''Trick'N Snowboarder'', known in Japan as , is a

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published by

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in 1999. It is the follow-up to

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's previous snowboarding game, '' Steep Slope Sliders''. Unlike its predecessor, which was released into arcades, ''Trick'N Snowboarder'' is a console exclusive title.

Scenario Mode

Scenario mode takes the player through ten stages with specific goals for completion of each stage, similar to that of other extreme sports games like

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. These goals primarily revolve around the goal of capturing the best tricks and stunts for a series of videos that the player is involved in shooting, though there are three instances where an opponent challenges the player to either a score-based or time-based challenge.

Gameplay

The game sticks to the standard recipe for snowboarding titles: wild downhill courses with jump-off points and occasional obstacles; different modes such as alpine, half-pipe, and single-jump competitions; and marginal extras like replay saves and player/title logo-edit functions. It includes the ''

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, and a Zombie Cop as playable snowboarders.

Reception

''Trick'N Snowboarder'' received "mixed" reviews according to video game

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. In Japan, ''

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'' gave it a score of 29 out of 40.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trick'n Snowboarder 1999 video games Capcom games PlayStation (console) games PlayStation (console)-only games Snowboarding video games Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Akari Kaida Virgin Interactive games