A truly brilliant SSX game that showsw off great controls and super music.
You see, instead of tilting the analog stick, you also have to (well choose to, anyway) tilt the nunchuck to turn. By using the analog stick and tilting the nunchuck you can carve paths in the snow so accuurately its amazing. It takes a while to get used to it but its worth it.
As for ticking, well doing spins couldn't be easier. You jump by flicking the nunchuck up and then you just flick the remote in the direction you want to spin. Grabs are done by holding the Z button and tilting in one of four directions. I never had any difficulty with any of these controls at all, so ... yeah.
Ubertricks are always the thing I look forward to most in SSX games, and I'm happy to say they work. I'm amazed GS said the Ubertricks don't work at all. I have made a point of making sure I wasn't imagining things before doing this review, and yes, as I thought, the Ubertrick DO work. Once your in the air you have to hold down the A button and draw a shape with the remote (sometimes with the nunchuck aswell). I prefer this to just pressing buttons because it requires skill not speed which admittedly, was a mistake I made. To all of you out there struggling to do Ubers, just draw the shape nice and slow, then you'll be able to pull off Ubers about 90% of the time.
The graphics are good but not great. A very good Gamecube or maybe PS2 game could manage these graphics. That's not to say they are bad, there very good graphics, but the screens for SSBB and Super Mario Galaxy put this, and many other Wii games, to shame. Having said that, all the characters look great and the mountain itself is good too.
Like I said before, the music is awesome. When you pull off amazing tricks and keep going really fast, you get rewarded with brilliant music where loads of instruments do their part. But, if you bail or completely stop, then you dont gat any sound apart from the wind if your high enough, or the swishing of the snow if your low enough.
With loads of challenges, events, tournaments and a fairly good multiplayer mode, there is enough here to keep you going for ages. I must have clocked about 40 hours now and I'm still using my first character (although I just ride around in Free Ride a lot). SSX Blur not only looks good, but it has faboulous music, great controls and a huge amount of stuff to do, this is not a good game, its SSX as it should be, fantastic.