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    SSX Blur

    Game » consists of 2 releases. Released Feb 27, 2007

    SSX Blur brings the venerable snowboarding franchise to the Nintendo Wii. Blur features extensive motion based controls that allow a player to guide her rider using the Wiimote's motion controls for big moves, and the nunchuks analog stick for fine movements. Blur features multiplayer support for up to four players.

    wolflaser's SSX Blur (Wii) review

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    So close to excellence!

    The one thing that you really need to know about SSX Blur is that the motion controls work well enough for you to play around and have fun, but not well enough for you to really get technical the way you can in other SSX games. Armed with that knowledge, you must now ask yourself what you want out of this game.


    SSX Blur features some of the best third-party graphics ever seen on the Wii. It also has a positively bangin' soundtrack by Junkie XL. From an aesthetic standpoint everything about this game is satisfying. Ripping down the mountain using only the Wiimote to guide you, as snow flies into your face, and huge bass beats pump in the background is a great experience. If you are looking for a game to pick up every so often and spend fifteen minutes or a half hour with then I cannot recommend SSX Blur highly enough. 

    Things change the moment you dive deeper into the game and its competition mode. Some elements of competition, such as racing, work fine. Others, like the half-pipe, suffer a bit from the Wiimote-centric controls. Still others, like the slalom, are positively broken. The Wiimote just cannot react fast enough to get you through the games slalom competition. It is possible to reconfigure the controls to rely more heavily on the analogue stick, but even these are spotty.

    SSX Blur offers tremendous value in its freeplay mode. As I have said, the competition mode is mixed bag due to sub par control, but it is possible to muddle through. Just be prepared for some frustration along the way. 

    With the advent of the Wii Motion Plus it seems that EA Montreal could now iron out a lot of the problems in SSX Blur. Let's hope a sequel gets announced supporting the new peripheral soon! 

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      Great game specifically for the hardcore 0

      The SSX series finally arrives on the WIi. Iv always loved the series, but I was a little concerned while picking this game up because of the controls. Fortunately they turned out perfectly fine.DesignSSX Blur follows basically the same structure of SSX 3. There are 3 peaks. In the beginning only the first peak is unlocked. You can ride around to enter events or tournaments. Or you can freeride down the slopes doing various challenges that are scattered around mountain. To unlock the other 2 pea...

      0 out of 1 found this review helpful.

      Patience is the key to enjoy this game 0

      The Good: Great Graphics and original soundtrack - Tons of events to choose from - When you master them, the controls work great - Plenty of weird yet lovable characters - Nice sense of speedThe Bad: No online play - Controls are very difficult to master - Hard difficulty ________________SSX blur has to be one of the hardest games on the Wii, not only because of the game itself but also for the very difficult controller. I've never played any of the ssx games before, so i was skeptical about pic...

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