


Instead, you'll be knocking shots between floating islands, dodging windmills and bouncing your drives between pyramids. You can also kiss goodbye to thoughts of close-to-life courses. Rather than playing with the likes of Tiger Woods, you'll be playing with a large cast of cutesy and eccentric manga-like characters, ranging from young ladies in extremely short skirts and bikinis to silver haired muscular men. Pangya's roots lie in the exotic realms of online gaming in Asia, and it brings a (dare we say it) quirky sense of fun to the Wii. With Pangya: Golf With Style, Tecmo hopes to deliver. Archived from the original on February 4, 2007.Ever since the Wii came out, complete with pack-in game Wii Sports, owners of the console have been clamouring for a fun, fully realised golf game. Archived from the original on January 9, 2007. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Archived from the original on January 7, 2007. GameRankings gave the game a score of 71.40, 1 while Metacritic gave it 72 out of 100. X-Play gave it four stars out of five for being fun but very difficult in some areas. Yahoo Games awarded it 4.55, saying it was a fun mix between silly swings and serious golf. IGN gave it a score of 7.3 out of 10, calling it a fair game with a lot of replay value, but ultimately the rest depended on preference. Winning a given match also unlocks new characters, caddies, and items which can be purchased in the shop.īefore and after each match, the player is greeted with a brief cutscene where the players character and opponent exchange quips with each other and their caddies. Players select a character and then a course, which determines the number of holes, typically 3, 6 or 9, and the opponent.Īs players successfully defeat opponents, they earn the right to play against more difficult opponents on different courses. If the controller is rotated or twisted as the player swings forward, the resulting shot will hook or slice.Īn alternative control system is to use just the buttons on the Wii Remote similar to how the game is played on the PC, including the same key combinations for power shots.Ĭomplete with an anime -inspired storyline, the objective of this tournament is to defeat all opponents in match play. The angle and speed of the forward swing is used to determine how close the actual shot comes to the desired shot. Once ready, players then hold down the A button and swing forward. To swing, players raise the controller behind them (as with a real golf club) until the on-screen power meter reaches the desired point. In all modes, Pang (currency) can be earned and later spent on additional clothing or gear. In single player, these include a story mode, stroke play mode, and match mode, while in multiplayer, Balloon Pop mode replaces the story mode. Archived from the original on February 4, 2007.įind sources: Super Swing Golf news newspapers books scholar JSTOR ( July 2015 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ).īoth the single player and multiplayer game feature three different modes of play. They can also purchase different stats to help increase their players performance, hire caddies to help them out during matches and obtain special shots. Players can also customize their golfers with unlockable costumes and equipment, either by completing certain tasks in the game mode or using the games monetary Pang Points that can be used to buy these items. There is also multiplayer modes, that can support up to four different players, to choose from: Stroke Play, Match Play and Balloon Pop, where the objective is to hit the ball accurately enough to hit a floating balloon on the course. The player has ten different courses to play on, ranging from simple lush and green tees to a wind tunnel no less and can choose from eight different characters, each with their own story-line if the player chooses the Story Mode.
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Pangya Golf With Style Wii Series From South.
