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0. SSX3 FAQ Table of Contents
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1. About this FAQ
2. How to Play
3. Improvements over SSX Tricky
4. Characters
5. Uber Moves
6. Courses
7. Attributes
8. Collectibles
9. Music
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1. About this FAQ
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This FAQ covers the GameCube version of SSX 3.
Version History:
v0.1: The main thing missing is the course walkthroughs. This will be the
primary addition to the next version. There's a lot of information in
here already, though, so it's still useful.
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2. How to Play
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You're a snowboarder, riding down a mountain. Press the (A) button to crouch
down, and then release it to stand up and jump. If you do this as you go over
a bump in the course, you'll get a lot of airtime. While in the air, press
(L), (R), or (Z) and you will grab your board. Release that button before you
land and you will successfully complete your first trick. Doing this does two
things. First, you get points or money, depending on where you are in the game.
Second, your adrenaline meter (on the right side of the screen) will go up.
The more complicated the trick is, the more points or money you get, and the
more the adrenaline meter goes up. Here are some ways to make the trick more
complicated:
- Do multiple grabs. To do this, release the first grab button and then press
and hold a different grab button (L), (R), or (Z).
- Tweak the grab. While holding a grab, you can press the (B) button to tweak
the grab.
- Do a flip. You can press and hold a direction on the Control Pad to do a
spin or a flip. If you start holding this direction before you release the
(A) button to stand and jump, you can "pre-wind" the flip so that you can
begin flipping as you begin your jump. This can result in even more points!
For bonus Style points, change the direction of your flip in mid-air!
- Land on a rail. If your jump ends up landing you on a rail, you'll get
bonus points.
- Chain tricks together. If you start a trick within three seconds of
completing the previous one, your trick multiplier increases.
Each of these methods will earn you extra points and/or money. They will also
fill up your adrenaline meter faster. Once your adrenaline meter is full, you
can do Uber moves. To do this, simply get a good amount of air, do a grab,
hold it for at least one second, and then tweak it by pressing (B). Each
uber move you successfully complete will give you a letter in the word UBER.
Once you have spelled this word, you can then do full ubers which are different
for each character. See the ubers section below for more details about this.
There are several different modes of play. There's free-riding, where you can
just ride around the mountain collecting crystals, performing extra challenges,
and pretty much doing whatever you want. There are also races, where you have
to complete the course as fast as possible. In races, you'll want to note that
holding (B) while boarding down the mountain uses your adrenaline for a boost
of speed. There are also freestyle events where the object is to complete the
course within a given time period with the most points. As you win the events,
you will unlock a total of three peaks.
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3. Improvements over SSX Tricky
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Conquer the Mountain - Rather than just having individual events, the courses
are connected by mountain area. The mountain has a mix of untracked terrain
with a jumps or rail here and there. There are also other challenges and
collectables scattered throughout the area. You still have the ability to jump
right to a specific event through a menu system, and the menu system shows very
clearly which events have been completed.
Track Selection - The tracks have become more speciialized. In the first
mountain, there's a course that's made for "Big Air", and one that's a huge
halfpipe where you compete for highest score in two minutes. When you get to
the starting gate, you have the option of entering it, or going around it and
"playing" on the track. This means you could literally board for hours on the
half-pipe racking up one huge combo.
SUPER UBER - The TRICKY meter has become the adrenaline meter. You fill the
meter up initially like before. Once it's full, you can execute a first level
of uber moves by using adrenaline during any grab. Your adrenaline still goes
down when you use it (by pressing B, like before), but you don't lose the
ability to execute ubers as long as you get it full before a certain period of
time elapses. Doing ubers tend to fill the meter up, but don't always. For
each uber you execute, you get another letter spelling UBER. Once you have all
four letters, you can do the full ubers and you begin spelling SUPER. Once you
have spelled SUPER, you get unlimited adrenaline like in Tricky, but it only
lasts a certain period of time (about a minute). After that, you lose the
SUPER, but not the UBER, and you have to spell SUPER again.
