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True Swing Golf: Full of Great Gameplay and Challenging Courses. But No Burgundy Tuxedos. |
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I wouldn't necessarily say I have bad fashion sense, but I guess I must
have missed the issue in which GQ sounded the death knell for
fluorescent leisure suits.
Still, even yours truly, AKA the Anti-Mr. Blackwell*, gets mighty tired
of the plethora of clothing options in your typical sports game
nowadays. Pink & chartreuse Bermuda shorts! Pith helmets! Polyester
stretchy things! Tattoos of My Little Pony! Can anyone with a glimmer of
taste survive 18 ghastly holes or four quarters of hoops with the
sartorial equivalent of a train wreck? Or anyone without a
glimmer of taste -- as in your humble nintendo.com scribe?
Thank the gods of snappy threads that
True Swing Golf isn't stuffed fuller than a $40 burrito with
pointless options like Let’s Dress Stupidly. The developers had too much
style -- too much class -- too much good sense to cram
their baby with a mess of irritating options that grow old after five
minutes.
Instead, you get pure golfing goodness. Most notably, with that stylus
swing. That's right -- you swing your stylus, just like you would a golf
club (no need to yell 'Fore!,' though). True Swing Golf is the first
game to catch the rhythm of the live game. Of course nothing is finer
than getting out on an actual course, just like it would be preferable
to see Elvis live in 1956. You can't always get what you want though --
which is why we got Elvis movies, and True Swing Golf.
I can get mighty chatty about how you can adjust your swing and strike
angle and check the wind and play on more than 15 courses on all sorts
of terrain. Those are all very cool. The main thing I want to talk about
though is the wireless vs. play.
My mom isn't the world's most avid golfer, but for some reason she's
taken to schooling Li'l Kent at True Swing Golf. One thing she likes to
do is send out little chat notes while we're playing -- 'tis a very cool
TSG feature. So I'm in the middle of my backswing, and all of a sudden I
get the mission-critical message: "Don't forget your sweater tonight,
dear. I hear it's going to be a little chilly." Or I'm reveling in the
glory of that rare drive that stays on the fairway when I'm queried,
"Would you rather have a tossed salad or asparagus for dinner? Leafy
greens are very important for good nutrition." Or I'm eyeing the green,
trying to figure out the best approach to the pin, when I get the
following Kent's- Momism: "Have you ever considered what a profound
influence Picasso had on the German expressionists?"
Actually, Mom, I hadn't. Thank you though. Your turn.
True Swing Golf. Doing its mighty best to help families everywhere to
bond.
* Every year, Mr. B gets loads of free publicity for announcing his list
of the 10 Worst-Dressed Women. Who is this guy? What makes him such an
expert? And, most importantly, what is his first name? Beats me, but I
bet the answer to number 3 isn't "Biff."
Source: Nintendo.Com
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September 1, 2008
