1080° Avalanche
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| 1080° Avalanche | |
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| Developer(s) | NST |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo GameCube |
| Release date |  November 28, 2003
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| Genre(s) | Racing/Extreme sports |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone PEGI: 3+ |
| Media | 1 × GameCube Optical Disc |
1080° Avalanche is a snowboarding game for the Nintendo GameCube. It was developed by Nintendo's in-house development studio, NST and published by Nintendo. Avalanche is a sequel to 1998's 1080° Snowboarding for the Nintendo 64. The game has a larger emphasis on racing than doing tricks, in contrast to other popular snowboarding games such as the SSX series. It can output in 480p and Dolby Pro Logic II and supports up to four players on one GameCube as well as LAN play with up to four GameCubes.
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[edit] Courses
[edit] Characters
- Ricky Winterborn — Whistler, British Columbia, Canada 18 years-old (M) — Returns from 1080° Snowboarding
- Akari Hayami — Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan 19 years-old (F) — Returns from 1080° Snowboarding
- Kemen Vazquez — Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile 21 years-old (M)
- Tara Hunter — Groton, Connecticut, USA 22 years-old (F)
- Rob Haywood — Seattle, Washington, USA 23 years-old (M) — Returns from 1080° Snowboarding
- Frosty Winterball — (M) Secret unlockable character (Unlocked when beating Extreme with Ricky Winterborn)
- Crystal Hayami — (F) Secret unlockable character (Unlocked once you have beaten Extreme with Akari Hayami)
- Titanium Vazquez — (M) Secret unlockable character (Unlocked once you have beaten Extreme with Kemen Vasquez)
- Mimi Le Moose — (F) Secret unlockable character (Unlocked once you have beaten Extreme with Tara Hunter)
- Bones Haywood — (M) Secret unlockable character (Unlocked once you have beaten Extreme with Rob Haywood)
[edit] Gameplay modes
- Match Race
- Trick Attack
- Time Trial
- Gate Challenge
[edit] Development
Sometime in 1999, it was confirmed that a sequel to 1080° Snowboarding was coming to the Nintendo 64. Rather than Nintendo handling development of the game, they passed development on to second-party studio Left Field. When the game failed to materialise, it was confirmed that the game was no longer being produced for the N64, but for the Nintendo GameCube. Not long after this announcement, it was also confirmed that Left Field was revoking its status as a second-party studio so it could develop multi-format titles. Development of the game was handed to Nintendo's American development studio, Nintendo Software Technology Corporation (NST). They originally planned to call this game 1080°: White Storm (after Wave Race: Blue Storm), before finally renaming this game 1080°: Avalanche.[citation needed] It is assumed that the game was completely rewritten by NST, but it's possible that some elements of Left Field's work remains.[citation needed]
[edit] Versions
1080°: Avalanche was released in two different versions, a common single disc, and a somewhat harder to find dual disc format. The second disc was not a game disc, but rather a mini-dvd, featuring half an hour of extreme snow sports footage, set to music from the game. This version was only available at Wal-Mart, and is indicated by a red sash on the front cover.[citation needed]
[edit] Soundtrack
- Choke - Cauterize
- Killing Me - Cauterize
- Other Light - Finger Eleven
- Good Times - Finger Eleven
- Conversations - Finger Eleven
- Fine Again - Seether
- Handful of Redemption - Boy Sets Fire
- Rookie - Boy Sets Fire
[edit] Notes
There are more songs in the game then listed under soundtracks.
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) Official site
- 1080° Avalanche at Nintendo.com (archives of the original at the Internet Archive)
- 1080° Avalanche at MobyGames
