Evolution Skateboarding

Evolution Skateboarding
Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube
Release date(s)	PlayStation 2 ^NA October 9, 2002 ^JP December 12, 2002 ^PAL February 21, 2003 GameCube ^NA November 17, 2002 ^JP December 12, 2002 ^PAL February 21, 2003
Genre(s)	Sports game
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer

Evolution Skateboarding is a 2002 skateboarding video game released by Konami for the PlayStation 2 and GameCube. It consists of 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 the 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 the occasional 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.

Featured skaters

• Arto Saari
• Danny Way
• Mark Appleyard
• Rick McCrank
• Chris Senn
• Stevie Williams
• Kerry Getz
• Colin McKay

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

Scores
Aggregate scores Aggregator Score GameRankings GC: 58.1% (7 reviews)[1] PS2: 49.7% (20 reviews) [2] Metacritic PS2: 44% (14 reviews)[3] GC: 44% (5 reviews) [4] Review scores Publication Score Famitsu GC: 31 / 40[5] PS2: 31 / 40[6] GameSpot 4.0 / 10[7] IGN GC: 4.3 / 10[8] PS2: 3.0 / 10 [9]

The game received mixed to negative reception by most media. It is mostly considered as a bland rip-off of the Tony Hawk's series of skating games.

References

1. "Aggregate score for GameCube at Game Rankings".
2. "Aggregate score for PlayStation 2 at Game Rankings".
3. "Aggregate score for PlayStation 2 at Metacritic".
4. "Aggregate score for GameCube at Metacritic".
5. ニンテンドーゲームキューブ - Evolution Skateboarding. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.102. 30 June 2006.
6. プレイステーション2 - Evolution Skateboarding. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.94. 30 June 2006.
7. "PlayStation 2 review at GameSpot".
8. "GameCube review at IGN".
9. "PlayStation 2 review at IGN".

External links

• Information page at GameSpot