Snowboard Kids

Snowboard Kids
Developer(s)	Racdym
Publisher(s)	Atlus Co.
Platform(s)	Nintendo 64
Release	March 15, 1998 (US) March 16, 1998 (EU) December 12, 1997 (JP)
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	1-4 Players

Snowboard Kids, also called Snobow Kids is a video game for the Nintendo 64. It was developed by Racdym and published by Atlus. The game featured 10-year-old children who snowboarded down various courses, not necessarily involving snow. Extra tracks could be unlocked after beating all six original tracks.

Characters Of The Game

The characters in the game are design in a chibi style, with big heads and small bodies.

Nancy Neil

Age 10 Nancy is the slowest character on the course, but has a very good set of tricks. Players who like to do tricks to get money should use Nancy. Nancy will perfer a level-3 all around if you use her. Nancy wears pink clothes, has rabbit-style ears, a purple bow on her back and hearts painted on her face.

Slash Kamei

Age 10

Slash is technically the most balanced character in the game and is good for beginners. He has long, black spiky hair and wears blue goggles. Slash is excellently used with an all-around board, level two or three. According to this picture, Tommy is on the lift, Jam is about to get on in 2nd, Slash is in 3rd and Nancy is in 4th and is appoarching lap 2 of 5, at Rookie Mountain. At this course, you have to get on the lift 4 times. Slash is automatically selceted as the character used at the training mode and shot and item demo. Slash has too much energy for his own good and is always fighting with Linda, 11.

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Nancy Neil and Slash Kamei near the finish line

Jam Kuehnemund

Age 10

Jam is considered the best of the default characters in the game for his notable handling and tricks, although he is one of the slowest characters. Distinguished by his brown dreadlocks, he also wears blue goggles and a white and purple striped beanie. In addition Jam follows the New York Rap Scene and refuses that Nancy, 10, is better at tricks than he is, so he desperately wants to beat Nancy.

Linda Maltinie

Age 11

Linda is one of the fastest characters in the game but suffers from poor handling and average tricks. She wear blue goggles, a bikini top and leopard skin trousers. When Linda was 7, she moved to the village.

Tommy Parsy

Age 10

Tommy is the fastest default character but has the worst handling and trick ability. He wears bright green clothes and has a bandage on his nose.

Shinobin

Age unknown

Shinobin is found in the last level (Ninja Land) and is very hard to beat. Once beaten, he is unlocked as a usable character. He is a Ninja in a black Shinobishozoku. Little is known about him, including his age.

Boards

There are 9 boards (as well as 6 secret ones which cannot be used in reverse) in the game. There are three types of default boards.

Free Style

These boards are slower than the others, but have good better handling and are good for executing tricks. Heavier characters like Linda and Tommy would be best suited for these.

Level	Cost (G)
l	0
2	120000
3	240000

All Around

These boards have average handling and speed.

Level	Cost (G)
l	0
2	10000
3	20000

Alpine

These boards are faster than the others but have poorer handling. Slower characters such as 10-year-old Nancy should use these.

Level	Cost (G)
l	0
2	11000
3	22000

Special

• Level 1 is a board consisting of two gold stars. It is unlock by defeating Shinobin.
• Level 2 is the feather board and has an extremely large jump. It can be won in the Animal Land level.
• Level 3 is the ice board, which is very hard to control, thus players tend not to use it. It can be pruchased after buying Level 3 versions of Freestyle, All-Around, and Alpine.

Level	Cost (G)
l	80000
2	100000
3	1000

Shinobin

Shinobin's boards can only be used by himself. He also cannot use any of the regular or Special boards.

• Level 1 looks like a Japanese scroll. It has very good handling, but is slow.
• Level 2 is an average board with standard handling and speed. Oddly enough, it resembles a soroban.
• Level 3 is the fastest Shinobin board. It is shaped like a kunai.

Level	Cost (G)
l	Beat Shinobin
2	Beat Shinobin
3	Beat Shinobin

Weapon (Character who likes the weapon)

On each course, red boxes called "shops" are scattered about. When you run into one, you purchase a random weapon for 100G. If you don't have enough money, you will be knocked down. Shots are acquired in bundles of three.

Bomb (Slash)

Bombs are powerful weapons with a limited homing capability. When it hits a target, it creates an explosion that affects anyone caught in the blast - including yourself!

Slap Stick (Nancy)

While slow, the Slap Stick is quite accurate and can travel around most corners. When hit, the victim is sent tumbling forwards.

Freeze Shot (Jam)

Freeze Shots are effective weapons that briefly freeze opponents on contact, causing them to lose momentum once they break out of the ice. It's also possible to get knocked over by colliding with someone who is frozen. When iced, move around or press A Button repeteditly.

Snowman (Tommy)

Snowmen are possibly the fastest shots in the game, but also the most inaccurate. They ricochet around walls until they either hit someone or vanish. When under its effect, the player cannot maneuver their board for a few moments until they either free themselves or hit an obstacle.

