Customer Reviews
great family game, good for those of us not hitting the slopes this year - By: Sarah Walker, 04 Jan 2009 
we've had this game for three days, & i cant walk down stairs properly, just like that third day on the slopes when you think you're fit enough & your overcooked the last run home...!
i bought it for the kids after we had an awesome boxing day with 8 adults & 4 kids all taking turns on the board.
we've got all sorts of games for the wii but this is the best yet as it appeals to both young & old. the game play is great & even as a commited skiier & no longer a boarder (knees hurt too much) its great fun.
well worth the money, we got it for £17.95 which is the best price we have seen it for, but id pay £25 easy to get it quick.
cant recommend it highly enough :-)
holy white! - By: P. Shannon, 27 Dec 2008 
i bought this for myself as a christmas present to go with the wii fit i was getting & couldn't wait to play it.
upon opening the balance board the wii fit game flew to the other side of the room far far away from the t.v & wii. 'nuff of this yoga rubbish i thought, i want to go snowboarding.
in my teenage years i used to skateboard & still have a soft spot for it, ah the memories of childhood. snowboarding is very similar so i was well excited.
so, christmas day,in went shaun white's snowboarding & it felt awesome, i felt young again, nearly. sure its not going to be as good as going snowboarding but it is fun, & that why you'll buy this game. it is fun!
still haven't touched that wii fit game, although i'v been balancing out my time with this & guitar hero world tour!!!
oh yeh, im raging that its £18, i paid £35.
Snowboarding hype ... - By: A. Urquhart, 26 Dec 2008 
I found this game somewhat disappointing, but to be fair I'm only really interestedin the simulation, which is not as good as the Wii Fit game.
I also think it is important for customers to rate Wii games because the overall standard is quite poor, & the Nintendo Quality Mark should raise their game.
I'm now looking forward to a Hawaii surfing game & I hope my feedback will serve as a warning to game developers - disappoint us & you're going to loose a lot of business, because I'm going to sell Shaun's Snowboarding game so someone else won't have to pay the full price.
Readers should also be aware that some developers rate their own games - so everyone should leave feedback about these products ... otherwise there will be even more Chinese rubbish out there - such as that tennis game!
Brilliant fun ! - By: T. Attwater, 27 Nov 2008 This game is fabulous fun & far better than I'd expected. Yes it does slot in-between SSX Tricky & an arcade style, but that's a strength not a weakness. I was impressed by the board's variable sensitivity levels after the 'lumpy' feel of the Wii Fit Snowboarding mini-game. This is much better & can be changed between every run if you choose to. There isn't any upperbody control with the wii-mote (the video adverts were rather misleading there) but it's still a lot of work as you move about. The gameplay is immersive enough that you'll actually jump up off board at some point. The game doesn't like this & pauses briefly to give you a row for being naughty for jumping on the balance board. No game play lost though.
The 40 music tracks are good & being able to select the one you want to hear is a bonus. I can't wait to try the 4 player mode for parties !
Best Balance Board Compatible Game To Date! - By: Neil Keogh, 25 Nov 2008 Ever since Nintendo unveiled it's Balance Board peripheral which would ship Wii Fit starting with Japanin December 2007, there has been much talk about the big N'S new innovative controller & the opportunities it would present developers to create some seriously impressive titles utilizing it if put to good use.
So far to date we've seen some pretty good early indications that the Balance Board certainly holds potential with games such as the fairly decent We Ski, Jillian Micheal's Fitness Ultimatum & then there have been other games which use the board for party games such as Raving Rabbids TV Party.
To be fair though, I have been waiting for a title which has developed from the ground up using the balance board as a primary controller as opposed to the secondary controller which a few developers have done, which kind of leaves you feeling like they worked on the Balance Board controls during the last phase of the game.
Thankfully then I can proudly testify that Shaun White Snowboarding Road Trip falls firmly into the former category & has a reallyin dept Balance Board control scheme which feels very well thought out & extremely well implemented. Honestly the Balance Board controls gives you such a feeling of accomplishment after learning a new trick by using the correct technique (e.g: the correct direction to learnin conjunction with the control buttons to press to perform a "Monkey Twist" ect)
The games overall layout feels very slick & really well thought out. The basic premise of the game is that you are a newbie Snow Boarder joining a group of travelers on a snow boarding road trip (as the title suggests)
You start off playing with the first available character (who I believe was "Jasmine" although I can't really remember now as I'm 30% through the game!)in the first of four resorts gradually working your way through each one as you pass all of the various events availablein each resort.
At first there is only one boarder available to you, but as you progress you'll unlock new ones who each have their own stats & special skill. It is herein which the key lies to successfully completing the game, as you play more & more through the game you will learn which boarder is best suited to which event.
Naturally some skill is involvedin playing the game with the balance board, but thankfully the developers having designed the control so well that it all feels so natural. Lay the board sideways just like the real thing & then lean forward to speed up, back to slow down, side to side makes you turn left or right & coming up from a crouch makes you jump, whilst pressing the buttonsin conjunction with leaningin various direction during air time perform fancy tricks & flips. Nothing could be simpler.
I've always been a massive fan of snowboarding & Ubisoft appear to have created a gem of a game with Shaun Whites Snowboarding, which given how perfectly the Balance Board controls works... guarantees it will stayin my collection as long as I still have my Wii (or at least until a sequel comes out! Lol)
The only thing I can fault this game on is the fact that you are force to play the game using Regular Foot (meaning standing on the board left foot forward) without the option to switch to Goofy Foot (right foot foward) which is the way I feel most comfortable with.
Still this is only a minor gripe as does not really take anything away from a pretty perfect game.
I would say this is the perfect Xmas game for any one with a Balance Board & into snowboarding games.
