Box Art for Snowboard Kids
Snowboard Kids, originally released in Japan as Snobow Kids (スノボキッズ?), is a snowboarding video game for the Nintendo 64. It was developed by Racdym and published by Atlus. The game features 10-year-old children (excluding Linda, who is 11) who snowboard down various courses, not necessarily involving snow. Many reviewers compared its style to that of the Mario Kart series. Snowboard Kids supports the Rumble Pak.
Plot[]
The kids are arguing about their snowboarding skills. The debate escalates to the point where they decide to hold a snowboarding tournament to determine who is the best. One character, Shinobin, has no involvement whatsoever until the final race of the tournament.
Gameplay[]
In addition to the usual gameplay of a snowboarding game, Snowboard Kids adds "Shots" (special weapons used to attack players) and items which can help the player, hinder other players, or both.
The game has nine main courses. Although some of the courses are snowy mountains, many are courses that would be unorthodox for snowboarding in the real world. Such courses include an amusement park, a desert, a vast valley, a dark highway, and a Japanese village during the cherry blossom festival.
There were several game mechanics that were unique to snowboard kids from other snowboard games and racing games at the time. One was the addition of the second item slot, allowing each player to carry a shooting item and support item (such as a rock, or invisibility) at the same time. Also, players needed to pay 100 gold in order to grab an item during the race, which could be obtained either through performing tricks or collecting coins scattered across the course. All courses also required players to race down the hill for multiple laps. Once a player had reached the bottom of the hill, he or she would need to pass through the lift gate to be transported back to the top of the hill, and could not be attacked by other players in this transition.
Gallery[]
Snowboard Kids Series
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| Games |
| Snowboard Kids - Snowboard Kids Plus - Snowboard Kids 2 - SBK: Snowboard Kids |
| List of Characters in Snowboard Kids |
| Slash - Nancy - Jam - Linda - Tommy - Shinobin - Mr. Dog |
| List of characters in Snowboard Kids Plus |
| Pamela - Nicole - Ruby - Kaede |
| List of characters in Snowboard Kids 2 |
| Wendy - Damien - Coach |
| List of Characters in SBK: Snowboard Kids |
| Brad - Koyuki - Max - Jack Frost |