Minna No Golf 5 (Everybody's Golf 5) - PS3

[saif]

I think, from memory, the first itemm is yukino - a caddy. I am not interested in all honesty but will grab the course I think.

[JamesS]

The picture just shows a character but, not being able to read the text I wasn't sure if it had anything else in it too.

[JamesS]

Bought it anyway, as I had a few Yen in credit on the store. It does just seem to add the extra character. For anybody wondering, buying it will activate the character for all your PS3 accounts, so there's no problem buying with a Japanese account and playing the game with your UK one.

While I'm here, can anybody explain how to do those shots where the ball homes in on the hole after it's landed (you get a flaming trail and it burns the ground as it goes)? I've seen it a few times, but I can't work out what triggers it. I've been playing around on the practice range with different spin types, perfect shots, trying the red/blue flame and whatnot and I just can't work out how to make it happen.

[Papercut]

I bought it from the HK store, if anyone has a HK account. It is actually a little cheaper, and my JPN account had problems with the address I had registered.

The HK shop is in English, and confirms this is a character-add only. Works fine with the JPN version of the game too; the HK shop notes that the game and add-on are Japanese (reckon the JPN/Asian versions must be the same).

[hudson]

While I'm here, can anybody explain how to do those shots where the ball homes in on the hole after it's landed (you get a flaming trail and it burns the ground as it goes)? I've seen it a few times, but I can't work out what triggers it. I've been playing around on the practice range with different spin types, perfect shots, trying the red/blue flame and whatnot and I just can't work out how to make it happen.

Not sure if this is the same for both swing styles. I only use the new swing option.

To do a power backspin, hold up on the dpad, start your swing, keep holding up during the backswing, choose your power, then quickly switch to down on the dpad during the downswing, then you just got to make sure you time your final button press for a sweet shot.

This is all reversed for topspin.

To my knowledge, I don't think a flaming spinning ball "homes" to the hole, it just spins forwards or backwards in an over the top fashion after landing.

I still haven't holed doing this, although it can help. There's a lot of things I haven't done in this yet and I'm up to tier 8 or 9.
Still not done a flag climbing shot or hole in one

[JamesS]

I get how to do the power spin, but I'm not sure what triggers the spinning along the ground. On the practice area, I couldn't get it to happen at all, despite doing 100% power, perfect shots. I'd get the character spinning round and the different trail colour, but it'd never move after it landed.

Doing the same in-game sometimes makes it happen, but not all the time, and I can't see a pattern to it.

[SuperBeatBoy]

Whens the uk version due? I loved the demo of it.

[The Glider]

28th March. Can't wait.

[saif]

the super spin levels are altered by the character and the club. I think, even then, it won't happen 100% of the time but it does help. It is very useful actually although I am not too hot at it tbh.

[tyler]

As saif says it depends on how good your character stats are for spin (the blue bar is back/top spin and the purple is side spin) and you can aid this with the correct club & ball combo.

It's physics based aswell though. So you won't get the ball just stopping and ripping back if you're hitting to a high green and therefore with a lower trajectory.

There are three special shots which I think are only possible when a character is at MAX level (certainly above a basic level anyway). To get 'Homing' you have to hit the pin with a super backspin. If you hit the pin with super topspin you get 'Rising'. There's 'Spiral' aswell which is activated with any super side-spin.

Hope that all makes sense...

[Number45]

Looks like cross region US/EU play is go!

Two part answer:
- Yes we?re on a worldwide server; however US and EU players will not be able to go against players in Japan.

- US and EU players will be able to go head-to-head in some trans-continental HSG action.

Buried in the comments. I'm waiting for anecdotal evidence first, but at the moment it looks like I'll be plumping for the US version.

[englishbob]

I'm waiting for anecdotal evidence first, but at the moment it looks like I'll be plumping for the US version.

Cheaper on PAL though. And the name remains the same as the Japanese version, not "Hot Shots"

[Number45]

I'm not bothered about the name or the boxart that much. If the game is due DLC I will always go for the US version.

How much for the PAL version then? I can get the US version for about £33.

[sofasurfer]

I'm not bothered about the name or the boxart that much. If the game is due DLC I will always go for the US version.

How much for the PAL version then? I can get the US version for about ?33.

?29.99 delivered at Gameplay

http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/productpage.asp?productcode=PX0279&title=everybodys_golf_world_tour&ref=HOMEPAGE

[Papercut]

Mine arrived today - anyone else?