Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding

Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding, released as simply Twisted Edge Snowboarding in Europe, is a snowboarding video game released for the Nintendo 64. It was released in Japan as King Hill 64: Extreme Snowboarding (キングヒル64 〜エクストリーム スノーボーディング〜, Kingu Hiru 64 〜Ekusutorīmu Sunōbōdingu〜). Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding was not very well received commercially or critically.

Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding
North American Nintendo 64 cover art
Developer(s)Boss Game Studio
Publisher(s)Midway
Composer(s)Zack Ohren[1]
Platform(s)Nintendo 64
Release
  • NA: November 10, 1998
  • EU: March 12, 1999
Genre(s)Snowboarding
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

The game has a two-player mode using a split screen.[2]

Development

Twisted Edge Snowboarding was announced on June 9, 1997, just as development on it was starting.[3] Kemco was to publish the game,[3] but Midway acquired the rights to publish the game on October 15, 1997.[4]

The game's design was heavily inspired by the Wave Race series.[5] Much of the code for the game was recycled from Boss Game Studio's first Nintendo 64 game, Top Gear Rally.[3] In particular, it used the same Alias plug-ins.[5]

While Kecmo was still the publisher, the company's Japanese division pushed for the game to include a story mode in the Japanese version, in part due to marketing research which determined that Wave Race 64 would have sold better in Japan if it had had a story.[5] Boss Games took a tongue-in-cheek approach to adding story to the game, and opted to make the story mode an unlockable Easter egg in the U.S. version.[5]

On January 22, 1998, the game was delayed for 4 months. The game was finally released on November 10, 1998 in the United States, followed by a Japanese release over a month later (December 18),[6] before being ported to the PAL region and released on March 12, 1999.

Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[7]

Critics had mixed opinions about the game and called the game a huge letdown. Reviewers criticized Boss Game Studios for delaying the game for 4 months to make the game "as best as possible". By pushing back the title, 1080° Snowboarding was released before Twisted's delay, which sold more units and is now labeled a classic. According to reviewers, everything about the game was mediocre. The music was pleasurable, but the gameplay was frustrating and the graphics did not live up to the standards that 1080° Snowboarding had set.

References
  1. "Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding - Credits". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  2. The Rookie (February 1998). "Sports Insider Previews: Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding". GamePro. No. 113. IDG. p. 112.
  3. "In the Studio". Next Generation. No. 33. Imagine Media. September 1997. p. 24.
  4. Chris, Chris (October 15, 1997). "Midway on the Edge". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 10, 2000. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  5. "NG Alphas: Twisted Edge Snowboarding". Next Generation. No. 36. Imagine Media. December 1997. p. 132-4.
  6. "キングヒル64 〜エクストリーム スノーボーディング〜 [N64]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  7. "Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding for Nintendo 64". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  8. "Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Ziff Davis. 1999.
  9. McNamara, Andy; Anderson, Paul; Reiner, Andrew (November 1998). "Twisted Edge [score mislabeled as "3"]". Game Informer. No. 67. FuncoLand. p. 50. Archived from the original on September 9, 1999. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  10. Vicious Sid (January 1999). "Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding". GamePro. No. 124. IDG Entertainment. p. 134. Archived from the original on September 19, 2004. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  11. GameSpot staff (November 20, 1998). "Twisted Edge [Extreme] Snowboarding Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  12. Clarksmith, Ross (April 1999). "Twisted Edge [Extreme] Snowboarding". Hyper. No. 66. Next Media Pty Ltd. pp. 36–37.
  13. Casamassina, Matt (November 13, 1998). "Twisted Edge". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  14. "Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding". N64 Magazine. No. 24. Future Publishing. January 1999. pp. 60–61.
  15. "Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding". Nintendo Power. Vol. 114. Nintendo of America. November 1998. p. 127. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
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