Google+

Available on: Wii

SSX Blur

There's no business like snow business

Words: on March 13, 2007
Email
Email this Article

SSX Blur has the best snow ever. It’s a wintry playground with a new and better distraction around every corner, tucked in tunnels through rumbling glaciers and in the cotton-draped branches of the trees. A world that looks this soft and inviting just begs to be explored. And the way you make your mark on this gleaming white paradise is so satisfyingly ingenious, reality – or, at least, lesser snowboarding games – is always going to come a distant second.



It’s all about swooshing through the powder with elegant swoops of the nunchuk, and gripping for dear life while you try to hold it steady as you rattle across a sheet of bare ice. It’s about launching off a small, blind bump and seeing the world drop away on the other side while you paint tricks in the air with the remote.

This has long been an excellent game series, but Blur makes it seem as if SSX has been waiting for something like the Wii controller to let it really spread its wings. Freed from the constraints of analog sticks, it has a looser, more organic feel than you’ll get from any previous SSX. When the game involves carving across curves of snow that can’t be navigated in a straight line, this is clearly a good thing.

Related

Games:

SSX Blur

View Videos and Screenshots Hide Videos and Screenshots

Latest SSX Blur Videos

All SSX Blur Videos

Latest SSX Blur Screenshots

  • SSX Blur Screenshot
  • SSX Blur Screenshot
  • SSX Blur Screenshot
  • SSX Blur Screenshot
All SSX Blur Screenshots

Platforms:

Wii

1 comment

  • AuthorityFigure - August 25, 2009 9:55 a.m.

    "Not enough instructions for tourneys". Totally true. It's mad how vague the instructions are. I think the collision detection is broken in this game, but the reviewer seems to have no problem... odd.

Showing 1-1 of 1 comment

Join the Discussion
Add a comment
(HTML tags are not allowed.)
Characters remaining: 5000

Excellent
YOU'LL LOVE
  • Controls are accurate and amazing
  • Mastering all of the challenges
  • Freeriding around the mountain
YOU'LL HATE
  • Too similar to past SSX's
  • Unlocking same things repeatedly
  • Not enough instructions for tourneys
Like SSX Blur?

Share it with your friends.

More Info

Release date: US
Feb 27 2007 (Wii)
Expected release date: UK
March 2007 (Wii)
Available Platforms: Wii
Genre: Sports
Published by: EA SPORTS BIG
Developed by: EA Montreal
ESRB Rating:
Everyone
RSS
Connect with Facebook

Log in using Facebook to share comments, games, status update and other activity easily with your Facebook feed.