1080° Avalanche

1080° Avalanche
Also known as: 1080° Silverstorm (JP) Developer: Nintendo Software Technology Publisher: Nintendo Platform: GameCube Released in JP: January 22, 2004 Released in US: December 1, 2003 Released in EU: November 28, 2003 Released in KR: March 12, 2004 This game has hidden developer credits. This game has unused graphics. This game has regional differences.

To do: There was a demo playable / video shown at ECTS in London in August 2003

1080° Avalanche is the successor to 1080° Snowboarding on the Nintendo 64, using the winter environments to showcase the GameCube's graphics and processing power.

Unused Graphics

The root/1080data/misc folder contains a bunch of TPL files, many of which are early graphics.

1080Logo.tpl is an early version of the logo.

transition.tpl is a placeholder of some sort. Also worth noting that 1080° White Storm is the game's early name, as it would be similar to Wave Race: Blue Storm.

alpha.tpl contains some sort of debug text.

Also within the misc folder are two TPL files called Credits.tpl and CreditsTM.tpl. While both include placeholders for a Nintendo of America (NOA) and Nintendo Co., Ltd. (NCL) logos, within the latter is an early version of the game's logo featuring (as you may have guessed) a TM symbol, and thinner outlines.

CreditsTM	Credits

Developer Credits

Also in the misc folder is an early version of the developer credits stored in a plain text file.

!1080 Development Team

!President
Shigeki Yamashiro

!Designers
Vivek Melwani
Rich Vorodi

!Programmers
SunTjen Fam
Sheldon Baines
Scott Bassett
Jonathan Johnson
Rory Johnston

!Art Director
Michael Harrington

!Course Artists
Trevor Johnson
Jack Snowden
Ronald Hall
Alain Schneuwly
Katsuhiko Kanno

!Character Arists
Jun Tsujimoto
Michelle Lu
Steven Petofalvi
Jodi Dillinger

!Sound
Lawrence Schwedler
James Phillipsen

Easter Eggs

Pixelated Screen

While using the Old School Board, pause the game and press Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right on the D-Pad, then press B. A sound will play if entered correctly. When you unpause the game, the screen will be pixelated! Enter the code again to undo the effect.

Note that using this code in Powder Threat will cause the screen to glitch, as seen in the video.

Rocket Explosion

The NST 1080 Avalanche (Jet Rocket) Board can explode if wiping out on the side of the board when your damage meter is down to 1 bar, causing the player to die. This will not work in Trick Attack.

Doing this in Powder Threat will cause the screen to glitch, just like the above.

Regional Differences

To do: There's a LOT to do, as there are much more differences between Avalanche and Silver Storm, like the transitions, venue names, the announcer having different clips between versions, etc Some work here is incomplete.

There are a lot of differences between the English and Japanese versions.

Intro, Menus and Interface

• The game logo was redesigned for the Japanese Silver Storm version.
• Avalanche has a blue with white color in the transition screens, while Silver Storm has a silver with white color in it instead.

International	Japanese

• Gate Attack and Multiplayer mode are called Slalom and Multiplay in Silver Storm respectively.
• The music player looks different in Silver Storm, with the buttons being changed and now music track numbers are displayed.

Characters

The character names are different.

America/Europe	Japan		America/Europe	Japan		America/Europe	Japan
Kemen Vasquez	Raul Alvarado		Frosty Winterball	Yuki Daruma		Crystal Hayami	Crystal Lady
Titanium Vasquez	Titanium Boy		Bones Haywood	Mr. Bones		Mimi Le Moose	Sing Sing

Akari Hayami (one of four characters that had their names unchanged; the other being Ricky Winterborn, Tara Hunter and Rob Haywood) speaks Japanese in the Japanese version. Also, the change behind Tara's alternate character is that in the International versions, you control a moose, but it's replaced with a panda in the Japanese version.

Tracks

There is some different names for tracks and venues between Avalanche and Silver Storm:

America/Europe	Japan		America/Europe	Japan		America/Europe	Japan		America/Europe	Japan
Enter the Cold	Redmond Snow Park		Easy Life	Bellevue Highland		Angel Light	Angel Mountain		Tenderfoot Pass	Tender Line
Frosty Shadows	Midnight Village		Sub Zero Assault	Final Challenge		Powder Threat	Powder Line		Tree Top Trauma	Lumber Factory
Grits 'N Gravy	Sunset River		Avalanche Alley	Final Challenge		No Way Out	Silver Storm

Half-Pipe Avalanche

Although in the other versions there are only 3 courses in Trick Attack, In the Japanese version, there is an extra course in Trick Attack that can be unlocked called "Half-Pipe Avalanche", which is an Avalanche on a Half-Pipe course.