Anniversary: Mario Golf On N64 Is Now 25 Years Old

Thank you for reminding me that I'm officially old 😞

I wish the new Mario Sports games were as good as 64-Wii Mario Sports. To me, all the new ones lack content or end up feeling unfinished. The 64-Wii ones never really felt lacking or incomplete. Even with the new ones getting updates they still feel lacking in content to an extent.
I’ve had the same problem with Mario Party recently, 4-5 boards isn’t a great amount compared to the amount on the Mario Parties on Nintendo 64. The character selection has been lacking (besides Super Mario Party) as well.

I feel like Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort negated the need to play any Mario Sports games. Mariokart and even Mario Party have always appealed to me, but never Mario Sports

Except Hoops 3 on 3. That game looks peak.

Best golf game ever

This is one of those turn-of-the-century games that I remember watching family and friends play but not seriously playing it myself.

It was good to finally play it when it came to NSO. I like the ordinary gameplay, laidback soundtrack, and the inclusion of original characters, but I was taken off guard by the difficulty. I played and enjoyed Toadstool Tour, but never struggled on that like I did here. Unlocking characters is tough. I’d never have unlocked Donkey Kong as a kid. He’s only unlocked in those tricky ring challenges!

Definitely one of my favorites from the 64. I rented this an astronomical amount of times as a kid

Super Rush was a massive disappointment. I would honestly love to see an HD remaster of World Tour. It was the perfect Mario sports game, except for the fact it was stuck on a handheld and everyone had to have their own copy of the game to play multiplayer. That one had the best controls and an insane number of courses that were the most creative ones we've ever seen. Outer space, underwater, a Yoshi yarn course, a giant garden... it was good stuff. A very expansive roster of characters, too. I would happily pay $60 for an upscaled port on Switch that includes all the DLC. Probably my favorite sports game ever, but I hardly played it because--again--it was stuck on a handheld and required everyone to have their own copy for local multiplayer, making the whole thing feel like a bit of a waste.

Bought the PAL version close to release back then. They absolutely nailed the balance between fun and simulation. The GBC title was a great game in its own right, you could even exchange characters between the GBC and N64 using the link cable.

The last 3DS Golf title was good as well, but the new Switch title didn't really interest me, due to lack of content at launch. Same thing with Mario Strikers.The gameplay is great, but the content is lacking. Maybe these games are more content rich now, I don't know, but launching them in an incomplete state, with the promise of "free updates", is a big turn-off.

Mario Sports games fell off during the Switch era and that's sad, they love trying to do this whole release the game bare bones in content and update it over time.

They've done it with all the sports games on Switch and that model just not work. The RPG based sports games were cool, they should've went more in that direction.

As time goes by, I played that game a lot and I practiced it a lot, too much, XD; and then with the communication with the Game Boy game, playing with the characters that you trained there, was a wonder for me.

@Qwiff
Sorry, only there it was not using the "cable link", it was using the "transfer pack", the one used in Pokémon stadium.

@SakuraHaruka You're right, it was the transfer pak. I'm getting old.

It's a Sonny day!

One of my fave games ever, played so much of this with 2 mates back in the day. Got it on the VC on my Wii, but input lag ruined it. Not the same game unless you're playing on the original hardware, you can't be precise enough with the inputs!

Sooooo many nights of playing this with my family, it was weird that this was the game that clicked with everyone!

I think it's the slow pace that let you talk with everyone while playing!

I know this is somewhat of a niche kind of game, but, I've spent so many hours (and still do) playing this game... To me, this is a true hidden gem and a reason to still have an N64 hooked on my CRT. But I understand this is not to everyone.

One of my favorite N64 games. Toadstool Tour is also one of my favorite GameCube games, and World Tour one of my favorite 3DS games.

Unfortunately, Super Rush is pretty far down on my list of Switch titles. It felt like an off-brand, more simplified version of the series with a live-service content drip approach.

Hopefully the next Mario Golf is more like the others, but regardless, happy birthday to one of my favorite games!

@Not_Soos Well said. I’d easily pay full price for an enhanced version of World Tour with local multiplayer. Even the online was better in World Tour than Super Rush! I remember loving those weekly online tournaments!

Happy anniversary Mario Golf 64.

I have it in mint condition complete along with the other 245+ N64 games I have all complete for this excellent console.

Still play it every now and then along with most of my 64 games. The kids love my collection (they're not allowed to handle them though) and my youngest can't wait to inherit my complete Pal collection.

I've told them that under no circumstances can they sell them and they're fine with that.
Who knows, as soon as I'm gone they probably will but at least they can use the money for their future........ hopefully.😳

This was the only game my dad would play with me and my brothers. We used to play skins games for real money. Each skin was worth 25 cents. Also: “it’s a Sonny day!”

“Following its release in 2024” hehe

Psh, 25 years is nothing when you get to be my age. That being said, I loved that game on 64, but Mario Golf on GBA was much better! And so was the GameCube one! That’s my favorite!

I know Super Rush wasn't a big hit for a lot of people but it's one I've ended up getting a lot of value from 🙂 It's become our go-to game to play online with my brother and sister across various countries and on the Discord call. The multiplayer has been a blast with lots of laughs while chatting away. 30 hours racked up and a lot more that will be added to that too! Definitely far from perfect but enjoyed it a lot. If they keep releasing them over the next 25 years, will continue to play more Mario Golf!

@Altaria_97 met too. World tour and advanc rtour really made me love golf games.

I remember playing this while dying my hair. 😂 they’ve all been disappointing compared to the game boy color original. This one didn’t have a story mode, which was a bummer for me.