Oh goodie, another video game peripheral. This time it’s an oversized balance board for Tony Hawk: Ride. This one will apparently be available on all three major consoles, though.
I’d assume you could use the standard Wii Balance Board for the Wii version of the game, unless rocking backwards and forwards on the Tony Hawk board to lift the nose and tail into the air serves some purpose [UPDATE: it does indeed serve some purpose]. We’ll see how durable the thing is when the price is revealed. The game’s being developed by Activision, a company that’s no stranger to game peripherals with a little series known as Guitar Hero.
Pricing and availability are unknown at this point, but more details will be announced at E3 early next month. Remember when you could fit a video game system and all your controllers and games into a small room? Those were the days.
[via Kotaku]
Man, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 was the first game I ever bought with my own money. I remember wasting away hours with that game. I loved the series until Underground, hated Underground 2, and began to loath it with American Wasteland. Project 8 gave me a little hope, but Proving Ground took that right away, and this? Well, I doubt this will help the cause.
It’s sad to see what used to be my favorite series fall so far from grace.
This is really awesome!