Simple, fun gameplay and stylish visuals = kids game

[ameratsu]

After watching that video review, this game strikes me as a crappy/watery/easy version of the SSX games from last generation. Arcadey is great, the original ssx games were very aracdey. The thing is, they weren't insanely easy or blatantly aimed at kids (exaggerated artstyle, ingame adverts, simplistic gameplay) and required some skill to place first in later races and trick competitions. If the reviewer managed to beat this in a day, something tells me the "for kids" label, though overused, is probably suitable to this game. Of course none of those factors necessarily make it a kids game, but the way they come together here are pretty obvious. As others have said, being a game aimed at kids doesn't mean others are precluded from enjoying it.

I read his characterization of the game as: This game is worse than SSX, SSX: Tricky, and SSX 3 in almost every way, only buy this if you want something easy or for your kids. "Seasoned gamers" probably want something that provides enough challenge/depth to take them more than a couple days to complete.