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Hasn't improved much in the visual department. :unsure:

this is a joke...right? :distress:

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Originally posted by Joeiss
How is it a joke?

well, I figured the graphics would look much better than that...I mean Gamecube is supposedly significantly superior to PS2 for graphics and I just finished watching some GT4 and MGS3 footage, and then this Mario Golf stuff...nice effort they put into the game :rolleyes:

damn, seems the mario franchise is lacking in visuals...

i don't see lacking in visuals..... you guys need to clean you ...eyeballs.

no 'lacking in visuals' you say?

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I don't think I'm the one who needs to get my.....eyeballs cleaned? :confused:

I think he's being sarcastic Stu.

psssst stu, that didnt prove your point very well. sorry. lol

i know what your sayin but just bad choice in pic comparasins. ones showing a golf corse with grass, a very nice looking golf ball and a clear sharp looking person. all in a cartoonish gfx

another is dark with a bunch of flames and a redesh less colorful look.

a better pic woulda served much better here. aka. a GT4 screen :D

Nintendo just isn't trying anymore on graphics are they? Really, what's the point of even launching the gamecube if they're going to half ass every single game they produce. Power the ****ing things up.

That was just a bad picture choice on Crash's part. Take a look at this one.

Much prettier.

best looking golf game i've seen. looks pretty.

i just dont like golf games tho :D

looks pretty bad, IMHO

IMO it looks kind of ****ty too. There's still a good while for development though.

Oh, and are they going to show anything on mario tennis? I liked it a lot more than mario golf.

Have we seen Links 2004?

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Originally posted by Bond
Have we seen Links 2004?

and i hope i never do again.

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Originally posted by bouncer_agb
There's still a good while for development though.

......Uh...no.

If it comes out in july, they've got like a month. Trust me that's about as good as it's going to get.

Here's the thing though. No matter how much links kicks MG's ass in the graphics department, the deciding factor for me will be how the game swings. If it uses that lame ass analouge swing, I'm not buying it. It had better be Tap..............Tap....................Tap.

funny, xbox fans are the ones always saying how you cant compare such to such. but then comes in and tries to compare graphics from a game that tries to look like a cartoon to a game that tries to look real. how are you compareing games that dont want to look like each other?

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Originally posted by Null
funny, xbox fans are the ones always saying how you cant compare such to such. but then comes in and tries to compare graphics from a game that tries to look like a cartoon to a game that tries to look real. how are you compareing games that dont want to look like each other?

Did I ever say I was comparing them?

No.

Did I simply post screenshots from another golfing game?

Yes.

Even for a cartoon style game, it's still disappointing IMO.

well. dissapointing it may be. IMO it looks better then what is probably its competition. hotshots or outlaw golf.

Mario Golf looks great. Don't see why anyone would be complaining.

This is a better screen of a shot. The one of Peach just wasn't that good

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Originally posted by Null
funny, xbox fans are the ones always saying how you cant compare such to such. but then comes in and tries to compare graphics from a game that tries to look like a cartoon to a game that tries to look real. how are you compareing games that dont want to look like each other?

Exactly

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Stu:
looks pretty bad, IMHO

Shut up, fanboy :p

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Stonecutter:
If it uses that lame ass analouge swing, I'm not buying it. It had better be Tap..............Tap....................Tap.

It's going to be tap tap tap.

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When you're all lined-up and ready for a shot, the controls take a much improved turn for the better. Now we've got some choices to make on how best to smack the lumpy little ball, and they offer a bit of gameplay depth that we're happy to enjoy. Toadstool Tour uses the standard sliding bar method like so many golf games before it, but the key to a great shot is more in the choice of buttons pressed than just the typical timing routine (which also remains a factor). Hitting the A button fills the meter from right to left, and if no other buttons are pressed, then you'll see Wario wind up and relax as if only taking a practice swing -- in his case, a very angry practice swing.
As the meter fills, players can choose to hit one of two buttons to mark the strength (i.e. distance) of their shot. The A button can be used by beginners or just lazy players in general who don't want to bother with the game's more refined shot controls, as using it will firmly stop the meter in place without worry of stopping it a second time. But real men (and real women) use the B button to stop their meters. This will mark its peak and send it sliding back to the right for the all-important second alignment stop that determines hook and slice. You can use B again to stop it's descent, or if you're a real man (or real woman), then you'll quickly press a two-button combination of choice using A and B to pick your desired ball spin: A-A for topspin, B-B for backspin, A-B for super topspin, or B-A for super backspin. This lets players choose to punch their shots straight through the air or loft them high for straight drops to the turf. The emphasis placed on the B button definitely requires some mental conditioning to keep from hitting the default, fat A button when stopping the meter, but like anything, it's easily learnable, and we definitely appreciate the depth of the two-button system.

-IGN

Mario Golf is the best golfer ever, period.

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Not to mention that even though they're realistic, the screens Bond posted are MUCH more impressive...stop using the old excuse "it's cartoony, you can't compare them".

Look Stu, it's a Mario game in a mario world. The trees are meant to be like that, they don't have leafs, it's the way it's supposed to look. Gamecube hardware is not exploited to it's max and it's normal. You can't excpect better than that.

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Originally posted by Ranzid
Look Stu, it's a Mario game in a mario world. The trees are meant to be like that, they don't have leafs, it's the way it's supposed to look. Gamecube hardware is not exploited to it's max and it's normal. You can't excpect better than that.

so because it's a Mario game and because the trees are meant to look like that it means I have to be impressed? please...you have to do better than that. but nevermind, I'll agree to disagree.

actually stu. i still think mario golf looks better then thoes hotshots golf pics you posted.... suppose its a matter of preference, but i like the colorfullness

i agree with null , the mario golf looks beter than the trully infirior hotshots golf, but hey thats my opinion :rolleyes:

You guys want some real trees?

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Uhh... ranzid, that last pic looks choppy as hell... I don't think it's anything Ps2 or Xbox couldn't pull off.

But anyway, back on topic, I'm a huge fan of Mario golf for N64, and I don't care if the visuals haven't been upgraded much. In golf games it's all about gameplay, I'm buying this game this summer, even if it manages to start looking worse leading up to the launch :p

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Originally posted by TheGame
Uhh... ranzid, that last pic looks choppy as hell... I don't think it's anything Ps2 or Xbox couldn't pull off.

Well, you have to consider the fact that he's flying trough those woods at a few hundred km/h

Yeah very true Ranzid!!!

you guys are hilarious...comparing pics of an upcoming, high budget Star Wars game to a 2-year old low-budget golf game :lol:

check out the new GT4 thread if you really want to compare screenshots...

Is there trees in those screen shots stu?

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there you go Ranzid

Yhea, nice picture of a canyon you got there. The SW forest is actually entirely 3D. Not some background picture.

This thread is just funny.

We are comparing golf games to stealth action games. Golf games to space shooters and space shooters to racing.

Let's bringon the GBA screens!