(by pressing up or down) -Change different option screens(by pressing up or down) -Scroll through various scorecards(by pressing left or right) Select: -Zoom in on the green during gameplay Start: -Pauses game and displays menu screen A Button: -Confirms selection -Set power and timing when shooting and putting B Button: -Cancel selection -switches powers of shots and putts -replays shots before your ball stops rolling ------------------------------------------------------------------------ V. The Characters a) Kid Age: 10 Initial Drive: 202 yards Initial Shot: Draw Mini-Bio: Active, young boy who's been living golf his whole life. b) Sherry Age: 12 Initial Drive: 200 yards Initial Shot: Straight Mini-Bio: Her Mommy got her into golf. c) Joe Age: 19 Initial Drive: 205 yards Initial Shot: Draw Mini-Bio: The "Happy Gilmore" of Mario Golf, who went from pro dancer to pro golfer combining his dancing skills into his golf technique d) Azalea Age: 17 Initial Drive: 204 yards Initial Shot: Fade Mini-Bio: Went from track star into pro golfer. e) Mario Age: ??? Initial Drive: 270 yards Shot: Draw Mini-Bio: The best golfer in the game, this well known plumber be a challenge to beat f) Luigi Age: ??? Drive: 220 yards Shot: Fade Mini-Bio: Mario's often ignored brother, makes an appearance in this game, he's not as good as Mario, but still pretty good. HIDDEN CHARACTERS(BEAT THESE GUYS AND UNLOCK THEM AS PLAYABLE CHARACTERS) g) Putts Marion Club Champion h) Grace Palm Club Champion i) Tiny Dune Club Champion j) Gene Yuss Links Club Champion k) Wario everything is unknown about this character, except that he's much better than Mario. Also if you beat Wario you get 400 experience points! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VI. The Swing Meter |||||-||||-||||-||||||| This is how you control your shot. The two bold dashes on it are the idea spots you want to hit. Press A to start the cursor to, if you want to hit the golf ball at maximum power hit A when the cursor goes by the very end of the left side of the meter, the cursor will start to move to the right after you stopped it once and you want to hit A again when it hits the bold dash on the right for perfect timing, this will result in a "nice shot" message appearing on the screen and it will give you a great drive. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VII. The Clubs(Initial distance with a created character before being leveled up) 1 Wood Maximum Distance: 210 Yards 3 Wood Maximum Distance: 196 Yards 4 Wood Maximum Distance: 181 Yards 2 Iron Maximum Distance: 167 Yards 3 Iron Maximum Distance: 158 Yards 4 Iron Maximum Distance: 148 Yards 5 Iron Maximum Distance: 138 Yards 6 Iron Maximum Distance: 129 Yards 7 Iron Maximum Distance: 119 Yards 8 Iron Maximum Distance: 110 Yards 9 Iron Maximum Distance: 100 Yards Pitching Wedge Maximum Distance: 86 Yards Sand Wedge Maximum Distance: 67 Yards ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VIII. Gameplay Modes a) VS. Mode With the use of a game link cable you and your friend can tee it in a round of golf b) Match Game Go against any character in the game, even any of the club champs in the course of your choice. If you defeat a club champ he'll be unlocked as a playable character. For every round you play you get experience points to raise the levels of a created player you picked. c) Stroke Play a round of golf of a course of your choosing by yourself. You get a certain amount of experience points depending upon how well you do. d) Training Pick any course and pick any hole you wanna practice, you don't get any experience points, but you better your game. e) Tournament You start off in a tournament between 30 people on the Marion Course. You have to place 1st to advance to the next course, win win all 4 courses then face Mario, then Wario. Earn experience points after every round, birdie badges, and trophies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IX. Course Information a) Marion Course Hole Par 1 4 2 4 3 3 4 5 5 4 6 4 7 5 8 3 9 4 10 4 11 5 12 3 13 4 14 4 15 4 16 4 17 3 18 5 b) Palm Course Hole Par 1 4 2 4 3 5 4 4 5 3 6 4 7 5 8 3 9 4 10 4 11 4 12 3 13 5 14 4 15 3 16 4 17 5 18 4 c) Dune Course Hole Par 1 4 2 4 3 5 4 3 5 4 6 4 7 4 8 3 9 5 10 4 11 3 12 4 13 5 14 4 15 