History YMMV / MarioGolf

* HilariousInHindsight: Wario's Albatross/Hole-in-One animation, where he summons a Power Star a la ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', since he went on to be playable in ''Super Mario 64 [[UpdatedRerelease DS]]''.

** In ''Super Rush'', ranked matches each last a mere three holes to the dislike of many players, even though the game tries to increase the pace of multiplayer matches by having all players go at once.

* DesignatedVillain: Wario, Waluigi, and Bowser in the ''Toadstool Tour'' intro. At worst - Wario and Waluigi just act arrogant, but don't actually do anything underhanded. Likewise - Bowser just minds his own business until one of their balls gives him a black eye, and his RoaringRampageOfRevenge only targets them instead of Mario and co. Yet the narrative paints it as their just desserts when Mario's ball causes them to get nuked by a Bob-omb. The same is true for the same three characters in the ''Super Rush'' intro, with the added quirk that it wasn't even Bowser's Bob-omb this time, but their legitimate opponent King Bob-omb.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: At the beginning of Golf Adventure in ''Super Rush'', several characters watch the opening sequence before the TV is suddenly turned off. Chargin' Chuck complains about this, saying "That was ridiculous! I need to see a replay! Some slo-mo!" As it turns out, ''Super Rush'' itself lacks the instant replay feature found in many earlier installments of the series, and this is often brought up in negative reviews of the game.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: In ''Super Rush''[='=]s Golf Adventure mode, you only enter one tournament, ever, the one at Bonny Greens. Much is spoken about also hosting tournaments at subsequent courses once the problems plaguing them are solved, but ultimately no further tournaments come out of all that talk. Also an UnderusedGameMechanic.

* ContestedSequel: ''Super Rush'' is probably the most divisive of the golf games. A lot of fans disliked the overhaul of the power bar, changes to character voice clips and animations that took away personality, sometimes unpolished graphics, and the Adventure mode especially is regarded as a severe disappointment for its sometimes clunky missions and short length. Others are much more fond of the game finding its different modes (particularly speed golf) make it an especially strong multiplayer game, actually prefer the new power bar, find the character abilities add more strategy, and enjoy the Adventure mode despite its shortness.

* ContestedSequel: ''Super Rush'' is probably the most divisive of the golf games. A lot of fans disliked the overhaul of the power bar, changes to character voice clips and animations that took away personality, sometimes unpolished graphics, and the Adventure mode especially is regarded as a severe disappointment for its sometimes clunky missions and short length. Others are much more fond of the game finding its different modes (especially speed golf) make it an especially strong multiplayer game, actually prefer the new power bar, find the character abilities add more strategy, and enjoying the Adventure mode despite its shortness.

** The human characters from ''Mario Golf 64'' have a bit of a following among fans who wish they would appear again in a future installment.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: In ''Super Rush''[='=]s Golf Adventure mode, you only enter one tournament, ever, the one at Bonny Greens. Much is spoken about also hosting tournaments at subsequent courses once the problems plaguing them are solved, but ultimately no further tournaments come out of all that talk. Also an UnderusedGameMechanic.[[note]]To compare, ''VideoGame/GolfStory'', another golf game on the Switch, has multiple tournaments in its story mode, one for almost every course in the game.[[/note]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: In ''Super Rush''[='=]s Golf Adventure mode, you only enter one tournament, ever, the one at Bonny Greens. Much is spoken about also hosting tournaments at subsequent courses once the problems plaguing them are solved, but ultimately no further tournaments come out of all that talk. Also an UnderusedGameMechanic, as there's no proper vs-CPU tournament mode like in past games.

** ''Super Rush''[='=]s Golf Adventure mode ended up being a disappointment to many players, as it does not take long to complete and there is only one tournament in the entire mode. Players beat the Snow King, expecting more, but then the credits roll.

* ItsShortSoItSucks: In ''Super Rush'', ranked matches each last a mere three holes to the dislike of many players, even though the game tries to increase the pace of multiplayer matches by having all players go at once.

* ToughActToFollow: ''Toadstool Tour'' is generally regarded as the best game in the series, with ''World Tour'' and ''Super Rush'' being written off due to not meeting the same critical acclaim due to removing features, having less content, and in the case of ''Super Rush'', overhauling the power bar.

* ItsShortSoItSucks: In ''Super Rush'', ranked matches each last a mere three holes, even though the game tries to increase the pace of multiplayer matches by having all players go at once. This can easily lead to a lot of ties in Standard Golf, as there is no tiebreaker mechanic for it.

* ToughActToFollow: ''Toadstool Tour'' is generally regarded as the best game in the series, with ''World Tour'' and ''Super Rush'' being written off due to not meeting the same critical acclaim.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Daisy fans were not happy when the August 2021 ''Super Rush'' update changed Daisy's bogey quote from "whatever" to a simple "boo" as they feel it removed a part of her distinct personality from her. Even non-Daisy fans were questioning this change as well. No one knows why her quote was changed, but most fans [[ExecutiveMeddling believe that Nintendo forced Camelot to comply with their mandates on the Mario characters.]]

** Ninji also counts since this is the first time their playable in a Mario game.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Daisy fans were not happy when the August 2021 update changed Daisy's bogey quote from "whatever" to a simple "boo" as they feel it removed a part of her distinct personality from her. Even non-Daisy fans were questioning this change as well. No one knows why her quote was changed, but most fans [[ExecutiveMeddling believe that Nintendo forced Camelot to comply with their mandates on the Mario characters.]]

** The human characters from ''Mario Golf 64'' have a bit of following among fans who wish they would appear again in a future installment.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Daisy fans were not happy when the August 2021 update changed Daisy's bogey quote from "whatever" to a simple "boo" as they feel it removed her distinct personality from her. Even non-Daisy fans were questioning this change as well. No one knows why her quote was changed, but many fans [[ExecutiveMeddling theorized that Nintendo forced Camelot to comply with their mandates on the Mario characters]]

* GameBreaker: In the Advance Tour version, the Super POW Club and the Super-Straight club. The former increases distance by a great amount, which is well worth the higher height boost, the worse shot, and the worse control, as you have a chance at getting freaking Eagles '''consistently'''. The latter straightens out your shot completely, at the cost of some distance, but in this case it will be an advantage as pretty much the only time you could absolutely benefit from a bona fide straight shot is when you'e aiming for the pin and are hoping to get a chip-in: You won't need to calculate more than where the ball will land, the wind, and the lie on the green, skipping the angle, and the smaller drive distance makes it easier to manipulate how far the ball will go. Oh, and if you hook up Advance Tour with Toadstool tour, you can use them in that game too.

** For ''Super Rush'', XC Golf is nearly unanimously considered to be the hardest part of ''Golf Adventure''. You have to land 3, 6, and 9 holes in 20, 30, and 40 strokes respectively, requiring an insane amount of strategy and accuracy for only the second area in the game. That's not even adding in the fact that it takes place on the one stage (Ridgerock Lake) with an uneven layout, so you'll need to use the finicky geysers more often than not.