Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip (Wii)

The Balance Board which comes as standard with Nintendo's 'Wii Fit' has potential uses in many computer games, and perhaps the most obvious (due to the fact that you can stand on it) is in the skateboard / snowboard genre. Costing £17.99 from play.com, 'Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip' takes full advantage of the board - but does this make the computer game an essential purchase, or is the experience based on a gimmick? There have been other titles which have utilised the same control method; 'Family Ski' which I previously reviewed, used the Balance Board to represent the Skiing experience, but failed as a game due to it's jagged graphics and ...  Read the complete review

I was excited to hear that a Snowboard game was coming out for the Wii as i have just taken up the activity, and felt that i needed a bit more confidence to help me fly down the slopes. I already had the Wii fit board so i thought this would bring a new experience to the sometimes dull gameplaying world of previous snowboarding games. I am happy to say that it does. The instruction book gives you detailed analysis of every move possible, and how to achieve it (leaning on tip toes, or your heels while pressing A or B) which comes in very useful for the game straight away. There's not a lot of free play, so i went straight in for the "career" mode ...  Read the complete review

Shaun White Snowboarding Road Trip is one of the few games that I bought for the Nintendo Wii lately. I will explain why later on. It is rated 3+, supports both the normal Wii Remote controller and also the Wii Fit Board. It is for 1-4 players and available for under £18 at the time of this review. Now, the first reason I bought this is price. I normally only buy PS3 games lately, as the Wii games seem to only get played when new and then sit on the shelf. Thus I have set a £20 maximum on Wii games. The main reason this was purchased is because you can get up out of your chair and control your character with the Wii Fit Board. It is almost as good ...  Read the complete review

I have always been a fan of snowboarding games; there's something about carving your way through a down-hill course that appeals to me a lot more than a driving game. Up until now, these games have been operated purely through the keyboard on a PC, but the latest developments in technology have seen Shaun White's snowboarding come to the market. This snowboarding game uses the Wii Balance Board to simulate the snowboard. You position the snowboard length ways, and turn by leaning left and right on the board. Leaning forward speeds you up, whereas leaning back will slow you down. To jump, you bend your knees and straighten your legs at the right point. The ...  Read the complete review

I got this game as it was compatiable with the wii board and wanted to get more use out of the board than just the wii fit. This Shaun White: Snowboarding: Road Trip game is a game where you go travel around different locations and snowboard. You get set certain missions for each destination and when you pass you move onto a different location. There are a number of missions per location and each stage has a number of missions to complete. The missions vary depending on the stage and of course get harder as the game goes on. Missions include: scoring a certain amount of points doing tricks, winning the race, time trials and collecting items. Once you ...  Read the complete review