Snowboard Kids IV

Snowboard Kids IV
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Developer(s)	UTV Ignition Entertainment French Arkedo Arc System Works
Publisher(s)	Atlus Bandai Namco Entertainment
Distributor(s)	Glass Ball Productions Tornado Enterprises New Generation Pictures
Designer(s)	Ken Yasumi
Series	Snowboard Kids
Engine	Unreal Engine
Released	PlayStation 4 & Xbox One February 22, 2019 Nintendo Switch February 28, 2020
Genre(s)	Snowboarding
Mode(s)	Single Player Multiplayer
Ratings	7/10
Platform(s)	PlayStation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch
Input methods	Joy Con (Nintendo Switch)
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Snowboard Kids IV is a snowboarding video game for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, developed by UTV Ignition Entertainment, French Arkedo (whom they had previously worked on Magical Drop V and the Gold Edition from that game) and Arc System Works 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) and one DLC character (from various Android smartphones). This game has been released on February 22, 2019. On February 12, 2020, a port for the Nintendo Switch was announced and will be released on February 28, 2020, which features Nintendo costumes for each character.

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 upgrade 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)
  • Quick Race
  • Halfpipe Battle
• Minigames
  • Speed Slalom
  • Halfpipe Challenge
  • Shoot Cross
  • Boss Challenge
• Online Mode
  • Quick Race
  • Halfpipe Battle
• Time Trials

Playable Characters

NOTE: Characters highlighted in bold are hidden characters, while italics describe DLC characters. With changes from the past Snowboard Kids games, the player can now select the characters for the CPU controlled players and also adjust their AI level.

Returning Characters

Character	Type
Slash Kamei	Balance
Nancy Neil	Trick
Jam Kuehnemund	Balance
Linda Maltinie	Speed
Tommy Parsy
Nicole Couch
Pamela Rasteri	Trick
Ruby Green	Speed
Brad Maltinie	Balance
Shinobin
Kaede
Wendy Lane	Trick
Damien	Balance
Coach	Trick
Mr. Dog	Speed
Peggy	Trick
Mr. Pig	Speed
Mr. Panda
Jack Frost

Other Characters

• Koyuki Tanaka (appears as an in-game transformation for Wendy)
• Max (appears as an in-game transformation for Coach)
• Black Frost (appears as an in-game transformation for Jack Frost)

New Characters

Character	Type
Pyro Jack	Balance
Jack Ripper	Trick
Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya	Balance
Asuna Yūki	Trick
Shino "Sinon" Asada	Speed
Anna	Balance
Elsa	Speed
Olaf	Trick
Android Robot	Balance

Other Characters

• Linda Mizuki (appears as an in-game transformation for Linda)
• Kaelyn (appears as an in-game transformation for Kaede)

Snowboarding courses

NOTE: Courses highlighted in bold are hidden courses and must be unlocked in World Tour mode. In the course options menu, the player can change the number of laps.

Course Name	Location	Other Appearances
Rookie Mountain	Japan	Speed Slalom, Halfpipe Battle & Boss Challenge
Jurassic Ruins	England	Boss Challenge
Quicksand Desert	Egypt	Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
Black Diamond Mountain	Malaysia	Speed Slalom & Boss Challenge
Gnarly Grasslands	United States	Speed Slalom
Wintergreen Island	Brazil	Speed Slalom
Snowboard City	China	Halfpipe Battle
Snowy Ice Cavern	Antarctica	Speed Slalom, Halfpipe Battle & Boss Challenge
Low-G Factory	Russia	Speed Slalom, Halfpipe Battle & Boss Challenge
Glacier of Illusions	Unknown	Speed Slalom, Halfpipe Battle & Boss Challenge
Legends Park	Canada	Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
Maiko Village	Japan	Halfpipe Battle & Boss Challenge
Hyper EX Course	United States	Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
World Tree	Alfheim	Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
Arendelle Village	Arendelle	Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
Android Factory	Unknown	Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
Big Snowman	Realm of Starters	Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
Sunset Rock		Speed Slalom
Ninja Land		Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
Jingle Town	Realm of Snow Town	Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
Crazy Jungle		Halfpipe Battle
Ice Land		Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
Japan	Realm of New Generations	Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
San Fransisco		Speed Slalom
France		Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle

World Tour Bosses

NOTE: There are a total of eight bosses to defeat in World Tour mode. Defeating a boss in this mode unlocks it in Boss Challenge mode, which can be found under Minigames.

Boss Character	Course
Snowman Robot	Rookie Mountain
Jungle Dinosaur	Jurassic Ruins
Metal Spider	Black Diamond Mountain
Chill Wolf	Snowy Ice Cavern
Damien Robot	Low-G Factory
Mega Alice	Rookie Mountain
Black Frost	Maiko Village
Shadow Face (Final Boss)	Glacier of Illusions

Unlock Criteria

Each character has his/her own unlock method. All unlockable courses can be unlocked by completing chapters and challenges in World Tour mode.

