Tony Hawk 3 Ramps up on Six Systems

Most probably know this but to those who haven\'t heard.....

Activision unleashes its skating masterpiece on every system in the universe, including PS2 and PS.

April 12, 2001

The phenomenal success of Tony Hawk\'s Pro Skater series is now truly going big-time, with Activision\'s announcement today that the skateboarding series will arrive on six different systems. Those platforms include PlayStation 2 and PlayStation, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, PC, and Game Boy Color. Curiously, Nintendo\'s GameCube was not mentioned.
"Tony Hawk\'s Pro Skater 3 takes skateboarding to the next level through its innovative technical advancements and unique gameplay features that offer fast and furious competitions both on the ramp and in the street," said Larry Goldberg, executive vice president, Activision Worldwide Studios. "The title\'s inherently fun and intuitive game design will translate seamlessly across multiple platforms."

Mr. Goldberg certainly has it right. The success of Tony Hawk\'s Pro Skater series has kept Activision in the top of the NPD charts despite a relatively flat year in software sales in the videogame industry, and it has performed well on every system it\'s reached. Neversoft\'s skateboarding game revitalized the extreme-sport genre with innovative camera angles and control, balancing new gameplay elements with traditional ones.

Joining Mr. Hawk in the already large lineup of skaters is the all-new pro skater Bam Magera, from MTV fame. He skates alongside pro skaters who have already appeared in the series, including Steve Caballero, Rune Glifberg, Eric Koston, Bucky Lasek, Rodney Mullen, Chad Muska, Andrew Reynolds, Geoff Rowley, Elissa Steamer and Jamie Thomas.

The PlayStation 2 version of the game promises to deliver new gameplay features, elevated graphics, and expanded multiplayer game modes. Players can modify and edit their favorite pros by altering their glasses, hair, armbands, and tattoos, or they can create their own skaters in Create-A-Skater mode.

Activision has hinted that Tony Hawk 3 will deliver all-new, living, breathing, evolving environments that bring the game to a new level of realism. For example, players can skate through realistic city settings packed with walking pedestrians, moving cars, traffic accidents, natural disasters and numerous various changes in the weather. Skaters have more choices in where they skate, too. Your chosen skateboard pro visits the latest skating locales, such as Skater\'s Island in Middleton, Rhode Island, Rio, Los Angeles, Canada, Tokyo and Paris.


Oh yeah IGN, its Bam Margera, not Magera

Makes sense

This is a game that will sell millions across any platform

I\'m really surprised no GC announcement.

Originally posted by ddaryl
Makes sense

This is a game that will sell millions across any platform

I\'m really surprised no GC announcement.

Yes, that is odd. Perhaps Activision will do like they did with THPS1 and 2--release the game for every platform aside from Nintendo\'s console, and then port it to that system later on.

Originally posted by M4

Yes, that is odd. Perhaps Activision will do like they did with THPS1 and 2--release the game for every platform aside from Nintendo\'s console, and then port it to that system later on.

Yeah, that\'s the same thing I was thinking.  Well either way I\'m pretty sure it\'ll end up on NGC eventually.

Originally posted by M4

Yes, that is odd. Perhaps Activision will do like they did with THPS1 and 2--release the game for every platform aside from Nintendo\'s console, and then port it to that system later on.

Yeah, that\'s the same thing I was thinking.  Well either way I\'m pretty sure it\'ll end up on NGC eventually.

The original Tony Hawk for the N64 was one of the top ten best selling games of 2000. With that in mind, where is the NGC port?

I know they usually come last but this is just eerie. It wouldn\'t make sense to not port that game to any console. I\'m still in shock...even GBC gets a version.

Woah. Go Bam!

For anyone who doesn\'t know Bam Margera is a guy from Jackass. A show on MTV where people act like..... um, jackasses. Its funny as hell.

Originally posted by ddaryl
I\'m really surprised no GC announcement.

NDA - Non-Disclosure Agreement

We will hear about it at E3.

Whaoooooo !

Now there is not excuse for anyone not to get this game, well unless you don\'t have any of those systems or a Nintendo Game Cube  or N64.

,,,or you don\'t like TH....

Hmmmmmmm wonder how much money it will cost them to produce and develop for 6 systems ?

They must be confident that they WILL MAKE THERE MONEY BACK !