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Fantastic!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Nintendo has done it again, quite possibly the best snowboarding game of the year. The music is riveting, the graphics are fantastic, and the game play is smooth and extremely FAST! You'll be hard pressed to be able to sit down while playing the game, I can`t. This game is fun even to just watch. Master the extreme tricks and you'll be flying down mountains at speeds in excess of 125 mph! SSX, good-bye. Nintendo makes the most fun and best quality games of any game machine on the market.

Nothing but pure fun.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a "cool" snowboarding racing game.There are 15 tracks.Ski school,a kind of tutorial track.Tenderfoot pass,a track with other people practicing,frosty shadows,a nice village like mountain.Powder threat,a plain track.Tree top trauma,a logging site.Grits n gravy,a countryside maze in the evening,trestle trouble,a track with a train in it.Revolution cliff,another plain track.Midnight city,a city track,rotted ridge,a dangerous broken down site.Diesel disaster,a track with diesel blowing up.And Sick with it,a huge track.Spinal damage,ballistic,and no way out are plain.

Better than ssx 3 if you ask me.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

You should get this game.It has 15 tracks.There are many dangers that await you.From a train derailment to a bridge breaking down.You can also open up shortcuts from hitting a barrel of explosives to knocking down a yellow sign.Overall,I think you should buy this game.

Feels like Wave Race 64

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

While I did not enjoy Blue Storm (and I really tried - bought and sold it twice), I need to say that I'm really enjoying 1080. My expectations were lowered by the lukewarm reviews, but this game, for whatever reason, has the feel of the original Wave Race to me (although with snowboards, of course). It just feels right. The first race/course seemed lame, but as I'm progressing through the game and seeing all of the fantastic tracks, I'm hooked. The graphics (on some of the tracks more than others) are some of the best I've seen. For reference, I played and love the original SSX for PS2, didn't like Tricky as much, and haven't played SSX3 yet. But 1080 is really, really good. Just my two cents.

Lacking...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

1080 Avalanche is definately a fun game in the sense of speed, but it comes to an overall game, such as tricks and custimization, buy SSX3!

Control: 3/5
Im sorry, but I have to have big air and tricks. The way I see it, if I can't pull of awesome combos, things are bad. But, the system where you can get back on balance if you mess up a jump is cool.

Sound: 5/5
The reason Sound gets 5? I LOVE THE SOUNDTRACK. The song "Choke" is amazing, and is really something that you could snowboard to. The sound of the snow under the board is crisp as well.

Modes and Extras: 2/5
The Match Race is pretty much the only thing worth it, and even that isn't very good. The characters are limited, the boards are limited, and there isn't really any customization or unlockables.

Overall: 3/5
The game is cool if you like speed, but the tricks suck and you can only hold a jump for 2 seconds. I reccomend you buy SSX3 instead of this, or you can buy this too. Whatever floats your boat!

Not That Great

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I wasn't too impressed with this game. The Graphics were good but my friend lost interest after the thrill of high speed racing ran out. Not enough development into the moves and helping you learn the moves. Returned the rental early. Rent before you buy.

The most realistic snowboarding game to date...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I really like this game, I was a huge fan of the first one and played it until there was nothing left to accomplish...I am on my way there with this one. I'm new to the gamecube but the graphics are the best that I have seen yet. The controls are good, I like how different each character rides as well. A great improvement over the previous 1080 is that if you are quick, you can correct your balance before you fall. But this does not make up for the decline in the trick system. I don't even like doing the trick challanges in this game, riding through the levels is where you will really have fun with this game. The sound effects are good but the music is hit or miss, depending on your style. And for everybody that has not seen an avalanche they must not have given it a fair chance...there is avalanches if you get far enough into the game. I personally love snowboarding and spend as much time on the mountains as possible, and for a video game this is the most accurate to the sport that I have played (not too accurate of course, because then it wouldn't be fun). Overall I found this game to be just as addicting if not more than the N64 edition...and much better than SSX!

this game is pretty cool

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game is awsome it has five hidden charactors and beats the original by far buy it.

A real good game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I'm suprised that some people think this game is bad! This game is awsome, much better than the old one on 64. It has some new characters, new obsticles, much better graphics, and a lot of background music to choose from. A lot of my friends and I could play this game for hours doing tricks and 4 player racing. Also another unique part in the game is during the last levels of novest, hard, expert, and extreme mode, there are avalanches in the courses that you have to stay in front of to avoid getting buried(real thrilling!).

So if you like snow, snow boarding, racing, or doing tricks like in those Tony Hawk games, I definatly recommend this game!

Best snowboarding game yet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is by far the best snowboarding game I have yet played. Although the tracks are short and it would be nice if they were longer, it has awesome graphics and a great soundtrack. In response to the person with the review titled TERRIBLE GAME and states that there are no avalanches, I have to say, are you kidding me? Have you gotten to the final challenge?

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