Cool Boarders 2

Cool Boarders 2
Developer(s) UEP Systems
Publisher(s)
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • JP: August 28, 1997
  • NA: October 31, 1997
  • EU: February 1, 1998
Genre(s) Snowboarding
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Cool Boarders 2 (Cool Boarders 2: Killing Session in Japan) is a snowboarding video game developed by UEP Systems for the PlayStation. The game builds upon its predecessor's features with the addition of trick competitions, computer-controlled competitors, and support for the PlayStation's System Link feature, allowing two-player, non-splitscreen multiplayer.

The main aim remains to complete courses in the shortest time (aided this time around by shortcuts), to perform the best-scoring tricks and to rack up huge total scores. There are more unlockables and also the option to customize the snowboard's graphics. The game offers 7 snowboarders, 18 snowboards and 10 courses to compete on. An original advertisement for the game features Seth Romatelli of the comedy podcast Uhh Yeah Dude.

Background

The game's predecessor, Cool Boarders, was released for the PlayStation the year prior, in 1996. Despite mixed reviews, Cool Boarders was a sleeper success, and eventually attained a Greatest Hits edition. As snowboarding began to gain in popularity in the West during the late 1990s, so did snowboarding video games. Developer/publisher UEP Systems began work on a sequel to take advantage.

Cool Boarders 2 was unveiled at the April 1997 Tokyo Game Show, where it drew large crowds despite UEP having only a small booth.[1]

Other entries in the genre began trickling in, most notably 1080° Snowboarding. The original developer, UEP Systems, sold the rights to the name of the series in the US. This resulted in three US-based sequels, while in Japan, the series continued with Cool Boarders Burrrn for the Sega Dreamcast under UEP's guiding force, before "ending" with the PlayStation 2's Cool Boarders: Code Alien.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankings70.42%[2]

The game received an average score of 70.42% at GameRankings, based on an aggregate of 12 reviews.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Tokyo Game Show Report from Japan". Next Generation. No. 30. Imagine Media. June 1997. p. 17.
  2. 1 2 "Cool Boarders 2 for PlayStation". GameRankings. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
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