Rumor: DS Getting Motion Control with New Tony Hawk

August 18, 2008 8:52 AM

Australia's Classification Board today issued a rating for Tony Hawk Motion on DS, sparking rumors that the game will pack some sort of motion control accessory for the DS.

Publisher Activision has stated that a new Tony Hawk game is due out on DS this fall, though a new console release is not due until 2009.

Earlier this year, Activision brought a game-specific peripheral to the DS with Vicarious Visions' Guitar Hero: On Tour, which set new sales records for the publisher. As with past Tony Hawk games on the DS, this fall's entry will be developed by Vicarious.

Adding further fuel to the motion-control fires is an earlier marketing leak that stated the next console Tony Hawk, said to be re-invented "from the ground up," will sport some type of "intuitive board based control scheme" that "takes your game off the couch."

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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Sir_Shaggy

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August 18, 2008 10:01 AM

If your into the homebrew scene for the DS, there is already a motion controller for the GBA slot. Only a few homebrew applications and demos are available, but I hear it works great. To have a retail game to support motion controls this late into the DS lifespan won't offer much replay ability to the attachment. They should have brought this out years ago with other 2 Tony Hawk games.