PangYa

Pangya
Developer(s) Ntreev Soft
(NCSOFT' s subsidiary company.)
Publisher(s)

Current
SmileGate Europe (Global)
Gamepot Inc. (Japan)
Smilegate Megaport, NHN Corp (Korea)
Ini3 Digital (Thailand) Former
MAYN Interactive
SG Interactive
UNO Games (Brazil)
Galaxy Games
Ntreev USA (merged into SG Interactive)
HanbitSoft
Asiasoft Online
GameFactory Inc.
Level up! Games Philippines
GOA Europe

OGPlanet (discontinued 2009)
Platform(s) Windows, Wii (SSG), PSP, Android & iOS[1] (2015)
Release date(s) 2004 (Korea, Japan)
2005 (North America, original release as Albatross18)
2009 (North America, Re-release under current title)
Genre(s) Golf, Fantasy
Mode(s) Single player, Multiplayer

PangYa (Korean: 팡야, lit. "Bang!", RR: Pangya), known as PangYa Exhilarating Golf in Japan (Japanese: スカッとゴルフパンヤ, Hepburn: Sukatto Gorufu Pan'ya), is an online multiplayer casual golf simulation game designed by Korean development company, Ntreev Soft and NCSOFT.

PangYa currently has servers in Korea and Japan, which only service the countries they are located in. A server for the Southeast Asian region is located in Thailand, and a fourth in North America provides global services to the rest of the world.

PangYa's global publisher is SmilesGate Europe,[2] while Smilegate Megaport and Gamepot Inc are the publishers for Korea[3] and Japan[4] respectively. ini3 is the game's Thai publisher.[5]

From 2005 until March 2009, the game was known as Albatross18 in North America. On March 8, 2009, control of the game was passed from OGPlanet to SG Interactive (then Ntreev USA), which closed the game for a month for technical upgrades and re-released the game as PangYa a month later.

Late in May 2014, SG Interactive transferred the publishing rights to MAYN Interactive and transferred the publishing rights to SmileGate Europe in late 2014.

Gameplay

PangYa's gameplay is designed similar to most other golf games. The power and accuracy of a shot are determined by a meter located at the bottom of the screen, using the "three-click method": one click to activate the meter's bar, one click to set power, and one click to set accuracy. Clicking is either done by moving the mouse pointer over the bar and clicking, or simply pressing the space bar.

Should the player hit the ball with perfect (or almost-perfect) accuracy, the shot is called a "PangYa". Missing a PangYa will result in a loss of power, and either a 'hook' (where the ball angles to the left from the intended trajectory) or a 'slice' (where the ball angles to the right from the intended trajectory).

The similarity of PangYa with other online golf games end here. The game's graphics are anime derived, with many of its features stemming from creative imagination, as opposed to realism. Golf clubs resembling household products or baseball bats are used by some characters, and courses such as Silvia Cannon and Wiz Wiz are set in fantasy realms. Additionally, physically impossible special shots can be performed.

Game Modes

Pangya has several game modes.

Exchange and Upgrade Systems

Clubs

A player will start the game with the default golf club. As the player progresses, they are given the option to purchase new clubs, using either Pang or Cookies (Points in the North America server). Players can also get a free Lucky Air Knight club from the tutorial that works until they rank to Junior E. Club sets differ from each other in term of stats provided, available upgrade slots, level requirement, and appearance. Just like in real golf, PangYa club sets contain 4 basic type of clubs: woods, irons, wedges, and putters.

Currency

The currency of PangYa is Pang. Pang is normally earned by finishing a hole at par or better, pulling off powerful shots, and making difficult chip-ins. Pang can be used at the Shop to buy equipment or items. Pang can also be used to upgrade equipment such as golf clubs, or the characters themselves, boosting their stats.
A cookie system has also been established on most PangYa servers which allows people to buy equipment and items using real cash. Rage Points system (which is a system designed to allow their respective virtual credit systems to be used with multiple games) replaces the cookie system but is identical in usage.

Ranking

In Pangya, a ranking system is used. As players continue to compete in more games in tournament mode or match play, they will gain more experience points and move up in rank. Most new players, if not all, start off with the Rookie F ranking and work their way up. The current maximum achievable rank is Infinity Legend A. The only exception is the Game Masters, which have their own rank, GM. When displayed in the lobby, this the highest rank of all.

