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Wave Race: Blue Storm

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Wave Race: Blue Storm

Sep 14, 2001

Main game

3.32 average rating based on 122 ratings

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Racing atop a bed of dynamically changing waves, gamers must navigate their way through eight different environments under random weather conditions, including the powerful and visually impressive Storm setting. Play through, tutorial stunt, time trial challenges, and Championship mode, which offers shortcut-laden Normal, Hard, and Expert circuits, sending you and seven other racers around eight different course environments loaded with buoys.
Developers
Nintendo Software Technology
Publishers
Gradiente, Nintendo
Series
Wave Race
Events
Nintendo Space World 2001, The Nintendo Difference (Nintendo Press Conference E3 2001), +1 moreNintendo Space World 2001, The Nintendo Difference (Nintendo Press Conference E3 2001), Nintendo Space World 2000 less
Platforms
Nintendo GameCube
Genres
Racing, Sport
Themes
Action
Release Dates
Sep 14, 2001 Full Release (Japan)
Nintendo GameCube
Nov 17, 2001 Full Release (North_America)
Nintendo GameCube
May 03, 2002 Full Release (Europe)
Nintendo GameCube
Aug 23, 2002 Full Release (Brazil)
Nintendo GameCube
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User Stats
326
In Collection
39
Wish Listed
4
Playing
61
Backlogged
How Long Is Wave Race: Blue Storm?
100% completion: 10.0 hours
Total completions: 1
GC_RYKEN
GC_RYKEN gave Nov 30, 2020
GC_RYKEN gave Nov 30, 2020
Pretty good racing game

Wave race blue storm may be pretty basic in its design, but it’s a nice break from the difficulty of f-zero and the unfair nature of Mario Kart. It’s not the best on the system, but it’s still something I would recommend picking up.

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pipppoo
pipppoo updated their status Jul 7, 2022
pipppoo updated their status Jul 7, 2022

This is such a great game! Why?

  • 7 great tracks
  • never boring due to changing weather conditions and changing wave height
  • its strategic, as you can choose where to deliberately miss the buoys
  • its challenging but never unfair
  • the water just feels great
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tthompson691
tthompson691 updated their status May 21, 2022
tthompson691 updated their status May 21, 2022

Working from memory mostly here...

I had an absolute blast with this game. The level design was great, shortcuts were fun to find, the characters were full of personality, the challenge was just right, and the water physics hit the sweet spot of really feeling like you're riding on waves without feeling cumbersome or awkward, elegantly serving the challenge.

The menu theme will always live rent-free in my brain. My favorite character was (IIRC) Nigel Carver, who specialized in turning/maneuverability. Landing backflips and barrel rolls always felt great.

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spigelwii
spigelwii updated their status Dec 30, 2018
spigelwii updated their status Dec 30, 2018

11/18/2001: Wave Race: Blue Storm

A two-faced game of sick visuals, killer tunes, and wild, slippery controls. There is fun to be had with Blue Storm, but one can’t help but wish that Nintendo had taken a bit more time to tighten up the control scheme and the rubberband AI. 3/5 stars. #GameCubeRewind

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