| Shaun White Snowboarding | |
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| Developer | Ubisoft Montreal |
| Publisher | Ubisoft |
| Engine | Scimitar |
| Platforms | Nintendo DS,PlayStation Portable,Wii,PlayStation 3,Xbox 360,PlayStation 2,Microsoft Windows,Mac OS X |
| Release | November 13, 2008
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| Genre | Snowboarding |
| Modes | Single-player,multiplayer |
Shaun White Snowboarding is asnowboarding video game developed byUbisoft Montreal and published byUbisoft forNintendo DS,PlayStation Portable,Wii,PlayStation 3,Xbox 360,PlayStation 2,Microsoft Windows andMac OS X.
The Wii version of the game is titledShaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip.
There are six mountains inShaun White Snowboarding, including Alaska,Park City, Europe, and Japan. Each mountain features up to three different sections:peak, back country, andpark (orresort). There is also a "Target Limited Edition" of the game that is exclusive to Target; this version gives the player access toTarget Mountain, a mountain with Target branding all over it. It has been described in-game as extremely difficult to find, and contains additionaljibs, character models, and a sponsored version of the standard game's best snowboard which can be unlocked before the player's final challenge againstShaun White. The last mountain, calledB.C., is only available in the "Mile-High Pack" paid downloadable content. It is set inBritish Columbia.
As players progress through the game, they will earn abilities that will help them. Some of the abilities consist of gaining high speeds or the ability to break through obstacles to progress further.
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | Wii: 78% (28 reviews)[1] PSP: 70% (5 reviews)[2] DS: 63% (4 reviews)[3] PS3: 63% (30 reviews)[4] PC: 60% (8 reviews)[5] Xbox 360: 60% (48 reviews)[6] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Game Informer | 6.75/10 |
| GameSpot | Wii: 7.5/10[7] DS: 6.5/10 (4 reviews)[8] PS3: 5/10[9] Xbox 360: 5/10[10] |
| Official Xbox Magazine (US) | 6.5/10 |
The Wii version of the game received more positive reception than any of the other versions.Eurogamer gave theWii version 7/10, praising it as "the best looking version", singling out the presentation, soundtrack, implementation of theWii Balance Board controls andmultiplayer, while criticizing theWii Remote controls,half-pipe sections,difficulty level, and short duration of the single-player mode.[11]
Daemon Hatfield ofIGN said that "A kid-friendly, motion-controlled version of Shaun White Snowboarding could have been a disaster, but this turns out to be a truly slick edition of the franchise."[12]
The Wii version ofShaun White Snowboarding was the 20th best-selling game of December 2008 in the United States, and it was the best selling version.[13] Over 3 million copies of the game had been sold as of May 2009.[14]
The Wii version was a nominee for several Wii-specific awards from IGN in its 2008 video game awards, including Best New IP,[15] Best Sports Game,[16] Best Graphics Technology,[17] Best Use of the Balance Board,[18] and Game of the Year.[19] TheXbox 360 version was nominated for "Worst Game Everyone Played" byGameSpot in their 2008 video game awards, and was awarded the title of "Most Dubious Use of In-Game Advertising" for excluding 20% of its content from editions not sold from the Target Stores editions.[20]
In the many months that followedSnowboarding's release, Ubisoft Montreal developed a sequel,Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage and aspin-off,Shaun White Skateboarding. The former was released exclusively for the Wii and supported the Wii Balance Board and Wii Motion Plus.
AniOS game titledShaun White Snowboarding: Origins was released in December 2009.[21]