1080° Snowboarding (N64, 1-2 Players, 1000 Wii Points)
Wii Fanboy says: download it!
Personally, I fell in love with 1080° Snowboarding the second I picked up the N64 controller and did my first 180° spin. Getting the timing down for pulling off tricks was a bit of a complication at first, but as time went on, I started to feel more and more at ease with the controls. Once I had them down, the rest of the game opened up and became a wonderful game. It has held its own piece of real estate in my heart ever since.
That concludes our look at this week's Virtual Console games. As always, if you have any tips or rumors regarding Nintendo's Virtual Console service, be sure to let us know and come back next week when we take a look at the latest titles available on the Nintendo Wii.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1-28-2008 @ 8:54PM
Tom said...
I hate snowboarding games. And most sports related games besides Mario Strikers Charged and Mario Kart.
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1-28-2008 @ 9:09PM
kaoleidescope said...
I quite liked the SSX games, though I haven't played SSX Blur yet. I'm less interested in tricks. Love the racing part, especially the freedom in taking just about any route possible down the mountain.
How does 1080 compare with the SSX games?
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1-28-2008 @ 9:13PM
Crazylink said...
It's not Snowboard Kids, so I don't care.
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1-28-2008 @ 10:24PM
Flame360 said...
Off topic, but does anyone want to exchange wii friend codes.
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1-28-2008 @ 11:18PM
vidGuy said...
I had fun with this back in the day but, like many N64 games, I can't seem to get over the jaggies enough to play it. Goldeneye, Majora's Mask, Perfect Dark, sure. This, no.
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1-28-2008 @ 11:34PM
sam said...
1080 v SSX. Like he says, 1080 is mostly about air and racing, while SSX has a lot of rails and junk and the tricks are alot more complicated and kind of quirky. SSX Blur blows, the controls are horrible, the gamecube versions are better, but I still prefer 1080 over the SSX franchise.
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1-28-2008 @ 11:57PM
vidGuy said...
Blur controls are hit and miss for the tricks, but I found the nunchuk-motion steering AMAZING. Probably the best use of nunchuk motion yet.
1-29-2008 @ 1:16AM
kaoleidescope said...
1080's racing looks a little too confined to me. I like the freedom of racing in SSX, where it's just you versus someone else down a mountain. No trails. Though I've heard so much crap about SSX Blur that I'll just wait until the next edition.
1-29-2008 @ 12:07AM
Tommy Chaos said...
ARRRGHH!!! Where is Smash Bros 64?!!
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1-29-2008 @ 2:00AM
B said...
Peak 1 in ssx blur has lots of rails and stuff, Peak 2 doesnt. Peak 2 is more about long powder runs. The controls work well and 100% it is the user that makes them crap.
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1-29-2008 @ 7:21AM
Wolfrider said...
I never had a chance to play this the first time around, but it looks like something I'd be into. Great review this week!
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1-29-2008 @ 10:01AM
Nate said...
Pick up SSX 3 for the Gamecube and play that, unless you have it for the PS2. SSX is meant to be played with the Playstation controller. 4 shoulder buttons. However this is worth getting as well. It's a classic, difficult to master but fun.
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1-29-2008 @ 6:31PM
newtonboy said...
Is there a reason to buy this if I already bought 1080 Avalanche for 9.99 for the 'cube?
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2-02-2008 @ 1:09PM
Zach said...
I immediately bought this after the news. It takes be back to the days of playing on my cousin's N64 when I was eight. Awesome.
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