Better Rails - It's a lot harder to fall off of the rails, and you can uber
while you are on them by hitting a grab (as long as you can uber). Just make
sure that the rail has a little curl at the end to give you some air, or that
you have enough rail left to finish it. Rails are also more accurately aimed
at other rails, so expect to get chained from one rail to the next, even on
your first time through the course.
Recovering - If you wipe out, just hit B repeatedly. You will recover and get
up without losing any extra adrenaline. The other option is to reset, which
will cost you quite a bit of adrenaline. You can even recover mid-air, do a
grab, and land!
New Scoring! - Now you can hold ubers, just like you can hold moves. Different
ubers can be held at different points, and it's pretty intuitive. The score
just racks up while you do it. The other option, chaining moves together, has
been made much easier to do. You get three seconds to begin a move after
completing one to keep the chain going. You only get the bonus points for the
chain if you end the chain without dying, so sometimes you might want to end
it on purpose.
Money - You now have money. You collect it instead of points when you're
riding around the mountain. You earn it from competing in events. You spend
it on collectibles, upgrades, skins, boards, and ubers. You can even transfer
it to SSX 3 on the Game Boy Advance with a cable.
Name: Zoe Payne Nationality: American Height: 5'5"
AKA : Royal Payne Stance : Regular Weight: 130lbs
Uber: Pommel Me Blood Type : AB Age : 22
"An exotic icon of adrenaline and a turbulent powerhouse."
Name: Moby Jones Nationality: British Height: 5'10"
AKA : Mr. Jones Stance : Goofy Weight: 195lbs
Uber: Superman Barspin Blood Type : AB Age : 21
"An intentionally cool UK funk junkie."
Name: Psymon Stark Nationality: Canadian Height: 5'9"
AKA : Sketchy Psymon Stance : Goofy Weight: 180lbs
Uber: Guillotine Blood Type : B Age : 28
"A catastrophic natural disaster just itching to happen."
Name: Griff Simmons Nationality: American Height: 4'7"
AKA : Grommet Stance : Regular Weight: 75lbs
Uber: Sugar Rush Blood Type : B Age : 12
"A sugar-stoked engine driving mad skill and one of a kind talent."
Name: Viggo Rolig Nationality: Swedish Height: 5'8"
AKA : Scanner Stance : Regular Weight: 170lbs
Uber: Acrobat Blood Type : B Age : 19*
"20 pounds of cool in a 5 pound bucket."
Name: Elise Riggs Nationality: Canadian Height: 5'11"
AKA : Bombshell Stance : Goofy Weight: 150lbs
Uber: LaLaLa Lock Step Blood Type : A Age : 26
"An imposing beauty and indomitable spirit."
Name: Nate Logan Nationality: American Height: 6'2"
AKA : Bull Stance : Regular Weight: 215lbs
Uber: Banger Blood Type : A Age : 26
"Driven by rock solid ambition and an indestructable attitude."
Name: MacKenzie "Mac" Fraser Nationality: American Height: 5'7"
AKA : Mac "Smack" Fraser Stance : Regular Weight: 140lbs
Uber: Walking the Dog Blood Type : AB Age : 18
"Always riding to the beat of his own personal soundtrack."
Name: Allegra Sauvagess Nationality: American Height: 5'5"
AKA : Big Al Stance : Goofy Weight: 115lbs
Uber: Capo Blood Type : O Age : 18
"Fresh, fierce and barely constrained by gravity."
Name: Kaori Nishidake Nationality: Japanese Height: 5'0"
AKA : 'Tricky' Nishidake Stance : Regular Weight: 105lbs
Uber: Pirouette Grind Blood Type : B Age : 19
"An electric animated package of positive energy and style."
