Evolution Skateboarding
Evolution Skateboarding is a sports video game released by Konami for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2 in 2002. It includes several popular skateboarders such as Rick McCrank, Arto Saari, Kerry Getz, and Danny Way. There is also a create-a-skater feature and an unlockable character for every skater the player completes the game as. There are also sets of level specific songs such as a metal-remix of the Metal Gear Solid theme and a Castlevania theme after unlocking the Vampire Hunter. Levels are unlocked by beating a certain amount of objectives in a current level, such as collecting items like boots and other objects, performing tricks in certain areas of a level, and grinding a certain amount of meters. The Evolution Skateboarding engine was used in the bonus skateboarding mode included in the PlayStation 2 version of Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance in 2003.
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Developer(s) | Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka |
Publisher(s) | Konami |
Platform(s) | Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 |
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Genre(s) | Sports video game, Skateboarding |
Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
Featured skaters
Default skaters
Unlockable skaters
- Gorilla
- Raiden
- Unknown
- Solid Snake
- Frogger
- Gurlukovich 1
- Vampire Hunter
- Gurlukovich 2
- Gray
Soundtrack
- H2O - Role Model
- Stereo MC's - Graffiti Part One
- Primus - Harold of the Rocks
- Primus - Mr Knowitall
- Primus - Pudding Time
- cKy - The Human Drive in Hi-Fi
- The Turbo A.C.'s - Hit and Run
- Hotwire - Not Today
- Agent Orange - Let It Burn
- Default - Slow Me Down
- Unwritten Law - Evolution
- Ill Nino - UnReal
- The Dickies - Elevator
- Kurtis Mantronik - Baby, You Blow My Mind
- Peanut Butter Wolf - Devotion
Reception
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The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[13][14] It is mostly considered as a bland rip-off of the Tony Hawk's series of skating games. In Japan, however, Famitsu gave both console versions each a score of 31 out of 40.[1][2]
References
- "ニンテンドーゲームキューブ - Evolution Skateboarding". Famitsu (in Japanese). Vol. 915. Enterbrain. June 30, 2006. p. 102.
- "プレイステーション2 - Evolution Skateboarding". Famitsu (in Japanese). Vol. 915. Enterbrain. June 30, 2006. p. 94.
- "Evolution Skateboarding (PS2)". Game Informer. No. 116. GameStop. December 2002. p. 122.
- Silverman, Ben (October 2002). "Evolution Skateboarding Review (PS2)". Game Revolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- Gerstmann, Jeff (October 15, 2002). "Evolution Skateboarding Review (PS2)". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- Satterfield, Shane (November 20, 2002). "Evolution Skateboarding (PS2)". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on December 15, 2004. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- Mirabella III, Fran (December 17, 2002). "Evolution Skateboarding (GCN)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- Smith, David (October 10, 2002). "Evolution Skateboarding Review (PS2)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- "Evolution Skateboarding". Nintendo Power. Vol. 164. Nintendo of America. January 2003. p. 172.
- Rybicki, Joe (December 2002). "Evolution Skateboarding". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Ziff Davis. p. 160. Archived from the original on June 29, 2004. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- "Review: Evolution Skateboarding". PSM. Future US. December 2002. p. 42.
- Rubenstein, Glenn (December 2, 2002). "'Evolution Skateboarding' (PS2) Review". X-Play. TechTV. Archived from the original on December 16, 2002. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- "Evolution Skateboarding for GameCube Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- "Evolution Skateboarding for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 20, 2018.