So I finally decided enough is enough 2 months of a dead blog later, several finals with several to go I needed a break. So instead of being a normal college student I decided I would rather give you all something new to peruse. So without further ado, a new review. (1 am and rhyming is pretty hilarious not going to lie...) So maybe you've played Snowboard kids, maybe Snowboard kids 2. For those who haven't both are games for Nintendo 64. Since I prefer it personally and I want amusement Snowboard kids 2 is my review for you.
This is a game meant for multiple players. There is a one player mode, but even in that context you are racing other characters as you go, so it is basically meant for up to four people. One player is your story mode, surprisingly a game solely about snowboarding does have something of a story behind it. Each character has a personality. Remember the valley girl phase? Well one of you female choices is Linda, the "I'm a valley girl before that term was even popular" character. Going back and playing that game now I can appreciate that humor. You also have the arrogant self-centered choice and a nerd, surprisingly your nerd is a female.
You start your adventure on a simple level, standard snow on a mountain, exactly what you would expect, you meet the characters in the opening cut scene for the level. You also get to meet your antagonist, the weird blue guy named Damien. Now yes he is mean and yes he is different. But after watching him time and time again you start to feel sorry for the guy, maybe even sympathize a bit. first thing, he gets blown up with a bomb. kind of his own fault, but it still sucks. Second time he gets hit with a flying treasure chest thrown by one of your main characters. time and time again he is knocked over, squished, trampled and overall made miserable. He is the antagonist you actually feel bad for.
As you progress in the game it gets more and more difficult. At times the various levels are well made and interesting, at others you wonder how the graphics can look so simplistic. Some of this is your standard limitation of the system, but some earlier games have better quality design than this so I don't entirely buy it. However each level gives off a distinct feel, the space course has a futuristic feeling to it and the Christmas themed course likewise. Perhaps not a perfect game, but if you have the game and a few controllers and the system play it with some friends, the battle aspect of it is fun, as part of it is using tricks to get money to buy various items. the game with my friends and family always dissolves into heated last lap, seconds from the finish for first place yelling matches. complete with strategies to cross the line first, some of which are highly effective even though they shouldn't work that way. It is never a dull moment when that game gets pulled out.
Since the holiday season is approaching and my time at the computer and videogames will likely dwindle I wish you all happy holidays, and until next year I am a female and I am a gamer, 1337 and Luscious as we call ourselves. (And as a side note I am no longer single/clueless about my status) If you are a reader and have any recommendations of nintendo games, both old as well as new that you think I should review let me as I can go through basically any game as long as it is not for NES and I can find it since I managed to acquire a SNES in the last month courtesy of a local game store. There was no use resisting it's purchase, it was too perfect and exciting to pass up.
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