Not a must have, but a game worth playing!
Despite my original problems with the controls (I only had my Wii for a few days at that point) I have been very pleased with my purchase. EA have done a great job taking advantage of the Wii remotes capabilities. With a flick of the wrist to the side you spin, another flick upward will cause your character to do a back flip and a flick downward will, obviously, cause you to do a front flip. Combining moves is as easy as it gets and it lets you pull off crazy triple backflip 720's which certainly rack up the points. The difficult part of pulling off tricks is the 'uber tricks' (which, once got to grips with look amazing). To successfully pull off an 'uber trick' you need to first make a shape with the Wii remote while holding down 'A' which can be quite hard to get right and secondly you need to leave yourself enough time to land said 'uber trick' which is a surprisingly long time. If successful with the 'uber tricks' then you can put points on the board like no other.
SSX: Blur doesn't just have a few slopes on one mountain, heck no! EA thought about variety and provided us with 3, yes 3 different peaks. Each with their own styles and individual slopes. You can, once unlocked, free ride on each peak to collect 'uber tokens' which lets you unlock different 'uber tricks'. As well as the standard slopes on the 3 peaks, you can do the other riders challenges which vary from winning a one on one race or grinding 300 metres of rail within two minutes.
Now, I haven't mentioned many flaws. A simple reason really, there arent many! Unfortunately though, this is an un-biased review and I need to mention these flaws however small! At times, the game doesn't respond to your attempts at a sharp turn (tilt the nun chuck to the side you want to turn as well as the joystick) which is very frustrating during a slalom race. Front flips can be quite hard to pull of as it isn't a natural movement to flick your wrist forward, unless you are holding the Wii remote vertically.
Overall, I am pleased with my purchase, but only because I didn't think much of it to start with. If you go and buy it with an idea that it is superb you will be disappointed, however approach it with an open mind and you will be pleased. The game isn't a must have, but if you are looking for a nice change and a game to have fun with; SSX might just be the game for you.