Parachute (Linda)

Parachutes are considered to be one of the best shots to use in the game. One who is hit by a parachute will be immediately lifted into the air, only to slowly descend back to the ground. Devastating to use near big jumps or close to cliffs.

Items

Items are obtained through blue shops placed on every course. Like Shots, you require 100 G to purchase an Item. However, they only have one use.

Rock

Rocks are placed behind the user, and can cause even invisible rivals to stumble.

Pan

Pans flatten all opponents, making them unable to move. It will have no effect on people who are invisible or on the lift. Jiggling the Control Stick or tapping the A button will speed up the recovery.

Invisible

This Item makes the user immune to all Shots and the Pan for a short time. However, everything else will still work.

Rat Face

The Rat Face is a rarely-seen Item that summons a dancing mouse to steal coins from the other players, all of which is given to the user.

Ghost

Ghosts reduce the speed of the person who is currently leading the race for a short time and is impossible to avoid. If the leader uses this Item, the person in 2nd place will be affected. The Ghost's effects can stack up to three times, which will slow the victim down to a crawl.

Speed Fan

This gives the user a temporary burst of speed. It is immediately lost if the player runs into an obstacle or is attacked.

Courses

Rookie Mountain

This course is good for beginneers and you have 5 laps of racing to do.

Big Snowman

This is a course of snowmen. You have to get on the lift only once.

Sunset Rock

At this course the sunset never fades, but you have to watch out for those peguins.

Night Highway

This course is hard to beat at dark. Don't fall. If you do you will lose ground to the leader.

Grass Valley

This course features green areas of grass and some hard places, like the rail.

Dizzy-Land

This course is tough. Don't hit a coffee cup. If you do, you may fall to last place.

Quicksand Valley

This course is labeled as 4 stars in the level of diffciltiy, which means this course is the toughest. Linda goes a different way than any of the other characters.

Silver Mountain

A permanent fog sets across this snowy mountain top, the second hardest course in the game after Quciksand Valley. Watch out for cliffs!

Ninja Land

The shortest course in the game, but it is also where you race against the tough ninja Shinobin. You have to get on the lift 8 times here. This time, you have nine laps of racing.

See Also

• Snowboard Kids 2
• Snowboard Kids Plus
• SBK: Snowboard Kids DS

Training Mode

For people who don't know how to play Snowboard Kids, they must go through the training. The character used in this mode is Slash, 10.

1-Cornering

Use Bottom Left and Bottom Right to go around the corner. Nancy is the best character for this.

2-Jumping

Pressing A Button will make the character jump. While A Button is pressed, you cannot turn.

3-Tricks part 1 (100G tricks)

Tricks are moves that look cool. To do one, hold A Button down, choose a side and let A go.

4-Tricks part 2 (Board grabs)

Doing a board grab is done in the air by using one of the C Buttons. Let go of the button when you land or you will fall.

5-Tricks part 3 (Character specific tricks)

Besides 100G tricks and board grabs, Nancy, Jam, Linda, Tommy and Slash each have a special move. Doing a sepcial trick is the same as a normal trick, but the move must be done in certain pattern.

• NANCY, JAM, LINDA, SLASH-A Button-Left-Right-release A
• TOMMY-A Button-Left-Right-Left-release A

6-Boarding The Lift

Getting on the lift is the easiest way to get through another lap. The sign makes it easy to board the lift.

7-Item

Items that you can use in the game will appear in the right window. Use B Button to activate. To get the item, you must go through a Blue Stand. You can obtain an item as long as you have 100G.

8-Weapon

Weapons that you get in the game will appear in the left window. Use Z Button to attack. You can shot up to 3 times with 1 weapon. The weapon must be picked up through a red stand and you must have 100G

9-High Tech.

Tricks can be performed on the normal course. It's easier to flip up/down instead of left/right. Press Start, hold A Button, go over the bump and release A

Sayings

Some sayings are heard in the Snowboard Kids Instruction booklet and in the battle mode.

Nancy Neil

• Finishing first-Yeah
• Crashing-Owe, Pete
• Story behind Linda-Stop it, Linda, it's too much
• Being Attacked- Whenever you are being attacked, there will an expunction point over your head. When this occurs you can either jump over the attack or turn invisible to dodge the attack. But you can’t jump over the flying pans, but you can trip over rocks.
• Attacking someone-Dummy...
• Doing 150G+ Tricks-Whee!

Slash Kamei

• Finishing first-Yeah
• Demo-Cool! After this jump I'll finish in 1st! I guess nobody can beat me
• Story-Nah, dummy, I'm the fastest
• Competition-What are you doin'?

Linda Maltinie

• Finishing first-Next time
• Competition-A competition will prove I'm right. My rich dad will buy what I need because he kn ows that I'll win; I'm setting up the competition and it'll be big
• Naming the competition-Start the competition! Let's name it the Maltinie Cup after me, Linda Maltinie
• Ready for the compeition-OK, everything's ready
• Crashing-Ouch, yikes
• Attacking someone-Oh yeah