EA will look into an SSX revival
Outcome depends on you, apparently.
EA Montreal trouser-wearer Alain Tascan has admitted there is a lot of love for the SSX snowboarding series at the studio, and said that a revival may be on the cards - particularly if the market (that's you) demands it.
"Ah, SSX," Tascan sighed wistfully to GamesIndustry.biz. "We have a big catalogue and we were talking about what people like. I think this is something we will look at in the future to see if it makes sense to revive the franchise.
"It's a little bit early to talk about it, but I feel... I know internally it is a franchise that people love because it was successful and good, and it reminds me of when we were young, and I feel if the market is there and is ready for a new one then we'll consider it."
SSX was last on the piste back in 2005, with the GameCube, PS2 and Xbox release of SSX On Tour. That was good, by the way, but not as good as SSX 3 and SSX Tricky.
EA Montreal is currently making Army of Two sequel The 40th Day which, as I hope you have noticed, will be playable at the Eurogamer Expo - as will Mass Effect 2 etcetera, etcetera.
Read our Army of Two: The 40th Day preview for the story so far.
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Regardless i would love to see a new one for the HD consoles, just make it more like ssx3 and less like on tour. SSX3 is one of me favourite sports games ever made.
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DO IT NOW
Seriously though, SSX3 is arguably my favourite game of all time. They need to bring back Tokyo Megaplex from the original.
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I still have the games now so I might fire one up now for old times sake.
Go on, EA. (Something people were very ashamed to say five years ago!)
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Tricky was a classic.
More _proper_ SSX please! It all went downhill when the Tokyo Megaplex was removed
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I loved the original 1080 on the N64. I didn't think anything could top it. The Gamecube version was better but then I got a PS2 and Tricky and fell in love with Elise. 1080 is still the more satisfying experience but SSX offers and delivers the impossible in an uncomplicated manner. An HD sequel would be much appreciated as a PSN/XBLA title.
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I've been clamouring for next gen ssx title.
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Please, EA BIG - make SSX4 and make it (almost) exactly the same.
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The music - it reflected how well you were doing, so it started with just the baseline, then when you do some awesome stuff, the drums kicked in, then you maxed out your tricky bar and the guitar kicked in - then you did uber moves and the vocals hit it - it was SWEEET! especially the chilli peppers 'higher ground' song.
The gameplay and control was pretty spot on too! Didn't like ssx3 as much - not as wacky and fun as tricky, and as i recall, the music wasn't as good, and didn't reflect how well you were doing.
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SSX was one of my favourite franchises from the PS2 and I've been looking forward to a new title for many years.
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Absolutely loved Tricky at the time.
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SSX is the reason I still have my PS2 hanging around.
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Heh same here, Pure just reminds me of SSX, except with motors... and wheels...
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I hate DJ Atomica as well, he's so bloody annoying. A quick search found out who he actually is:
[link url=http://en .wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hildreth_(actor)
]http://en .wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hildre...[/link]
How do we find out where he lives, so we can make sure we never have to listen to his "witty banter" again.
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GT 2 had the arcade and the sim disc, same game, different parts, ssx3 had the whole mountain thing, and that was amazing, but ssx tricky had the ridiculous areana style courses, like tokyo megalpex and the massive iceberg in a sunny place.
So make the new ssx in hd, and have an outdoor mountain tour with relaistic mountains like ssx 3, and then the arena tour which will have things like tokyo megaplex from tricky, make it crazy, make the whole point tricks, Thus you have the best of both of the best ssx games on a single disc.
Oh and if you want to add "wii"/"natal"/"ps3 love wand" motion sensitive support, please make it entirely optional, so that the rest of us can play the game by bashing buttons like normal, because lets face it, ssx blur was unplayable S**te. and ssx on tour was just rubbish compared to the other ones.
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Oddly I didn't mind DJ Atomica, when he talked about events and things happening off piste(?) in SSX 3 I felt it made the world more real and that even though you only interaction was via your broad and rider there was a wider world there. Granted it could go a bit far at times and being in burnout paradise was a bizzare move.
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@cabbage well spotted
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Next to a new Broken Sword title, SSX is the only thing missing from this gen.
MAKE IT SO, EA.
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@ bratmandu and myiagros, I have MultiMap directions to DJ Atomica's house. Now all we need is a foolproof plan to have him 'whacked'.
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Loved him beatboxing over the action!
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Does anyone feel that EA may actually have started on a new SSX? Maybe it's just me being optimistic.
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On Tour was shit.
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1) Make a new SSX (Tricky)
2) Strangle DJ Atomika
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We can drive there, but the sat nav voice is stuck on DJ Atomika - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Bring Tricky back----- NNNOOOOWWWWWW!!!
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Since I'm a nice guy: Yeah EA! Do another one for the fans!
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I got SSX with my launch PS2, I got Tricky as soon as I could, then 3, and even On Tour, on PS2 anddd PSP (Which I feel is actually quite good). There are barely any other series of games I've done this for. Would love a new one.
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A new SSX would need to have a good soundtrack as good as Tricky and 3 though. SSX3's soundtrack was incredible and worked so well with the game.
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SSX Tricky is one of my fav games every. Just hope a revival is in the same vain as tricky that hit the sweet spot for me.
Would be awsome if they get Macy Gray, Lusy Liu and Nick Malaperiman et all back to voice the characters SSX3 just wasn't the same without them.
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I'm not usually into all these skateboarding and snowboarding games, but SSX was a game apart. It was the fantastic over the top tracks that did it for me. It was kind of like fantasy high speed tobogganing, but on a snow board with crazy stunts.
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http://fo rum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/2...
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I still play Tricky regularily - it is as close to perfection as this kind of game could ever get.
Of course, pretty HD visuals and double the number of courses and contestents wouldn't hurt... g'wan EA, Do it!
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I would also love another Amped sequel that is more like the first 2 games on XBOX. Amped 3 was utter shite! I am hoping that StokEd will be good though and that is supposed to be similar to Amped 1 and 2. It should be coming out in PAL territories end of this month
Shaun White Snowboarding was pretty average and didn't really satisfy my appetite for virtual snowboarding....
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I suspect SSX3 and Tricky split the votes and lost a place. Still, much love. BRING IT BACK!
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NOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
WE WANT SSX FOR PS3
NOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
WE WANT SSX FOR PS3
NOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
WE WANT SSX FOR PS3
NOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
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WE NEED A NEXT-GEN SSX
PLEEEEEEEEASEEEEEE