You may be familiar with this situation: your opponent is one shot ahead of you on the most important last hole, and most importantly, everything is now in his hands. Frightening your opponent by yelling during a shot is usually an unpopular strategy. Bribing the referee to kick the ball into the bunker can quickly cost you a high price in several ways.
Fortunately, Mario’s latest golf adventure provides us with some good choices in this difficult situation. For example, if you are playing Luigi, you can use a super attack to freeze the entire green, allowing your opponent’s ball to both bounce and roll farther. This should provide you with the much-needed counterattack space. Because as you can guess from the title of “Mario Golf Super Rush”, you won’t find simulated gameplay here, although some parts of the game are surprisingly close to simulation.
In terms of its foundation, this is a good golf game. There are surprisingly intuitive and in-depth systems for deflection shots, controlling how the ball rolls, an overview of the golf course, and, of course, an intuitive HUD that explains your choices. This is not surprising, because the developer Camelot Software Plannings has produced countless golf games in the past, with or without Nintendo characters.
Generally speaking, the disadvantages of golf games tend to be that they… well, based on golf. In short, their pace is too slow. If you don’t like golf, trying to steer a small ball into a small hole on a huge golf course is immediately unbearable. In the initial development stage of “Mario Golf Super Rush”, the developers and Nintendo seem to have been thinking about what they can do to attract people who do not play golf to play this game. The solution is the “Super Rush” mentioned in the game title, which is the game mode “Quick Golf” that requires you to run immediately. This is not only about hitting the ball quickly, but also about running across the court and quickly reaching the location of the ball: after everyone hits the ball at the same time, they immediately run to the ball’s landing point and hit the ball again… The one who hits the ball quickly into the hole is the winner. This competition is not just about skills, but the timing of sprints and tricks is also the key to winning.
This means that the game has an unexpectedly pleasing 3D platform gameplay built in. My opponent and I ran on the court like savages, chasing the ball from our painful angles. There are water jumps, sand pits, and various shortcuts-although if you are not careful, the shortcut will usually become a very long route if you are not careful. Combining the unique characteristics of the character with the busy rhythm, this quickly proved to be a truly interesting enjoyment in the company of friends. Everyone wants to be the fastest, the farthest hitting ball, and the one that can annoy opponents the most.
Of course, you can play standard golf, with or without special shots. You can also adjust the number of holes you want to play and split the screen so that up to 4 people can play at the same time. Considering that waiting during a golf game may make you drowsy, it usually ends up in people picking up their phones and watching Twitter, watching IG, watching faces, and playing at the same time is obviously a better solution to make sure that everyone is always there. Be able to get involved.
If you know that you will play by yourself most of the time, there is also an adventure mode of the same type as the previous “Mario” golf game. The storyline here is almost as weak as you think. The dialogue is mainly composed of familiar creatures from the Mushroom Kingdom, making the same sound over and over again, while some texts appear on the screen to explain what is happening. Adventure is designed as a lightweight RPG, you can play as your own Mii, and then learn to run faster, hit the ball farther, try to achieve better curves, and so on.
If you really like the story mode in the first few works, you may also have a good time here, but for me, this mode feels more like I have to drag myself to write this review Reluctant to play, not the content I like. I found the other single player modes of the game to be more interesting, basically just playing Mario Golf Super Rush by yourself. Either as few strokes as possible, or as fast as possible.
In terms of content, the game provides 16 characters (if you count Mii, there are 17), most of which are from “Mario Racing”. However, King Bob-Omb and Chargin’ Chuck are also added here. The former has the longest swing in the game, while the latter has a great stunt that can make the opponent’s ball fly out. The golf course is also very diverse and cleverly designed, so you will always want to stop and see all the lovely Nintendo-related designs at the beginning.
However, Camelot Software Planning does not incorporate a lot of Nintendo style in terms of technology, and I think this 2021 Switch exclusive game is not as smooth and refined as the “Mario Racing 8 Deluxe Edition” that is more than 4 years old. And plenty of polish. This includes sometimes too bright tones, sparse textures, and slightly ugly shadows. It’s not bad. very nice.
Fortunately, I think people who buy “Mario” golf games don’t care much about whether the game’s technical level is up to standard. In the final analysis, everything is related to whether the game can bring enjoyment. Here, it provides a lot of fun time. “Mario Golf Super Punch” is deep enough to be a good golf game on Switch with all Nintendo features turned off, although it certainly still won’t belong to the analog category. If you plan to play by yourself, you should like the golf-themed Mii adventure, which contains cute narratives and meaningless storytelling, but once someone plays with you, you will quickly become fascinated by the game . With all the interesting content launched, this game soon became an interesting party game, and “Mario Golf Super Rush” really reached a high level of achievement, so that you will not be aware of the possible rhythm in the world The slowest ball games are bored. This is a worthy feat.
