SSX 3

 Game Boy Advance
Metascore
63

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 5 out of 14
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  1. Nintendojo
    93
    One of those great games that has enough objectives to keep you busy for a long time and an enjoyable feel that will keep you playing long after you have smashed every record.
  2. Cheat Code Central
    90
    The best game of its kind on the GBA.
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  3. Next Level Gaming
    88
    The open-ended gameplay and un-lockable items keep things interesting enough and the sweet 3D graphics round out a solid game which is well worth the price tag.
  5. GameSpot
    81
    The game duplicates many of the same features found in the console versions of SSX 3 and has a free-flowing 3D graphics engine that is pretty much unrivaled by anything else currently available for the system.
  6. Pocket Games
    80
    The controls work well even with the GBA's four-button layout, and most tricks come out smoothly onscreen. [Spring 2004, p.47]
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  7. GamePro
    70
    These are minor problems, however, compared to the mind-numbing frustration of the A.I.’s catch-up programming, which makes your opponents inexplicably faster when you’re ahead in the last legs.
  8. Nintendo Power
    62
    Although it doesn't quite deliver the adrenaline rush and out-of-control speed of the GCN version, SSX 3 for the GBA is a smoooth-grooving snowboarder. [Feb 2004, p.154]
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  9. Inside Gamer Online
    62
    What sets SSX apart from all other snowboarding games is its intense “in your face” sort of feel.
  10. GameZone
    50
    Not even close to the exciting console versions.
  11. Computer and Video Games
    49
    But it's slow, it's sluggish, the controls are unresponsive and it's a real chore to play. That equals no fun.
  12. IGN
    45
    The engine used for the graphics has a hell of a time keeping up with all that the designers throw at it, and the detached, sluggish control just adds to the frustration.
  13. Game Informer
    40
    A listless, sludgy slog through a knee-deep slush puddle of suckiness. [Dec 2003, p.187]
  14. Yahoo!
    40
    Rather than working with the many strengths of the GBA system, EA Canada has tried to shoehorn impossible content into SSX 3, and the strain shows from moment one.
  15. GameSpy
    30
    The play mechanics are literally all wrong. Depth in character building doesn't matter when you wish your character would just take a wrong turn and fall off a cliff and land on some very sharp rocks.

Awards & Rankings

75
#75 Best Game Boy Advance Game of 2003
64
#64 Most Discussed Game Boy Advance Game of 2003

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User Score
7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. JhonnyV.
    Dec 20, 2003
    8
    A Fair enuff game. Althought this game should be on PS2 insted of a minor Advanced, it's still a fair game.
  2. Mr.M.
    Nov 28, 2003
    9
    I agree with Gas T. It's really a good game, people from IGN may have forgot that we were talking about gameboy... Now guys, did you I agree with Gas T. It's really a good game, people from IGN may have forgot that we were talking about gameboy... Now guys, did you really play SSX3?… Full Review »
  3. GasT.
    Nov 27, 2003
    9
    Awesome ! feels like a PSOne game, maybe even better than any snowboarding game on the PS ! IGN guys must be smoking baaad weed :,
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