Characters

Character	Unlock Method
Shinobin	Complete Chapter 1 in World Tour Mode
Kaede	Complete Chapter 2 in World Tour Mode
Wendy Lane	Complete Chapter 3 in World Tour Mode
Damien	Complete Chapter 4 in World Tour Mode
Coach	Complete Chapter 5 in World Tour Mode
Mr. Dog	Complete Chapter 6 in World Tour Mode
Peggy	Complete Chapter 7 in World Tour Mode
Mr. Pig	Complete all Halfpipe Challenges with an A-Rank in World Tour Mode
Mr. Panda	Complete all Shoot Cross Challenges with an A-Rank in World Tour Mode
Jack Frost	Complete all Chapters in World Tour Mode
Pyro Jack	Complete all Snow Town Challenges in World Tour Mode
Jack Ripper	Obtain an B-Rank or higher on all stages in Boss Challenge Mode

Courses

Course	Unlock Method
Wintergreen Island	Complete Chapter 1 in World Tour Mode
Snowboard City	Complete Chapter 3 in World Tour Mode
Snowy Ice Cavern	Complete Chapter 5 in World Tour Mode
Low-G Factory	Complete Chapter 7 in World Tour Mode
Glacier of Illusions	Complete all Chapters in World Tour Mode
Legends Park	Complete all Speed Slalom Challenges in World Tour Mode
Maiko Village	Complete all Shoot Cross Challenges in World Tour Mode
Hyper EX Course	Complete all Halfpipe Challenges in World Tour Mode

Snowboards

NOTE: Snowboards that can be unlocked in World Tour mode can be purchased for the price of the number of Gold.

Snowboard	Unlock Condition	Price
Penguin and Fish	Available at Start	60,000G
Flower Pattern		60,000G
Ghosts		60,000G
Rainbow		120,000G
Electric Spark		120,000G
Crystals		120,000G
Star Pattern	Complete Chapter 1 in World Tour Mode	200,000G
Fire		200,000G
Jack's Board		200,000G
Wood	Complete Chapter 2 in World Tour Mode	250,000G
Shuriken Pattern		250,000G
Queen's Board		250,000G
Snowman	Defeat the Snowman Robot with an A-Rank in Boss Challenge	300,000G
Jungle Dinosaur	Defeat the Jungle Dinosaur with an A-Rank in Boss Challenge	300,000G
King's Board	Complete Chapter 3 in World Tour Mode	300,000G
Metal Spider	Defeat the Metal Spider with an A-Rank in Boss Challenge	350,000G
Chill Wolf	Defeat Chill Wolf with an A-Rank in Boss Challenge	350,000G
Bronze Board	Collect 3,600,000G	350,000G
SBK Logo	Complete Chapter 3 in World Tour Mode	400,000G
Bandai Namco Logo	Complete Chapter 4 in World Tour Mode	400,000G
Silver Board	Complete all Snow Town Challenges with a C-Rank or higher in World Tour Mode	400,000G
Angel	Complete Chapter 4 in World Tour Mode	450,000G
Devil	Complete Chapter 5 in World Tour Mode	450,000G
Gold Board	Complete all Snow Town Challenges with an B-Rank in World Tour Mode	450,000G
Sun & Moon	Complete Chapter 5 in World Tour Mode	500,000G
Dragon	Complete Chapter 6 in World Tour Mode	500,000G
Rainbow Crystals	Defeat Mega Alice with an A-Rank in Boss Challenge	500,000G
Jack Bros.	Defeat Black Frost with an A-Rank in Boss Challenge	610,000G
Radioactive Green	Complete Chapter 7 in World Tour Mode	720,000G
Shadow Face	Complete all Chapters in World Tour Mode NOTE: This snowboard possesses the player's character and turns him/her into a shadowy upgraded version of that character.	830,000G
Platinum Board	Unlock all other snowboards and complete all Snow Town Challenges with an A-Rank in World Tour Mode	1,000,000G
Sword Art Online Logo	Purchase the Sword Art Online DLC pack.	Free with characters and course from Sword Art Online
Frozen Logo	Purchase the Disney's Frozen DLC pack.	Free with characters and course from Disney's Frozen
Android Robot	Redeem the Download Code to unlock Android Robot, or purchase the Android pack which contains that snowboard.	Free with Android and Android Factory course

Shots / Items

Shots and Items can be obtained for 100G. Pressing L2/LT/ZL activates the shot, while pressing R2/RT/ZR activates the item.

Shots

• Bomb
• Ice Shot
• Parachute
• Slap Stick
• Snowman
• Whirlwind

Character Shots

NOTE: Each character shares their own unique shot. Pressing Triangle/Y/X activates the character shot.