---< Cheat Characters >----------------------------
Brodi zen master
Eddie $40,000 [Peak 2]
JP $20,000 [Peak 1]
Luther $40,000 [Peak 2]
Marisol $20,000 [Peak 1]
Marty $40,000 [Peak 2]
Seeiah $40,000 [Peak 2]
Hiro Collect All Trading Cards
Jurgen Complete All Peak 1 Goals
Svelte Luther Collect All Toys
Stretch Collect All Posters
Cudmore Complete the Peak 3 EARNINGS goal
Bunny San Collect All Art
Churchill Complete the Peak 3 FREESTYLE goal
Gutless Get a medal in all events on the mountain
Snowballs Complete All Peak 2 Goals
NW Legend Complete All Peak 3 Goals
Unknown Rider Complete the Peak 3 RACE goal
Canhuck Complete the Peak 3 EXPLORATION goal
Far East Myth Get 100% in the All Mountain stats
Each character begins with one uber for each button combination. The other
ubers need to be purchased. Each uber is listed below with the cost to
purchase them. The characters are listed by three-letter code next to
the ones they start with.
--< Mute >-------------------< L >-------------------
Bar Hop $10,000 ZOE MOB PSY ELI NAT KAO
SSXorcist $10,000 GRI VIG MAC ALL
dnL FlipIt $15,000
Katana $15,000
--< Indy >-------------------< L R >-------------------
Mattrickulater $10,000 ZOE MOB PSY GRI MAC ALL
Karolicker $10,000 VIG ELI NAT KAO
Judo $15,000
dnL BOOST $15,000
--< Stalefish >-------------------< Z >-------------------
G-Money $10,000 ZOE MOB GRI NAT ALL
Superman $10,000 PSY VIG ELI MAC KAO
Smithereen $15,000
Torpedo $15,000
--< Method >-------------------< R >-------------------
jib O $10,000 GRI VIG ELI MAC KAO
Indian $10,000 ZOE MOB PSY NAT ALL
Hand in Hand $15,000
Kort Martial $15,000
==< Nose Grab >===================< L Z >===================
Madonna $10,000 ELI MAC KAO
Vacation $10,000 PSY GRI
Footloose $15,000
Trickitello $15,000
Acrobat $30,000 VIG
Superman Barspin $30,000 MOB
Capo $30,000 ALL
Banger $30,000 NAT
Pommel Me $30,000 ZOE
==< Tail Grab >===================< ZR >===================
Morgan Grinder $10,000 VIG NAT
Slinger $10,000 ZOE MOB ALL
Svelton $15,000
Lukeloo $15,000
Walking the Dog $30,000 MAC
Sugar Rush $30,000 GRI
LaLaLa Lock Step $30,000 ELI
Pirouette Grind $30,000 KAO
Guillotine $30,000 PSY
You can purchase attributes to improve your character. These give the character
increased abilities which makes it easier for you to win races, perform tricks,
and generally do well in the game. Each attribute starts at 1.0 and can be
purchased in 0.2 increments. Each 0.2 increment starts out costing $250 and
increases in cost every time the attribute passes a whole number value. The
final increment brings the total to 11.0 and costs $5,000. To buy every
attribute costs $577,500 per character.
Here are the attributes available:
Acceleration - increases acceleration from slow speeds
Edging - improves overall board handling
Speed - increases the top speed
Spin - increases the speed of spins and flips
Stability - improves stability while cornering and balancing
Toughness - reduces chances of getting knocked down
Tricks - increases speed of performing tricks
Here is how much it costs to upgrade to each whole number attribute:
1.0: Free!
