Winter Sports 2: The Next Challenge

Winter Sports 2: The Next Challenge, known in Europe as Winter Sports 2009: The Next Challenge, is a multi-sport simulation released in 2008 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Wii, and Nintendo DS. It was developed by German studio 49 Games and is the sequel to Winter Sports: The Ultimate Challenge. The game features 16 winter sports events in 10 different disciplines with 16 countries represented.

Sports and events

Downhill skiing
Super-G, slalom, and giant slalom
Ski jumping
*Normal hill
*Large hill
Snowboarding halfpipe
Bobsledding
*Two-women
*Four-man
Women's luge
*Men's skeleton
Speed skating
*500m
*1500m
Curling
Biathlon
Figure skating

Reception

The DS and Wii versions received "mixed" reviews, while the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 versions received "generally unfavorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, where the Wii version was ported and published by Arc System Works on March 19, 2009, Famitsu gave it a score of all four sixes for a total of 24 out of 40.