Ludography
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1998 · Winning Entertainment Group · Snowboarding · Sports

Big Mountain 2000

Nintendo exclusive

Big Mountain 2000 is a wintersports game where you can choose to race downhill with either a snowboard or skis. There are various characters to choose from, each of them with different skills. Three game modes are available in total, in which free ride, slalom and giant slalom can be chosen as track styles; game modes include championship, time attack and also a battle mode for multiplayer challenges.

Released
26 December 1998
Platforms
64DDNintendo 64
Genres
SnowboardingSports
Developers
Winning Entertainment Group
Publishers
Imagineer
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Non-fiction
Country
Japan
Age ratings
ESRB E
Languages
English, Japanese
Composers
Kinuyo Yamashita

About

Big Mountain 2000, known in Japan as Snow Speeder (スノースピーダー, Sunō Supīdā), is a skiing/snowboarding video game for the Nintendo 64.

Keywords

  • skiing
  • rumble pak
  • nintendo 64 exclusive

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Gameplay

Big Mountain 2000 puts the player in control of one of six racers of varying abilities using either snowboard or skis. There are three different modes to choose from: a single-player Championship, a 2-player Multiplayer mode, and Time Attack. The player can edit their selected racer's loadout of snowboard/skis and clothing to compliment or detriment their various stats. There are three race types: Free Ride, slalom and Giant slalom.

On top of trying to beat their own personal record, the player also has a countdown timer which will disqualify them from the race if it reaches zero. Time can be added by passing through one of the two Checkpoints on their selected stage during Free Ride or passing through the flags on the slalom courses. Players can perform tricks by moving the control stick and pressing the B button in mid-air. The player also has a stamina meter that decreases after wiping out, collision with another racer, or uneven landings from a jump, with longer time intervals between falling and getting up each time the racer falls over.

Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Nintendo 6410 October 2000Worldwide
64DDCancelledUnreleased

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