Tony Hawk board is "not finished"

By Robert Purchese Published 16 July, 2009

Should be white, "iPod-like."

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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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (23) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • JahB #1 3 years ago

    "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 #2 3 years ago

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

    ...

  • Gnort #3 3 years ago

    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 #4 3 years ago

    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).

  • kinky_mong #5 3 years ago

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

  • Whizzo #6 3 years ago

    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 #7 3 years ago

    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 #8 3 years ago

    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 #9 3 years ago

    Natal or crappy upstaged skateboard?

    My money is still on Natal.

  • ChrisS #10 3 years ago

    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.
    Edited by 2 at 16/07/09 @ 11:35

  • sneetch #11 3 years ago

    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?
    Edited by 1 at 16/07/09 @ 12:13

  • rascoj64 #12 3 years ago

    "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 #13 3 years ago

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

  • bad #14 3 years ago

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

  • ChrisS #15 3 years ago

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

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

  • el_pollo_diablo #16 3 years ago

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

  • Hendo #17 3 years ago

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

  • the_dudefather #18 3 years ago

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

  • Progguitarist #19 3 years ago

    Too many peripherals.

    If this sells well I will eat my own underwear.

  • CARL05 #20 3 years ago

    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 #21 3 years ago

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

  • malloc #22 3 years ago

    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 #23 3 years ago

    "It looks friendly"

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