1080° Avalanche is a snowboarding video game for the GameCube developed by Nintendo's in-house development studio Nintendo Software Technology and published by Nintendo. It was released in 2003 in Europe and North America and in Japan on January 22 2004. Avalanche is a sequel to the 1998 video game 1080° Snowboarding for the Nintendo 64. In contrast to similar snowboarding games such as the SSX series the game emphasizes more on downhill racing than stunts and tricks. Gameplay can output in 480p and Dolby Pro Logic II and supports four players on one GameCube as well as LAN play with up to four GameCubes.