Snowboard Kids

Snowboard Kids, also called Snobo Kids is a video game for the Nintendo 64. It was developed by Racdym and published by Atlus. The game featured 10-year-old children who snowboarded down various courses, not necessarily involving snow. Extra tracks could be unlocked after beating all six original tracks.

Characters
The characters in the game are design in a chibi style, with big heads and small bodies.

Slash
Slash is technically the most balanced character in the game most his best suited for beginners. He has long, black spiky hair and wears blue goggles.

Nancy
Nancy is particularly slow, but has a very good set of tricks. Players who prefer to use tricks to gain money should use Nancy. She wears pink clothes with pink rabbit style ears and has a heart logo in her cheeks.

Jam
Jam is considered the best of the default characters in the game for his notable handling and tricks, although he is one of the slowest characters. Distinguished by his brown dreadlocks, he also wears blue goggles and a white and purple striped beanie

Linda
Linda is one of the fastest characters in the game but suffers from poor handling and average tricks. She wear blue goggles, a bikini top and leopard skin trousers.

Tommy
Tommy is The fastest default character but has the worst handling and trick ability. He wears bright green clothes and has a bandage on his nose.

Shinobin
Shinobin is found in the last level (Ninja Land) and is very hard to beat. Once beaten, he is unlocked as a usable character. He is a Ninja in a black Shinobishozoku.

Boards
There are 9 boards (as well as 6 secret ones which cannot be used in reverse) in the game. There are three types of default boards.

Freestyle
These boards are slower than the others, but have good better handling and are good for executing tricks.

All Around
These boards are have average handling and speed.

Alpine
These boards are faster than the others but have poorer handling. Slower characters should use these.

Special

 * Level 1 is a board consisting of two gold stars. It is unlock by defeating Shinobin.
 * Level 2 is the feather board and has an extremely large jump. It can be won in the Animal Land level.
 * Level 3 is the ice board, which is very hard to control, thus players tend not to use it.

Shinobin

 * Level 1 looks like a Japanese scroll. It has very good handling, but is slow.
 * Level 2 is an average board with standard handling and speed.
 * Level 3 is the fastest Shinobin board. It is some sort of ninja sword.

Weapons
On each course, there are various red Shops on the course. If the player hits one, they buy a random weapon for 100 G.

Bomb
The bomb is a very accurate weapon which causes a small explosion when hitting another player or object. Because of the blast size, this weapon can be useful for targeting players grouped close together, although the user should be careful and only use it when the target is not close.

Slap Stick
This weapon is extremely accurate and can travel around corners. It travels quite slowly and disappears on contact. When a player is hit with this, they stumble forwards.

Freeze Shot
The Freeze Shot temporarily stops and freezes the targeted player in a block of ice for around 3 seconds. The user should be careful not to be behind the target, because players who hit the block of ice fall over.

Snowmen
This weapon is extremely fast, but has low accuracy. When a player is hit, they temporarily turn into a snowman and are unable to turn. This weapon is most effective when used just before a large gap which the target can fall down.

Parachute
One of the most effective weapons in the game is the parachute. When a player is struck, they fly into the air and descend slowly, attached to a parachute until they reach the ground again. When used just before a large jump, the victim can take much longer to reach the ground.

Items
Items are bought from blue Shops scattered throughout the courses.

Speed Fan
This item causes a little fan to appear on the back of the user's snowboard roughly doubling the user's speed for around 7 seconds. It is best used on straighter parts of a course.

Pan
This item causes a pan to squash everyone else on the course, stopping them in their tracks for a few seconds. The pan does not work on players who are invisible or players who are in the chairlift.

Invisible
This item makes the user invisible, thus invincible to all dangers except rocks.

Rock
Anyone who hits a rocks falls over. The best places to put them are next to Shops or just before the chairlift entrance.

Rat Face
This is a very rare item. When used, the user steals everyone else's money.

Ghost
This item is used to slow down the person in front, even if they are invisible. A player can receive more than one ghost, which cause them to slow down ever more. If the user is in first place, it slows down the person directly behind them.