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| We Love Golf! | 
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| From: Capcom
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $19.84
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New (30) Used (7) from $16.90
Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 194
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 35006
Model: 35006
UPC: 013388350063
EAN: 0013388350063
ASIN: B0016BUPMU
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Online play lets you challenge friends around the world | | • | Wii Remote Action - Choose clubs, line up shots, swing and even add a touch fade or draw with a flick of the wrist! | | • | Realistic Conditions - Gauge wind conditions, make careful club selections and read the greens, all essential for victory. | | • | A variety of game modes for endless hours of putting heaven. Multiple wacky characters! | | • | Tons of unlockable content, including new characters and Miis. |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
We Love Golf! transforms the Wii Remote into a virtual set of golf clubs, creating the most immersive golfing experience available off the greens. It presents a realistic golfing experience with a fresh new spin incorporating the Wii Remote's unique motion-sensing functionality. Players will use the controller to choose clubs, line up shots, swing and even add a touch fade or draw with a flick of the wrist. Just as on a real course, gauging wind conditions, correct club selection and careful reading of the greens are all essential for victory. A variety of game modes, multiple characters, and Unlockable content will provide endless hours of putting heaven. Unlock new playable characters, courses and more by playing through the various game modes Multiple courses, each with their own unique obstacles provide a variety of settings and challenges Several different playable characters, each with their own look, personality and play style Dozens of accessories, costumes and clubs affect everything from the look to the feel of the game
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Wii Love Golf!! October 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Platform: Wii | Publisher: Capcom Developer: Camelot
|Player(s) 1 - 4 |1- 2 Online | Online enabled - US & PAL yes
We Love Golf is the newest golf game entry from Camelot, any person that has played any other Camelot sports game will feel at home here. When swinging the golf club you get the standard meter that judges how powerful your shot is, the twist is instead of it being handled by timed button presses, it is judged on how far you move the Wii remote back when your satisfied with the power the simply swing the remote forward. To adjust your shot just point your Wii remote at your TV and drag to where you want to aim for, if you want a bird's eye view of the whole course simply point the Wii remote up in the air. If you don't like using the pointer to adjust your shot you can use the d-pad. To switch clubs you press the plus and minus buttons. To swing just point the Wii remote down at the ground twist the remote if you want to add a little curve to your shot. To do practice shots you hold down B and to do a real shot you hold down A, if you want some top spin hold down the 1 button the 2 button adds some back swing. If you are ever stuck with the simple controls there is a guide in the form of a talking and interactive Wii remote.
Presentation wise the game looks very similar to Hot Shots Golf. The graphics are upbeat and colorful; the golfers themselves look a little generic and sport happy and bubbly personality. To liven up the generic looking golfers there are Capcom costumes you can unlock for them. You can also unlock the use of Miis; the only Miis that are selectable are the ones that you listed as your favorites in the Mii Channel. The game supports widescreen and 16:9 however there are black borders on all 4 sides. The only problem I had with the visuals are that the HUD at times is very cluttered.
Gameplay wise the game is suited more as a multiplayer game than a single player mode. The tournaments in the game are your standard 18 hole tournaments, at the beginning the tournaments are laughably easy and they gradually ramp up in difficulty as a whole all of the tournaments are easy in general. There are also golf mini games you can play either by yourself or with multiple players. Multiplayer wise the game is packed to the brim with modes ranging from traditional golf modes, to mini games and finally the online mode.
The online mode is separated to two rules beginner and master rules they are pretty much the same except you get more help in the beginner modes, you can play random people or people on your friends list via friend codes. How online matchmaking is pretty standard with random opponents, if you want to play a game with your friend you either create a room with all the options you want, rules, course and so forth or you just join a friend that is waiting in a room for a match. There is sort of an achievement system in the online mode, you have 50 empty badges whenever you win a match against somebody online one of those badges fills up with their level on the badge and a portrait of what character/Mii they used.
Pros
+ Online mode and extra Capcom character costumes added in the US and PAL versions
+ Excellent Wii remote use.
+ A lot of modes to play through.
+ Good Multiplayer game.
+ A talking and interactive Wii remote!!
+ Good online mode with a badge system that records your wins.
Cons
- Easy and rather shallow for a single player game.
- Voiceovers are something to be desired.
- Unlocking the majority of things is a long process.
- The online cheers and jeers system will annoy people.
Score breakdown:
Graphics - C
We Love golf sports pleasant, bright and colorful graphics, everything looks clean but not particularly amazing in any way. The golfers are generic but the unlockable Capcom character costumes can liven up the golfers appearances. At times the HUD is cluttered.
Sound - C
The soundtrack is appropriate for a golf game and has a lot of upbeat music, voiceovers range from okay to bad.
Controls: A
Controls are easy to get into and you won't be frustrated with them at all, Camelot injected motion controls into their existing system they used for Mario Golf with excellent results. Point the Wii remote up to have a bird's eye view of the course and adjust your shot with either the pointer or the d-pad.
