Hot Shots Golf Fore!

Hot Shots Golf Fore!
Also known as: Everybody's Golf (EU), Minna no Golf 4 (JP), Moduii Golf 4 (KR) Developer: Clap Hanz Publishers: SCEI (JP), SCEA (US), SCEE (EU), SCE Korea (KO) Platform: PlayStation 2 Released in JP: November 27, 2003 Released in US: August 17, 2004 Released in EU: September 23, 2005 Released in AU: September 29, 2005 Released in KR: January 19, 2006 This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has a hidden level select.

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Hot Shots Golf Fore! is more golf for everybody! This time there's online (for North America and Europe) as well as some playable characters and caddies from other well-known PlayStation franchises.

This is the last game in the series to have entirely different character rosters between the Japanese and international versions.

Debug Mode

Applying the below code will enable debug mode which grants access to a debug menu when playing in training mode.

USA SCUS-97401 codes:

Enable Debug Mode In Training
006CD5D0 00000001
D050E9B2 0000FFFB
0051BC91 00000000

With the code on, press R3 then L3 to enable a debug menu when fully on a course. The main debug menu allows you to toggle various settings, change characters, and play sounds and animations.

(Source: Punk7890)

Debug Shot Information

The below code will enable shot and golf club information in-game.

USA SCUS-97401 code:

Enable Club Debug Info
006BAB01 00000001

(Source: Punk7890)

Regional Differences

To do: There are more differences. Some characters have different voices in the NA version compared to the EU/KR versions as an example. Even characters with the same voice can have different voicelines depending on the version (Sean/Greg for example).

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Opening

• The European version starts up with a language select, using a unique background not found in other versions. The language select appears before the memory card check.
  • The English translation in the North American version differs from the English translation for the European/Korean versions.

Japan	US	Europe	Korea

• Each version uses a different font for the "Sony Computer Entertainment" text (the European and Korean versions share the same font as each other).
• The European and Korean versions have a more detailed background.

NTSC	PAL

• The European version has a shorter Clap Hanz logo compared to the NTSC versions.

Title Screen

Japan	US	Europe	Korea

• Each version of the game has a different logo and different copyright information.
• The third option in the Japanese version leads to a menu which contains two advertisements for Minna no Golf Online. The third option in the North American and European versions is for the online mode. The Korean version has no third option.

The third menu in the Japanese version	Nanako's Let's Online	Suzuki's Lobby Expedition

• The characters on the save screen are separated by borders. In the North American, European and Korean versions, there are horizontal and vertical borders to separate each character. The vertical borders are not present in the Japanese version.
• In the North American, European and Korean versions, whenever the player has unlocked a costume for a character, that character will be wearing their alternate costume on the save file. This is not the case in the Japanese version.

Menus

• The character in the main menu is named "Kyoko" in the Japanese, European and Korean versions while in the North American version, she is named "Erika".
  • Additionally, Aya, Garuda and Nina can appear in the menus in the Japanese, European and Korean versions while in the North American version, they are replaced with Phoebe, Brad and Renee.
• The North American version has a different font for text in the menus compared to the European/Korean versions.

Japan	US	Europe/Korea

• Some of the lower menu text has extra color in the Japanese and North American versions while in the European and Korean versions, all of the text is white.
• The Japanese version uses Hiragana, Katakana and the Latin alphabet for its passwords while the North American, European and Korean versions only use the Latin alphabet.
  • Additionally, the North American version and the European/Korean versions have a completely different set of passwords.
• In the North American and European versions, the player can press circle on the first menu to go back to the main menu. This is not possible in the Japanese and Korean versions.
• The Japanese version has a National Tournament mode, much like its predecessor. Codes for National Tournaments would be released on the Japanese Everybody's Golf website and players would put the code into the game to play a round with specific rules. National Tournaments were removed in all other regions.

Shop

Japan	US	Europe	Korea

• Each version of the game uses its respective logo in the background image.
• The North American version has a different shop keeper compared to the other versions.
• One slot in the shop in the Japanese version is dedicated to a sign stating the category of the page. This sign is not present in the other versions.
  • This is why certain pages have a blank space in certain menus as each menu option was moved forward a space but no other item was moved up to the top shelf.

Rosters

Each version of the game has numerous roster differences both between its playable characters and caddies. All versions of the game have 24 playable characters and 10 caddies although the exact roster differs depending on the region. Some shared characters also have different names depending on the region.

Golfers

• The following characters are present in all versions:
  • Musashi (Sam in the US version)
  • Sakura (Misaki in the US version)
  • Chaos (Bronson in the Japanese version)
  • Falcon
  • Z

• The rest of the roster in the North American version is completely replaced. Two notable additions to the roster are guest appearances from Jak and Ratchet.
• The Japanese version has Sylvia and Hitomi as exclusive characters.
• The European and Korean versions mostly share the same roster as the Japanese version although Jak and Ratchet replace Silvia and Hitomi.
  • Additionally, Nanako was renamed to Billie in the European/Korean versions. Chaos also kept his North American name.

Caddies

• The following caddies are present in all versions:
  • Aimi (Amy in the US version)
  • Yumi (Kayla in the US version, Yumeppi in the Japanese version)
  • Sean (Greg in the US version)
  • Simon (Oji in the Japanese version)
  • Arthur (Kaz in the US version)

• The North American and Japanese versions share Mochi as a Caddie.
• The North American, European and Korean versions share Daxter and Clank as Caddies.
• The Japanese, European and Korean versions share Mari, Sandy and Pipo Monkey as Caddies
• The Japanese version has Grandmother as an exclusive Caddie.
• The North American version has Bertha and Sophie as exclusive Caddies.

Other changes

• Save files takes up 749KB of free space in the Japanese version, 800KB in the North American version and 802KB in the European and Korean versions.
• Aya is used for the memory card icon in the Japanese, European and Korean versions while in the North American version, Phoebe is used.
• An online mode was added to the North American and European versions. The Japanese version lacked this mode due to the availability of a separate game, Minna no Golf Online. The Korean version also lacks an online mode.
• The Japanese, European and Korean version use Circle for shots, with X being used to move the camera backwards. These controls are swapped in the North American version.
  • The Japanese version also uses circle to advance through menus and X to go back through menus. These controls were naturally swapped in the international versions.
• The Japanese, European and Korean version use Metres as their unit of measurement for putting while the North American version uses Feet.
• When using Full power shots in the Japanese version, the character and ball emits red fire (just like a standard power shot) while in the other versions, they emit blue fire to match the blue HUD for Full power shots.
• In the Japanese version, it is possible to move the camera up and down with the D-Pad after taking a shot, before the camera pans to the ball. This is not possible in other versions.
• In the North American version, the game shows a grid when taking a shot, showing the height of the terrain within the grid (as long as the shot can't reach the green). In the other versions, this landing grid is not available from the start with the player having to unlock the landing grid much later on.
• A different jingle plays when unlocking things in the Japanese version after a round compared to the other versions.
• Yumi in the Japanese, European and Korean versions has brown hair while her North American equivalent Kayla has orange hair.