Special Shots

In Pangya, special shots are achieved by doing different combinations of keys. The standard "perfect shot" is performed by hitting a shot that lands in the white bar, causing a voice to cheer "Pangya!". Under certain conditions, players can hit shots such as the Power Topspin, Power Backspin, and Power Curve, aiding them in avoiding obstacles or chipping the ball into the hole. More complicated shots can be achieved such as the Super Pangya, which adds 10-20 yards to a shot (depending on how many power bars are spent on the shot), as well as the Cobra, Tomahawk and Spike, which change the trajectory of the shot considerably.

Characters

Caddies

Courses

List of Seasons in PangYa

The United is a combination patch of Open Tournament exclude Nell. When Pangya: United was released on April 27, 2011 it align all servers together so updates in the future would be closer apart.[11]

Was announced on PangYa Japan as the next major update to the game.[12] The new season will be called "PangYa Tomahawk"

Also announced is a new course called "Grand Zodiac"[13]

Tomahawk is the new theme that relates to the new game mode called Grand Zodiac. It is on an island where players battle for Hole in Ones for points. There are exclusive items for this mode, such as expanding the hole size.

Other features include Black Papel Shop with auto-start button, a revamped Family Mode, and letting new players choose from all Pangya characters instead of starting with Nuri and Hana, as well as new Cards and a new item called Zodiac Wings.

PangYa Tomahawk was released in Korea and Japan on May 30, 2012[12] with other Servers following by Summer 2012.

On May 23, 2012, Pangya Global announced that PangYa Tomahawk will arrive on Jun 6, 2012[14]

New modes, a new way to level up and a new character named Spika was announced on Dec 6, 2012, on the Japanese and Korean Servers. Korea received the update on Dec 20, 2012, while Japan received the update on Dec 26, 2012.[15] Thailand received the update on Jan 9, 2013. PangYa Challenges was released on Jan 23, 2013 for the Global Server.[16]

A new course, "Abbot Mines," was released Aug 22, 2013 and features fans and bounce pads. Also released was Card pack 4 and a club workshop which players can use to upgrade their clubs.

A new season called PangYa Grand Prix was released in Korea on Feb 26, 2014.[17] It features a new mode to play called "Grand Prix Tournament Mode". Specific game rules are applied which all players will need to complete in the amount of time allowed. Higher difficulty allows for better prizes, but harder gameplay as well as challenging bots. Also added to the Global Server was the new Natural Wind mode where the wind values in the game aren't shown, instead, a color is shown to determine how fast the wind is going (green for 1-3m, yellow for 4-6m, red for 7-9m). [18] Japan received the new update on Mar 19, 2014.[19] Thailand received the new update on Mar 26, 2014 [20] Global received the new update on Apr 2, 2014 [2]

A new season called PangYa Natural Wind was introduced in Korea on Aug 23, 2014 and was released in Korea on Aug 28, 2014. The update introduced brand new clothing sets and items for the renovated characters Nuri and Hana and updated the graphics engine, as well as adding new shading, lighting, textures, and an updated main menu interface. PangYa Natural Wind introduced the revamped Natural Wind System, where in game, the wind is shown by numbers and will swing in slightly different directions to add difficulty to game play.[21]

After the update, character sets were released for two characters: Nuri R and Hana R. Players can switch between the renovated characters after buying them from the shop. Most of the items for Nuri and Hana cannot be used with Nuri R and Hana R, but certain items can be modified through Cadie's Cauldron for them. Certain gacha items can also be exchanged, though these are mostly character enhancing items to make gameplay easier.

During the Natural Wind/Fresh Up patches, the other renovated characters will be added with the new updates for 6-8 weeks, starting with Cecilia R, towards the end of December 2014. After the update the same item conditions of Nuri R and Hana R will be applied to all renovated characters.

Japan, Global and Thailand servers called the new season PangYa Fresh Up, though it has the same updates as the Korean server.

PangYa World Championships

PangYa World Championships is a competition to find the best PangYa player in the world. All servers have a regional competition first to find the region's own best player who then gets invited to the World Championships. Regional winners receive flight to and hotel stay at the Championship location.

Each server will then send 3 to 4 of the best regional players to the Championship location to compete, as well as 2 Game Masters to compete with other Game Masters during the event. A prize is awarded to the winners at the end of the event.

