Minna no Golf 5 demo hits Japanese PlayStation Store

Whoa! 1st post! Minna Ganbare!

Bad choice of screenshot though, that's still rather brown.

I mean seriously, who wants to play a golfing game pick up motorstorm or graw2 for crying out loud.

Jeez, upskirt FTW...

Arrgh! Honestly, isn't there anything exciting going on in the gaming world? The last week has been dull, dull, dull. Seriously, I'm straining looking for good news.

I've said this before, the Hot Shots series is the only games my wife likes to play...and if she doesn't play anything, it makes it harder for me to kill a few hours playing. (like I used to as a single undergrad...stay away from marriage to keep your gaming freedom...stay AWAY!)

Now that Hot Shots Golf 5 is out, all I have to do now is talk her into putting down $600 and another couple thousand on a sweet HDTV and we're set to go on the next installment of her favorite game...right?....Who's taking bets on when THAT will happen?

Whoa guys! This is Hot Shots Golf were talking about! I love this series. Can't wait for this version!

Wow, that actually looks impressive. All I remember hearing about this game is how it's making the PS3 look like less of a Power Machine... but those are some unbelievably beautiful visuals, easilly topping the already unbelievably beautiful Viva Pinata and Blue Dragon.

...Shame Mario Golfers will have to be alright with a prettied up Toadstool Tour whenever Nintendo gets around to announcing a Wii entry in the series. Stuff like this that makes me wish Wii had more RAM and a more powerful GPU. Zelda: The Wind Waker and Conker: Live & Reloaded are still the best looking games from ye ol' generation, IMO... and, IMO, This is looking to be a an early contender.

Never cared for Hot Shots after the original... and Mario Golf. Gonna be weird plopping down $660 for a game I'm not entirely sure of :P

*agrees with Negativecool*

Just get Tiger Woods PGA on Wii and you wont ever go back to a traditional controller for golf.

I prefer Tiger Woods and Mario Golf for when I get that golfing itch (and it's winter and I can't go golfing myself) but this game looks like it might be a welcome addition to the genre. No way in hell would I pay 60 dollars for this game though. Not a chance.

This game screenshot is like online golf game that popular in my country.
But, i will wait this game.

"Just get Tiger Woods PGA on Wii and you wont ever go back to a traditional controller for golf."

Unless, of course, you LIKE traditional controllers and got your fix of spastic arm controls with WiiSports.

Great news. My friends and I have loved the Hot Shots series. I just borrowed HS FORE! from my fried the other day to play on my PS3. Good thing I did so I can gets some much needed practice in for when this comes out. :D

I'm surprised it's taken this long for a demo to come out. This was one of the two games Sony had running at their showroom in Ginza before the launch of the system (the other being Gran Turismo HD). So... six months on from that and we only now have a demo? I'd expect a full game by now. I mean this is Minna no Golf, it's basically just a formula anyway at this point.

I will likely pick it up, though, and probably in its original Japanese incarnation. In the last few editions of Hot Shots, they have replaced the super-deformed Japanese characters with annoying white trash equivalents that I could have done without.

This game will sell well in both territories, though.

Super Swing Golf kicks all their butts in fun. Pangya! :) It supports both swing and button controls too.