Snowboard Kids

Game Review

Snowboard Kids is a light-hearted, fun, downhill racing game. It's like Mario Kart 64, but on a snowboard and it's all downhill. You don't have to accelerate, just steer your way around corners, obstacles and cliffs while trying to get to first place using the assistance of various weapons and special items you can pick up on the track.

This game is extremely fun, even as a 1 player game, but with 4 players it is very enjoyable. You collect coins to pick up special items and weapons to stop your opponents getting to the finish line before you. These include Freeze Shot (freezes opponent), Snow Men (turns opponent into a snow man), Parachute (sends opponent into the air, floating back down on a parachute), Invisibility (makes you invulnerable to weapon attacks), Speed Fan (powers you ahead), etc. Coins can also be collected from doing special tricks on the snowboard. Once you get to first place in all courses, new courses become available to you.

The courses in the game are always fun. The graphics are quite good for this type of game, with some pretty good scenery. One problem you may encounter is controlling the game - it can be hard at first, however, there is a tutorial in the game as well that helps you learn the moves. You can also play a skill game, target game and time attack, all while snowboarding. There are so many options available to you in this game, you'll want to keep coming back to it.

The sound is suitable and each character speaks. The music is excellent - some might say simple, but the cute techno songs are very suitable to this game. Overall, a great game that will give you hours of fun.

Reviewed by Dale Hansen