1080° Avalanche

To do: There was a demo playable / video shown at ECTS in London in August 2003 US Demo Disc Ver. 12 includes what appears to be identical to the E3 2003 demo. There's a LOT to do, as there are much more #Regional Differences between Avalanche and Silver Storm, like the transitions, venue names, the announcer having different clips between versions, etc

1080° Avalanche is the successor to 1080° Snowboarding on the Nintendo 64, using the winter environments to showcase the GameCube's graphics and processing power.

Unused Graphics#

The root/1080data/misc folder contains a bunch of TPL files, many of which are early graphics.

1080Logo.tpl is an early version of the logo.

transition.tpl is a placeholder of some sort. Also worth noting that 1080° White Storm is the game's early name, as it would be similar to Wave Race: Blue Storm.

alpha.tpl contains some sort of debug text.

Also within the misc folder are two TPL files called Credits.tpl and CreditsTM.tpl. While both include placeholders for a Nintendo of America (NOA) and Nintendo Co., Ltd. (NCL) logos, within the latter is an early version of the game's logo featuring (as you may have guessed) a TM symbol, and thinner outlines.

CreditsTM	Credits

Developer Credits#

Also in the misc folder is an early version of the developer credits stored in a plain text file.

!1080 Development Team

!President
Shigeki Yamashiro

!Designers
Vivek Melwani
Rich Vorodi

!Programmers
SunTjen Fam
Sheldon Baines
Scott Bassett
Jonathan Johnson
Rory Johnston

!Art Director
Michael Harrington

!Course Artists
Trevor Johnson
Jack Snowden
Ronald Hall
Alain Schneuwly
Katsuhiko Kanno

!Character Arists
Jun Tsujimoto
Michelle Lu
Steven Petofalvi
Jodi Dillinger

!Sound
Lawrence Schwedler
James Phillipsen

Easter Eggs#

Pixelated Screen#

Watch on YouTubeWhile using the Old School Board, pause the game and press Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right on the D-Pad, then press B. A sound will play if entered correctly. When you unpause the game, the screen will be pixelated! Enter the code again to undo the effect.

Note that using this code in Powder Threat will cause the screen to glitch, as seen in the video.

Rocket Explosion#

Watch on YouTubeThe NST 1080 Avalanche (Jet Rocket) Board can explode if wiping out on the side of the board when your damage meter is down to 1 bar, causing the player to die. This will not work in Trick Attack.

Doing this in Powder Threat will cause the screen to glitch, just like the above.

Regional Differences#

There are a lot of differences between the English and Japanese versions.

Title Screen#

Japan	International

Banner#

Japan	International

Save Banner#

Japan	International

The save banner is the same as the one when reading the disc from the IPL in the Japanese version. Internationally, it loses transparency and gains a frosty color background.

Save Icon#

Japan	International

When managing GameCube save data, the Japanese save icon is static. International it is animated.

Intro, Menus and Interface#

• The game logo was redesigned for the Japanese Silver Storm version.
• Avalanche has a blue with white color in the transition screens, while Silver Storm has a silver with white color in it instead.

Japanese	International

• Gate Attack and Multiplayer mode are called Slalom and Multiplay in Silver Storm respectively.
• The music player looks different in Silver Storm, with the buttons being changed and now music track numbers are displayed.

Boards#

Japanese	International

Characters#

The character names are different.

Akari Hayami (one of four characters that had their names unchanged; the other being Ricky Winterborn, Tara Hunter and Rob Haywood) speaks Japanese in the Japanese version. Also, the change behind Tara's alternate character is that in the International versions, you control a moose, but it's replaced with a panda in the Japanese version.

Tracks#

There is some different names for tracks and venues between Avalanche and Silver Storm:

Half-Pipe Avalanche#

Watch on YouTubeAlthough in the other versions there are only 3 courses in Trick Attack, In the Japanese version, there is an extra course in Trick Attack that can be unlocked called "Half-Pipe Avalanche", which is an Avalanche on a Half-Pipe course.