2.0: $ 250 x 5 = $ 1,250
3.0: $ 500 x 5 = $ 2,500
4.0: $ 750 x 5 = $ 3,750
5.0: $1,000 x 5 = $ 5,000
6.0: $1,250 x 5 = $ 6,250
7.0: $1,500 x 5 = $ 7,500
8.0: $1,750 x 5 = $ 8,750
9.0: $2,000 x 5 = $10,000
10.0: $2,500 x 5 = $12,500
11.0: $5,000 x 5 = $25,000
---< Art >---------------< Page 1 >--- ---< Art >---------------< Page 2 >---
Concept Allegra 1 $1,000 [1] Sad trees $ 50 [1]
Concept Allegra 2 $1,200 [2] Banzaiiiii trees $ 500 [1]
Concept Allegra 3 $1,500 [3] Crazy Slopestyle 3 $5,000 [3]
Concept Allegra 4 $ 500 [1] Junction pipe $1,600 [2]
Concept Elise 1 $1,900 [3] Beauty bank turn $ 200 [1]
Concept Elise 2 $ 750 [2] BIG tabletop $ 850 [2]
Concept Griff $1,000 [2] I'm in trouble $ 750 [2]
Concept Kaori $ 500 [1] King of terrain $ 320 [1]
Concept Moby $1,200 [3] Ancient start gate $ 950 [2]
Concept Nate $1,500 [2] Slopestyle circus $1,200 [3]
Concept Psymon 1 $ 700 [1] Steep terrain $1,000 [3]
Concept Psymon 2 $1,400 [1] Bamboo forest $ 500 [1]
Concept Viggo $ 650 [2] Heli take off $1,900 [3]
Concept Zoe 1 $2,000 [2] Trailer Park Start $ 900 [2]
Concept Zoe 2 $1,200 [1] Erie entrance $ 720 [3]
SSX Future resort $1,000 [3] Scary forest $ 540 [2]
Banzaiiiii $ 750 [3] Ancient forest $ 360 [1]
Future stand 1 $ 800 [2] Beauty bank turns $ 180 [1]
Snow Jam concept $ 920 [2] The BIG mountain $1,000 [2]
Future start gate $ 360 [3] Peak shot $1,200 [3]
Future stand 2 $ 180 [1] Ultimate start drop $1,600 [2]
Yeti and icebergs $ 360 [1] Peak city 1 $ 500 [1]
Slopestyle concept $ 720 [2] Peak city 2 $1,900 [3]
Start gate concept $ 900 [3] Crazy Super Pipe $ 750 [2]
Avalanche! $1,080 [1] Takin' a shortcut $1,000 [3]
Crazy Slopestyle 1 $1,260 [2] Skate style pipe $ 500 [1]
Crazy Slopestyle 2 $1,440 [3] Leaderboard results $1,200 [2]
Tram station $1,620 [2] Challenge concept $1,500 [3]
Top of mountain $1,800 [3] Banzaiiiii 2 $ 700 [1]
Crazy city 1 $ 20 [1] Tight line $1,400 [1]
Crazy city 2 $ 250 [1] The best bank $ 650 [1]
Metro-City nights $2,500 [3] Sun and snow $2,000 [3]
---< Art >---------------< Page 3 >--- ---< Art >---------------< Page 4 >---
Night shading $1,200 [2] BIG trees $ 720 [1]
Top of slopestyle $1,000 [3] Tower pass $ 540 [1]
Start lights $ 750 [1] Emerald line $ 360 [1]
Grandstand concept $ 800 [2] Green Base station $ 180 [1]
Bigger than life $ 920 [3]
Off to Peak 2 $ 360 [2]
Diamond line $ 180 [1]
Diamond line 2 $ 360 [1]
Sad trees 2 $ 720 [1]
Night peak $ 900 [2]
Snow valley $1,080 [1]
Biggest Air $1,260 [2]
Pipes and bowls $1,440 [3]
Big Air concept $1,620 [2]
Scary night forest $1,800 [3]
Snow Jam tree $ 20 [1]
Run the avalanche $ 250 [1]
Early tree concept $2,500 [3]
Bamboo Slopestyle $ 50 [1]
Beautiful $ 500 [1]
Night Big Air $5,000 [3]
Snowy mountainside $1,600 [2]
Pick your line $ 200 [1]
Top down 1 $ 850 [2]
Banzaii village $ 750 [1]
Alps Big Air $ 320 [1]
The pass $ 950 [2]
One big gap $1,200 [3]
SSX valley $1,000 [2]
Hard lines $ 500 [1]
Lush jumps $1,900 [3]
Valley canal $ 900 [2]
