Tony Hawk board is "not finished" News

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News by Robert Purchese

16 July, 2009

Tony Hawk: Ride developer Robomodo has said the skateboard peripheral we’ve seen is "not finished" yet and won't end up being black and grey after all.

"The board we've shown so far is like the Darth Vader of skateboards, it's not the finished peripheral," Josh Tsui told GamesIndustry.biz. "We're going with a white board which is more consumer friendly. It's much more iPod-like, for want of a better term.

"With the white one people inadvertently step on it, but they don't do that with the black one," he added. "That's part of the industrial design of the board, to make sure people know it's a skateboard, but it also looks friendly."

Tsui believes the board is "the most advanced peripheral on the market", and that it "will really kick-start "a next-generation of controllers for games".

The Tony Hawk: Ride board peripheral can be seen in action over on Eurogamer TV.

Tony Hawk: Ride is in development for PS3, Wii and Xbox 360. There is no release date, although we expect the game to arrive later this year.

Head over to GamesIndustry.biz for the full interview with Josh Tsui.

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JahB

16/07/09 @ 08:55

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"We're going with a white board which is more consumer friendly. It's much more iPod-like, for want of a better term.

just because it's the same color as an ipod doesn't mean it should have the same price

b00n

16/07/09 @ 08:59

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Yep, just because it's white instead of black, I will now buy it.

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Gnort

16/07/09 @ 09:00

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Just because it's the same colour as a Wii balance board doesn't mean it will rack up the same number of sales.

tobsen

16/07/09 @ 09:13

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Reading this crap about a "consumer friendly iPod like" skateboard, my money is still firmly on SKATE as being the only authentic skateboarding game series (or "franchise" as the marketing whores say, who will never get skateboarding).

donnie080208

16/07/09 @ 09:21

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it doesn"t matter how advanced the board is as i can see this game sinking without a trace.its obviously aimed at WII owners but they are very picky buying add ons that arent nintys.plus tony hawks has been a shambles this gen with most ps3/360 owners moving over to EA s skate

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kinky_mong

16/07/09 @ 09:22

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The marketing speak they spout physically made a bit of sick rise up in my throat.

Whizzo

16/07/09 @ 09:31

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It doesn't matter what colour it is they should be making sure it's easily recyclable because it would be a terrible waste of resources to put all the unsold ones in a hole in the desert like ET cartridges.

RexRunti

16/07/09 @ 09:38

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If this sells every game is going to start coming with it's own controller. That said, I don't think it will. And when little Jimmy of Texas brains himself on the coffee table (doesn't matter if it's because he was jumping on the sofa as long as the controller is in the room) and sues I'll doubt we'll see this sort of thing again for a while.

tobsen

16/07/09 @ 10:00

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I wonder if anyone ever told Mr. Josh Tsui that the top of a real skateboard is actually, as a matter of fact, black.

But I am sure the smudges from the soles of your shoes will look very stylish on an iPod-white deck.

AphoticCosmos

16/07/09 @ 10:00

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Natal or crappy upstaged skateboard?

My money is still on Natal.

ChrisS

16/07/09 @ 10:34

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I'm not sure I get the Darth Vader analogy. Darth Vader was an unfinished peripheral?

"The Return of the Jedi Death Star of skateboards" would have made more sense.

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sneetch

16/07/09 @ 11:12

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Let's play a game, how long do you think it'll be before some kid crushes his fingers by grabbing on to the wrong part of the skateboard while trying to "grab air" (or whatever) or becomes unbalanced and falls off the thing:

a) through the TV
b) a glass coffee table
c) into a fire?

I'd get my lawyers ready if I was you Tony, as someone whose brother skateboarded in the house this is going to be painful and expensive.

I estimate opening weekend btw. Less than 24 hours.

Edit: damn, how'd I miss RexRunti's post?

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rascoj64

16/07/09 @ 11:18

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"The Return of the Jedi Death Star of skateboards" would have made more sense.

I was thinking more along the lines of Phantom Menace! ;)

MiniAmin

16/07/09 @ 11:50

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lol Ipods haven't been white for a long time, Tony. Stop trying to be cool and go play with your Zune.

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16/07/09 @ 11:53

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I always inadvertently step on iPods - purely because of their colour you understand.

ChrisS

16/07/09 @ 11:53

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I was thinking more along the lines of Phantom Menace! ;)

Phantom Menace wasn't unfinished, it was just shit.

el_pollo_diablo

16/07/09 @ 11:55

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I think all items that are designed for people to stand on should be white.
It just makes sense.

Hendo

16/07/09 @ 12:07

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This game is going to go down like a cheap hooker.

the_dudefather

16/07/09 @ 12:35

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they are still debating how long the board needs to be to hold the price tag

Progguitarist

16/07/09 @ 12:37

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Too many peripherals.

If this sells well I will eat my own underwear.

CARL05

16/07/09 @ 13:55

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I've got an idea:

If you're going to make a peripheral that resembles a skateboard, why not make it LOOK like a skateboard.
I haven't seen many ipods on wheels at the local skate park!

optimusprym8

16/07/09 @ 17:55

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Aw I was going to get this but if it's white, then I won't

malloc

16/07/09 @ 20:01

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Tsui believes the board is "the most advanced peripheral on the market", and that it "will really kick-start "a next-generation of controllers for games".

Errmmm, hang on, I can't help think that title has gone to the Wiimotes. In fact this skaeboard controller has actually been kick started from the Wiimotes, surely?

Quint2020

17/07/09 @ 07:53

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"It looks friendly"

All this pandering to the bloody 'casual' market is really getting tiresome.

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