Perhaps one of the more exciting reveals during this week's Nintendo Direct was Mario Golf: Super Rush. Although Nintendo didn't go into all that much detail, it seems it might have revealed more information than it intended to on the game page.
As spotted by many fans, it seems King Bob-omb could be a playable character. In the Speed Golf description, it was mentioned how "King Bob-omb can pelt the course with bombs". Nintendo has now updated the page.
Below is the original line, courtesy of Twitter user SherlockPrower:
"Tee off at the same time with up to three other players* and race through the course to get your ball in first. Outpace and interrupt your opponents with dashes and special shots. Luigi, for example, can freeze the green and King Bob-omb can pelt the course with bombs."
King Bob-omb originally appeared in the 1996 game, Super Mario 64. Since then, he's shown up in series like Mario Party and more recently appeared as a playable racer in the mobile game Mario Kart Tour.
Assuming this isn't a mistake on Nintendo's end, would you like to be able to play as King Bob-omb in the new Mario Golf game? Any other character requests while we're at it? Tell us down below.
[source nintendo.com, via twitter.com]
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Thats neat king Bob-omb has always been a cool character
Kind of a weird character but it's certainly something else from just the usual bread and butter characters. I welcome it.
Finally, a bottom of the barrel character that is at least an actual character instead of Doctor Goomba Stack or... German Luigi.
l will be playing as peach. but characters like this are welcome. we sometimes get birdo and shyguy, in sports and party titles. would love to see King Wart in this game
Awesome new addition. I really like the idea of characters having unique powerups for multiplayer speed golf. Will add a lot of chaos and strategy to the mix and hopefully be a fun drinking game!
I want to enjoy golf games but i cannot determine which golf stick i should use for certain distance and certain condition and still unable to predict how much power i should execute for certain distance with wind factor.
I'm really bad at playing golf games and oftenly got Boogey or Double Boogey scores. 😫
Why do the courses look so dull and bland? I prefer the bright colors and designs of mushroom kingdom ones on 3DS
He sounds very cruel to his subjects if he keeps lobbing them at the course. I wonder what they did to annoy him.
Wait... was this removed from the website? Why would this not be an announcement meant to be made?
I will play as him when necessary to complete any challenges the game may offer. Otherwise, Daisy is my main.
@nessisonett How dare you insult my boy Lederhosen Luigi! He is the ideal male human, and you will respect him! /s
@BabyYoda71 Yeah they just removed it from the website haha now instead of saying that it says for example Mario can blow away other people's balls
@ObeseChihuahua2 I’m not denying that Lederhosen Luigi is too good for this world but the strange themes in Mario Kart Tour just irritate me when there are actual Mario characters that still aren’t in it 😂
Just give me Grey Birdo
@FroZtedFlakerZz Okay, thanks for clarifying!
King Bob-omb for Smash! (Sorry Waluigi)
I mean, it's better than Baby Pink Gold Peach. lol
I was excited for a second because I thought it might be King K Rool, but King Bob Omb is good too.
i would love to see Pauline, King Boo or Toadsworth in this game.
These games have always had insanely impressive line ups, and given the power of the switch I wouldn't be surprized if this game had a ton of interesting characters like that.
I find it odd that the golf courses and environments in this game look semi-realistic rather than looking like a Mario Bros game.
@Aozz101x I'd be shocked, honestly, if Pauline isn't in. Rosalina, too. And I'm hoping for a few guest characters from other franchises--pretty much the ones from Mario Kart 8 would be fine.
@JimmySpades
Rosalina was in World Tour on the DS. There has never been an non-Mario character before, but I think Inklings being in this one is a safe bet, Isabell is even money.
Would be a blast to play!
I'm actually will be very excited if King Bob-omb made it to Mario Golf: Super Rush.
I always like when Mario rosters step outside the usual fare. King Bob-omb is a welcome addition; hopefully Pauline and Birdo are playable as well.
I really hate the subtitle of this game. “Super Rush” is about as generic as you can get.
Where's a new Strikers game at
King Bob-omb first later appearance was in Mario Kart DS as a Mission Mode boss. Never forget. The more appearances, the better especially playable.
I thought from the sub-headline we were getting King Toadstool.
