1080° Snowboarding is an intense snowboarding game in which the player gets to choose between many different boards, tricks, courses and much more.
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Snowboarding games are games that I am fond of. It's not terrible on its own, but in my experience, it isn't that fun!
hey i like this one :) really atmospheric and definitely has its own personality and style, such a 90's ass game. the gameplay's a little rough around the edges, and ill admit that i like the way 1080 avalanche smooths out the gameplay a little more, but damn you just ain't getting the same vibe with that game. 1080 snowboarding was made in an era where lots of games had this really chill vibe to them, and i think this mostly shows in its environments and soundtrack. it really leans into the DnB with a lot of tracks, although it definitely dips its toes into stuff like grunge and dance, with songs like Vacant Lives and Work Your Body. anyways i dont remember the point i was trying to make i like akari hayami that's pretty much all you need to know
1080° Snowboarding has a bit of a mixed reception amongst Nintendo fans, with some loving it and others not really getting into it. Unfortunately, I’m in the latter camp but I can see why people do love it. I think a lot of it is to do with expectations: you expect something more whimsical and a bit over-the-top from Nintendo, but 1080 is surprisingly grounded.
1080 is a snowboard racing game with a lot of tricks, with the tutorial being geared towards performing tricks. I think this was the main error of the game, as it sets tricks as something integral to the game, creating the impression that they’ll be important to all modes. After this, people will usually pick the race mode and almost certainly lose.
As Nintendo have gone for a more serious game, tricks won’t help you out here, they’ll just slow you down, any kind of jumping usually will. You need to crouch down and perfect the course to win, even on the easiest difficulties.
The tricks come into play in specific trick modes, and the system is quite robust and it takes a lot of skill to master landing. I just wish that the two modes were integrated a bit more and that tricks were part of races, creating boost – but that would change the nature of the game and isn’t what Nintendo is going for.
1080° Snowboarding is a very solid game, it just isn’t for me.
1080 is a snowboard racing game with a lot of tricks, with the tutorial being geared towards performing tricks. I think this was the main error of the game, as it sets tricks as something integral to the game, creating the impression that they’ll be important to all modes. After this, people will usually pick the race mode and almost certainly lose.
As Nintendo have gone for a more serious game, tricks won’t help you out here, they’ll just slow you down, any kind of jumping usually will. You need to crouch down and perfect the course to win, even on the easiest difficulties.
The tricks come into play in specific trick modes, and the system is quite robust and it takes a lot of skill to master landing. I just wish that the two modes were integrated a bit more and that tricks were part of races, creating boost – but that would change the nature of the game and isn’t what Nintendo is going for.
1080° Snowboarding is a very solid game, it just isn’t for me.
work ya body w-work ya body
The snowboarding game of my childhood that is partially to blame for inspiring me to get into snowboarding.
I'm fond of the nostalgic crispy graphics even by never playing this until now. And on an actual real N64, of all things. For then seeing it released on NSO. Oh well, great enough.
As a racing snowboard game it's pretty nice. It's tough and challenging still.
As a racing snowboard game it's pretty nice. It's tough and challenging still.