The list of reasons to own a Nintendo DS just got a little longer with True Swing Golf.

As you might surmise, it's a golf game and though it's not particularly pretty, it's probably the truest emulation of the sport yet to grace the virtual realm - as in brutally challenging, and exponentially more rewarding because of it.

Where most golf sims allow you to play like a pro mainly based on thumb twitch reflexes and, to be sure, a modest understanding of the physics of golf, True Swing Golf actually requires a steady hand and carefully measured smash (real golfers call it a "swing") as it's interfaced with the DS' stylus and touch screen.

What's more, there's no smack, plop and roll here. You need to suss out where you expect each shot to land, factor in the severity of the terrain or slope or lack thereof and the potential for a bad bounce (or a solid, lucky one), pre-conceptualize your draw or fade, consider contingencies, then figure out if you're up for it at all... and ultimately play it safe or chuck the whole thing in the nearest water hazard and hit the 19th hole like all the other self-respecting duffers.

Sure, it's the dumbest sport ever. But you keep going back, don't you? Same deal here.

Though there's no online multiplayer (for shame), you can do a single nine hole round with up to four locally connected players off a single cartridge (or the whole gambit if everyone owns a copy).

Unique again, multiplayer also incorporates pichtochat, so you can "accidentally" interrupt buddy's concentration by sending a quickly scrawled taunt during that otherwise sacred quiet time known as the back swing. Pretty funny.