demi said:
Are there unlockables?
Like finish so and so race, get this...thing.
Yes, although most of them are things you'd like to be unlocked from the get go. 3 extra characters, 6 upgraded boards, an alternate costume for each character, two alternate board decal sets, 2 upgraded magic shots, some cheats, and you also have to purchase 4 of the game's 7 levels before they're available outside the world tour mode. All items are purchased from a shop using the points you earn from performing tricks while playing. In general, everything is 50,000 or 100,000 points. You get about that much from finishing any of the 3 world tour tournaments, or by playing through a single course slalom twice.
Sounds like an "average" assortment of unlockable, but really it's not--I unlocked everything but the final cheat code set (999,999 pts) in about 4 hours.
By no means is Snowboard Kids DS bad, but between a few annoying design choices, the lack of glitz, and relative dearth of content, it just doesn't pop the way you'd hope it would. Like I said before, it comes off as Mario Kart on downhill courses. Unfortunately for SBK, Mario Kart DS is better designed, more fleshed out, and more fun to watch. Every time I play SBK, I quickly develop the urge to play Mario Kart DS.
