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Rumour: LittleBigPlanet Invading Hot Shots Golf

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:40:02 +0000

Consider this littlebigrumour for now, but it looks like the Sackboy cross-promotion won’t be stopping anytime soon. PlayStation-centric site PSN! is reporting that the star of LittleBigPlanet is going to hit the virtual links soon.

The Spanish PlayStation site writes today that Sackboy will join God of War series star Kratos as a downloadable golfer in Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds. Sounds perfectly reasonable to us — and far more fitting than the Greek god of war or Darkstalkers‘ Morrigan landing birdies. We’d expect to see many, many more appearances in first-party PlayStation 3 games on par with this one.

For the record, PSN is the same outlet that ran that Street Fighter Sackboy rumor, for whatever that’s worth.

Rumor: Sackboy como personaje invitado de Everybody’s Golf [PSnow - thanks, Macrike!]

Kratos, Tired Of Bloodshed, Relaxes With A Spot Of Hot Shots Golf

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:20:00 +0000

Promise, this is real. Sony have announced that, as of this Thursday, you’ll be able to download Kratos as a playable character in Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds. There he is above, rendered all cartoon-like, taking his one-under-par very, very seriously. Kratos’ voice actor from the “proper” GoW games – T.C. Carson – provided the voice work for the cameo, and this cutesy God of War will even use the chain blades as a club. There’s another pic after the jump, but no, this one won’t make him look any less out of place.

Kratos to Swing the Clubs of Chaos in Hot Shots Golf [PlayStation.Blog]

Hot Shots Golf 5 Gets American Release

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:40:00 +0000

SCEA have just confirmed that they’re bringing the PS3’s Hot Shots Golf 5 (now re-branded Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds) to the US market in March. Anyone with a Japanese PSN account (or, you know, if you’re Japanese) may already have tested this out, but if you haven’t, all you need to know is that it’s another Hot Shots golf game, it’s looking very pretty, and this version will be in a language you’ll be able to comprehend.

Japan’s Marilyn Monroe Promotes Wii Golf Game

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:00:18 +0000

Camelot developed We Love Golf! needs a spokesperson. We Love Golf! has one! That’s bikini model Waka Inoue, who is noted for having the same bust/waist/hip measurements as Marilyn Monroe. She’s slightly on the wain popularity-wise (she is 27), but still one of the more famous idols. Expect her (and her Monroe measurements) in a slew of We Love Golf! ads. If Hot Shots Golf-clone plus Nintendo Wii plus curvy idol isn’t a sure fire Japan hit, we don’t know what the hell is.

Capcom Presser [Game Watch Impress]

Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:40:16 +0000

We may be in Germany, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to ignore Japan’s weekly soap opera of software sales. Most shocking? Mario Party 8 reclaims its number one position in the Media Create sales list for the week of August 13th to the 19th in a bloodless sales coup. Amazingly, Hot Shots Golf 5 is still hanging tough in the top ten, kind of impressive for a PLAYSTATION 3 up against 2006’s New Super Mario Bros.

Hit the jump for full sales sexiness.01. Mario Party 8 (Wii) – 112,724 / 616,000
02. SD Gundam G Generation Cross Drive (DS) – 48,321 / 186,000
03. Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber (DS) – 47,730 / 93,000
04. Wii Sports (Wii) – 35,430 / 2,035,000
05. Wii Play (Wii) – 32,939 / 1,639,000
06. My Housekeeping Diary (DS) – 32,714 / 122,000
07. J.League Winning Eleven 2007: Club Championship (PS2) – 32,210 / 227,000
08. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) – 31,897 / 756,000
09. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) – 29,979 / 4,729,000
10. Hot Shots Golf 5 (PS3) – 28,044 / 278,000
11. Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (DS)
12. Mario Kart DS (DS)
13. More Brain Age (DS)
14. Final Fantasy XII: International Zodiac Job System (PS2)
15. It’s A Wonderful World (DS)
16. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 14 (PS2)
17. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS)
18. Brain Age (DS)
19. Itadaki Street DS (DS)
20. Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (Wii)
21. Naruto: Saikyo Ninja Daikesshu 5 (DS)
22. More English Training (DS)
23. PokÃ©mon Diamond (DS)
24. Face Training DS (DS)
25. Zettai Onkan Otoda Master (DS)
26. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (PSP)
27. PokÃ©mon Pearl (DS)
28. English Training (DS)
29. Yoshi’s Island DS (DS)
30. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Wii (Wii)

Media Create Weekly Sales

Hot Shots Golf 5 Event Not So Hot

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:00:08 +0000

This Sunday saw a Hot Shots Golf 5 rally event in front of the Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara — a location prime for foot traffic. The series has traditionally been extremely popular in Japan, and the players in that day’s rally would get Hot Shots goods. According to Akiba Blog, no one apparently came as staffers in white shirts stood out front waiting. All this is trivial! The Hot Shots Golf 5 PS3 bundle has moved some more machines for Sony. That’s what really matters and not some game rally. Right? Right?!
Minna no Golf 5 Zero Customers [Akiba Blog]