![]() As mentioned below, the game is fairly faithful concerning the implementation of golf ball physics, rules and golf parlance, and there are designated 'Out of Bounds' areas that force a penalty stroke. Bizarre and Improbable Golf Game: Zig-zagged.As Himself: Several fictionalized versions of real-life professional golfers have appeared throughout the series - John Daly in Hot Shots Golf 3, Shigeki Maruyama in Out of Bounds and Shingo Katayama in World Invitational.However, when the series hit the PSP with Open Tee!, an animesque style took over and all the characters turned into children. The third and fourth games were released on the PS2, and kept the Western style while benefitting from the more powerful technology. Interestingly, the second game was more influenced by Western Animation (just look at Mel) in the West, with had a more varied cast, but retained the anime-styled characters from the first game in Japan (although the Japanese characters were unlockable bonus characters in the Western version). The first game was more anime styled, but the players were obviously adults. Instead, the character models were made à la Donkey Kong Country, giving them a 3D-ish, spritey look. Art Evolution: The first two games were released for the PlayStation, so technical restraints prohibited full 3D models from being used.Anvil on Head: Pete, strangely, has a weight drop square onto his head as a Birdie animation in 3.This lets players know which way the ball will roll and helps them to understand the elevation dots on the green. Starting with the fourth game, the caddies would chime in about hole conditions and the slope of the green while putting.Anti-Frustration Features: The '3 Foot Gimme.' mechanic automatically puts the ball into the hole for you if you're one stroke above par or worse and get within three feet of the hole.Taken to its Logical Extreme in Everybody's Golf on the PS4, where defeating characters in VS mode literally unlocks their clothing for you to use in the game's character creator, including their personality types. And Your Reward Is Clothes: A lot of the rewards for beating tournaments, raising affinity levels with certain golfers and items in the in-game stores are extra colors and outfits for your golfers and caddies.Amusing Injuries: Raising a character's affinity by playing as them enough in World Invitational unlocks more Birdie animations for them, many of which involve the characters suffering from these.Clap Hanz Golf / Easy Come, Easy Golf (Apple Arcade, 2021/Nintendo Switch, 2022).Hot Shots Shorties ( Minna no Sukkiri/ Everybody's Stress Buster) (PSP, 2009).Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip ( Minna no Tennis Portable/ Everybody's Tennis Portable) (PSP). ![]() ![]() Hot Shots Tennis ( Minna no Tennis/ Everybody's Tennis) (PS2, 2007).Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational ( Minna no Golf 6/ Everybody's Golf 6) (PS Vita/PS3, 2011).Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee 2 ( Minna no Golf Portable 2/ Everybody's Golf Portable 2) (PSP, 2007).Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds ( Minna no Golf 5/ Everybody's Golf 5) (PS3, 2007).Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee ( Minna no Golf Portable/ Everybody's Golf Portable) (PSP, 2004).Hot Shots Golf Fore! ( Minna no Golf 4/ Everybody's Golf 4) (PS2, 2003).Hot Shots Golf 3 ( Minna no Golf 3/ Everybody's Golf 3) (PS2, 2001).Hot Shots Golf 2 ( Minna no Golf 2/ Everybody's Golf 2) (PlayStation, 1999).Hot Shots Golf ( Minna no Golf/ Everybody's Golf) (PlayStation, 1997).With Sony closing Japan Studio's doors in April of 2021, Clap Hanz would venture off on their own and release an Apple Arcade exclusive Spiritual Successor to the series called Clap Hanz Golf, which would later release on Nintendo Switch with the title Easy Come, Easy Golf in September 2022. In contrast to the realistic PGA Golf series from Electronic Arts, the Hot Shots/Everybody's series is known for its cartoony characters and pick-up-and-play gameplay, with a wildly varying art style. Known as Everybody's Golf in Europe and Japan, this Sony-published arcade-style golf series has been around since 1997, and is a popular title on the PSP. Hot Shots Golf is an sports golfing game series initially developed by Camelot Software Planning, who would later be responsible for developing the Mario Golf series, and later by Clap Hanz and SIE Japan Studio beginning with the second game onward.
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