
Having to pass the controller got tiring really fast and I can’t imagine doing with with eleven other people. There is local play but there’s no split-screen, instead you take turns putting and you don’t even have the option to use different controllers. Playing on your own a course is likely to take less than ten minutes and while good for practicing, it’s much less amusing. Unfortunately, even a few days after launch I wasn’t able to play with a lobby of more than three people to feel the proper experience of the game (especially as something like party mode would be great with more players). There are lots of different regions for the game’s online so I often had to float between them to find a match. These include a dinosaur nest hat, snorkels, a trail of christmas-crackers to follow you or a new lifesaver colour, among others. You can change your golf ball to any colour you like and playing the game will unlock other customizations. One lets you lay traps of honey and another turns your opponent into a different shape for a short while.

Party Mode is mostly the same as classic (with some other options enabled) but around the levels power-ups will be present. Unfortunately, the levels stay largely, if not entirely, the same with the par not changing at all. Thankfully the goalies merely move back and forth in small patterns, and in some levels there might be goalies in other places. While in Hockey mode, the golf ball is turned into a puck and you’ll need to get past the goalies blocking the net. Jumping is enabled by default, so you’ll need to set yourself up right to shoot through the basket. In Dunk mode, the hole will be positioned slightly behind the usual spot and is turned into a basketball hoop. In any mode you can customize various settings such as the maximum shots and time per round, whether you can re-try shots, allow a bounce when you shoot and if other players can collide. You can choose the direction and power level of your shot, and while curve balls are an option, that’s something you’ll need to turn on. There are eleven different eighteen-hole courses with themes such as a twilight forest, a space station and so on. Levels become increasingly more complicated with fantastical elements not present in reality such as black holes, jet packs or explosive sheep. The classic mode follows the usual rules where you’ll try to get under par for the amount of putts expected to reach the hole. The main appeal is that you can play online with up to twelve total players, no turn taking needed.

Golf With Your Friends takes the fun home, with a healthy amount of themed courses.

Often, there are different obstacles and themes to add to the amusement. In a game you’ll putt the ball into the holes which are separate areas of walled turf. Mini-golf, known as Putt-Putt in some places, takes a golf ball and places it on a miniature course. Introducing: Golf With Your Friends Switch Review
