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Skate 2 Announced for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360; Franchise Heading to Wii, Nintendo DS
by Chris Faylor, May 12, 2008 7:49am PDTElectronic Arts has announced that it is developing a direct sequel to EA Black Box's skateboarding title Skate (PS3, X360), referred to as simply Skate 2, along with separate Wii and Nintendo DS entries titled Skate It.
The Wii and Nintendo DS iterations of the series (both pictured below) are due out later this year. The Nintendo DS version will use the portable's touch screen to control tricks.
Along with motion-sensitive controls that "mirror actual skate flips and moves," the Wii edition of Skate It will support the Wii Balance Board that comes packed with Wii Fit.
As for Skate 2, it was only revealed that the sequel is due on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Released last fall, Skate and its thumbstick-centered control scheme outsold the competing Tony Hawk game by a ratio of 2:1, prompting Activision to halt its annual Tony Hawk iterations and rework the series. EA had previously noted that it planned more Skate games.
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also, I'm glad Tony Hawk is going to get skate'd, i personally really like skate games and for me having 2 a year isn't overkill, they are really fun, especially if they don't completely clone skate in the new tony hawk game and its still less realistic and fun.
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1.) Multiple camera angles. Yeah, cool, it looks like a skate video, can I see where I'm going this time?
2.) the ability to walk. Skateboarders can walk. They can climb stairs, they can run, they can drop in. You need to be able to walk in an open world game.
3.) the ability to edit together clips into a highlight reel.
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Not looking forward to landing precise trick combos. I simply can't tell the difference between down-slightly to the left-up and down-slightly MORE to the left-up. I tried for several hours and I cannot land the more twitchy tricks on demand :/
Yes, I got stuck on the Big Black challenge and quit playing. Blargh.
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the tony hawk games are to skate what burnout is to gran turismo. there's room for both styles of games. after 9 straight years of so-called "new" TH games i think people just needed a break.
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When I see shots like this and I look at the 360 or PS3 screens of the same franchise, I feel very sad. Like "Come on, man, you can do better than this," even though you know deep inside it really can't.
Here's hoping Nintendo learns a few lessons from THIS round (online, graphics, etc) and really owns the fuck out of everyone next time.
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