Snowboard Kids

Snowboard Kids is the totally radical tale of kids who need parental supervision. An "enhanced" port, Snowboard Kids Plus, was released only in Japan for the PlayStation as スノボキッズプラス (Snobow Kids Plus).

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Prerelease Info

Regional Differences#

Snowboard Kids was localized in Japan in a very similar way to many older games, such as Mario Kart 64. While the announcer was different, the narration was still mostly in English, with a few exceptions.

General#

First of all, the Japanese name of Snowboard Kids was スノボ キッズ (Snobow Kids). Even though the game was named Snowboard Kids everywhere else, the in-game banner graphics were never updated and still say Snobow Kids on all of them. Secondly, the US and PAL versions of the game are nearly identical. There's a difference in the intro & title screen music. The intro & title screen music for the PAL version is slightly longer to compensate for the speed difference between PAL and other regions, where PAL is slower. This change made sure the music doesn't loop by the time the autoplay demos happen, which still uses the same timing as the other versions. Some inaccurate emulators still cause the demo music to loop.

Logos#

Japan	International

Additional characters near the Racdym logo are present on the Japanese version, which helps the Japanese pronounce the company name.

Title Screen#

Japan	International

As stated, the game in Japan was named スノボ キッズ (Snobow Kids). The international versions added "Licensed by Nintendo" text.

Menus#

Japan	International

The international version removed an exclamation mark for the entry graphic, which is seen when selecting a character in the character select menu.

Skill Game Name Differences#

The Japanese version had different English names for the Skill games. The international version made them all end with "Game". The graphics in-game were properly updated to reflect this.

Course Name Differences#

The Japanese version of the game has a slight difference with the names used in the map preview, which are in English. These are seen in the course select menu.

There are no differences in the courses themselves.

Data Save#

Japan	International

The international version added an "Are you sure?" confirmation for the Data Save menu. In the Japanese version, you are immediately presented with the option to save or not save, with no way to back out of it.

Audio Differences#

Title Screen#

Character Select#

Additionally, a second version of Tommy is found in all versions of Snowboard Kids, presumably an unused, earlier version for the Japanese version.

Interestingly, this version appears to be used in Snobow Kids Plus!

Board Shop#

Additionally, a second version of "Not enough" is present but unused. It's unused in both the Japanese and international versions. Perhaps both the store and hitting an item box with less than 100g were supposed to trigger a different voice clip?

The one that ended up being used seems more fitting for the 100g item box situation, whereas the unused one seems more fitting for the shop.

Board Select#

Gameplay#

The Japanese version got one additional trick voiceline, which is when gaining above 300 Gold.

In the international versions, it doesn't exist at all. There, you will hear "Great" regardless of the amount.

Development Text#

Present at 0xE1C60 in the ROM is text for a debug display.

ENDOBJ %2d 
x = %d  y = %d 
MOTION NO %3.3i.%2.2d
NG Channel