<s>
Mario	B-Device
Golf	I-Device
:	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
Tour	I-Device
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game-styled	O
sports	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Camelot	O
Software	O
Planning	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
Golf	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
counterpart	O
of	O
Mario	B-Device
Golf	I-Device
:	I-Device
Toadstool	I-Device
Tour	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
must	O
play	O
in	O
these	O
tournaments	O
to	O
prove	O
themselves	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
"	O
ultimate	O
golfer	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
earn	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
golf	O
with	O
Mario	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
four	O
clubs	O
available	O
in	O
Mario	B-Device
Golf	I-Device
:	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
Tour	I-Device
,	O
there	O
are	O
three	O
places	O
of	O
interest	O
:	O
the	O
golf	O
course	O
,	O
the	O
practice	O
area	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
student	O
lodging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
"	O
Without	O
Game	O
Link	O
"	O
mode	O
,	O
two	O
to	O
four	O
players	O
take	O
turns	O
playing	O
on	O
one	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wireless	B-Device
Adapter	I-Device
mode	O
only	O
shows	O
up	O
when	O
the	O
Wireless	B-Device
Adapter	I-Device
is	O
attached	O
to	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Club	O
Exchange	O
mode	O
,	O
two	O
players	O
can	O
trade	O
the	O
clubs	O
which	O
they	O
have	O
earned	O
throughout	O
the	O
game	O
via	O
a	O
Game	O
Link	O
Cable	O
or	O
a	O
Wireless	B-Device
Adapter	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Get	O
Clubs	O
mode	O
,	O
one	O
can	O
receive	O
exclusive	O
Special	O
clubsets	O
(	O
up	O
to	O
16	O
)	O
from	O
a	O
Wonder	O
Spot	O
using	O
a	O
Wireless	B-Device
Adapter	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Advance	O
Tour	O
was	O
revealed	O
in	O
late	O
2003	O
,	O
and	O
created	O
largely	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
team	O
who	O
made	O
Mario	B-Device
Golf	I-Device
:	I-Device
Toadstool	I-Device
Tour	I-Device
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
GameCube	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
was	O
bundled	O
in	O
Japan	O
with	O
a	O
Wireless	B-Device
Adapter	I-Device
,	O
to	O
go	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
Pokémon	B-Device
releases	I-Device
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Shugo	O
Takahashi	O
and	O
Hiroyuki	O
Takahashi	O
,	O
and	O
directed	O
by	O
Yasuhiro	O
Taguchi	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
whom	O
have	O
contributed	O
to	O
the	O
Golden	O
Sun	O
series	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
graphical	O
elements	O
that	O
were	O
reused	O
in	O
this	O
game	O
and	O
Mario	B-Application
Tennis	I-Application
:	I-Application
Power	I-Application
Tour	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Advance	O
Tour	O
received	O
"	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
hailed	O
Advance	O
Tour	O
as	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
golfing	O
games	O
ever	O
"	O
,	O
bestowing	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
an	O
Editors	O
 '	O
Choice	O
Award	O
,	O
GameSpy	O
said	O
"	O
aside	O
from	O
the	O
quirks	O
in	O
graphics	O
and	O
music	O
,	O
there	O
's	O
almost	O
nothing	O
wrong	O
with	O
Mario	B-Device
Golf	I-Device
:	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
Tour	I-Device
"	O
,	O
and	O
Game	O
Informer	O
concluded	O
that	O
in	O
Advance	O
Tour	O
"	O
handheld	O
golf	O
has	O
never	O
been	O
as	O
much	O
fun.	O
"	O
</s>
