Customer Reviews

SBK: Snowboard Kids

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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.

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.

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.

My 11 year-old daughter loves this game. It is a challenging race game. It even has a story to go along with the game.

this game is horrible. 30 bucks wasted on this crappy game. the gameplay is tottally different from the first 2 snowboard kids games. I literally played this game for 5 minutes and 5 days later I got rid of it. Now im wishing i rented it instead of buying it. now every body is different but i STRONGLY recommend renting the game to see if you like it first before you buy because it is tottally different than the other two. now one of the problems I had with this game and many other games on the ds have the same problems was the innovative uses of the darn touch screen. I meen you have to rub your finger on it to clear frost or watever its like right when the race starts you cant miss it. that just spoiled the game rite there knowing that you had to interact with the touch screen. and most of the games on ds are like that i liked the traditional style games like mario kart ds is a perfect example of this that you dont even use the touch screen for gameplay aspects. also another thing to note is the controls were kind of awkward at leest for me they were and I just didnt find this game good at all.really this game was just different. now on the other hand snowboard kds 2 was one of the best games on n64 hands down just whip out the dragon board with a rocket on it. now see i actually played the second one at a friends house so i knew i liked it. so dont make the same mistake i did with this one. steer clear of this game if your like me and you dont want te touch screen controlling the game or at leest rent it before you buy. now as for my rating i put its wrong. I give it 0 stars butyou cant put that so there you go. atlus screwd the goose on this one i thought anyways.