It’s surprising that Nintendo hasn’t yet announced a Wii version of the 1080 Snowboarding games, though it wouldn’t entirely surprise me if we see a balance board-enhanced Wii-make of Avalanche rather than a brand new title. With Shaun White offering a decent alternative to Wii Fit’s winter sports, Hudson is the next developer to send players wobbling down the slopes with Snowboard Riot, its forthcoming WiiWare title, which will be available soon for 1000 points.

It’s clear from the trailer that this isn’t going to be the best-looking title around, but it moves pretty smoothly, and offers online play, which is a real bonus. More importantly, it’s going to feature something quite different from your average boarding sim - something which should make it stand out from what could well be a crowded genre by this time next year. As the official site itself would have it - “Snowboarding + Weapons. Enough said.”

Road Rash on boards? Mario Kart on the piste? This could potentially turn out to be a minor classic. Hopefully Hudson can do the idea justice.

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This entry was posted on Friday, January 2nd, 2009 at 2:44 pm by Chris Schilling
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