Skate It | 
| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $41.00
You Save: $8.99 (18%)
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 508
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: boarding_and_blading_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 15826
Model: 014633158267
UPC: 014633158267
EAN: 0014633158267
ASIN: B001AZFSGU
Release Date: November 17, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Pick a board and shred by using Wii Remote and Balance Board based Flickit Nintendo controls. | | • | Gamers can make spots truly their own by moving objects like ramps, rails, and benches to fit their skating style. Unlock new skateable objects by winning challenges and then create a fantasy dream park. | | • | Conquer the best San Vanelona spots and get sponsored by real skate companies. Then travel the world to skate, own, and customize iconic real-world locales. | | • | Skate with the worlds top pros in your quest to become Thrasher Magazines Skater of the Year. |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Skate It, Own It, Make It Yours.Skate It unleashes the Flickit revolution on the Nintendo Wii. Use the Wii Remote and Wii Balance Board to string together your sickest tricks for the ultimate line. Ride with the pros, own the best spots in San Vanelona, and rake in sponsorships on your path to becoming Thrasher Magazine’s Skater of the Year. Come up on the streets of San Van, and then venture out to shred some of the world’s best skate cities. You can even rework the environments to create the ultimate skate spot. Loaded with all-new gameplay features and a unique set of controls designed specifically for the Nintendo Wii and Wii Balance Board, Skate It taps into the soul and grit of being on a board to deliver a fresh gaming experience. Key Game Features: - A New Way To Skate - Pick a board and shred by using a combination of the Wii Remote and Wii Balance Board to unleash Flickit Nintendo controls.
- Create The Ultimate Skate Space With 'My Spot' - Gamers can make spots truly their own by moving objects like ramps, rails, and benches to fit their skating style. Unlock new skateable objects by winning challenges and then create a fantasy dream park.
- Real-World Skate Spots - Conquer the best San Vanelona spots and get sponsored by real skate companies. Then travel the world to skate, own, and customize iconic real-world locales.
- Live To Skate, Skate To Live - Skate with the world’s top pros in your quest to become Thrasher Magazine’s Skater of the Year.
Screenshots:  Pounding the half-pipe
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Get to know your board
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Kicking out some tricks
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Put Wii-mote to work
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Pretty Good January 3, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have a disability and for anyone who wants to increase wrist and finger strength this is an excellent game. In addition, being wheelchair bound and not having the ability to actually skate it is reallly cool. I'm an adult and I think that adults besides kids will like this. I'm not to fond of the create-a-skater aspect, because it is to cartoonish. Skate for the xbox 360 is very realistic and that is what makes it better. I've watched many people skate now and it's an addicting sport if you can appreciate the skill it takes to do it well. This game is worth the money and I look forward to the next version of the game. I'm sure the next one will have better graphics and even more challenging events. I'm also looking for to Skate 2 for the xbox 360. Lastly, the different gaming websites rate these skate games on a Fair to Good level, but I think you really have to understand the programing, time, and graphic design talent it takes to create these games. I'm an artist and a basic graphic designer. Be patient with them and you'll see excellences with time.
Better have a balance board December 25, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
My daughter wanted this game as you didn't need the balance board and she loves skateboard games.
You *can* conceivably play the game without the balance board, but forget about it. She is a great gamer, but it is way too hard without the balance board.
She is going to get the balance board one day, but the game doesn't impress her enough to make the purchase now.
 Great fun-way better than the x box version December 20, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This involved actually moving around to skateboard so way more interactive. I can't wait till the next one comes out!
Get up off the couch and onto your skateboard! November 21, 2008
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Used with the balance board, this is definitely the game to get if you want some great leg/ankle exercise and to work up a sweat without even realizing you're exercising. I just got the game and am already finding it very addictive. You can play it with just the Wiimote and nunchuk or just the Wiimote, but the realism of using the balance board is what really makes the game for me. There are six different areas of the board where you put your weight to move, turn and do different tricks. You use the board in combination with the Wiimote. For example, you use the A button to push your board along. I liked that you have the option of changing the sensitivity of the board. I have it on the high for now, but as the game progresses and gets more difficult, I may change that. For now, I like the way it feels and the way the board responds.
It takes a little while to get the hang of controlling the board to do different tricks, but once you get the hang of it, most of it is intuitive. And, like most games it gets more difficult as you progress through the game so no worries about not having enough challenge here.
The game starts in San Vanelona where a bunch of disasters have caused big time damage and an evacuation so you have room to skate without interference. Playing in the career mode, the first thing you do is to learn how to make the board go and do simple maneuvers. After that, you're taken to a bunch of different locations like London, Paris and Barcelona and hooked up with a video journalist who takes videos of your character. It seems like a pretty good story line and should add interest to the game as it progresses. There are challenges that you can either own or kill. Owning a challenge lets you progress in your career, but killing earns you respect and gets you new stuff.
There is a party play or multiplayer mode too. One of the side games is called the Hall of Meat. The object is to see how badly you can smash up your character. You can do things like go at racing speed and then make him plunge off a bridge spread eagle or head first. There are actually quite a few options of how to injure him. You get points for broken bones, sprains and medical bills. I know it sounds pretty sick but it made me laugh out loud. (Maybe I'm just a sick person.). I think I'll bring the game out after Thanksgiving dinner when everyone is getting ready to nod off on the sofa and get them to play in this mode. It should wake up the snoozers at any party. The only complaint I have about the multiplayer mode is that the board has to recalibrate for each person which takes extra time and is a little boring to wait. It would have been nicer if the game just held the settings in memory.
The graphics are good.. You have a lot of choices in the beginning, starting in the career mode, of how you want your character to look and dress right down to tops, bottoms and shoes in several different brands and logos. You also get to choose the design of your board from several different real life brands. Many of them are locked in the beginning. I like having lots of choices over the way my character looks. The locations look pretty good as well.
Even if you're a total klutz in real life and would never risk life and limb on a skateboard, you can look totally cool in this game. All in all, I think this it's well designed, is super fun, makes great use of the balance board and is good exercise. What more could you ask for? Two thumbs up for this one!
great game! 3 control schemes = 3 levels of difficulty!! November 21, 2008
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I love this game. I got it the day it came out, beat it 2 nights ago. It is easy to pickup and play, but hard to master. My 18 month old kid can hold the wiimote and shake it around and bust all kinds of fliptricks, but steering, executing speciific tricks is of course harder. The career mode was great, and I think the 3 control setups are really 3 difffernt difficulty settings. The easiest is the wii remote and nunchuck together, as it is really easy to steer and turn your 360s and backflips. Career mode was a breeze with this. Now I am replaying with wii remote only. Harder to get it to spin 360s in the air...but doable. Lots of practice required there, career mode is harder this way. Finally the balance board is touchy, and hard to learn, some tips are to turn the sensitivity down all the way and work your way back up..also go into your gear menu, and skateboard, then tune your trucks to be very tight. that helps with the steering. But after day 3 with it, it is getting better and is much more immersive... best in pools/halfpipes for vert if you ask me...I definately broke a sweat.
Graphics are a mixed bag, I like the art style and though they do have jaggies, they dont matter to me.
you are focused on the skateboard, and the wheels, and lining up your tricks, you dont notice or care that the avatar's legs are jaggy.
They focused on the gameplay and the graphics of the board, wheels, etc...rather have that then a beautiful looking game that doesnt control well.
Finally multiplayer is taking turns, which is cool, as events are usually short. THe best is the Hall of MEat, crash as hard as you can mode. My wife and I have spent hours beating the ^%$# out of our avatars.
Enjoy, if you are a fan of skating, this game is a no brainer.
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