SBK: Snowboard Kids

by Atlus

Product Features

• Each character has their own unique projectile attack -- use them to attack opponents
• Score mad points by grabbing items, doing tricks, and earning a high ranking for each lap
• Take advantage of key areas perfect for doing the hottest tricks
• Pull off sick tricks to fill your Trick Meter and unlock special tricks unique to each character
• Use money earned from any game mode to purchase new boards and other cool gear

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00002SU91
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 8, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,049 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #76 in Video Games > Nintendo DS > Sports
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Snowboard Kids are back and better than ever. Just when you thought it was safe to hit the slopes, these daring teens start tearing it up again in a series of fast and furious downhill events! SBK has all the elements you loved in Snowboard Kids 1 and 2, plus a slew of new features for a new generation of gamers. Featuring touch-screen controls, wireless multiplayer competition, new weapons, new characters, and a souped-up sense of speed, this is the sequel you've been waiting for!

Features:

• Play with up to four friends at a time! Eight characters to choose from! Attack the slopes and your opponents to be the first to reach the finish line!
• Utilize special items and attacks during the race to win at any cost!
• Each character has their own unique projectile attack! Doing tricks will allow her to power up and become even more formidable!
• Score mad points by obtaining items, doing tricks, and earning a high ranking for each lap! Take advantage of key areas perfect for doing the hottest tricks!
• By pulling off sick tricks, fill your Trick Meter and unlock awesome special tricks unique to each character!
• Use money earned from any game mode to purchase new boards and other cool gear.

Product Description

The Snowboard Kids are back, with a new look and a brand new adventure - exclusively for the Nintendo DS! Join Slash and pals as they tear up the slopes to prove, once and for all, that they're the kings of the mountain! Play with up to 4 friends at a time! Eight characters to choose from! Attack the slopes and your opponents to be the first to reach the finish line! Utilize a multitude of special items and attacks during the race to win at any cost! Use every trick in the Nintendo DS aresenal! Touch screen trick control lets you pull off amazing tricks and combos! Use points earned from any game mode to purchase new boards and other cool gear.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars SBK Snowboard Kids......., November 28, 2005

By 

blackaciddevil (in the USA somewhere.....) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: SBK: Snowboard Kids (Video Game)

Snowboard Kids will always hold a place in the hearts of Nintendo 64 owners. It's over the top racing style on the slopes just clicked with them and, for good reason, it was an allout fun frantic game. After that game and am ambitious sequel, Atlus put the game on hiatus for awhile. Now, Atlus decided to bring back the series for the Nintendo DS handheld. I, for one, am glad they did. Ever since the DS was released, I'd hoped they'd bring back one of my all-time favorites for the system so I could play it on the go.

While it's not quite what I expected, it's still a decent game worth adding to your collection. Not quite what I expected, you may say. Why? Well, for one, The developers try to spice up the action by awarding offensive and defensive weapons like parachutes to slow down opponents, 1000 ton weights that drop down from the sky, or even simple energy blasts that seek out the person in the lead and take him out. These power-ups are nothing new, but they lack any sort of real strategy to the game. Moreso than not, it does nothing but annoy the player instead of adding energy to the game. Too, they changed the character designs and, for me, it just didn't feel much like a Snowboard Kids game. However, the saving grace to this game is the non-combat single player races which is Snowboard Kids through and through. I had a blast playing it and, for that alone, it's well worth the asking price.

There's still room for improvement if Atlus decides to make a SBK Snowboard Kids 2, as the Nintendo DS is still in its' infancy. I hope they do decide to continue the series. If you're looking for a challenging arcade racer or just love snowboard games to play on the go, SBK Snowboard Kids is a good pick. While it may have certain elements of Mario Kart in it, it doesn't pretend to be Mario Kart....it's a snowboard game after all.

Speaking of Atlus, I hope they bring more of their games to the Nintendo DS. The Nintendo DS would be perfectly suited for their RPG games and other franchises.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars PRETTY DARN GOOD., November 29, 2005

By 

Aaron L. Shaw "Casual Reviewer" (Provo, UT USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: SBK: Snowboard Kids (Video Game)

So the biggest complaint against this game thus far has been the weapons are unfair. You can't defend against them. To this I say so what. It is still an incredibly fun racer. Snow Board Kids is back! That is wonderful. And it is pretty good. If you are comparing this game to mario kart then you will be disappointed. It is not Mario Kart on snow. But the 3D animation is pretty good and the racing is fun. The only drawback and the reason for 4 stars is the slower speed of the racing. But with the ability to use one game to play with several local players, who can complain! Get this game.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars sahweeeet!, December 29, 2005

By 

cartoony "dan" (japan(but i'm american)) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: SBK: Snowboard Kids (Video Game)

well, at first, my ds was pretty boring. all these freaking puzzle games for a system that has so much potential. then, one stormy night, low and behold! i find a snowboard game for the DS! Do mine eyes deceive me? no, i went on the internet and checked it out. a lot of sites bummed this game down for the lack of defense against each character's unique projectile or item. other sites said it was like mario carts. well, first things first, it was kinda like mario carts and SSX rolled into one with awesome looking anime characters. my favorite part of the game is the unlockable character --jack frost. he's a tiny snowman with a big head and smile. he's the bombdiggity. about the whole "no defense" thing against projectiles, all you have to do is become first and stay that way for a while, then you'll be too far for them to touch you. some might hit once in a while but you'll still be first. i just beat the entire game and i'm not a very good gamer. i admit, some parts were difficult but i managed. i persevered! the graphics are so cool, not ps2 but on a handheld, do you really expect much? they were like the late ps1 games with enhanced graphics. the slopes are so fun to go down over and over again and it would get tiring if not for the items and projectiles. you don't have to worry at all if you are in 4 place for the first 1 and a half lap. if you keep shooting, you'll get 1st place. the tricks are totally awesome too, with or without the touch screen, it adds a little more excitment. just be quick with a finger and make sure you're high enough. if not, well, you dont'have to touch the screen at all for tricks if you don't want. don't matter much. it just busts out some pretty sweeet moves well, all i can say is that its a relief from all these boring puzzle or crappy games out on the market. ds is starving for some real games. this one is.