---< Posters >-----------< Page 1 >--- ---< Posters >-----------< Page 2 >---
Characters of SSX $ 500 [1] Mac by Adam Warren $5,000 [1]
The SSX Universe $ 750 [2] Kaori by Adam Warren $5,000 [2]
Characters of SSX 3 $1,000 [3] Moby by Adam Warren $5,000 [3]
Women of SSX $3,200 [2] Viggo by Adam Warren $5,000 [1]
Men of SSX $2,200 [3] Zoe by Adam Warren $5,000 [2]
Rookies of SSX 3 $ 250 [1] Psymon by Adam Warren $5,000 [3]
Vets of SSX 3 $ 850 [1] Nate by Adam Warren $5,000 [1]
Group shot 1 $1,000 [1] Griff by Adam Warren $5,000 [2]
Group shot 2 $1,500 [1] Allegra by Adam Warren $5,000 [3]
Group shot 3 $2,000 [2] Elise by Adam Warren $5,000 [1]
Group shot 4 $2,500 [2] SSX3 Group by Adam Warren $5,000 [3]
Group shot 5 $3,200 [3]
SSX Tricky Characters $4,900 [3]
SSX 3 Mountain $3,000 [2]
SSX 3 Runs $6,000 [3]
Peak 1 - Happiness $ 350 [1]
Peak 1 - Snow Jam $ 350 [1]
Peak 1 - R&B $ 350 [1]
Peak 1 - Crows Nest $ 350 [1]
Peak 1 - Metro City $ 400 [1]
Peak 1 - The Junction $ 400 [1]
Peak 2 - Ruthless $1,650 [2]
Peak 2 - Ruthless Ridge $1,500 [2]
Peak 2 - Launch Time $1,600 [2]
Peak 2 - Schizophrenia $1,550 [2]
Peak 2 - Intimidator $1,400 [2]
Peak 2 - The Style Mile $2,000 [2]
Peak 3 - The Throne $2,450 [3]
Peak 3 - Perpendiculous $2,500 [3]
Peak 3 - Much 2 Much $2,400 [3]
Peak 3 - Kick Doubt $2,750 [3]
Peak 3 - Gravitude $3,000 [3]
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9. Music
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SSX 3 contains 35 songs. While you are riding, you can choose to listen to
Radio BIG, which is a mix of all 35 songs, BIG Mountain Ambience, or a Custom
Playlist. The Custom Playlist allows you to choose which songs you want
included, but you have to purchase the songs to include them. You get six free
song credits to start with. After that, each song costs $5,000. The following
songs are available in the game:
--< Title >------------------------------< Artist >----------------------------
Deep End - Utah Saints Remix Swollen Members
All Night Swollen Members
Go Andy Hunter
Jerk It Out Caesars
Rock Star - Jason Nevins Remix N.E.R.D.
Like This X-ecutioners
Mas Kinky
A is for Action Ima Robot
Snow Patrol Alpine Stars
Wobble Aphrodite
We Don't Care Audio Bullys
Bear Witness III Dan the Automator feat. Q-Bert
Silver Screen Shower Scene Felix Da Housecat
Ride Deepsky
No One Knows - UNKLE Remix Queens of the Stone Age
Way Away Yellowcard
Screw Up Overseer
Emerge - Junkie XL Remix Fischerspooner
Higher Ground Red Hot Chili Peppers
Poor Leno - Silicon Soul Remix Royksopp
Labor Day (It's a Holiday) Black Eyed Peas
Hypersonic Jane's Addiction
Play It Loud MXPX
Who's Who Dilated Peoples
Do Your Thing - Jaxx Clubb Remix Basement Jaxx
Leave Home Chemical Brothers
Don't Let the Man Get You Down Fatboy Slim
Freeze K-Os
Glass Danse - Dakenfold Remix The Faint
Stare at the Sun Thrice
Clockworks Autopilot Off
The Bitter End Placebo
Avalanche Powerplant
Buffet of Breaks John Morgan
Good Times Finger Eleven
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