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This week's VC release: Decisions, decisions

7:59 AM on 01.28.2008, Chad Concelmo 34 comments

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I was going to come up with a funny excuse to why Nick Chester could not do the Virtual Console release post this week (building a dolphin orphanage made the top of the short list), but there is no time to regale you with fictional tales when there is angry painting vengeance to unleash on the poor mortals of Nintendo of America.

After three weeks in a row of giving us only two games a week (as opposed to the usual, comforting three), Nintendo decides to pull yet another fast one and release only one Virtual Console game in America this morning. Luckily the game is totally rad, so all is good … for now.

Shredding onto the download service live at 9:00 a.m. PST is classic Nintendo 64 game 1080° Snowboarding (N64, 1-2 players, 1,000 Wii Points). I love this game very much, but, for the record, am not the biggest fan of (non-virtual) snowboarders. I am a skier and, yes, I am slow. But please, for the love of all that is holy, stop yelling at me every year on the slopes. I am trying to get the [insert expletive] out of your way. Jeez!

What do you think of this week’s lone offering? Worth the download? (Shameless plug: Check next week’s RetroforceGO! for my full review of the game.)

Hit the jump for the most exciting press release you will ever read.

Traverse the half-pipe from the comfort of your living room. With this classic
game, it's Winter Break all the time. Freestyle through white powder, and
school your best pal with your new trick! Did you get air?

This new classic game goes live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new
games to the Wii Shop Channel every Monday. Wii™ owners with a high-speed
Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points
can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week's new
game is:

1080°® SNOWBOARDING (N64®, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 1,000 Wii
Points): Hit the slopes for some serious shredding in one of the first truly
realistic snowboarding games ever created! Start in the lodge and select from
five characters, each with his/her own particular attributes and special
tricks. Then take a look at the wide assortment of available boards and choose
one that best suits your rider and style. Once you've got the gear, six
different modes of play, including Match Race, Trick Attack, and 2-Player
Versus, await. Pick a course and get ready to experience a sensation of speed
that'll make you forget all about the cold—but it might just send a shiver
down your spine. Throw in hidden characters and boards, varying weather and
snow conditions, multiple paths through each course, and a variety of tricks
to master—topped off with rock-solid play control—and you've got a recipe
for winter fun that you can enjoy any time of the year. It's all the fun and
excitement of the sport, without the bruises and frostbite!

The list of downloadable games is updated weekly on Nintendo's Online Press
Room at press.nintendo.com.


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Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 01/28/2008 08:09
ANGER!

My 360 is in the shop, so I can't get REZ or Undertow, and now this? I besmirk you Nintendo, I besmirk you in the face, with my giant cock.
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VWGTI at 01/28/2008 08:11
As a snowboarder, I hate skiers. "Get the [bleep] out of my way!"

I remember 1080 being awesome back in the day, but I don't think it held up all that well.
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Mxyzptlk at 01/28/2008 08:11
The SSX series has ruined snowboarding games for me. I can't go back and play titles like this that skew more towards realism. Give me insane ubertricks and Run DMC screaming about how it's Tricky.
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BlindsideDork at 01/28/2008 08:16
I will take what is behind door number B!
BluDesign's Avatar
BluDesign at 01/28/2008 08:17
My money goes to REZ HD this week guys.

Nintendo, really. I mean, come the fuck on. One game? You guys have a library of several thousand titles to choose from and you pull a first party game out of your ass?

:|
EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar
EternalDeathSlayer at 01/28/2008 08:24
Rez HD is this week? Thank God I held on to some points!

1080 was great, but not worth 10 bucks at this point.
Butmac's Avatar
Butmac at 01/28/2008 08:26
lolol. I can't get over the ridiculous price point Nintendo is trying to push these games at.
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EternalDeathSlayer at 01/28/2008 08:39
Yeah, 10 dollars is way too much for shit like this, especially when it's essentially unchanged or added to in any way.

