Mario Golf: World Tour To Feature Equipment Customization

By Ishaan Sahdev February 13, 2014

Mario Golf: World Tour resurfaced during a Nintendo Direct presentation today, with new features, a new trailer and a release date.

Mario Golf: World Tour will feature a mode called Castle Club, where you can access golf courses, tournaments, training areas, shops, locker rooms and a café. The training area will allow you to focus on specific aspects of your game such as putting.

Additionally, players will be able to customize their Mii characters using items sold at the shop in this mode. Customization will pertain to clubs, golf balls and clothing. Different combinations of gear will affect your performance.

Mario Golf: World Tour will be available May 2nd in North America and May 5th in Europe.

Ishaan Sahdev

Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.