Big Air Freestyle

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Big Air Freestyle
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North American cover art
Developer(s) Paradigm Entertainment
Publisher(s) Infogrames
Producer(s) Chris Johnson
Steve Stringer
Designer(s) Mahdad Ansari
Composer(s) Bob Daspit
Platform(s) GameCube
Release
  • NA: September 13, 2002
  • EU: November 8, 2002
  • AU: November 15, 2002
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Big Air Freestyle is a motorcycle racing video game for the GameCube developed by Paradigm Entertainment and published by Infogrames in 2002. It is an enhanced port of the PlayStation 2 game MX Rider , without the FIA license. [1]

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Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [2] It was a runner-up for GameSpot 's 2002 "Worst Game on GameCube" award, which went to Jeremy McGrath Supercross World . [10]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Big Air Freestyle for GameCube Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on August 20, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Big Air Freestyle". Electronic Gaming Monthly . No. 161. Ziff Davis. December 2002. p. 228. Archived from the original on January 31, 2004. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  4. ↑ Helgeson, Matt (November 2002). "Big Air Freestyle". Game Informer . No. 115. GameStop. p. 134. Archived from the original on July 8, 2004. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  5. ↑ Winegarner, Tyler (November 13, 2002). "Big Air Freestyle Review". GameSpot . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  6. ↑ Steinberg, Scott (October 19, 2002). "GameSpy: Big Air Freestyle". GameSpy . IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on May 12, 2008.
  7. ↑ "Big Air Freestyle". NGC Magazine . Future plc. 2003.
  8. ↑ "Big Air Freestyle". Nintendo Power . Vol. 160. Nintendo of America. September 2002. p. 163.
  9. ↑ Kane, Brad (December 11, 2002). "'Big Air Freestyle' (GCN) Review". X-Play . TechTV. Archived from the original on December 17, 2002. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  10. ↑ GameSpot staff (December 23, 2002). "Best and Worst of 2002 (Worst Game on GameCube)". GameSpot. CNET. Archived from the original on December 23, 2002. Retrieved February 24, 2021.


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