3 16 4 17 5 18 4 d) Links Course Hole Par 1 4 2 5 3 3 4 4 5 4 6 3 7 4 8 5 9 4 10 3 11 4 12 5 13 4 14 4 15 3 16 5 17 4 18 4 e) Peach Course Hole Par 1 3 2 4 3 5 4 4 5 4 6 4 7 5 8 4 9 3 10 5 11 4 12 4 13 3 14 4 15 4 16 3 17 5 18 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ X. Mini-Games and Challenges a) Marion Club Mini Games Driving Rang Challenges Challenge 1 The girl on the right in the driving range teaches you how to get on the green with a 2 Iron with the wind against you. If you accomplish this you get experience points. Challenge 2 The boy on the left teaches you how to get a good drive with a tailwood against you with a 1 wood. Use full power to accomplish this and gain experience points. Approach Range Challenges Challenge 1 The boy to the right of the green teaches you how to use a running approach to get near the hole easier. Use a 5 Iron to get near the hole to get experience points. Challenge 2 The girl above the green teaches you how to use a chip approach with a pitching wedge, so use that club and get near the hole to gain experience points. Putting Challenges Challenge 1 Go to the practice green and talk to the boy on the right and he'll challenge you to a putting contest where you have to get the ball at least on a small green circle by the hole 7 out of 10 times. By doing so you gain experience points. b) Golf Clinic East of Palm Club is the Golf Clinic, where you can get pros to review your shots, they only seem to do in-depth reviews of shots hit at max power, because if you do not hit them at max power, the judge will simply say, "I don't judge mishits." Anyways, these guys are extremely helpful, and give excellent advice at balls hit at full power. c) Palm Club Mini Games Driving Range Challenges Challenge 1 The girl on the middle left teaches you how to hit an accurate iron shot on a par 3 using a 2 iron with a 10mph wind against you. The trick is to hit at normal power, not max. Challenge 2 The boy on the middle right teaches you how to hit intentional shots(curving shots on purpose) by holding the control pad the second after you hit the ball. Hitting the ball with your 1 wood under normal power should do the trick. Approach Range Challenges Challenge 1 The boy in the bunker teaches you how to hit a bunker shot using your sand wedge. It's 20 yards from the bunker to the hole. So you hit at an estimate power of 15 yards to make a nice roll toward hole. Challenge 2 Talk to the girl to the left of the green, she'll teach you how to do a running approach. It's 90 yards from the fairway to hole and she uses a putter, but instead use a sand wedge at hit at half power. Putting Challenges Talk to the boy at the way right and go for another best 7 out of 10 putts. d) Windy Valley Hole 1 South of Links club on the map is Windy Valley Hole 1. This is only one hole which only about a par 3, and there are several platforms to shoot around it, with a high wind going against you, anyways everytime you're about to tee off, a guy standing at one of the platforms keeps telling you to shoot at his platform, and it's the most difficult to make. Eventually you'll make the hole-in-one, and after you do the guy will congradulate you, and you'll receive a bunch of experience points. e) Windy Valley Hole 2 Later in the game go back to the same spot and go into the hut and talk to the guy and he'll challenge you to make another good green approach from a more challenging spot, by doing so you gain more experience points, also he'll offer to change your shot into fade aboslutely free. f) Dune Club Mini Games Driving Range Challenges Challenge 1 Talk to the girl stuck by the trees on the left side of the course. To get back on the fairway from this rough spot use normal power and use one of the Iron club and hit the ball with a low trajectory rate, this should get you back on the fairway. Challenge 2 Talk to the kid on the far right of the driving tees. He shows you how to get on the fairway by avoiding a hazard. You should hit a high ball right at the pin. Use Normal Power, the whole is 86 yards away so try using a 9 Iron and hit it about afew notches before the very left end of the meter, and you should get on the green. Approach Range Challenges Challenge 1 Talk to the girl on the