SSX Blur (Wii, 2007)

SSX's highly anticipated 4th game sold exclusively for Wii, entitled 'SSX Blur' has a lot of good intentions. There are creative new tournaments, many different ways to attempt courses, and a great layout. Though all of these things add to SSX's playability, it takes a few steps back by eliminating what made the game such fun to play- complex tricks that were easy to do.

SSX Blur uses the same format at the third edition of the game, three different peaks with several courses on each. Again on each course you have several options, like a competing in a race or a half pipe tournament. The navigation for these courses is very easy.

The main problem with the game is the controls. To get complete use of the Wii controller the game developers made every action dependent on hand movement on both the controller and the nunchuk, taking a lot of coordination. They do offer a whole section of tutorials so you can get used to this type of play. Though this helps the controls alter the game play in a way that can often be frustrating, inaccurate, and confusing.

Let me explain why:

To move left and right you move the nunchuk in that direction. Ok, not too bad To attempt grabs you hold the Z button and move tilt the nunchuk left, right, up, and down. While also doing this a flip is a strict up and down movement with the wii controller while a spin is a left to right movement. Performing these actions simultaneously can be quite a task.

To perform an 'uber trick' the tricks which have made SSX titles popular, is the hardest of all. You must draw a shape on the screen while holding the A button. These shapes vary from a "Z" shape, to a letter "E" with two loops intertwined. The sensor almost never picks up on these tricks, even if you give it multiple tries on a high jump.

So what if advanced gamers want a challenge? Sure, the game does have a fun factor for those up for it. But lets be honest, it changes the game completely. The whole idea behind the SSX titles are unrealistic and dramatic jumps, spins, and tricks that worked with any gamer because they were easier to do. As the game progressed you could make combination tricks that were perfectly timed. On SSX Blur the gamer wildly flails the remote in an attempt to make a trick work. Out of 100 jumps it is almost impossible to get the same trick twice, proving the game's inaccuracy.

SSX Blur is a game that had promising aspects, but simply did not live up to its expectations and previous installments. Hopefully EA will learn from these faulty motions and improve when developing its successor.

Pretty fun game - nice reaction to movements and controls. The variety of objectives (slopes) and races or single action makes it fun for one player or two. The ability to perform tricks for points and still race for time make this a double yes in my book.

Nice looking graphics....amazing sense of speed. The wii controls are pretty intuitive once you learn them. The courses and events here are fun and challenging. My only complaint is the ubertricks....they are rediculously hard to do. I've mastered one, and gotten a couple of the others to work sporadically. Anyways.....great game. Having a great time with it.

I loved it. The new Wii controls bring SSX to a completely different level. I've noticed that a lot of people tend to complain about the controls, but I've found that they're easy to manipulate if you just bother to spend some time getting used to it.

The only thing I disliked about the game was the cartoon-esque quality. Everyone in SSX3 was more in 3D, while in SSX Blur, they're more cartoons. While you're racing, etc., you're in 3D, but not while you're looking at profiles.

As in all SSX games, there are new characters to use, which is pretty standard. Some old characters made it to the next game, others didn't.

I'd give it 5 out of 5 stars. Good game. I'd highly recommend it to any SSX fan.

Don't listen to the other guys. this game is really fun, a little overpriced, and easy to get into. The controls are not that hard if you can multi task. just do the tutorials and play around with it. in the tutorial they don't tell you that to quit doing a trick u just press A. Overall get this game. this was one of the first wii games i got and im happy with it. :)

Graphics were good even on the Wii. The controls I couldnt even get past the tutorials because they were so annoyingly frustrating I almost threw my Wii out the window. ITS LITERALLY THAT BAD. I got my copy up for grabs on ebay if anyone wants a mint copy because Ill never play it again.

iv'e owned every SSX game thats out there except this one. I have different opinions on all of them. I think SSX 3 was the best one, But i heard this one was pretty cool. I heard the animation and controls are awesome when you get to practice more. I hope this game is as good as it looks

this was my worst ebay experience so far. I won the item on August 6th paid immediately using pay pal. Come Aug. 22 the payment still had not been claimed. I decided to screw it cancel the payment and buy my item from someone with some integrity

It was kind of hard to get use to. The grpahics are pretty good but the steering seems a little rough. But what snowboarding game isn't rough at first? This game is great once you get the steering down and well worth the price. I loved the game and I am sure others will enjoy the fun they will spend on it too. Great Game!

Good Seller, No Problems. Unfortunately didn't like the game as much as I thought I would. It is hard to do tricks and the music isn't motivating. We love SSX Tricky and thought this would be fun to play as well but we were disappointed.

I am a snowboarding game fan and I did enjoy this game a little. One of the negative drawbacks is the navigation and doing tricks is more difficult than regular controller games. I found myself pressing the wrong buttons at the wrong times. The graphics and characters are fun. I guess if you spend more time on the controllers this would be a great game.

Overall not highly recommended, but good game!

I recieved the game promptly and came with what was described. The product worked perfectly______________________________________________________________________________________________

The game is a little difficult to perform tricks on a Wii. Great graphics and easy to move on to next level.

SSX blur might not be the newest Snowboard game on the market but is a family favorite with its easy to use controls and cartoon style graphics.

I bought this product for my daughter for Christmas. It was on her list and because it is a slightly older game I could not find it in retail stores so I turned to Ebay.

I CANT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS GAME BECAUSE I NEVER RECIEVED IT...HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE SELLER

Very good communication skills, and pleasant to work with. Will buy again. Wish more seller were like this.

Shipping was quick. I bought this game for Christmas for my son. He loves Skateboarding and snow boarding. I don't have any complaints, As long as it works I'm Happy

RECIEVED THIS GAME AND WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE CONDITION THE GAME WORKED PERFEC TLY FINE ALSO RECIEVED IT AS POSTED.

I really like the tricks you can do on this game. I have heard it would take up to an hour to learn how to play it but after i played it, it only took a few minutes to pick it up. This is one of the top 5 games iv played for wii. A must buy in my opinion.

Game is good, but def like SSX tricky for gamecube better, Def would recommend if you are looking for a good game

Adults enjoy playing it, grand-kids get excited and the actions is very real. It is kind of formated off of a playstation game but much better. The game codes can be unlocked which allows for many other sites to race. I would give thumbs up to buying and playing it.

My 11-year old son has enjoyed SSX series for several years. Sure, this release has its technical critics, but you know, kids don't see the faults. They just have fun. Graphics and motion are improved. So what if it's not PS3/XBox quality. They're not Wii!