Character Shot	Used by Character(s)
Lightning	Slash, Damien, Kirito
Ice Needle	Nancy, Pamela, Elsa
Shockwave	Jam, Sinon, Android
Heart Barrier	Linda, Nicole, Asuna
Stinger	Tommy, Ruby, Anna
Fireball	Brad, Pyro Jack, Kaede (as Kaelyn)
Potion Bomb	Wendy, Jack Ripper
Shuriken	Shinobin, Kaede, Wendy (as Koyuki)
Pengies	Coach, Max, Peggy
Snowball	Jack Frost, Olaf
Super Meat Bun	Mr. Dog, Mr. Pig, Mr. Panda

Items

• 1000t
• Ghost
• Invincibility Star
• Invisibility Cloak
• Mine
• Rat Face
• Rocket
• Speed Fan
• Super Ghost
• Super Rat Face

Cast

Character	Voice actor (Japanese)	Voice actor (English)
Slash Kamei	Yū Kobayashi	Mona Marshall Erin Fitzgerald (Anime Form)
Nancy Neil	Ayumi Fujimura Houko Kuwashima (Anime Form)	Cindy Robinson Brina Palencia (Anime Form)
Jam Kuehnemund	Yūki Kaji	Quinton Flynn Todd Haberkorn (Anime Form)
Linda Maltinie	Ayana Taketatsu	Laura Bailey
Linda Mizuki	Kana Asumi	Cristina Vee
Tommy Parsy	Shin-ichirō Miki Keiji Fujiwara (Anime Form)	Yuri Lowenthal Michael Sinterniklaas (Anime Form)
Nicole Couch	Atsuko Tanaka	Caitlin Glass
Pamela Rasteri	Yōko Hikasa	Michelle Ruff
Ruby Green	Daisuke Ono	Christopher Sabat
Wendy Lane	Rina Hidaka	Sarah Anne Williams
Koyuki Tanaka	Saori Hayami	Jeannie Tirado
Brad Maltinie	Houko Kuwashima	Alexis Tipton Erica Mendez (Anime Form)
Shinobin	Toshiyuki Morikawa	Kirk Thornton
Kaede	Yūko Minaguchi	Cherami Leigh
Kaelyn	Ayumi Fujimura	Erica Lindbeck
Damien	Tomokazu Seki	Taliesin Jaffe
Coach	Takehito Koyasu	Ben Diskin
Mr. Dog	Kōji Takahashi	Kyle Hebert
Peggy	Rina Satō	Monica Rial
Mr. Pig	Wataru Takagi	David Vincent
Mr. Panda	Norio Wakamoto	Bill Rogers
Jack Frost	Eriko Nakayama	Monica Rial
Black Frost	Hideki Ogihara	Vic Mignogna
Pyro Jack	Taiten Kusunoki	Keith Silverstein
Jack Ripper	Fumihiko Tachiki	Corey Hertzog
Shadow Face	Hiroki Yasumoto	Richard Epcar
Captain Draco (Announcer)	Hikaru Midorikawa	Cam Clarke
Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya	Yoshitsugu Matsuoka	Bryce Papenbrook
Asuna Yūki	Haruka Tomatsu	Cherami Leigh
Shino "Sinon" Asada	Miyuki Sawashiro	Michelle Ruff
Anna	Kana Asumi	Kristen Bell
Elsa	Takako Matsu	Idina Menzel
Olaf	Tomokazu Seki	Josh Gad
Rat Face	Jun Fukuyama	Alexis Tipton

Trivia

• This is the first Snowboard Kids video game to get released on an Xbox video game console.
• 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, Peggy, Mr. Pig, Mr. Panda, Jack Frost, Pyro Jack and Jack Ripper.
• Two of Coach and Mr. Dog's costumes from Snowboard Kids 2 appear as standalone characters. So far, they are renamed Peggy, Mr. Pig and Mr. Panda.
• Some of the characters who don't transform during gameplay usually glow because of the Hyper EX Gem, the Power Bow (for Peggy), the Devil Wings (for Pyro Jack) and the Angel Wings (for the Sword Art Online characters).
• As of February 13, 2019, the character select screen has been updated making all of the question and DLC marks (indicating hidden characters) removed.
• 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.
• When unlocking Kirito, Nicole's border color on the character select screen now changes to a blue-violet color with Kirito having a darker gray color on his character select border.
• The Disney's Frozen pack contains three new characters (Anna, Elsa and Olaf) and the snowboarding course, Arendelle Village.
• With Elsa having a Japanese voice from Disney's Frozen, Anna and Olaf gain a Japanese voice in this game, too.
• The Android Robot and the Android Factory course can both be unlocked for free by scanning the Android Card using the Android phone and by redeeming the code. The character and the course cannot be shown after the card gets redeemed until April 20, 2019.

Gallery

Character Select Screen

Character Select Screen (All Characters Unlocked)