I used to love the skateboarding game in the arcade where you stood on a board. I bet I'm going to love this. As a sidenote, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Zero" was made for commercials.

 

We'd heard rumblings that Tony Hawk was working on something with motion controls -- which seems only natural after EA's Skate hit the scene with its intuitive Flickit control scheme, and Shaun White's game put the Wii's Balance Board to good use, both making the Tony Hawk method of.

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Turns out the motion controls are quite detailed, and in advanced modes even allow for in-place 180s, but nothing seems to involve lifting the board actually off the ground. Grabs can be performed by actually grabbing the edge of the board, with infrared sensors picking up your hand position, and pushing is performed by running your foot along the side of the board. Ollies and flip tricks.

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http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/15/tony-hawks-new-ride-game-includes-motion-sensing-skateboard-c/

I used to burn a lot of money on that old skateboarding arcade game too.

I sucked so bad at it.

Sorta a review on Gizmodo. I still want to play it...

 

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I got back on and managed not to fall off this time. We did a trainer course, so I kicked once along the side of the board to simulate thrusting myself forward, and my onscreen counterpart zipped forward along a rail. To jump, you have to pop the board up quickly on one end by leaning back. It really does have to be a snapping motion. "Like a Wiimote," Cody offered. Turning is a matter of leaning left or right, and that was natural and easy. To do a hand grab, you have to trigger one of the sensors on the end. You don't have to go all the way down and literally touch board—in fact my knee triggered it more than once on the half-pipe section.

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http://gizmodo.com/5277953/tony-hawk-ride-feet-on-i-almost-killed-myself

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We certainly didn't mind that the Tony Hawk Ride board we played at E3 had a charcoal coloring, and that goes double for our feet. Apparently that sentiment isn't shared by the game's director Josh Tsui, who told GamesIndustry.biz that it'll be launched in a "more consumer friendly... [and] iPod-like" white color

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http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/tony-hawk-rides-skateboard-peripheral-turning-white-before-laun/

November 17.

$120.

Ugh at $120.

http://gizmodo.com/5334041/tony-hawks-ride-slated-for-november-17

Via:

http://kotaku.com/5400648/where-tony-hawk-ride-controllers-come-from

I want this game.