Cool Boarders: Code Alien
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| Developer(s) | UEP Systems |
| Publisher(s) | UEP Systems |
| Series | Cool Boarders |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Snowboarding |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Cool Boarders: Code Alien is a snowboarding video game developed and published by UEP Systems exclusively for the PlayStation 2 and is the only Cool Boarders title to be released exclusively in Japan.[1][2][3][4][5]
Gameplay
Cool Boarders: Code Alien contains five play modes including extreme, trick, trick master, license mode, and a mixed mode called snowboarding combined.[6] In the extreme, trick, and trick master modes, players earn points either by performing tricks off of obstacles or by linking tricks together to create combinations.[6] The trick master mode serves acts as a tutorial in which players are sent down an endlessly repeating ski slope while being prompted to perform increasingly difficult tricks.[6] License mode requires players to navigate a series of obstacles in order to obtain a series of licenses.[6] The snowboarding combined mode combines the game's downhill racing and trick tournament elements.[6] Both the extreme and trick modes can be played with multiple players.[6]
Players control their snowboarder by tapping or holding the X button to jump or charge, holding the D-pad in one direction to set up a trick, and utilizing the PlayStation controllers' analog functions by exerting light or hard pressure on the buttons, consequently yielding different tricks.[6] Onscreen messages alert the player as to the degree of the spin or flip they are setting up.[6]
The game features Yaggi and Irin, two recurring characters from the previous Cool Boarders 2 as well as board choices from Volcom, Arnette, and Burton.[3]
Reception
GameSpot wrote in a January 2001 review of the game that its production was "top-notch," citing that the game possessed quirky characters and a comic sensibility.[6]
References
- ↑ GameSpot Staff (14 September 2000). "First Look: Cool Boarders Code Alien". GameSpot. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ↑ "Cool Boarders series group description". Moby Games. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- 1 2 GameSpot staff (23 September 2000). "TGS 2000: Cool Boarders Media". GameSpot. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ↑ Smith, David (29 November 2014). "Cool Boarders Code Alien". IGN. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ↑ Zdyrko, Dave (25 September 2000). "TGS 2000: Coolboarders Impressions". IGN. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Lopez, Miguel (17 January 2001). "Cool Boarders: Code Alien Hands-On". GameSpot. Retrieved 21 February 2014.