Clap Hanz finished work on Minna no Golf 5 and released it in Japan last summer. On March 5, 2008 Sony Computer Entertainment is releasing it in North America. On the surface it seems like a cutesy golf game would be easy to localize, but Clap Hanz is altering the game for an international release. [...]

I grabbed a hold of the Minna no Golf Portable 2 demo just after someone put it down and before a Sony representative could wipe the screen clean for me. This was actually a good thing because I got to roam around the game before jumping into the single player mode.   I checked out [...]

At least in the eyes of Clap Hanz everybody still loves golf. On December 6, Minna no Golf Portable 2 is heading out from their studio to store shelves. It sticks to the same formula cute characters with huge heads and easy to learn, but hard to master controls.   The biggest selling point for [...]

It seems like every other cutesy golf game is jumping on the motion control bandwagon. We already have Wii Sports Golf and Super Swing Golf. This year Capcom announced We Love Golf and Tecmo has a sequel to Super Swing Golf. It’s not like the Sixaxis controller can’t be a home for a motion controlled [...]

After all the hype around Lair and Heavenly Sword at E3 I was secretly hoping Sony would say something about Minna no Golf 5 (Hot Shots Golf 5). That didn’t happen, but Minna no Golf 5 made it to Japan last week with a spiffy bundle package and a handful of clipping bugs. These don’t [...]