Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip (For Wii Fit)

I have always wanted to do snowboarding for real and with Shaun White Snowboarding I am as close as I will get without doing it for real. The way you control your snowboarder as you go down the mountain is amazing and it feels so natural. The graphics are very good for the Wii and there are some great snow effects. Such as your snowboarder getting covered in snow, as he takes a fall and then the snow slowly comes off as you regain control. When it comes to doing stunts it is best to stand on one foot whilst pressing A or B on the Wii remote. To jump you bend your knees and stand up fast for a more impressive jump. Pressing your weight at the front of the Wii Balance Board makes you go really fast. I am so glad that I went for the Wii as the Wii controls are cutting egde and make the games more enjoyable to play then ever befor.

What can i say, i love this game, you have to play the game with the balance board sideways (as with a real snowboard) and lean forward or backwards to veer left or right. Leaning on your leading foot accelerates the board, while leaning on your backfoot slows you down and enables sharper turning.

Performing tricks is probably the single hardest part of this game, not that i don't enjoy the difficulty - it rocks! Keeping presurre on certain parts of the board, such as your heels, will cause the board and rider to rotate anti-clockwise whilst in mid air, clock wise if you lean on your toes. Pressing a or b on the wii remote activates a simple trick, when used in conjunction with the rotations, you can rack up huge bonuses to your tricks, as is required once you finally catch up with mr white!!

I'd suggest reading the user manual with this game religiously before playing, in order to accustom yourself with the various tricks at your disposal.

All in all, simply the best (er only) home console snowboarding game you can play with your feet, my only gripe being that you have to buy another copy of wii fit and balance board in order to have an equally matched 2 player with 2 boards

I ordered this last week and the wonderful people at play dropped it through my letterbox 4 days later.
At first i thought, just another game jumping on the winter bandwagon. But god i'm hooked.
I would say it is the best fun i've had with a wii fit since i got it. I'm nearly falling off, getting into all sorts of weird positions that if any one looking through the window of my house will think i'm in need of medical help.

Also i'm one of those people that doesn't read a manual, so out the box and playing it means it is easy. You can do tricks if you use the handset as well ( i will be perfecting this over the next week or so ).

So i cannot recommend this any highly. Buy it and you will not be dissapointed. You may however be surprised at how easy it is to fall off a wii fit :d

This is really easy to get the hang off, the multi player is great fun... laugh at your mates taking turns to pull off silly moves on the fit board. Would recommend this to anyone with a wii fit, its much more fun then the games that come with it!

I bought Shaun White on Wii to make better use of my balance board and I wasn't dissappointed. The basic controls are easy enough to master on the balance board and you'll be doing more technical tricks in no time, its a very addictive game and a little tiring physically (well after 3 hours) but thoroughly enjoyable with its varied styles of play, such as speed runs, trick runs, half pipe and collecting power ups. For £17.99 I'd say its a must have for all balance board owners. Enjoy.