3yr Mike Arrani
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SSX on Tour Bangumi
other title: 极限滑雪巡回赛 / 极限滑雪4 2005-10-11
genre: Snowboarding platform: PlayStation 2 / Xbox / GameCube / PSP
SSX on Tour is a snowboarding and skiing game, the fourth title in the SSX series of video games for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PlayStation Portable. It was released in North America on October 11, 2005 and in the PAL region on October 21, 2005. The PlayStation Portable version was released in the Europe on October 28, 2005. In 2007, a prequel titled SSX Blur was released, which took place between SSX 3 and SSX On Tour. The GameCube version contains Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach as playable characters. This was part of a deal Nintendo had with EA Sports to have Nintendo's intellectual properties appear in EA franchises.

stopped playing SSX on Tour 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
I know the SSX series is worshipped, and, growing up, I always wanted to play these games, but they were console exclusives, and by the time I managed to get a PS2 and a PSP, I kinda lost interest. Still I felt a sort of obligation to play it to appease my childhood self. And I gotta say, this doesn't really impress me. I mean, gameplay-wise this just feels like THPS, and the presentation is kinda what you'd expect from a snowboarding game. It's alright.

I couldn't figure out how to do those challenges where you're supposed to just earn points by jumping back and forth doing tricks. And I didn't feel like looking this up.

I think I might revisit the SSX series some day, but in that case I'll probably go with a different entry. I have a feeling that this little PSP spin-off might not be the best representation of the series.