Snowboard Kids
= Snowboard Kids
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| developer = Racdym
| publisher = Atlus Co.
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| released = March 15, 1998 (US)
March 16, 1998 (EU)
December 12, 1997 (JP)
| genre = Racing
| modes = 1-4 Players
| ratings = ESRB: Everyone (E)
| platforms = Nintendo 64
| media = Cartridge
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Snowboard Kids, also called Snobo 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 slow on the course but has a very good set of tricks. People who would use tricks for money should pick Nancy. If you pick her, she would use a level-3 all-around. Nancy wears pink clothing with rabbit style ears, hearts painted on her face, and a purple bow on her back.
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.
Jam K.
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.
| 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.
| Level | Cost (G) |
| l | 80000 |
| 2 | 1000000 |
| 3 | 1000 |
Shinobin
- 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.
- Level 3 is the fastest Shinobin board. It is some sort of ninja sword.
| Level | Cost (G) |
| l | Beat Shinobin |
| 2 | Beat Shinobin |
| 3 | Beat Shinobin |
Weapons (character who loves the weapon)
On each course, there are various red Shops on the course. If the player hits one, they buy a random weapon for 100 G.
Bomb (Slash)
The bomb is a very accurate weapon which causes a small explosion when hitting another player or object. Because of the blast size, this weapon can be useful for targeting players grouped close together, although the user should be careful and only use it when the target is not close.
Slap Stick(Nancy)
This weapon is extremely accurate and can travel around corners. It travels quite slowly and disappears on contact. When a player is hit with this, they stumble forwards.
Freeze Shot(Jam)
The Freeze Shot temporarily stops and freezes the targeted player in a block of ice for around 3 seconds. The user should be careful not to be behind the target, because players who hit the block of ice fall over. When iced, move around or press the A Button repeatability
Snowman (Tommy)
This weapon is extremely fast, but has low accuracy. When a player is hit, they temporarily turn into a snowman and are unable to turn. This weapon is most effective when used just before a large gap which the target can fall down.
Parachute (Linda)
One of the most effective weapons in the game is the parachute. When a player is struck, they fly into the air and descend slowly, attached to a parachute until they reach the ground again. When used just before a large jump, the victim can take much longer to reach the ground.
Items (character who loves the items)
Items are bought from blue Shops scattered throughout the courses.
Rock (Jam)
Anyone who hits a rocks falls over. When you're in the first and placing a rock near the lift, the person in 2nd will trip over the rock and may lose 2nd to another character.
Pans (Linda)
This item causes a pan to squash everyone else on the course, stopping them in their tracks for a few seconds. The pan does not work on players who are invisible or players who are in the chairlift. When smashed, move around and press the A Button rapidily to recover
Invisible Item (Slash)
This item makes the user invisible, thus invincible to all dangers except rocks, tripping over penguins at Sunset Rock or crashing into the wall.
Rat Face
This is a very rare item. When used, the user steals everyone else's money. The Rat Face is better known as a mouse. Note that if they don't have much you don't get much.
Ghost (Nancy)
This item is used to slow down the person in front, even if they are invisible. A player can receive more than one ghost, which cause them to slow down ever more. If the user is in first place, it slows down the person directly behind them. If the person in first is already at the goal, it slows down the person in 2nd. If you're in 2nd, the person in 3rd will slow down.
Speed Fan (Tommy)
This item causes a little fan to appear on the back of the user's snowboard roughly doubling the user's speed for around 7 seconds. It is best used on straighter parts of a course. Be careful not to hit walls while using the Speed Fan.
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.
See Also
Sayings
These are heard in the Snowboard Kids Instruction book. A couple of sayings on this list are heard in the battle mode
SLASH KAMEI:
- Crashing-Wha?
- Competiton-What are you doin'?
- Finishing 1st-Yeah
- Story-Nah, dummy, I'm the fastest
- Demo-Cool! After this jump I'll finish in 1st! I guess nobody can beat me
NANCY NEIL:
- Crashing-Pete, owe
- Finishing 1st-Yeah
- Competition-Stop it, Linda, it's too much
- Attacking someone-Dummy...
- 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.
LINDA MALTINIE:
- Crashing-Ouch, yikes
- Finishing 1st-Next time
- Competiton-A compeition will prove I'm right. My rich dad will buy what I need because he knows that I'll win.
- Compeition-I'm setting up the compeition and it'll be big
- Naming the compeition-Start the compeition! Let's name it the Maltinie Cup after me, Linda Maltinie
- Attacking someone-Oh yeah
- Story-Nancy may be good at her tricks, but I'm definitely the fastest
- Ready for the competition-OK, everything's ready
JAM K.:
- Linda's dad buying a cell phone for Linda-I can't belive that her dad brought her a cell phone.
- Finishing 1st-Thank you
- Attacking someone-Got you
- Story-Nancy isn't the master trickester. I am
TOMMY PARSY:
- Story behind Linda-Linda is competely wrong, like always
Training Mode
For people who don't know how to play this game, they must go through the training process
1-Conering
Use Bottom Left and Bottom Right for sharp turns such as the trees around the corner at Big Snowman.
2-Jumping
By pressing A Button you can jump. While the A Button is pressed you cannot turn. Taping A Button while the player hop and by holding it down, they can jump over rocks and higher off of ramps. You can jump over attacks if your timing is good.
3-Tricks part 1 (100G tricks)
To do a trick, hold A Button down, choose a side and let A go.
4-Tricks part 2 (Board Grabs)
Doing a board grab may be hard. To do one, use one of the C Buttons while in the air. Let go of the C Button when landing or you will fall.
5-Tricks part 3 (Character Specific Tricks)
Beside Board Grabs and 100G tricks, Slash, Nancy, Linda, Jam and Tommy have a special move. Doing a special trick is the same as a normal trick, but must be done in a ceratin pattern.
- NANCY, LINDA, JAM, SLASH: Hold A Down-left-right-hold-release A
- TOMMY: Hold A Down-left-right-left-hold-release A
6-Boarding The Lift
Getting on the lift is the easiet way to get through another lap. If you stand in front of the lift, you can get on. Just follow the sign to get on the lift.
7-Items
There are items you can use in the game. Items will be in the right window. Use B Button to activate. Items must be collected through a blue stand. You can obtain an item as long as you have 100G.
8-Weapon
Weapons that you can get 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 by going through a red stand as long as you have 100G. Slash will use the weapon and Nancy, Linda, and Jam may be attacked with Nancy's favorite weapon.
9-High Tech.
When you find a bump, you can do tricks. It's easier to fliped up/down instead of left/right. Press Start, Hold A, go over the bump and release A.