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All the games before Mario Golf were developed by Nintendo R&D2. Mario Golf and all subsequent games in the Mario Golf series have been developed by Camelot Software Planning.
To remedy that, Nintendo made a few changes and tweaked the levels in the arcade version of the game, dubbed Vs. Super Mario Bros. to fit in with their line of Vs. arcade games which were nothing more than enhanced Famicom games. While the early levels of the game seemed familiar, albeit a little altered, the later levels were entirely different, with new features and traps, thus keeping the game fresh for arcade players who already mastered the original.