Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip (works with Wii Balance Board)

"Developed in Close Collaboration with Shaun White, Olympics Gold Medalist and Eight Time X Games Gold Medalist, Shaun White Snowboarding is the Next-Gen Game That Redefines the Action Sports Genre."|Developed in Close Collaboration with Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White -- the Most Successful Snowboarder in the History of the Sport -- Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip Redefines the Action-Sports Genre.|Developed in Close Collaboration with Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White -- the Most Successful Snowboarder in the History of the Sport -- Shaun White Snowboarding is Redefines the Action-Sports Genre.

Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip takes the action-sports genre to a whole new level. For the first-time ever, feel the rocky weight of the mountain push up against your toes in your very own living room, with the revolutionary Wii Balance Board. Whether you're coasting down bunny slopes or carving through black diamonds, don't expect to survive this wild ride alone you will need the support of an entourage and friends to make it down this mountain.

"...throws out [We Ski]'s kiddy aesthetic for a cool anime look with a great licensed soundtrack.  1UP
"The perfect example of how to do games right on the Wii...[Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip is] a great looking, stylish game.  GameShark
"Not only is this one of the best-looking Wii games available, both remote and balance board controls feel really nice.  IGN
"Everything from the cartoony, charismatic art style to the well put-together motion control system just fits the console perfectly.  Official Nintendo Magazine
"Whether you use the Balance Board or the normal controls, Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip is a blast to play.  PALGN

Features

	More Than Just Snowboarding: Have fun with your friends on and off the board: Throw snowballs, hike to access secret spots, push trees to create paths, film your friends doing crazy tricks. You can also upload your videos online to share with your friends!
	Next-Gen Technology: Built on the Assassin's Creed engine, this game creates a massive world with gorgeous visuals and realistic NPC interaction. This is also the first time a snowboarding game is completely driven by physics instead of animation.
	Open World Mountains: Choose how you ride in four open-world mountains across the world: Conquer the extreme peak conditions, create your own paths in the back country, or compete with fellow riders in the terrain parks.
	Ride with Shaun: Ubisoft has worked closely with Shaun White to infuse the gaming experience with authenticity, personality, and humor. Shaun will be your friend and mentor, help you improve your skills, and be always around for a laugh.
	Ride Your Way: Express yourself through tricks, riding styles, and highly customizable avatars -- both in single-player and in the online world.
	Seamless Multiplayer Experience: Play in a world where your friends are always around. Transition seamlessly between single-player and multiplayer. Do your own runs on mountains populated by real gamers, or join your friends for a quick session from any mountain.

Features

	Product Type	Software
	Manufacturer Part Number	17430
	Manufacturer	Ubisoft Entertainment
	Product Name	Shaun White Snowboarding
	Brand Name	Ubisoft
	Platform Supported	Wii
	Features	Hit the Slopes with the Wii Balance Board: Get yourself into the game like never before by using the Balance Board to control your rider. Control your jumps and tricks with the intuitiveness and fun of having a snowboard in your own living room. Exclusive World Tour: Everybody loves a road trip. You and your crew travel the world to participate in a variety of the fun and exciting events to become a world-renowned athlete. Hit the half-pipe competitions, race down the mountains, or just do some freeriding there's plenty of boarding action to satisfy all your needs. Round the Globe with Shaun White: Ubisoft worked in close contact with Shaun White in order to infuse the experience with the most authentic elements of his riding style, personality and sense of humor. Shaun will act as a good-natured friend and mentor to the player, hooking him up with the right friends to conquer challenges together, introduce him to new locales, or simply be around to share in a laugh. Play Together: Engage in a seamlessly integrated multiplayer experience for two to four players in both cooperative and competitive gameplay. Get Your Own Crew: In the world of snowboarding, it pays to have friends on your side. Your crew of friends will always be there to help you by offering you unique abilities to improve both your riding and keeping you grounded with friendly pranks; filming all the antics along the way. Dare to Be the Best: Undertaking Dares from your friends will lead you to snowboard in a variety of events such as Slopestyles, Big Airs, Half Pipes, Rail Jams, Slaloms, Bordercross and Downhill events. You can even chill in the backcountry with your friends and enjoy riding at your own pace.
	Software Name	Shaun White Snowboarding
	Software Sub Type	Action/Adventure Game
	Software Main Type	Game
	ESRB Rating	E10+ (Everyone 10 and older)

