An extract from the Snowboard Riot review by WiiWare World:
"Hudson is one of the more talented developers on WiiWare. All of their WiiWare games to date have done much to impress and show other devs how it's done. In Snowboard Riot they have turned their hand to creating a racing game with the added bonus that you can use items to get your revenge on fellow boarders. The question is of course, does it live up to the high standards already set by Hudson? Read on to find out.
Upon start up, you will find four save spots, each with a corresponding friend code spot. This is a nice feature if you're not the only gamer in the house. While the game options are fairly limited, they work well. There's a Nintendo WFC option for online play and a Stand Alone mode for offline play. You will also find a twenty nine page tutorial, three difficulty options and the ability to view past play results. There are four racers to choose from, two male and two female, with the ability to select basic gear for each, like caps, goggles and outfit. There are four courses to race on and each race lasts three laps."
MyWii writes: "Snowboard Riot is a typical snowboard racing game, but with the addition of guns and blasters. Orbs scattered across the racetrack give you cool defensive/offensive items to use on other racers, including bombs, missiles, shields, and turbo boosters. Four customisable characters are available with different attributes."
As with its boxed counterparts, there's a variety of control schemes and balance board support too, all of which work fine and none are insultingly simple. In fact, there's nothing particularly wrong with this WiiWare offering, but it's just so limp compared to those 'big' titles. Sure it costs a whole lot less, but this is a false economy. You'll have to take that up with the G20.
Snowboard Riot isn't fun and it's a complete waste of ten dollars. With games such as Mega Man 9, Maboshi's Arcade, and the Art Style being available for the same or lower price, it isn't difficult to see that the game is way too expensive. Hopefully Hudson will continue making higher-quality games on WiiWare and not experiment with anything like this again unless they absolutely know what they are doing.
