Line #45 YMMV/SSX - TV Tropes


1	* AluminumChristmasTrees: ''3'' featured a ProductPlacement in the form of [=dnL=], a lime-lemon flavored 7 Up variant that contained [[MustHaveCaffeine caffeine]] and came in a clear bottle.[[labelnote: For comparison...]] 7 Up has a lemon-lime flavor, no caffeine, and comes in a green bottle. Additionally, the dnL fluid had an odd shade of green, while 7 Up's fluid is clear.[[/labelnote]] A lot of people (particularly international players, it would appear) were unaware that dnL was a real drink at the time; they thought the ad was a parody of 7 Up. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/dq9984/til_that_7_up_launched_a_variation_called_dnl_the/f61vmqb?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3 Apparently, even the testers]] didn't know about it, as it was not distributed in Canada; because of this, numerous bug reports were written concerning the dnL billboards.
2	* AscendedFanon: Possibly, as there was a ''lot'' of fan fiction depicting Griff as the arrogant jerk portrayed in ''SSX 2012'', even before ''On Tour''[='=]s release.
3	* AudienceAlienatingPremise: ''SSX Blur'' was a {{Platform/Wii}}-exclusive entry that used motion controls for its tricks and steering. It turned out that the number of fans who wanted to play using relatively unproven motion controls and people who wanted to play a snowboarding game whose motion controls weren't very reflective of snowboarding was not a large group. The game's failure would then put the series on ice for the next 5 years.
4	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: These games have ''tons'' of it, mainly in the form of funky or just plain adrenaline-pumping electronica. ''On Tour'' didn't use that kind of music too much, though the soundtrack is good in its own right.
5	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRE1TBcuqUA "Shake What Ya Mama Gave Ya"]]
6	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myDmmFLxxLU "Gin and Sin"]]
7	*** As if that wasn't awesome enough, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQBzLAgWq6c here's a 15-minute extended version]] straight from the game files!
8	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KY5fd1mDAw "Song for Dot"]]
9	** The series' SignatureSong, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE7YM23LBfo "It's Tricky"]] by Music/RunDMC.
10	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y34ay0L5PJI "Go" by Andy Hunter.]]
11	** Also used by ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', ''Sunrise'', and others, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATIFjrjXgNw "Happiness".]] MeaningfulName much?
12	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oeslAqeTEc "Finished Symphony" by Hybrid]], the absolutely amazing piece that plays during the "Untracked" level. Both the level and the music are the perfect reward for making it to the end of the game.
13	* BreatherLevel:
14	** Serenity in the 2012 game counts. While it does have a bottomless pit very early on, the rest of the stage is very forgiving and very long. This high score potential has made it a very popular run for online trick contests.
15	** Chapter 6 in each rider's Trick Book in ''Tricky''. Chapter 5 includes very complex tricks to perform, often requiring several careful rotations and switching from one stance to the next. In contrast, Chapter 6 involves each rider's über tricks, which only need a full boost meter, making the completion of the book a piece of cake once you reach it.
16	* BrokenBase: The Deadly Descents in ''SSX 2012''. While some critics didn't like them, others like IGN called them the highlight of the game.
17	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Psymon and Eddie are the only new characters from ''Tricky'' to reappear in the later games, though Eddie wouldn't reappear until ''SSX 2012'' and Psymon appeared in every game since ''Tricky''.
18	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Moby Jones and Zoe Payne have quite a big Swede fanbase.
19	* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Griff bails on the team and sets up his own. How does Zoe react? She heads to where he set a trick record and at the start of the event does something not even Film/JamesBond would attempt and grinds a helicopter. You heard right, she ''grinds a helicopter in flight,'' bagging two million points to Griff's two thousand in the opening seconds and ending with nearly five million at the end.
20	* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound:
21	** "'''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis SUPERRRRRRRRRR... UUUUUUBEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRR!!!]]''' ([[EchoingAcoustics Uber Zone... 3... 3... 3...]])" Anyone who's played ''SSX 3'' knows this meant you could go crazy with your Übertricks with no regards for the consequences (read: bailing) for a limited time.
22	** jazzy music {{sting}} "MONSTER TRICK!!" Doing a specific uber combined with a specific rotation resulted in a Monster Trick bonus in ''SSX 3''. A Superman with a triple backflip resulted in 10,000 points being added onto the move, for example, and these tricks are vital in getting Platinum-level scores in the game.
23	** "Radio Big, back again..."
24	** From ''Tricky'': "Trick-''aaaaay''! HUH!" This meant that you were one step closer to having unlimited Übertricks for the rest of the race.
25	*** Once you fill your Tricky meter, Rahzel chimes in with '"T-R-I-C-K-Y equals SUPER d-d-DUPER boost!" along with an added siren that basically says "You've earned it -- go ''nuts''."
26	*** It's so awesome, even the DarkerAndEdgier 2012 game still plays part of the main verse once you fill the Tricky bar to highlight that it's time to really let loose.
27	* OlderThanTheyThink: Many familiar elements of ''SSX'' are pulled directly from the real-life sport of boardercross, a rather niche Olympic winter sport. Like the games, boardercross races take place over multiple heats of head-to-head races (4 riders per race) across linear courses filled with high banked turns and jumps, and knockdowns are not exactly encouraged, but do happen (no boost award for doing so, however). The races even have a starting gate that drops like in the games.
