SBK: Snowboard Kids

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

SBK: Snowboard Kids

Developer(s)	Atlus Co.
Publisher(s)	Atlus Co.
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Release date	November 22, 2005 (NA) November 24, 2005 (JP) April 28, 2006 (EU)
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone (E) PEGI: 3+ OFLC (AU): G

SBK: Snowboard Kids, released in Japan as Snowboard Kids Party (スノボキッズパーティー, sunobo kizzu pātī^?), is a snowboarding video game for the Nintendo DS released on November 22, 2005 in North America. It is the fourth in the Snowboard Kids series following three previous games released on the Nintendo 64 and the PlayStation. Up to four people can play wirelessly with one game card. Though the name is the same as the other games, the characters are teenagers in this installment.

Very notable is that Linda Maltinie, the character responsible for starting the competitions in the previous Snowboard Kids games, is absent and appears to have been replaced by Brad, who is related to her. Shinobin and all the playable characters who have debuted Snowboard Kids Plus and Snowboard Kids 2 are also absent.

The characters' super deformed, large-nosed style has been discontinued, and in this game the characters take on an appearance that is much more standard anime-esque. Some of the characters have undergone drastic personality changes, the two most noticeable being Nancy and Tommy. They were both mild-mannered, nice to everyone and kind but now, have become mean-spirited and even borderline antagonistic.