Massive Snowboarding
Encyclopedia
Massive Snowboarding is a mobile game
developed and published by Gameloft
, and created for the V CAST
service from Verizon Wireless
. The game is a snowboarding game, much like 1080° Snowboarding
and SSX
. It was released in North America
on September 10, 2005.
Massive Snowboarding allows the player to choose from up to five different characters in different modes. In the main career mode, there are three different types of gameplay available: Ride Challenge, Rival Race, and Video Shoot.
Most of the game takes place in Ride Challenge, where you are given certain objectives to complete before reaching the bottom of the slope, ranging from gaining a certain amount of points through tricks to executing a certain trick. Rival race is just as it sounds - racing another player down the slope. Video shoot tasks you with earning a certain point value on only one huge jump.
Control is simple. Hold down the "5" button on the keypad
to crouch - let go of it to jump. By pressing other buttons, you can execute tricks in the air and string together combos.
gave Massive Snowboarding an Editors' Choice award, stating, "Gameloft has struck a balance between the speedy and the spectacular, and the result is an excellent and highly addictive sports title." The reviewer from 1UP.com
wrote, "It's the most attractive, engaging mobile game I've ever played." IGN
gave the game an "outstanding" grade, writing "If I was Verizon, I'd make sure Massive Snowboarding was playing on all of my V CAST phones at retail locations -- it's the kind of game that could move a phone."
Mobile game
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developed and published by Gameloft
Gameloft
Gameloft SA is a major French computer and video game developer and publisher headquartered in Paris, France. The company also has subsidiaries in 31 countries around the world....
, and created for the V CAST
V CAST
V CAST is a 3G EV-DO network created by Verizon Wireless to deliver audio, video, and entertainment content. The typical download speed is between 800 kilobits and 1.4 megabits per second with burst speeds of up to 3.1 megabits per second...
service from Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless
Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, is one of the largest mobile network operators in the United States. The network has 107.7 million subscribers as of 2011, making it the largest wireless service provider in America....
. The game is a snowboarding game, much like 1080° Snowboarding
1080° Snowboarding
, often referred to as just 1080°, is a snowboard racing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 and first released in Japan on February 28, 1998. It was re-released on the Wii's Virtual Console service in 2008...
and SSX
SSX
SSX is the first in the SSX series of snowboarding video games...
. It was released in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
on September 10, 2005.
Gameplay
Most of the game takes place in Ride Challenge, where you are given certain objectives to complete before reaching the bottom of the slope, ranging from gaining a certain amount of points through tricks to executing a certain trick. Rival race is just as it sounds - racing another player down the slope. Video shoot tasks you with earning a certain point value on only one huge jump.
Control is simple. Hold down the "5" button on the keypad
Keypad
A keypad is a set of buttons arranged in a block or "pad" which usually bear digits, symbols and usually a complete set of alphabetical letters. If it mostly contains numbers then it can also be called a numeric keypad...
to crouch - let go of it to jump. By pressing other buttons, you can execute tricks in the air and string together combos.
Reception
Massive Snowboarding was praised by most critics. GameSpotGameSpot
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gave Massive Snowboarding an Editors' Choice award, stating, "Gameloft has struck a balance between the speedy and the spectacular, and the result is an excellent and highly addictive sports title." The reviewer from 1UP.com
1UP.com
1UP.com is a video game website owned by IGN Entertainment, a division of News Corporation. Previously, the site was owned by Ziff Davis before being sold to UGO Entertainment in 2009....
wrote, "It's the most attractive, engaging mobile game I've ever played." IGN
IGN
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gave the game an "outstanding" grade, writing "If I was Verizon, I'd make sure Massive Snowboarding was playing on all of my V CAST phones at retail locations -- it's the kind of game that could move a phone."