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.

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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.

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 characters for its passwords while the North American, European and Korean versions use the Latin alphabet.
  • Additionally, the North American version and the European/Korean versions have a completely different set of passwords.

Rosters

Each version of the game has numerous roster differences both between its playable characters and caddies. 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.

Caddies

• The following caddies are present in all versions:
  • Aimi (Amy in the US version)
  • Yumi (Kayla in the US version)
  • Sean (Greg in the US version)
  • Simon
  • 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

• 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.
• Yumi in the Japanese, European and Korean versions has brown hair while her North American equivalent Kayla has orange hair.
• 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 downloadable game, Minna no Golf Online. The Korean version also lacks an online mode.