History VideoGame / SSX

* {{Badbutt}}: Since Tricky is E-rated, some of the characters have that "[[GoshDangItToHeck Can't swear, but REALLY WANT TO]]" issue; Elise in particular (she seems to think that [[LargeHam SHOUTING EVERYTHING MAKES HER AWESOME]]). Kaori ''does'' use some [[BilingualBonus Japanese phrases]] that are [[ForeignSwearWord often translated as swears]], but which do not have the same stigma in Japanese as they do in English and are not considered family-unfriendly in the same way.

* {{Badbutt}}: Since Tricky is E-rated, some of the characters have that "[[GoshDangItToHeck Can't swear, but REALLY WANT TO]]" issue; Elise in particular (she seems to think that [[LargeHam SHOUTING EVERYTHING MAKES HER AWESOME]]).
** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] if one [[BilingualBonus speaks Japanese]]. Kaori can be something of a pottymouth if she crashes or wipes out.

* ActorAllusion: Elise's profile on SSX Tricky lists her favourite movie as ''Film/CharliesAngels'', which starred her voice actress, Lucy Liu.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Much of the cast in ''Tricky'', but most are exclusive to that particular game.
** David Arquette (Eddie)
** Macy Gray (Seeiah)
** Creator/LucyLiu (Elise)
** Creator/BifNaked (Zoe) -- the only member of ''Tricky'''s all-star cast to reprise her role in a later game (''SSX 3'')
** Oliver Platt (Luther)
** Billy Zane (Brodi)

* TheOtherDarrin: Pretty much all of the characters have gone through this as the series progressed.

* ActorAllusion: Elise's profile on SSX Tricky lists her favourite movie as ''CharliesAngels'', which starred her voice actress, Lucy Liu.

** BifNaked (Zoe) -- the only member of ''Tricky'''s all-star cast to reprise her role in a later game (''SSX 3'')

[[caption-width-right:350: [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat How is he ''not'' freezing to death?!]]]]

'''''[[EarWorm ITS TRICKY TO ROCK A RHYME TO ROCK A RHYME THAT'S RIGHT ON TIME ITS TRICKY! IT'S TRICKY!']]''''

[[caption-width-right:350: [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat How is he ''not'' dying?!]]]]

* [[spoiler:FinalExamBoss]]: [[spoiler:Death Zone]] in ''SSX(2012)''

* '''''SSX Tricky''' (2001):'' The second game, ''Tricky'' was arguably the high point for the series. It took its still somewhat modest predecessor and turned the craziness {{up to eleven}} by {{Flanderiz|ation}}ing the entire cast and including so-called Übertricks, in which boarders pull their board off their feet and use them in suicidal acrobatic maneuvers, ranging form breakdancing to faking an execution.
* '''''SSX 3''' (2003):'' Took the basic gameplay features of ''Tricky'' and set all racing events on the creatively-named Big Mountain, thereby introducing a WideOpenSandbox mechanic. As a result, the track diversity suffered somewhat and the general quirkiness of ''Tricky'' was played down a notch. However, some fans consider it to be the best game in the series.
* '''''SSX On Tour''' (2005):'' Reduced most of the crazy cast to simple cameos and instead included a pretty restrictive Create-a-Boarder mode. Plus, the game added skiers(!) of all things, changing one of the basic concepts of the series. The fanbase was not all that pleased.

* '''''SSX''''' ''(2012):'' Originally called '''''SSX: Deadly Descents''''', an "[[DarkerAndEdgier extreme]]" reboot of the franchise for next-gen consoles, the game plays more like a SpiritualSuccessor to SSX Tricky. The World Tour mode focuses around rival teams of snowboarders competing to be the first to board on the world's most inhospitable places such as the Himalayas and Antarctica. In adddition to the new Deadly Decent peaks, the game features traditional Trick and Race modes with online leaderboards and events.

* AxCrazy: Psymon.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The 2012 game was going to be this, but the final result is less so.
* DiscoDan: Eddie in the second and third games.

** In ''SSX 2012'', on a big jump Zoe sometimes says "I can see...ah forget it."

* IdolSinger: Kaori Nishidake's regular job.

* {{Jerkass}}: Luther. He is so much so that only JP is willing to be friends with him.

** Tane sings a bit of Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler.

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A series of snowboarding games by made by ElectronicArts. It shares some similarities in style and mentality with the ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater'' games, but places the action and snowboards (and later skis) and takes even more liberties in realistically portraying the actual sport in favor of a more arcade, over-the-top experience.

* ShoutOut: One of the legendary boards avalible...[[MassEffect an N7 design done up in red and black.]]

* GratuitousEnglish: Averted mostly by Kaori, who only speaks Japanese except for on the character select screen.
** Played straighter in the case of JP in ''Tricky''; while he mostly speaks French, when you go off of a big jump, he'll sometimes say, "Mr. Big Air.".

* RegionalBonus: The Spain version of the 2012 includes an extra song by Las Ketchup.

The series is inspired by the RealLife sport of "boardercross", a mix of snowboarding and motocross ("SSX" itself stands for "Snowboarding Supercross"). In reality, though, it's about a bunch of outrageous characters riding down a series of outrageous tracks doing outrageous tricks at outrageous speed. As you might have guessed from the overuse of the adjective "outrageous", the series is at the arcade end of the Sliding Scale of Simiulation vs. Arcade.

** In ''Tricky'': Successfully completing six Übertricks spells out T-R-I-C-K-Y, which grants unlimited boost until the end of the current event.

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** Lucy Liu (Elise)
** Bif Naked (Zoe) -- the only member of ''Tricky'''s all-star cast to reprise her role in a later game (''SSX 3'')

The series is inspired by the RealLife sport of "boardercross", a mix of snowboarding and motocross("SSX" itself stands for "Snowboarding Supercross"). In reality, though, it's about a bunch of outrageous characters riding down a series of outrageous tracks doing outrageous tricks at outrageous speed. As you might have guessed from the overuse of the adjective "outrageous", the series is at the arcade end of the Sliding Scale of Simiulation vs. Arcade.

The series is inspired by the RealLife sport of "boardercross", a mix of snowboarding and motocross. In reality, though, it's about a bunch of outrageous characters riding down a series of outrageous tracks doing outrageous tricks at outrageous speed. As you might have guessed from the overuse of the adjective "outrageous", the series is at the arcade end of the Sliding Scale of Simiulation vs. Arcade.

** Also present in ''SSX 2012''. [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything Ridiculously high cliffs on the edges of the tracks are meant to keep you somewhat on them]], but if you get enough air-time and send yourself in the right direction...
*** This actually appears to be nixed. While the game offers an "Exploration" mode, it's nothing more than the way you play each of the courses on any character you want, as opposed to the Story mode which dictates the character you play. Really, nothing wide-open or sandbox-y at all.