Hyperyuki: Snowboard Syndicate, an upcoming arcade-y snowboarding game with some big Jet Set Radio vibes, isn’t trying to hide what it is. Hyperyuki is an attempt to make a new SSX Tricky game while EA is too busy being bought by Saudi Arabia and making live-service slop. And while it isn’t the first game to try to replicate the SSX formula, it is by far the most successful and stylish yet.

I was recently given early access to a PC demo for the upcoming Hyperyuki : Snowboard Syndicate which, weirdly enough, is being published by a revived Acclaim . What’s available in this slice of the snowboarding game is three levels, a few modes, a handful of characters, and a lot of great music.

Anyone who has played SSX Tricky will immediately be at home with Hyperyuki and its SSX -inspired controls and gameplay. Tricks are pulled off by pressing different combos of the shoulder buttons and triggers. Landing tricks gains you points and boost, which is used to go faster and higher, letting you do even wilder tricks.…