Well, this is it. The fifth installment in the smash SSX series and the best so far. This is also the series' debut on the Wii. It may look like a challenge at first, but as you keep playing, you get better. But remember, the levels get harder as you advance. You will need a Nunchuck to play this game. You use the Nunchuck to steer, jump, balance on rails and use your boost. You use the Wiimote to perform spins, flips and Ubertricks. Anyway, like in SSX On Tour, you'll be able to hit the slopes with either a snowboard or a pair of skis. You won't be able to make your own character however, so you'll just have to stick with the ones you get. You'll start off with a few characters, but as you keep playing, you'll get more. In Career Mode, as an SSX pro, you need to stay ahead of your opponents, win competitions and conquer peaks. You can either skip straight to the level you want to play or explore the peak for a while and then run into a new level afterwards. You can either play a single event such as a Slopestyle Showoff, a Slalom, a Race, a Big Air Showoff or a Half-Pipe Showoff, or you can enter a tournament which includes several events. To stay ahead of the tournament, you need to at least qualify. If you don't do well, you can get kicked out of the tournament. This affects your rank in the leaderboard. If you get in 1st Place in the 1st Heat of an Event, you can skip straight to the 3rd Heat! Pretty cool, huh? In this game, there's a new way to perform Ubertricks. When the Groove Meter is half-full, when you jump, if you see "DRAW UBERSHAPE" at the bottom of the screen, you can press and hold the A Button and draw in several shapes. (eg. A heart or a coathanger) You don't hear as much voiceovers as in SSX Tricky. You normally hear the music more. And get this: the better you do and the faster you go, the more groovy the music sounds. If you're not moving at all, or if you wipe out, the music stops. But when you get going, the music starts again. Well, for the first time ever, snowboarding action came to the Wii and has given smiles to many sporty gamers. Not even Wii Sports and CoolBoarders can compete with this.
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