Snowboard Kids IV

Snowboard Kids IV
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Developer(s)	UTV Ignition Entertainment, French Arkedo, Coconut MAC Studios
Publisher(s)	Atlus, Bandai Namco Entertainment
Series	Snowboard Kids
Engine	Unreal Engine
Released	January 4, 2019
Genre(s)	Snowboarding
Mode(s)	Grand Prix, World Tour, Versus, Minigames, Online Mode, Time Trials
Ratings	7/10
Platform(s)	PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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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 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
• 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
• Shinobin
• Kaede
• Wendy Lane
• Koyuki Tanaka (appears as an in-game transformation for Wendy)
• Damien
• Coach
• Mr. Dog
• 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.

Course Name	Location	Other Appearances
Rookie Mountain	Japan	Speed Slalom, Halfpipe Battle & Boss Challenge
Triassic 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
Hyper EX Course	United States	Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
World Tree (DLC)	Alfheim	Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
Arendelle Village (DLC)	Arendelle	Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
Android Factory (DLC)	Unknown	Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
Big Snowman (DLC)	Realm of Starters	Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
Sunset Rock (DLC)	Realm of Starters	Speed Slalom
Ninja Land (DLC)	Realm of Starters	Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
Jingle Town (DLC)	Realm of Snow Town	Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
Crazy Jungle (DLC)	Realm of Snow Town	Halfpipe Battle
Ice Land (DLC)	Realm of Snow Town	Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
Japan (DLC)	Realm of New Generations	Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle
San Fransisco (DLC)	Realm of New Generations	Speed Slalom
France (DLC)	Realm of New Generations	Speed Slalom & Halfpipe Battle

World Tour Bosses

Boss Character	Course
Snowman Robot	Rookie Mountain
Jungle Dinosaur	Triassic Ruins
Metal Spider	Black Diamond Mountain
Chill Wolf	Snowy Ice Cavern
Damien Robot	Low-G Factory
Black Frost	Rookie Mountain
Shadow Face	Glacier of Illusions

Unlock Criteria

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

Characters

Character	Unlock Method
Shinobin	Clear Chapter 1 in World Tour Mode
Kaede	Clear Chapter 2 in World Tour Mode
Wendy Lane	Clear Chapter 3 in World Tour Mode
Damien	Clear Chapter 4 in World Tour Mode
Coach	Clear Chapter 5 in World Tour Mode
Mr. Dog	Clear Chapter 6 in World Tour Mode
Jack Frost	Clear all Chapters in World Tour Mode
Pyro Jack	Clear all Snow Town Challenges with an A-Rank in World Tour Mode
Jack Ripper	Obtain an A-Rank on all stages in Boss Challenge Mode

Courses

Course	Unlock Method
Wintergreen Island	Clear Chapter 1 in World Tour Mode
Snowboard City	Clear Chapter 3 in World Tour Mode
Snowy Ice Cavern	Clear Chapter 5 in World Tour Mode
Low-G Factory	Clear Chapter 7 in World Tour Mode
Glacier of Illusions	Clear 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	Price
Penguin and Fish	60,000G
Flower Pattern	60,000G
Ghosts	60,000G
Rainbow	120,000G
Electric Spark	120,000G
Crystals	120,000G
Star Pattern	200,000G
Fire	200,000G
Jack's Board	200,000G
Wood	250,000G
Shuriken Pattern	250,000G
Queen's Board	250,000G
Snowman	300,000G
Jungle Dinosaur	300,000G
King's Board	300,000G
Metal Spider	350,000G
Chill Wolf	350,000G
Bronze Board	350,000G
SBK Logo	400,000G
Bandai Namco Logo	400,000G
Silver Board	400,000G
Angel	450,000G
Devil	450,000G
Gold Board	450,000G
Sun & Moon	500,000G
Dragon	500,000G
Rainbow Crystals	500,000G
Jack Bros.	720,000G
Shadow Face	830,000G
Platinum Board	1,000,000G

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 Village.
• 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.

Gallery

Character Select screen

Character Select screen (all characters unlocked)

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	Michiko Neya	Hunter Mackenzie Austin
Tommy Parsy	Shin-ichirō Miki Hiroaki Hirata (Anime Form)	Michael Donovan Michael Sinterniklaas (Anime Form)
Nicole Couch	Ai Orikasa	Megan Hollingshead
Pamela Rasteri	Yōko Honna	Michelle Ruff
Ruby Green	Daisuke Ono	Sam Riegel
Wendy Lane	Yuka Tokumitsu	Sarah Anne Williams
Koyuki Tanaka	Eriko Nakayama	Dorothy Elias-Fahn
Brad Maltinie	Houko Kuwashima	Alexis Tipton Erica Mendez (Anime Form)
Shinobin	Toshiyuki Morikawa	Kirk Thornton
Kaede	Yūko Minaguchi	Cherami Leigh
Kaelyn	Ayumi Fujimura	Juliet Simmons
Damien	Tomokazu Seki	Taliesin Jaffe
Coach	Takehito Koyasu	Ben Diskin
Mr. Dog	Kōji Takahashi	Kyle Hebert
Jack Frost	Eriko Nakayama	Monica Rial
Black Frost	Hideki Ogihara	Vic Mignogna
Pyro Jack	Taiten Kusunoki	Vic Mignogna
Jack Ripper	Masashi Tamaki	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 Tomasu	Cherami Leigh
Shino "Sinon" Asada	Miyuki Sawashiro	Michelle Ruff
Anna	Fumiko Orikasa	Kristen Bell
Elsa	Takako Matsu	Idina Menzel
Olaf	Tomokazu Seki	Josh Gad