Gameplay: B
If you played any other Camelot golf game you will be at home here it uses the same meter to judge how powerful your shots are, instead of timing via button presses it is handled by the distance you pull the Wii remote back.
Lasting Factor: B
The tournaments are lengthy and there are a lot of different additional modes such as golf mini games, the online mode is good and fairly robust. This game excels as a multiplayer game but it's rather a bit boring as a single player game.
Final Score B
Bottom Line: It may not have the 1:1 golfing system some games are trying to pull off but the existing Mario Golf system is still satisfying with motion controls. The game has a lot of depth and a lot of modes to come back to. If your looking for a single player game only then this will fall short once you beat the tournaments. Online play and the other bonuses for the US version are a big plus.
 Your dog will find this game too easy. September 24, 2008
I really wanted to like this game but was instantly dissapointed. Introduced it to some guests and, after a round, wanted to play the golf game in Wii Sports. The controls are so simple that I haven't even landed a ball in the rough, much less a sand trap. The interface quickly removes any need to think about a shot. There's no challenge, just massive boredom. I liked Hot Shots golf on the PS2 so I had high expectations for this one. Maybe they are trying to target the pet and houseplant demographic.
One minor plus is that some of the single player challenges can provide a little enjoyment.
Better than Par...total Birdie! August 31, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
For the life of me, I cannot figure out how people can not like this game. I bought it when I was in a toss-up over it and that other popular golf game for the Nintendo Wii. I dont play golf, I have never played golf, but I am pretty sure it wouldnt ever be like anything envisioned in a videogame...even the best one made.
The control for the Wii is easy to learn, and something that even my two daughters (5 and 3) can figure out. They may not get the finer points and even know how to sink the ball, but they have a good time playing the game with my wife and I. Pretty cool that its a game and we can all play as a family and everyone gets to have fun.
I know that there are purists out there that say its not like playing a "real" game of golf...but like I said, I dont think I had an preconceived notions going into it that I was going to play 18 holes in my living room. Its a fun game that we enjoy as a family.
The graphics are crisp and the animations are nice as well. The toons arent as cartoony as one would find in the popular Hot Shots series for PS2, but they arent super real either. Just the right amount of virtual insanity.
The Wii control scheme, while seeming like one should hold the wiimote like a golf club, can actually be better realized if one holds it like a baseball bat. (again, not really lookin' for a real way to play golf) I find that my wife and I usually have a really close game as it is easy to come in under par, but just as easy to overguess it and end up a couple of strokes ahead. Putting seems to be pretty flawless and I can happily gauge the distance and power neede about 90% of the time. There is a shallow learning curve, and once past that the game is great.
I really like this game and am glad that I have picked it up. Its something that is easy to learn, somewhat challenging to master and offers fun for a wide range of ages. I would say to shelve the expectations of being able to go head to head with Tiger on skills picked up from this game, and just jump right in to a game that is easy to pick-up-and-play but offers fun for the whole family.
Reccomended for those that arent too serious about thier golf game, and those ages 8-88 who are lookin' to have a ton of fun. Great game. Extremely happy with my purchase!
Horrible... don't buy this August 18, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I just bought this game cause i'm pretty much a sucker for any golf game and my god is it awful. The swing mechanics are horrible, the animation is horrible, and the courses are incredibly boring. The animated Wii Controller that sort of caddies you through your swing is incredibly annoying. Only 3 courses, 4 players, I didn't even bother trying to play it online. The golf game that comes with Wii Sports is MUCH more intuitive and creative... and makes much better use of the controller.
I haven't played Tiger Woods yet for the Wii, mainly because I can't stand the Xbox versions of the game and the fact you can't save a game in the middle of a round so you can return and finish it whenever you want. I also haven't played Super Swing Golf yet because I'm completely addicted to the PC version of that game, Albatross18 (http://www.albatross18.com).
If you are looking for a cartoony golf game with crazy fantasy courses and over top special shots, look no further than Albatross 18. It currently has 14 courses to play on, 8 playable characters, tons of special clubs/clothes/balls/abilties, seasonal and rare items to obtain and win, and a good mix of purchasing items through money (pang) earned in the game, and spending real money. The game itself is free to play, and is massively multiplayer online with people from all over the world. It's a typical 3 click game though, so if that's too mundane for you than steer clear of it. Super Swing Golf is supposedly an exact duplicate of Albatross18, and was made by it's parent company in Korea, but is constantly adding new items to it where the Wii game has static content.
Craptastic August 15, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Anytime it takes over 50 "Swings" to even hit a short putt because of the crappy control scheme there is a major problem. Let me fail and learn instead of not allowing my shot. I golf in real life all of the time and this is nowhere close to it. Save your money, this software is absolute crap and will only frustrate you in the end.
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