True Swing Golf

Touch Golf

Developer(s) T&E Soft
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Platform(s) Nintendo DS
DSiWare
Release date(s) Nintendo DS
  • JP November 10, 2005
  • EU November 25, 2005
  • NA January 23, 2006
DSiWare
  • PAL November 13, 2009
  • NA February 1, 2010
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single player
Multiplayer
Distribution DS Cartridge
DSiWare

True Swing Golf (known as Nintendo Touch Golf: Birdie Challenge in Europe and as Otona no DS Golf in Japan) is a golf video game published by Nintendo and released for the Nintendo DS handheld video game system.

Modes of play

The game features four separate modes of play: Stroke Play, where the player embarks on any courses unlocked in the game; Match Play, where the player engages in a matchplay against a computer opponent of a chosen difficulty level; Free Round, where the player is free to take on any hole on any particular course he has already unlocked; Championship, where the player progresses through a series of tournaments in order to unlock other courses and progress through the ranks, from a Rookie to a Junior, then Senior and finally Master.

Other features

The game also features a Golf Shop which sells golfing equipment (separated into clubsets, golf balls and golf shoes), and, depending on the player's progress in the Championship, restocks its inventories with more advanced equipment until the player has completed the Masters Level Championship.

Despite it being named as a realistic golf game, players could utilise their clubset's skills to power up their shots, deliver more spin to the ball, or curve the ball more, which would decrease a Power Meter that gradually charges up over time as a player advances through the golf course.

There are a total of fifteen courses to unlock, the last three which are basically extremely windy versions of the first three courses the player would encounter in the game.

Wi-Fi play

Only Stroke Play and Match Play nine holes are available if played through the DS Download function; otherwise, another game mode known as Skins Match is also available for play.

DSiWare release

Following in the tracks of other "Express" re-release titles for the DSiWare download service, the Express version of True Swing Golf features most of the game's features excluding Wi-Fi and local play, as well as the in-game PictoChat function. It is currently in the North American and PAL versions of the DSi Shop for 800 Nintendo DSi Points.

Trivia

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings(DSi) 80%[1]
(DS) 72.08%[2]
Metacritic(DSi) 80/100[3]
(DS) 66/100[4]
Review scores
PublicationScore
1UP.comB−[5]
Electronic Gaming Monthly7.33/10[6]
Eurogamer8/10[7]
Game Informer7/10[8]
GamePro[9]
Game RevolutionC[10]
GameSpot6/10[11]
GameSpy[12]
IGN8/10[13]
Nintendo Power8/10[14]
Detroit Free Press[15]
The Sydney Morning Herald[16]

The game was met with positive to average reception. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 80% and 80 out of 100 for True Swing Golf Express,[1][3] and 72.08% and 66 out of 100 for the original game.[2][4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "True Swing Golf Express for DS". GameRankings. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "True Swing Golf for DS". GameRankings. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "True Swing Golf Express for DS Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "True Swing Golf for DS Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  5. ↑ Rea, Jared (February 2, 2006). "True Swing Golf". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ EGM staff (March 2006). "True Swing Golf". Electronic Gaming Monthly (201): 112.
  7. ↑ Bramwell, Tom (December 7, 2005). "Nintendo Touch Golf Birdie Challenge". Eurogamer. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  8. ↑ "True Swing Golf". Game Informer (154): 111. February 2006.
  9. ↑ Mr. Marbles (January 23, 2006). "True Swing Golf Review for DS on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on February 18, 2006. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  10. ↑ Silverman, Ben (January 27, 2006). "True Swing Golf Review". Game Revolution. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  11. ↑ Davis, Ryan (January 20, 2006). "True Swing Golf Review". GameSpot. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  12. ↑ Theobald, Phil (January 23, 2006). "GameSpy: True Swing Golf". GameSpy. Archived from the original on October 18, 2006. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  13. ↑ Harris, Craig (January 20, 2006). "True Swing Golf". IGN. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  14. ↑ "True Swing Golf". Nintendo Power 202: 86. March 2006.
  15. ↑ Schaefer, Jim (January 29, 2006). "Par for the course: 'True Swing' brings golf to the Nintendo DS portable". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved February 9, 2015.(subscription required)
  16. ↑ Hill, Jason (February 16, 2006). "[Nintendo] Touch Golf: Birdie Challenge". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved February 9, 2015.

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