SSX Blur for Nintendo Wii

Pros: Great control. Good graphics. Innovative soundtrack. Longevity

Cons: Fiendishly difficult. Less character customization than before.

The Bottom Line: A great franchise arrives for the Wii and it's a winner.

Review: SSX Blur is the fifth incarnation of the classic snowboarding series from Electronic Arts (EA). Previous versions on other consoles such as the PS2 and Xbox were huge successes thanks to their extravagant graphics, pulsating soundtrack, vast array of ...

Pros: Fun! Good gameplay, fully integrated Wii-remote. Cheap.

Cons: instructions and some functionality is very hard to figure out without someone showing you.

Review: This game is cheap clean fun! Really integrates the Wii-mote and nunchucks into game play. Plot is pretty simple, have fun going down a snow covered hill. You can play as over 10 characters (I believe 7 are initially unlocked) and can use both ...

Pros: A lot of fun...

Cons: ...if you can stick out the steeeeeep learning curve.

The Bottom Line: Controls, controls, controls. Master them, and you'll have a blast with this.

Review: Take a look at all the board games out there: there's the ever strong Tony Hawk series, the original SSX games, and a few others. But really, the games that have dominated have been SSX and Tony Hawk. They've lasted the generations, they keep getting ...

Pros: Graphics are decent and the concept is nice

Cons: Concept does not play out, awkward controls, lack of clear objectives

The Bottom Line: Ok if you want to spend a while learning to play, but will frustrate those that do not want to devote a long time to figuring it all out.

Review: I rented this a few weeks ago and just played it yesterday. It turned out to be such a disappointment. Partially because I had been hanging onto it so long before getting a chance to play and then did not enjoy playing it. The main thing that I did not ...

Pros: Controls, Controls, and more Controls

Cons: Very steep learning curve

The Bottom Line: This type of gaming experience can only be on the Nintendo Wii. Bright future for the Wii if more games follow this type of control setup.

Review: Blurring the lines between being one of the most difficult games to control to being one of the most satisfying is SSX Blur. SSX Blur comes on strong on the Nintendo Wii to bring on an experience like no other. Background I have only briefly ...

Pros: It's an SSX game.

Cons: Bad controls, cartoon characters, bad music, bad interface.

The Bottom Line: SSX Blur is all the previous SSX titles warmed over and Nintendo-ised. With an impossible-to-use control scheme, don't even give this one a rental.

Review: I'm a total SSX bigot. I love the games with their over-the-top tricks and great characters. I can even forgive SSX On Tour for reversing half the controls and putting a crappy soundtrack in the game. So when I heard about a new game in the franchise - ...