Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding, released as Twisted Edge Snowboarding in Europe, is a snowboarding video game released for the Nintendo 64, published by Midway in North America and by Kemco in Japan and Europe. 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 | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Boss Game Studio |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Composer(s) | Zack Ohren[2] |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 64 |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Snowboarding |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Gameplay
editThe game has a two-player mode using a split screen.[3]
Development
editTwisted Edge Snowboarding was announced on June 10, 1997,[4] just as development on it was starting.[5] Kemco was to publish the game,[5] but Midway acquired the rights to publish the game on October 15, 1997.[6]
The game's design was heavily inspired by the Wave Race series.[7] Much of the code for the game was recycled from Boss Game Studio's first Nintendo 64 game, Top Gear Rally.[5] In particular, it used the same Alias plug-ins.[7]
While Kemco 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.[7] 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.[7]
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),[8] before being ported to the PAL region and released on March 12, 1999.
Reception
edit| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| GameRankings | 63%[9] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | 5.25/10[10] |
| Game Informer | 3.25/10[11] |
| GamePro |   [12] |
| GameSpot | 6.6/10[13] |
| Hyper | 70%[14] |
| IGN | 6.8/10[15] |
| N64 Magazine | 60%[16] |
| Nintendo Power | 7.2/10[17] |
The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[9]
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
edit- ^ IGN Staff (1998-11-12). "Record Release Week". IGN. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
- ^ "Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding - Credits". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
- ^ The Rookie (February 1998). "Sports Insider Previews: Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding". GamePro. No. 113. IDG. p. 112.
- ^ "Kemco Is Working on Snowboarding title". IGN. June 10, 1997. Archived from the original on August 7, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
- ^ a b c "In the Studio". Next Generation. No. 33. Imagine Media. September 1997. p. 24.
- ^ Chris, Chris (October 15, 1997). "Midway on the Edge". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 10, 2000. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ a b c d "NG Alphas: Twisted Edge Snowboarding". Next Generation. No. 36. Imagine Media. December 1997. pp. 132–4.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on July 28, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
- ^ a b "Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding for Nintendo 64". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on July 28, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
- ^ "Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Ziff Davis. 1999.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ GameSpot staff (November 20, 1998). "Twisted Edge [Extreme] Snowboarding Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
- ^ Clarksmith, Ross (April 1999). "Twisted Edge [Extreme] Snowboarding". Hyper. No. 66. Next Media Pty Ltd. pp. 36–37.
- ^ Casamassina, Matt (November 13, 1998). "Twisted Edge". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on July 28, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
- ^ "Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding". N64 Magazine. No. 24. Future Publishing. January 1999. pp. 60–61.
- ^ "Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding". Nintendo Power. Vol. 114. Nintendo of America. November 1998. p. 127. Archived from the original on July 28, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