fairway, she's gonna teach you on how to get the ball close to the whole on a steep green. Use a 7 Iron on low power and hit the ball a couple of notches before the left end of the meter and you should get the ball pretty close. Challenge 2 Talk to the boy by the bunker. He'll show you how to get the ball closer to the whole with a lob shot. Use your sand wedge and hold down on the control pad as you time your shot to get a backspin. Putting Challenges Challenge 1 Talk to the kid on the bottom left of the green to go for another best 7 out of 10 putting challenge. Challenge 2/Alternate Game This is one of the hardest challenges in the game. At the top of green area, there are a group of 2 girls and a guy, talk to one of them, and they'll ask you to be there partner for a 2-on-2 challenge. You'll do it in either match or stroke play. You get a girl as your partner, and you go against the other guy and girl. Both of the girls suck at golf. They mistime some of there shots, and they miss the easiest putts, but you guys are gonna have to stick it out, and see who winds up with the best score gets the experience points. g) Links Club Mini Games Driving Range Challenges Challenge 1 Talk to the girl on the left side of the course by the bunker. She'll show you how to get to the green from there. Use a 2 Iron at Max Power and just time the ball a little bit before the max meter at the left, and you should get the ball near the whole. Challenge 2 Talk to the boy on the right side of the course by the trees. He'll show you how to get to the green. Use a Sand Wedge and curve the ball by pressing the control pad to get the ball on the green. Approach Range Challenges Challenge 1 Talk to the girl on the left side of the green. She'll show you how to get the ball to roll down the slope toward the whole. Use a 5 Iron on low power with no spin and you should get the job done. Challenge 2 Talk to the boy above the green. He'll show you how to get close to the ball on an uphill slope. By using a pitching wedge and putting a backspin on it you should have no problem. Putting Challenges Challenge 1 Talk to the boy on the bottom left of the green to go for yet another 7 out of 10 challenge. h) Club Maker's Hut Northeast of Marion Club is the Club Makers Hut. Go there and he'll ask you to exchange your club for either a special distance or control club. If you don't like it, you can get your old club back by seeing him again. Also hidden in one of his closets is a 1-up mushroom where you gain a level for free. i) Tiny-Tots Golf Grounds This is a tricky time course. A lady has to pick up all the balls laying on the golf ground, and she wants you to putt them all on the green withing a circle, by doing so you'll gain a lot of experience points. j) Mini-Mini Lake Course Here help a struggling rookie show his trainer how to make an impossible that seems impossible to make. You shoot from the rough right before the big water hazard surrounding the little green. If your drive is leveled high enough, hit the ball at max power using your 5 Iron, you'll then make it on the green and earn 140 experience points. k) Ravens Woods Course You enable this mode after beating Tiny in a match game. A raven stole a mans hat and the raven landed on top of a pin, so you got to battle high winds in order to knock the hat off, it's hard to get a good shot pulled off because of the changing winds. l) Guru's Pitch & Putt 9 Hole Challenge Each hole is a par 3, but you must make a birdie on every hole, and make it at least to the green after the first shot. This is the last course you unlock in the game once your character is leveled up to level 41. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ XI. Playing Tips Here are a whole bunch of tips I gathered to make sure to keep your golf game at your best, and to prevent you to not throw your Game Boy on the floor in frustration. 1) Always look at the wind speed and wind direction This is what always screwing me up most in my game. Make sure to link at the wind speed/direction before you tee off in every hole, or your perfected shots could end up going into a bunker or rough. 