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Sony’s Hot Shots Golf Lands On Android Smartphones Using NTT Docomo

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20140325_mingol_02 For those who enjoy the good game of golf but don’t believe in getting yourself sunburned and tired out from wandering a massive 18-hole course, there’s always been titles like Sony’s Hot Shots Golf series. Now, there’s a new Android version called Hot Shots Golf: Smart—though it isn’t quite for everyone.   20140325_mingol_07 Instead, it’s part of NTT Docomo’s monthly subscription “Sugotoku Contents” package (which also happens to pack in things like weather forecasts, news and… fortune-telling). If you’re subscribed to that, you’ll find the free-to-play game comes with both regular Stroke mode as well as a Challenge mode and can be controlled via the touch screen for fine-tuning of your angles and chips. You can also purchase further courses or characters and costumes within the app itself.  

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This isn’t the first time that the golf series has gone mobile, having graced several specific phone models in Japan long ago, but with the still-growing speed of smartphones in Japan, we might be able to see this particular mobile version head overseas later.   Hot Shots Golf: Smart is available now on Android in Japan.

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