Shaun White Snowboarding Review
It doesn't happen often, given the bigger budgets of Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 games -- but the best version of Shaun White Snowboarding is on the Nintendo Wii, thanks to its minimalist design, vibrant graphics and satisfying foot controls. That is why we decided to publish this Shaun White Snowboarding review.
Finally! A game with some substance has arrived to make full use of the Wii Fit board. Ironically, the board’s inclusion, however, is almost certainly the reason Shaun White Snowboarding feels so basic. While using the board is fun and it copes well enough with the fast-paced gameplay, it’s undeniably slower to control than using a stick. So the tracks have been widened and the stabilizers added to compensate. Even jumps onto rails have a noticeable ‘tractor beam’ that pulls you on. You can use the Wiimote on its own, but that makes the game way too easy.
This is speedy, knockabout fun, with some pacy level design, and a very generous nature. Wii Shaun White Snowboarding versions of multiformat games often conjure masochistic disenchantment, but this is easily the best Shaun White console experience of the bunch.
Despite the streamlining, it’s not a bad game and is actually rather relaxing (though that’s probably not a good thing for an ‘extreme’ sport). You can coast down a mountain on your pretend snowboard, take in the licensed tunes and chuckle at the internet parodies that flood your virtual inbox, all at your own pace. The cartoony characters are well designed and the cameraman selection is a neat touch, with each one offering a special ability once you fill the respect bar with tricks and pick-ups. In fact, everything here is solid and likeable - Shaun White Snowboarding for the Wii is just too basic and repetitive to properly challenge the mighty SSX.
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