''Shaun White Snowboarding'' is a snowboarding video game developed by

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and published by

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for Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Wii,

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, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows and

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Gameplay

There are six mountains in ''Shaun White Snowboarding'', including Alaska,

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, Europe, and Japan. Each mountain features up to three different sections:

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, back country, and park (or resort). There is also a "

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Limited Edition" of the game that is exclusive to Target; this version gives the player access to ''Target Mountain'', a mountain with Target branding all over it. It has been described in-game as extremely difficult to find, and contains additional

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s, character models, and a sponsored version of the standard game's best snowboard which can be unlocked before the player's final challenge against Shaun White. The last mountain, called ''B.C.'', is only available in the "Mile-High Pack" paid downloadable content. It is set in

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. As players progress through the game, they will earn abilities that will help them. Some of the abilities consist of gaining high speeds or the ability to break through obstacles to progress further.

Reception

The Wii version of the game received more positive reception than any of the other versions.

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gave the Wii version 7/10, praising it as "the best looking version", singling out the presentation, soundtrack, implementation of the

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controls and

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, while criticizing the

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controls, half-pipe sections,

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, and short duration of the single-player mode. Daemon Hatfield of ''IGN'' said that "A kid-friendly, motion-controlled version of Shaun White Snowboarding could have been a disaster, but this turns out to be a truly slick edition of the franchise." The Wii version of ''Shaun White Snowboarding'' was the 20th best-selling game of December 2008 in the United States, and it was the best selling version. Over 3 million copies of the game had been sold as of May 2009. The Wii version was a nominee for several Wii-specific awards from IGN in its 2008 video game awards, including Best New IP, Best Sports Game, Best Graphics Technology, Best Use of the Balance Board, and Game of the Year. The

version was nominated for "Worst Game Everyone Played" by ''

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'' in their 2008 video game awards, and was awarded the title of "Most Dubious Use of In-Game Advertising" for excluding 20% of its content from editions not sold from the Target Stores editions.

Sequel and spin-off

In the many months that followed ''Snowboardings release, Ubisoft Montreal developed a sequel, '' Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage'' and a spin-off, ''

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''. The former was released exclusively for the Wii and supported the Wii Balance Board and Wii Motion Plus. An

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game titled ''Shaun White Snowboarding: Origins'' was released in December 2009.

References

External links

*{{moby game, /shaun-white-snowboarding 2008 video games

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