28	* TheScrappy:
29	** Viggo Rolig from ''SSX 3'', who received a lot of hate in the Merqury City fansite due to his voice actor, [[ReplacementScrappy replacing JP as the "euro" representative]], flat personality, and most of his character traits revealed in his character profile being [[InformedAttribute Informed Attributes]]. He has been phased out of the series along with Nate in favor of Allegra and Griff.
30	** Sid from ''SSX On Tour'', though it's mostly a DieForOurShip thing due to him being paired with Kaori and leaving her canon love interest Mac in the cold.
31	** Marty from the PAL version of ''SSX Tricky'' [[ReplacementScrappy replaces Mac]]. While he's the exact same character as Mac, many fans including those in the PAL region dislike him and just would've rather had Mac.
32	* ScrappyMechanic:
33	** The rewind in ''SSX 2012''. No other SSX game had these, and while they can keep you alive bringing you out of a bottomless pit, your opponents are unaffected and continue their run in real-time, meaning you're continuously losing time even if you do get back on two feet.
34	** The bottomless pits in ''SSX 2012'' are this in general, as falling in them no longer resets your rider back to the track but actually ''ends your run'' if you don't have enough rewind to get out of them. This definitely broke up the momentum of the game and basically meant your run had to be perfect.
35	* {{Sequelitis}}: The fanbase may disagree as to whether or not ''Tricky'' or ''3'' was the best game, but it's generally agreed that the series started getting stale with ''On Tour'', which was still a good game but dialed back the character and zaniness of the franchise. ''Blur'', the series' entry on the Platform/{{Wii}}, brought back the larger-than-life personalities but polarized fans with its motion controls, while ''SSX 2012'' went DarkerAndEdgier in such a manner that left fans cold (even after it was toned down from the original ''Deadly Descents'' trailer). The franchise has been dormant since.
36	* {{Shipping}}: Seriously. The second game added a RelationshipValues system where each character had friends and enemies, which fueled the shipping. Mac/Kaori and Zoe/Moby are two of the more popular couples.
37	* ShockingMoments:
38	** "... damn, did you see how many flips he just got in there? What was it, five? Six?"
39	** Grinding an airborne helicopter. Do this and you've won and have enough points for every trick event in the game.
40	** Some of the absolutely insane Übertricks you can perform in ''Tricky'', which include but are not limited to pretending to saw your body in half at the waist with your snowboard, doing the Worm, and breakdancing.
41	* SongAssociation: ''SSX Tricky'' and "It's Tricky" (originally a hit for Music/RunDMC in 1986).
42	* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''SSX Tricky''. The original ''SSX'' was a great launch title that showed off what the Platform/PlayStation2 was capable of, but there were a great many issues with it, such as a flat personality and overly-demanding tracks, especially early on. ''Tricky'' had a much gentler learning curve, introduced the revolutionary Ubertrick system, and was injected with tons of appealing party personality.
43	* ThatOneLevel: The Deadly Descents in ''SSX (2012)''. Each one is packed with common snowboarding hazards (trees, ice, whiteouts, rocks, etc) which makes getting down the mountain a hugely frustrating affair. Several game reviewers note that these tracks drag the game down, but others have said they're the highlight.
44	** For the original ''SSX'' and ''SSX Tricky,'' the most feared course by many is Tokyo Megaplex, an [[AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield amazing technicolor]] [[PinballZone pinball snowboarding complex]] with difficult-to-maneuver obstacles in your face at almost all times, thin twisting upper railings and walkways requiring very stringent balancing and riding to avoid falling off, button-activated switch gates all over the place and tons of spots where it's easy to get yourself stuck and force resetting yourself, losing boost and the ability to perform Uber tricks in the process. What's more, if you make even one costly mistake and wipe out - which is almost a certainty considering the aforementioned large amount of obstacles you have to avoid - your opponents ''will'' catch up to you in almost no time flat due to the level's absolute dearth of lengthy shortcuts.
45	*** At the very least, Tokyo Megaplex is only really difficult in the race events, and is somewhat of a BreatherLevel for the Showoff trick events, providing many opportunities for big air and long grind combos. The same cannot be said for [[PalmtreePanic Aloha Ice Jam]], the final level from the original ''SSX'' game, which is difficult in ''both'' the Race and Showoff events. Tight turns around almost every corner, awkward shortcuts and sudden jumps and drop-offs that reset you behind the pack if you fall into them. It's also a very short course, and while the Showoff medal scores are lower than the others to compensate, achieving them is still tough thanks to the dearth of ramps to trick off of and fewer score multipliers, which are pretty far out-of-the-way.
46	** A couple of Peak 3's Freestyle events in ''SSX 3'' are very tough:
47	*** Kick Doubt is, without a doubt, the hardest Freestyle event in the game. It's comparatively short next to the previous peaks' Slope Style events, not leaving you much time to surmount Psymon's insanely-high gold score requirements, which essentially mandate going out of your way to hit at least a couple 10x multiplier-enhanced Ubertricks. These all require stringent timing, boosting and accuracy to reach, especially whilst maintaining a high combo. It's not uncommon for even seasoned players to have to replay this track several times to get the gold medal.
48	*** Much-2-Much is the final Big Air event, and not only is maintaining your combo throughout the run almost essential to getting the gold medal, it also has several ramps that kill your run and your combo if you don't approach them in just the right way ''and'' time your jumps in very tight windows. Worse still, the course is littered with large crags and rocky outcroppings that cause you to bail if you even so much as brush up against them, which can spell doom for your run if you hit a ramp in the wrong direction.

Context YMMV / SSX