Snowboard Kids IV

Snowboard Kids IV is a snowboarding video game for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, developed by UTV Ignition Entertainment and French Arkedo (whom they had previously worked on Magical Drop V) and Coconut MAC Studios and published by Atlus and Bandai Namco Entertainment. This is the fourth snowboarding game based on the series. Also, all of the characters from the previous Snowboard Kids games return in this game. This is the only video game to have three exclusive DLC characters from Sword Art Online and Disney's Frozen.

Gameplay
Snowboard Kids IV has new features such as "Halfpipe Battle", a game mode where players battle it out on halfpipe themed courses. Players can even battle in colored teams on that game mode. And "EX Metamorphosis" where characters can level up to a new version of the character he or she is using for a short time. For example: Slash and the other main Snowboard Kids characters can turn into an anime version of themselves.

Game Modes

 * Grand Prix
 * World Tour
 * Versus (1-4)
 * Minigames
 * Online Mode
 * Time Trials

Characters
Characters highlighted in bold are hidden characters.

Returning Characters

 * Slash Kamei
 * Nancy Neil
 * Jam Kuehnemund
 * Linda Maltinie
 * Tommy Parsy
 * Nicole Couch
 * Pamela Rasteri
 * Ruby Green
 * Brad Maltinie
 * Mr. Dog
 * Shinobin
 * Kaede
 * Wendy Lane
 * Koyuki Tanaka (appears as an in-game transformation for Wendy)
 * Damien
 * Coach
 * Jack Frost
 * Black Frost (appears as an in-game transformation for Jack Frost)

New Characters

 * Linda Mizuki (appears as an in-game transformation for Linda)
 * Kaelyn (appears as an in-game transformation for Kaede)
 * Pyro Jack
 * Jack Ripper
 * Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya (DLC)
 * Asuna Yūki (DLC)
 * Shino "Sinon" Asada (DLC)
 * Anna (DLC)
 * Elsa (DLC)
 * Olaf (DLC)
 * Android Robot (DLC)

Snowboarding courses
Courses highlighted in bold are hidden courses and must be unlocked in World Tour mode.

(S) describes a slalom course

(H) describes a halfpipe battle course

(!) describes a stage boss in Story Mode


 * Rookie Mountain (Japan) (S), (H), (!)
 * Triassic Ruins (England) (!)
 * Quicksand Desert (Egypt) (S), (H)
 * Black Diamond Mountain (Malaysia) (S), (!)
 * Boulder Canyon (United States)
 * Wintergreen Island (Brazil) (S)
 * Snowboard City (China) (H)
 * Snowy Ice Cavern (Antarctica) (S), (H), (!)
 * Low-G Factory (Russia) (S), (H), (!)
 * Glacier of Illusions (Unknown) (S), (H), (!)
 * Legends Park (Canada) (S), (H)
 * Maiko Village (Japan) (H)
 * Hyper EX Course (United States) (S), (H)
 * World Tree (DLC) (S), (H)
 * Arendelle (DLC) (S), (H)
 * Android Factory (DLC) (S), (H)
 * Big Snowman (DLC) (S), (H)
 * Sunset Rock (DLC)
 * Ninja Land (DLC) (S), (H)
 * Jingle Town (DLC) (S), (H)
 * Crazy Jungle (DLC)
 * Ice Land (DLC) (S), (H)
 * Japan (DLC) (S), (H)
 * San Francisco (DLC)
 * France (DLC) (S), (H)

Trivia

 * Brad's Super Deformed form can be used as his base form.
 * The Past Snowboarding DLC pack 01 contains three courses from the classic Snowboard Kids video game and SBK2 costumes for Slash, Nancy, Jam, Linda, Tommy and Wendy.
 * The Past Snowboarding DLC pack 02 contains three courses from Snowboard Kids 2 and alternate costumes for Pamela, Nicole, Brad, Ruby, Shinobin and Kaede.
 * The Past Snowboarding DLC pack 03 contains three courses from SBK: Snowboard Kids and alternate costumes for Damien, Coach, Mr. Dog, Jack Frost, Pyro Jack and Jack Ripper.
 * The Sword Art Online pack contains three new characters (Kirito, Asuna and Sinon) and the snowboarding course, World Tree.
 * The song "BLAZING BULLET" (performed by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka and Miyuki Sawashiro) appears on the World Tree course.
 * The Disney's Frozen pack contains three new characters (Anna, Elsa and Olaf) and the snowboarding course, Arendelle.
 * The Android Robot and the Android Factory course can both be unlocked for free by connecting to YouTube and uploading a video from the game.