2011 PWC

The top prize was $5000 USD with a total reward prize of $15500 USD[23] The whole event was broadcast live via internet streaming provided by OkomeBroadCastingStation[24]

Japan made a clean sweep on home ground, with Igarisan winning the Singles and their teams and GMs wrapping up the Team and GM Events, respectively.

2012 PWC

It was held in Bangkok, Thailand on Jan 14, 2012. Global,[25] Japan,[26] Korea[27] and Thailand[28] servers all had their respective PangYa Regional Cups to find their top 3 PangYa players.

Japan (for the second year) lead the Team division while Igarisan, from Japan, took away his second straight win for Singles and secured the grand prize.

Future PWC championships

Other versions

Super Swing Golf series

First unveiled at Nintendo's E3 press conference during a montage trailer, Super Swing Golf was announced for the Wii gaming system. The game was in joint development by Ntreev Soft and Tecmo, was released on December 2, 2006, by Tecmo in Japan, and was released on December 12 of the same year in the U.S. Super Swing Golf has been built from the ground up for the Wii but still shares similar attributes with the PC version of the game. The sequel to Super Swing Golf, Super Swing Golf: Season 2, has also been released, featuring new items as well as the Deep Inferno, Pink Wind, and Ice Spa courses from Pangya on PC as well as the Special Shot 'Spike'.

Pangya: Fantasy Golf

On June 23, 2009, Tomy (under license from SK Telecom) released Pangya: Fantasy Golf for the Sony PSP in North America.[29]

Pangya Mobile

On November 18, 2014, NCSOFT (with cooperation from Ntreevsoft) has announced Pangya Mobile for iOS and Android. This game will feature Tiki, Cadie, Chloe, Kaz, Lolo, Lucia, Quma, and Myuren as playable characters. More information will be released during the G-Star 2014 event.

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 ":: Pangya Fresh Up! ::". Pangya.gamerage.com. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  3. ↑ "캐쥬얼 판타지 골프게임 – 팡야 내추럴 윈드~!!". Pangya.gametree.co.kr. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  4. ↑ "スカッとゴルフ パンヤ - 無料で楽しめるオンラインゴルフゲーム！". Pangya.jp. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20110420003400/http://pangya.mysquare.in.th/index.asp. Archived from the original on April 20, 2011. Retrieved April 21, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20111030031340/http://pangya.gamerage.com:80/wizcity/main.html. Archived from the original on October 30, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20120213025108/http://pangya.gametree.co.kr:80/Events/201202_IceInferno/Landing.aspx. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved February 9, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ "Pangya - Ice Inferno". Pangya.gamerage.com. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  11. ↑ "Exclusive: Pangya: United Expansion Announced with Screens - MPOGD News". Mpogd.com. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  12. 1 2 "Pangya Next Update". Pangya.jp. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  13. ↑ "Pangya Tomahawk Trailer". YouTube. 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  14. ↑ "Welcome To PANGYA!". Pangya.gamerage.com. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  15. ↑ "Pangya Challenges|スカッとゴルフ パンヤ". Pangya.jp. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  16. ↑
  17. ↑ "역전과 우승의 묘미! 팡야 GRAND PRIX!". Pangya.gametree.co.kr. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
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  19. ↑ "スカッとゴルフ パンヤ 新アップデート「Grand Prix」". Pangya.jp. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  20. ↑ "PangYa : เกมกอล์ฟออนไลน์แบบแฟนตาซี". Pangya.mygame.in.th. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  21. ↑ "캐쥬얼 판타지 골프게임 – 팡야 내추럴 윈드~!!". Pangya.gametree.co.kr. 2010-02-19. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  22. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20101119073248/http://pangya.ntreev.net:80/PWC/index.html. Archived from the original on November 19, 2010. Retrieved December 10, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  24. ↑ "OkomeBroadcastingStation on USTREAM: ヾ(okome)ﾉ . Gaming Entertainment". Ustream.tv. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  25. 1 2 "Pangya Global Cup". Pangya.gamerage.com. 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  26. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20111017161152/http://www.pjcweb.jp:80/. Archived from the original on October 17, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  27. ↑ "팡야 Korea Cup". Pangya.gametree.co.kr. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  28. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20111028184333/http://pangya.mysquare.in.th:80/main_united.asp. Archived from the original on October 28, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  29. ↑ "Pangya Fantasy Golf". Esrb.org. Retrieved 2015-02-27.

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