2) Always look at how far the hole is away from you. Make sure to look at how far the hole is away from your ball, because it's 135 yards away and if you're using a club that goes a distance of 150 yards and if you hit it at max power, your shot will go way over the hole. 3) Putting away from the green. If you put from the green edge the ball only goes 1/3 of the initial distance of the putter and if you're putting from the fairway it only goes 1/10 of the initial distance.(Thanks to JAYGEE1@aol.com for the tip) 4) Now who's good at what and who sucks at this? Here are ranks for best putters and drivers in the game.(Thanks to Mart Mauser at mauser@onrampinc.net for the ranks) Drivers Middle Shooting Chipping Putting 1. Mario 1. Mario 1. Tiny 1. Mario 2. Tiny 2. Gene Yuss 2. Mario 2. Gene Yuss 3. Wario 3. Wario 3. Wario 3. Wario 4. Gene Yuss 4. Tiny 4. Gene Yuss 4. Tiny 5. Luigi 5. Luigi 5. Luigi 5. Grace 6. Grace 6. Putts 6. Grace 6. Luigi 7. Putts 7. Grace 7. Putts 7. Putts ------------------------------------------------------------------------ XII. The Transfer Pak With the use of a new peripheral, the transfer pak, you can exchange game info from the Game Boy Mario Golf to the N64 version of it. The idea is to transfer secret characters unlocked in the Game Boy version of Mario Golf to be playable in the N64 version of Mario Golf, that couldn't be unlocked before. The transfer pak just came out, it comes packed in with Pokemon Stadium, so now you can upload Grace, Putts, Tiny, & Gene Yuss into your game today! Note: They can't be saved onto the game pak, but you can only use them whenever you upload them onto your N64 and until you turn the power off, when you turn the power off, they are gone, so you gotta re upload them again when you turn the N64 on. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ XIII. Codes (People who contributed these codes can be found in the credits section) Unlock Peach Course Place 1st in all the club tournaments and enable the Peach course where all the holes are shaped like Nintendo characters. 1-Up Locations Here's where all the 1-ups Mushrooms are, if you find any that aren't listed here please e-mail me. People who sent in locations for mushrooms are in the credits section. Location Where Marion Clubhouse Locker Room In one of the lockers Club-Makers Hut In one of the bookshelves Director's Office In one of the bookshelves Peach's CastleOne of the bushes on the left as you enter through the rainbow 300 Free Experience Points In certain hidden location by pressing the A button a man will pop up and give you 300 experience points. Here are some locations. 1: Press A at the northern most point of Tiny Tots Mini Course. 2: Press A on the most eastern point of Palm Club's practice putting green. 3: At the Link's club Caddie's Master office along the long right path face down toward one of the trees and press A. 4: At the very far left side of Raven's Woods course and press the A button. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ XIV. Gameshark Codes People who contributed Game Shark codes can be found in Credits section Code Effect 0100A0C8 Always Under Par 0106A8C8 Infinite Hitting Power There are also other Game Shark codes that can modify character data, but that data can screw up the game if you use it wrong, so I won't post the codes here, but you can find them off the Game Sharks Code Creators Club at http://cmgsccc.com by performing a search. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ XV. Credits Nintendo and Camelot - for making this great game JAYGEE1@aol.com - for Putting Tip Marty Mauser at mauser@onrampinc.net - for Rankings Jeremy Annock at sith_lord11@hotmail.com - for 1-up mushroom location in Director's office Casey Cherry at therock549@yahoo.com - for Under Par Gameshark code Rick Blalock at tgp120@hotmail.com - for the hidden 300 free experience points tricks Matt Sephton at matt@ewtoo.org - for how to unlock Guru's P&P Challenge "Spud" at skippy31986@hotmail.com - For another hidden location sport for 300 free experience points Steven Scher at flash0912@yahoo.com - for a 1-up location All feedback welcome to dkulas@hotmail.com with "Mario Golf FAQ" in the subject This FAQ, Copywright, ©1999-2000 by Dale Kulas Not one soul shall use any part or all of this FAQ and post it unless they have permission to do so and by giving credit where it's due.