Tech Specs

	Product Type	Software
	Manufacturer Part Number	17430
	Manufacturer Website Address	www.ubi.com
	Manufacturer	Ubisoft Entertainment
	Product Name	Shaun White Snowboarding
	Brand Name	Ubisoft
	Additional Information	Players: Up to 4 Rating Descriptor: Comic Mischief Lyrics
	Platform Support	Wii
	Features	Hit the Slopes with the Wii Balance Board: Get yourself into the game like never before by using the Balance Board to control your rider. Control your jumps and tricks with the intuitiveness and fun of having a snowboard in your own living room. Exclusive World Tour: Everybody loves a road trip. You and your crew travel the world to participate in a variety of the fun and exciting events to become a world-renowned athlete. Hit the half-pipe competitions, race down the mountains, or just do some freeriding there's plenty of boarding action to satisfy all your needs. Round the Globe with Shaun White: Ubisoft worked in close contact with Shaun White in order to infuse the experience with the most authentic elements of his riding style, personality and sense of humor. Shaun will act as a good-natured friend and mentor to the player, hooking him up with the right friends to conquer challenges together, introduce him to new locales, or simply be around to share in a laugh. Play Together: Engage in a seamlessly integrated multiplayer experience for two to four players in both cooperative and competitive gameplay. Get Your Own Crew: In the world of snowboarding, it pays to have friends on your side. Your crew of friends will always be there to help you by offering you unique abilities to improve both your riding and keeping you grounded with friendly pranks; filming all the antics along the way. Dare to Be the Best: Undertaking Dares from your friends will lead you to snowboard in a variety of events such as Slopestyles, Big Airs, Half Pipes, Rail Jams, Slaloms, Bordercross and Downhill events. You can even chill in the backcountry with your friends and enjoy riding at your own pace.
	Software Name	Shaun White Snowboarding
	Software Sub Type	Action/Adventure Game
	Software Main Type	Game
	ESRB Rating	E10+ (Everyone 10 and older)

Entertainment Reviews

Shaun White Snowboarding Road Trip for the Nintendo Wii Review

By: Tall Writer Blogcritics.org Reviews

Published on: 12/9/2008 2:00 PM

Ride the rail, jump the ramps, and enjoy the adventure in Shaun White Snowboarding Road Trip. Take a road trip, join a nice variety of snowboarding competitions, and eventually meet Olympic gold medalist and eight-time X Games gold medalist, Shaun White. This exciting title features natural controls using the remote and the Wii balance board where you get a more authentic, full-motion experience. Master the controls to carve, tuck, brake, grind and trick your way to success....read the full review

Professional Reviews

GameSpy 9 of 10
Just look at Shaun White, with his wiry frame and long red hair. Couldn't he be a Mii character? With those looks, the aerial acrobatics he performs and his life-is-just-a-crazy-journey persona, White seems larger than life, possibly even cartoonish. Maybe that's why the Wii version of the new Shaun White Snowboarding franchise, Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip, is such a grand success. Not only have the folks at Ubisoft shown that the Balance Board will have a place in the world of snowboarding for the foreseeable future, but also that the game is still more than worthwhile without it...While the Wii isn't the most powerful console, Road Trip's visuals on are among the strongest on the system. The colors are bright and vibrant, while the overall speed of your runs is exciting. After crashing, snow covers your whole body and gradually falls off, a great-looking touch. The look and layout of the menus and screen are hard to find fault with either. Scoring and time are easy to monitor even when bombing down a mountain, and when tricks are thrown a cartoonish picture of that trick will pop up on the top of the screen, like a trucker hat when you pull off a "Truck Driver"...Whenever there's a new product on the market, there's always the worry that it was rushed. The Balance Board experience of Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip is not only free of any detectable bugs or major flaws, but the look, feel and action of the game would have been just fine with only the Wiimote. We're not saying you shouldn't give this game a try with the Balance Board if the opportunity exists, because anything that causes you to almost fall when you aren't moving is definitely doing its job. However, for those of you who haven't gotten into the Balance Board yet but still want a taste of the carefree life of the world's preeminent pro snowboarder, Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip won't disappoint. - Steve Berman

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