Rippin' Riders Snowboarding

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Rippin' Riders Snowboarding
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Developer(s) UEP Systems
Publisher(s)
Series Cool Boarders
Platform(s) Dreamcast
Release
  • JP: August 26, 1999
  • NA: November 10, 1999 [1]
  • EU: November 12, 1999 [2]
Genre(s) Snowboarding
Mode(s) Single-player

Rippin' Riders Snowboarding, also known as Cool Boarders Burrrn in Japan and Snow Surfers in Europe, is a snowboard game developed by UEP Systems, the creators of the Cool Boarders series. It was released in 1999 for the Dreamcast.

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Regional differences

Rippin' Riders was originally released in Japan under the name Cool Boarders Burrrn. For the US release, UEP opted to release the Cool Boarders sequel under the name Rippin' Riders Snowboarding. This was due to the U.S. rights to the Cool Boarders name being owned by Sony Computer Entertainment whose 989 Studios (a now defunct division of Sony Computer Entertainment America) published the US releases of Cool Boarders 3 and Cool Boarders 4 for the PlayStation. [3] [4] [5]

Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. [6] Adam Pavlacka of NextGen said that the game was "just Cool Boarders on Dreamcast, albeit with a few new tracks and an excellent graphics upgrade. While enjoyable, it's still decidedly average." [15] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 30 out of 40. [10]

Four-Eyed Dragon of GamePro said in one review, "Despite the glitches, Rippin' Riders is a game fans of the sport can enjoy." [16] [lower-alpha 2] In another GamePro review, Scary Larry said, "A lot of people who played Tony Hawk will find the controls unbearably laborious in Rippin' Riders. But that's not to say that extreme sports fans shouldn't take a look at RR for the Dreamcast. It plays harder than TrickStyle , and is more fun than 1080 - provided you get the controls down right. Otherwise, this game could be a weekend slope rental." [17] [lower-alpha 3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Four critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game each a score of 7/10, 6.5/10, 5.5/10, and 6/10.
  2. ↑ GamePro gave the game 5/5 for graphics, two 4/5 scores for sound and fun factor, and 3.5/5 for control in one review.
  3. ↑ GamePro gave the game 5/5 for graphics, two 3/5 scores for sound and control, and 4/5 for fun factor in another review.

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