True Swing Golf

Nintendo exclusive

Experience the feel and finesse of real golf on beautiful 3D courses with True Swing Golf. In this dual-screened Nintendo DS golf game, using the touch screen and the stylus is almost like swinging a golf club in real life. The longer players slide a stylus across the touch screen, the harder they smack the ball. Players also can curve their swings to slice or fade shots and alter the angle of the club head for sharpshooter-like accuracy. True Swing Golf features multiple game modes, character customization and wireless multiplayer support for up to four players with just one game card.

Released: 23 February 2006
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Genres: Golf Sports
Developers: T&E Soft
Publishers: Nintendo
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Third person

About

True Swing Golf (also known as Nintendo Touch Golf: Birdie Challenge in PAL regions, and 大人のDSゴルフ (Otona no DS Golf; DS Golf for Adults) in Japan) is a golf video game developed by T&E Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan and PAL territories in 2005 and North America in 2006.

The game features a course based on the Phoenix Country Club in Miyazaki.

Keywords

golf
instant replay
polygonal 3d
unlockables
one-handed gameplay

Media

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Gameplay

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 they have 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.

DS Download Play allows only Stroke Play and Match Play modes. Another game mode known as Skins Match is available if all the players have a copy of the game.

Reception

The DSi version received "favorable" reviews, while the original DS version received "average" reviews according to video game review aggregator platform Metacritic.

On release week, Famitsu gave the game a score of 30 out of 40.