Rez HD will probably be 10 bucks, but then again it's hard to find and it's in HD. That's worth 10 bucks.
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Necros at 01/28/2008 08:58
Well, at least it's a good game. I would buy this, since I never owned the original, but I don't even have money to spend on Rez this week.
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dethrock at 01/28/2008 09:06
I used to love that game as a kid. I sucked at it, but I liked it. $10 though? Don't think it's worth it.
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BlackSheep at 01/28/2008 09:15
panda boarding FTW
Einhander's Avatar
Einhander at 01/28/2008 09:30
The N64 games, as a whole, are overpriced. This is a perfect example of a mediocre game that didn't hold up to time very well.

FAIL.
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galagabug at 01/28/2008 09:33
damn dolphin huggers always snowplowing down the expert trails.

1080 was awsome, panda flips FTW!
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GoldBond at 01/28/2008 09:51
This may be worth it for the half pipe alone. That shit was addicting.
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njsykora at 01/28/2008 09:51
1080 is still worth it, it really stands up as its not too different from 1080 Avalaunch on the Gamecube which was only a few years back. I still own my N64 copy though so no big worry for me.

At least you got 1080 as your solo game, we PAL people got our 3rd Street Fighter 2.
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Chad Concelmo at 01/28/2008 09:58
They are called ski resorts for a reason, people! Take your fancy winter gear and big city attitudes elsewhere! :) :)

Also, I agree with most of you: while still a ton of fun, 1080 hasn't aged that well. Where is the better Snowboard Kids, Nintendo?! :)
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 01/28/2008 10:02
As neither a snowboarder nor a skier, I hate both you bastards. :)

I remember this game being pretty rad.
EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar
EternalDeathSlayer at 01/28/2008 10:08
Snowboard Kids!

Talk about a game that never quite did hold up. Evar.

But I liked it when it was the only thing BlockBuster had in stock back in the day.
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DanGale at 01/28/2008 10:16
Well I'd say that $10, or £10 in realy money, is pretty much worth it for 1080. I mean, sure, you can probably get it for half that on eBay, but considering you no longer have to put up with the awful analogue stick, isn't it worth it? Although to be fair the trade off is now you have to put up with an awful 'L' button, in lieu of a 'Z' button.

Still, for the convenience of having it on your Wii, ready to play at a moment's notice, I don't think $(£)10 is too much to ask.
DanGale's Avatar
DanGale at 01/28/2008 10:19
realy=real*

I guess the joke pretty much fails now.
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dadudebob at 01/28/2008 10:40
your getting a good deal, $10 for a $60 game, with inflation it would be $73 now, its only game 197, hopefully they pick up the game pace soon. im probably not getting this
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thomasa at 01/28/2008 11:00
But DID you get air?
ScottyG's Avatar
ScottyG at 01/28/2008 11:15
Don't you live in LA Chad? Where do you go skiing?

Also, pheh to the reliance on hills! Cross country all the way, even though the chances of it getting you some action are slim to none.
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Chad Concelmo at 01/28/2008 11:41
@ScottyG,
Another reason I love L.A.: You can go skiing and surfing in THE SAME DAY! Seriously, Big Bear and Mountain High ski resorts are only about 2 1/2 hours away. Crazy California and its crazy climate. :)
AaronLindes Neighbor's Avatar
AaronLindes Neighbor at 01/28/2008 12:22
Quit standing in front of my hit skier.
Knives's Avatar
Knives at 01/28/2008 13:33
So Topher is getting the good games now?

@Chad
California rules =P.
Chad Concelmo's Avatar
Chad Concelmo at 01/28/2008 14:05
@Knives,
Ha ha. Bizarro world! :)
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Slick Icarus at 01/28/2008 16:02
I'll save my 10 dollars for when (more like if) Chrono Trigger or Earthbound come out.
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 01/28/2008 19:18
I fucking love 1080. The trick system is a pain in the ass these days, but jumping off the giant cliff on one of the later tracks and actually landing it is incredibly satisfying.
ScottyG's Avatar
ScottyG at 01/28/2008 21:25
Oh, nice Chad, and you're totally right about the varied climate in California.

I went there for a week in October for E 4 All and in one day I went from the edge of the desert known as Beaumont, up the mountains in Idyllwild where I actually needed a jacket, down into the badlands and desert then up into Palm Springs. Absolutely nuts.
Fading Star's Avatar
Fading Star at 01/29/2008 01:20
1080° Snowboarding...SWEET!
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