Review Capt.ACAB 3/5 · Feb 25, 2023
Fun lil cart racer not without its jank
Fun lil cart racer but has some frustrating bits that I hope are fixed in SBK2. I just played single player so can't comment on multiplayer, though I enjoyed that as a kid.
Snowboard Kids (1997)
3.54 from 155 ratings
329 members have it in their collection · 2 playing now · 39 backlogged · 33 wish listed
The kids are arguing about their snowboarding skills. The debate escalates to the point where they decide to hold a snowboarding tournament to determine who is the best. One character, Shinobin, has no involvement whatsoever until he is unlocked by the player.
In addition to the usual gameplay of a snowboarding game, Snowboard Kids adds "Shots" (special weapons used to …
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The kids are arguing about their snowboarding skills. The debate escalates to the point where they decide to hold a snowboarding tournament to determine who is the best. One character, Shinobin, has no involvement whatsoever until he is unlocked by the player.
In addition to the usual gameplay of a snowboarding game, Snowboard Kids adds "Shots" (special weapons used to attack players) and items which can help the player, hinder other players, or both.
The game has nine main courses. Although some of the courses are snowy mountains, many are courses that would be unorthodox for snowboarding in the real world. Such courses include an amusement park, a desert, a vast valley, a dark highway, and a Japanese village during the cherry blossom festival.
There were several game mechanics that were unique to Snowboard Kids from other snowboard games and racing games at the time. One was the addition of the second item slot, allowing each player to carry a shooting item and support item (such as a rock, or invisibility) at the same time. Also, players needed to pay 100 gold in order to grab an item during the race, which could be obtained either through performing tricks or collecting coins scattered across the course. All courses also required players to race down the hill for multiple laps. Once a player had reached the bottom of the hill, he or she would need to pass through the lift gate to be transported back to the top of the hill, and could not be attacked by other players in this transition.
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Details
- Developers
- Racdym
- Publishers
- Atlus
- Genres
- Racing, Sport
- Themes
- Action, Comedy
- Series
- Snowboard Kids
- Event
- Nintendo Spaceworld '97
Release dates
- Dec 12, 1997 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo 64
- Mar 15, 1998 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo 64
- Mar 16, 1998 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo 64
- 1999 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo 64
Also available on
- Snowboard Kids Plus (1999) · PS1
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Rating distribution
5 stars
22
4 stars
57
3 stars
62
2 stars
9
1 star
4
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Status Predefiance Jan 3, 2018
Couple days after Christmas I sat down and finished this game. What a journey! Always wanted to finish it.