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Wave Race: Blue Storm (2001)

Nintendo Software Technology

Nintendo GameCube

3.32 from 122 ratings

327 members have it in their collection · 4 playing now · 62 backlogged · 39 wish listed

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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.
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Details

Developers
Nintendo Software Technology
Publishers
Gradiente, Nintendo
Genres
Racing, Sport
Themes
Action
Series
Wave Race
Events
Nintendo Space World 2001, The Nintendo Difference (Nintendo Press Conference E3 2001), Nintendo Space World 2000

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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Rating distribution

5 stars
16
4 stars
29
3 stars
58
2 stars
16
1 star
3
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Community All Reviews Statuses

pipppoo

Status pipppoo 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

Status tthompson691 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.

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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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GC_RYKEN

Review GC_RYKEN 4/5 · 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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spigelwii

Status spigelwii 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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