We Love Golf goes online. Will North America love it?

By Spencer . March 13, 2008 . 8:32am

Despite being Capcom’s Tokyo Game Show highlight and linking up with the creators of Mario Golf, We Love Golf had “sluggish” sales in Japan. Determined to make the title standout in North America Capcom is giving We Love Golf a significant addition, online play. Motion controlled golfers can connect either through friend codes or find random golfers on the green using World Play mode.

Probably a smaller, but creative marketing choice Capcom polled North America on what costumes they would like to see in the North American version. Ken and Morrigan outfits will be used for the two new characters created exclusively for the Western edition of We Love Golf.

Do these things make We Love Golf more appealing? Here’s a thought: Wiis in Japan are not bundled with Wii Sports and while many people purchased it, it doesn’t have the same 100% ratio like North America. Perhaps, Wii Sports Golf whets the appetite for more or maybe its all the golf a Wii owner needs.

TAGS: Camelot, Capcom, We Love Golf, Wii

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4 Responses to “We Love Golf goes online. Will North America love it?”

jeffx Says:
March 13th, 2008 at 10:22 am

This is from Camelot, so instant purchase for me.

alice Says:
March 13th, 2008 at 1:20 pm

I played this at Wondercon and had some issue getting used to the controls. The guy from Capcom helping me said the putting was still being fine tuned, but assuming I could get used to the controls this was a lot of fun and certainly had more depth than Wii Sports.

dv8shun Says:
March 13th, 2008 at 7:42 pm

I hope they focus on making the swing/put mechanics as enjoyable as possible and NOT as accurate as possible, if that makes any sense. That was/is the problem with “Super Swing Golf” games (Which is a series I love to death). One slight tilt of the Wiimote and your shot goes flying out of bounds.

seiya19 Says:
March 13th, 2008 at 9:45 pm

IÂ´m interested in this one…Mario Golf games are great and I like the graphics design. The ability to play with Capcom costumes is also a nice addition, and another reason for me to care. Wii Sports is great but this is a nice alternative to have.