Hot Shots Golf 5 gets its online... on

by Nick Doerr { Apr 25th 2007 at 3:00PM }

For those of you who don't play golf, it's a game with a ball and a stick. Many games begin that way, but their evolution takes them on very different paths. Isn't it amazing how a ball and a stick, along with a unique set of rules, can become a multitude of recreational activities? Bonus points for naming as many as you can! These bonus points can be traded in for props. Not stage props, but a tip of the hat props.

If you've followed our coverage of Hot Shots Golf 5 and downloaded the demo off of the Japanese PS-Store, you know it's a pretty darn fun title. Now we can tell you about the online basics of the game, thanks to Famitsu magazine. Online lobbies will support 50 players and you can customize your player with a multitude of clothes, gear, etc. Playing a round with friends is fun and all, but hopefully it's not with all 50 people -- a 9-hole course could take hours!

There are slated to be about 14 playable characters in the game, including Japanese golfer Shigeki Maruyama. We might see some changes upon the stateside release, which has yet to be announced. Eventually, though...

Tags: Hot Shots Golf, HotShotsGolf, PlayStation 3, Playstation3, PS3, Sony

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Wonderflex @ Apr 25th 2007 3:29PM

Stick and ball?

That's rather subjective. If it's just a stick like object and a ball then I can only think of:

Baseball
Golf
Cricket
Polo
Crochette
Pool

If it can be less of a stick, and less of a ball, then:

Hockey
Lacross
Jailai (or however you spell it)
Tennis
Badmitton
Table Tennis

Wonderflex @ Apr 25th 2007 3:33PM

Just remembered more:

put-put
miniture golf
billards

and...jousting. The use a stick, and it takes balls.

Vince UK @ Apr 25th 2007 4:28PM

The 50 player online lobby works like this-
When the game begins everyone tees off at the same time, though I doubt you'll be able to see any of them of course.
Each hole has a reasonable time limit for everyone to finish, if you don't putt in time, you're out the tourney.
As soon as you finish the hole you get a few seconds chat time to congratulate the eaglers and rofl at the bogeyers before you all move on to the next hole.
And so on to the end, at least that was how it worked last time I played and "Everybodys Golf" online, and it was FORE!king fantastic, can't wait for this game.