Super Swing Golf: Season 2
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Super Swing Golf Season 2 (Super Swing Golf in Europe, and Swing Golf PangYa 2nd Shot!! in Japan) is a golf
game developed and published by Tecmo for the Wii
. It was released in the North America
on December 11, 2007. It is the sequel to Super Swing Golf, and both are based on the Korea
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multiplayer golf
simulation
game, PangYa
.
map that does not necessarily follow events in a set order. On top of the multiplayer Stroke Play, Match Play and Balloon Pop games that came with the first game, two new multiplayer games were added to the party mode. The game has largely remained the same beyond these changes, the addition of new courses, and various cosmetic tweaks.
The game has two different control schemes; either using the Swing control scheme with the Wii Remote used as though it were a golf club, or using the Button control scheme which is similar to the Mario Golf-style of control scheme.
gave the game a 2.5 out of 5, criticizing the game for being more of an expansion pack
over the first game than a true sequel. 1UP.com
gave the game a B-, reporting that the game has surprising depth that can be off-putting to those just looking to have a good time. IGN
handed out a 7.3 out of 10, and reported that despite just adding incremental improvements over the previous installments, "Super Swing Golf: Season 2 is still the best overall golf experience you can find on Wii." GameSpot
gave the game a 7.0 out of 10, calling it a good golf game, despite the minimal improvements over its predecessor.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
game developed and published by Tecmo for the Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
. It was released in the North America
North America
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on December 11, 2007. It is the sequel to Super Swing Golf, and both are based on the Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
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ONLINE
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multiplayer golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
simulation
Simulation
Simulation is the imitation of some real thing available, state of affairs, or process. The act of simulating something generally entails representing certain key characteristics or behaviours of a selected physical or abstract system....
game, PangYa
PangYa
PangYa , is an online multiplayer casual golf simulation game designed by Korean development company, Ntreev Soft....
.
Gameplay
Super Swing Golf: Season 2 includes an improved story mode, with an overworldOverworld
An overworld is, in a broad sense, an area within a video game that interconnects all its levels or locations. They are mostly common in role-playing games, though this does not exclude other video game genres....
map that does not necessarily follow events in a set order. On top of the multiplayer Stroke Play, Match Play and Balloon Pop games that came with the first game, two new multiplayer games were added to the party mode. The game has largely remained the same beyond these changes, the addition of new courses, and various cosmetic tweaks.
The game has two different control schemes; either using the Swing control scheme with the Wii Remote used as though it were a golf club, or using the Button control scheme which is similar to the Mario Golf-style of control scheme.
Reception
Critics gave the game mixed reviews. GameSpyGameSpy
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gave the game a 2.5 out of 5, criticizing the game for being more of an expansion pack
Expansion pack
An expansion pack, expansion set, or supplement is an addition to an existing role-playing game, tabletop game or video game. These add-ons usually add new game areas, weapons, objects, and/or an extended storyline to a complete and already released game...
over the first game than a true sequel. 1UP.com
1UP.com
1UP.com is a video game website owned by IGN Entertainment, a division of News Corporation. Previously, the site was owned by Ziff Davis before being sold to UGO Entertainment in 2009....
gave the game a B-, reporting that the game has surprising depth that can be off-putting to those just looking to have a good time. IGN
IGN
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handed out a 7.3 out of 10, and reported that despite just adding incremental improvements over the previous installments, "Super Swing Golf: Season 2 is still the best overall golf experience you can find on Wii." GameSpot
GameSpot
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gave the game a 7.0 out of 10, calling it a good golf game, despite the minimal improvements over its predecessor.