If you like the idea of a snowboarding game you can play online, Amped 2 suitably fits the bill.
This skiing game offers runs of varying difficulty, from bunny slopes to Black Diamonds, and can be played with the Wii Balance Board.
SK2 might be the best party-racing alternative to Mario Kart 64.
There's enough of the SSX spirit in Out of Bounds to have some fun.
1080 Avalanche delivers a sometimes thrilling sensation of speed and features a number of nice touches not found in other snowboarding games, but it has very limited lasting value.
While Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding is visually impressive and loaded with options, its technical merits are drastically undermined by its shoddy gameplay.
The Snowboard Kids take to the slopes in SBK: Snowboard Kids, a DS game featuring touch screen controls, multiplayer modes, weapons, and a host of characters.
In the end, Twisted Edge turned out to be too little, too late.
Rippin' Riders does look and sound very nice but has major issues in the control department and feels incomplete.
Cool Boarders 2 is an awesome snowboarding game.
Extreme Air Snowboarding can't quite be called a tech demo, but its gameplay isn't much deeper than that.
Those who may be looking for another SSX will certainly be disappointed by X-Games' sim-styled approach, but those who are looking for a true-to-life snowboarding experience will be overjoyed.
ESPN Winter X-Games Snowboarding 2002 demonstrates that an average game ported to a more powerful console is still an average game.
Boarder Zone has many good qualities, but you'll find yourself going through all the game has to offer too quickly.
While Trick'n Snowboarder may not pack enough original mojo to rise far above other well-known titles in its genre, it plays fast and looks good.
If you demand nothing more from a snowboarding game than "simple fun," this title should keep you satisfied.
It seems like a refreshing departure from the norm, but ultimately the game's poor controls, lackluster level design, and repetitive nature prevent Evolution Snowboarding from being a totally enjoyable game.
Despite its simplicity and the immediate potential for carpal tunnel syndrome, Winter Heat succeeds at providing a fun and varied batch of snowy competitions.
Certainly this is not an offensive game by any means, but it's remarkably average.
The game may look dated and lack a backbone, but it is actually fun to play once you get into it.
Ubisoft is teaming up with Olympic medalist, X-Games champion, and so-called "Flying Tomato" Shaun White for an all-new snowboarding game.
Adrenalin Misfits is Konami's first ever Microsoft Natal title.
Bode Miller Alpine Skiing features 32 slopes spanning 18 world-famous venues, and allows players to take part in each of the four disciplines of alpine skiing: Downhill, Slalom, Giant Slalom ...
Unfortunately, Cool Boarders 3 isn't the sequel we had all hoped for - changing developers for this third game really hurt the series a lot.
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