I'm not particularly bothered by this characte, but it's exciting to know that he's included as it very likely means there will be a LOT of playable characters in the game.
The more mainline characters the better imo. Just leave out all the filler rubbish. I also hope they pack the game out with modes and a solid story mode. For me, one of the biggest disappointments with Mario Tennis.
I hope the courses have some Mario themed charm to them. From the video it all looked a little.... Normal.
I'm strangely hyped for this. People seem to be passive about this announcement but I'm already sold))
Thank god for the speed mode because otherwise it's just a golf game with mario characters.... Where's all of the whacky themed courses?
@Exciter89 @TheFox The console games have always had mostly regular golf type courses (though some of them had beautiful sunsets and lakes) The 3DS game had more interesting ones IIRC so hopefully they'll take a cue film that. They might have only shown the basic courses so far.
Very glad they're including more interesting characters. 😃 Hope Birdo and Diddy Kong are playable like in Mario Tennis.
Chain Chomp holding a tennis racket was hilarious to me. Shove a golf club in his gob and I'll be happy.
@Okapi It's still a better name than Project Triangle Strategy which if Square follows their past naming conventions the final name will be Triangle Strategy.
Ayer nice, love to see King Bob-omb as playable after seeing him in tour. Hope he makes it as a captain if and when Strikers returns. As for the roster for golf, I expect the Mario Tennis Aces characters to at least make it in, maybe add a Sumo Bro, King Boo, and Pom pom
@WachiAlphi I was hoping a Mario Strikers game would be announced for the Switch. I never had a chance to play the original on the Wii. I will probably get this eventually, but I'm in no rush (pun not intended).
Choice between motion control and buttons is a great decision, and the return of Mario Golf RPG mode!! Can't wait for this. If it even approaches the greatness of Mario Golf World Tour this will be awesome.
PS...Why is Helent Hunt narrating a trailer for a Mario Golf game??
COME ON NINTENDO FANS!!!
King Bob-omb is a playable character in Mario Kart Tour. Nintendo have used him recently in a game..
If you want to see all the potential characters that Nintendo could use for this new Mario Golf...simply fire up the brilliant Mario Kart Tour and have a look at all the characters.
@michellelynn0976 hopefully we get kamek
@liljmoore
I was wondering this myself. They've released a tennis game and are releasing a golf game, but no football game?? A new Strikers would probably outsell both tennis and golf imo.
@AJDarkstar People make mistakes you know I don't just go around copy pasting names from articles, plus I was just waking up when I wrote it. in any case thanks for telling me I will fix it.
I'm will definitely buy this game if they add the Koopalings. Or just Ludwig.
I hope Shy Guy is in this game!
I saw king bob-omb in mario kart tour and I thought it was an awesome idea, it almost, almost, -almost- made me want to try playing mario kart tour. Maybe he was well-received enough to bring him into other games? If so, they were taking the right notes.
Oh F yeah, king bobomb?
NINTENDO
do something more with the envirement, instead of choosing a boring color pallet.
all these following-ups look blend, and i realy miss the depth in these games. the n64 version pushed its limits, and the switch is more capable then this. there are not alot of great golfgames anymore, make it special.
for instance: if its a rainy day you need drops if rain on the screen, dark clouds and wind. and not in front of the golfer, but the caracter in it. hard to explain but picture this in silicon graphics style where everything is connected, maybe the bowser fury trailer is a good example(when plessy is chased by bowser)
do more shadowing from objects like trees, hills clouds.
and when golfing and its raining the rainsounds should be leading with relaxing music.
desserts should be a dessert, with sandstorms shifting dunes, with worse visuability. objects need details not just colors and lowres images, i want to see real sand, real gras, the way you did with breath of the wild.
i keep my fingers crossed, the way it is now, its not apealing gamers if looking at the gamebox in stores, the screenshot are boring
I'm definitely getting this as soon as i can afford it. I've put 55 hours into PGA 21 so far and can't wait for more golf games. I reckon this is gonna be better than 2K.
What's next? Fury bowser?
@Anti-Matter : I think it’s called a golf bat
You baited me into thinking it was King K. Rool, but this is cool anyway.
@NinChocolate Wait until they show more. Don't jump to conclusions based on a limited look of the game. Jeez.
I wish camelot made more than just sports games. I want golden sun 4.
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