Best Surprisingly Good Game for the Wii (56k)

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#1 Tony-Harrison
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I'm calling it. :P


Skate It! Isn't like Wii Sports, which was a dumbed down sports game that was fun because it used the remote. It's a fully blown Skateboarding game from the developers of Skate on the Xbox360. Skate was a well developed game and proves that Skate It! will also very possibly be a well developed game on the Wii. I think that the balance board will make this game into something special. The art is also good for Wii. AAA - AA.












REAL INNOVATION?

NEW! Skate It! Balance Board Interview
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#2 Willy105
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Looks like an Xbox game. Needs better graphics!
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#3 rockguy92
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What happened to Wario?

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#4 Tony-Harrison
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Looks like an Xbox game. Needs better graphics!Willy105

I'm not a fan of your sarcasm Willy. :|

What happened to Wario?

rockguy92

It hasn't been cancelled if that's what you mean.

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#5 SpruceCaboose
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Sad as it may sound, looking at it, my first thought was that it is incredibly ugly, and I am not a graphical whore and I often support the Wii's visuals.

This is like pretty bottom of the barrel of major studio titles on the Wii.

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#6 110million
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Sweet, I can do it again, I can read a topic and predict who made it.

It could be good, skateboarding games have shown some suprise in the past. AAAA confirmed.

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#7 Tony-Harrison
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AAAA confirmed.

110million

Nice. :P

In all seriousness, it didn't deserve 10/10. No Skateboarding game does unless it's on Virtual Boy 2.

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#8 SSCyborg
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Looks like an Xbox game. Needs better graphics!Willy105

I thought the exact same thing. :|

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#9 mr_mozilla
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I think it looks pretty good for a Wii game, I wouldn't buy the board just for it tho, and not sure how well something like that can control.
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#10 Tony-Harrison
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It's times like these you realize that Nintendo has a point. Most people really do judge a game by it's graphics.
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#11 naval
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wow, great graphics , especially the 4 pic, the guy playing some game in front of the television looks totally realistic
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#12 Jack_Bauer07
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I love skateboarding games but I'll probably pass on this one unless it gets great reviews. Seriously, it is a watered down version of Skate (360, PS3) but with added waggle and crappy graphics.:( EA should be working to get Skate 2 out sooner than this crap.
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#13 Tony-Harrison
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I love skateboarding games but I'll probably pass on this one unless it gets great reviews. Seriously, it is a watered down version of Skate (360, PS3) but with added waggle and crappy graphics.:( EA should be working to get Skate 2 out sooner than this crap. Jack_Bauer07

It's a brand new game designed from the ground up to use the balance board.

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#14 SER69
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Yup, if you like skating this is the REAL hardcore version of the game.
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#15 deactivated-57af49c27f4e8
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im sorry but the wii can only support cartoony and artistic graphic styles, this looks like ass.

no doubt it will be fun but come on man.

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#16 sherlock99
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i want this

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#17 Jack_Bauer07
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[QUOTE="Jack_Bauer07"]I love skateboarding games but I'll probably pass on this one unless it gets great reviews. Seriously, it is a watered down version of Skate (360, PS3) but with added waggle and crappy graphics.:( EA should be working to get Skate 2 out sooner than this crap. Tony-Harrison

It's a brand new game designed from the ground up to use the balance board.

And you call that innovation?:lol: I can't count the number of times I've seen a skateboarding game at an arcade with an actual board you use. And as far as waggle goes, I'm sure there'll be some because the guy is holding a wii-mote in the picture.:|

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#18 Dr_Corndog
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I don't know what you guys are talking about. It looks pretty good to me. And based on what I've read, I'm hoping it'll be a blast to play, too.
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#19 Tony-Harrison
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[QUOTE="Tony-Harrison"]

[QUOTE="Jack_Bauer07"]I love skateboarding games but I'll probably pass on this one unless it gets great reviews. Seriously, it is a watered down version of Skate (360, PS3) but with added waggle and crappy graphics.:( EA should be working to get Skate 2 out sooner than this crap. Jack_Bauer07

It's a brand new game designed from the ground up to use the balance board.

And you call that innovation?:lol: I can't count the number of times I've seen a skateboarding game at an arcade with an actual board you use. And as far as waggle goes, I'm sure there'll be some because the guy is holding a wii-mote in the picture.:|

That's probably for upper body balance.

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#20 angelkimne
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Meh. Not into Skateboarding but if i was I'd buy the 360 version.

Especially since I'm never getting Wii Fit or a Balance Board anyway.

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#21 HarlockJC
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Meh. Not into Skateboarding but if i was I'd buy the 360 version.

Especially since I'm never getting Wii Fit or a Balance Board anyway.

angelkimne

I wish I could find a Wiifit board.

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#22 angelkimne
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[QUOTE="angelkimne"]

Meh. Not into Skateboarding but if i was I'd buy the 360 version.

Especially since I'm never getting Wii Fit or a Balance Board anyway.

HarlockJC

I wish I could find a Wiifit board.

You mean without the game ???
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#23 HarlockJC
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[QUOTE="HarlockJC"][QUOTE="angelkimne"]

Meh. Not into Skateboarding but if i was I'd buy the 360 version.

Especially since I'm never getting Wii Fit or a Balance Board anyway.

angelkimne

I wish I could find a Wiifit board.

You mean without the game ???

I would not mind the game but I want to play Rayman with the board.

If they sold the board without the game for like $30 cheaper then I would think about it,

I play the DDR games more than anything else, so I like games which get me up and moving. Shake it does look good with the board

I have watched the video before this and think something like this could be the future of skate board and surf board games.

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#24 Tony-Harrison
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[QUOTE="HarlockJC"][QUOTE="angelkimne"]

Meh. Not into Skateboarding but if i was I'd buy the 360 version.

Especially since I'm never getting Wii Fit or a Balance Board anyway.

angelkimne

I wish I could find a Wiifit board.

You mean without the game ???

Same here.

It shouldn't be too long before casuals begin selling their Wii and hardcore gamers pick up peripherals like the balance board for games like Skate It!

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#25 angelkimne
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It shouldn't be too long before casuals begin selling their Wii and hardcore gamers pick up peripherals like the balance board for games like Skate It!

Tony-Harrison

I might just pick it up if i can get it Stand-alone and it gets a bit more support..

But it will be a while.

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#26 Tony-Harrison
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[QUOTE="Tony-Harrison"]

It shouldn't be too long before casuals begin selling their Wii and hardcore gamers pick up peripherals like the balance board for games like Skate It!

angelkimne

I might just pick it up if i can get it Stand-alone and it gets a bit more support..

But it will be a while.

Yeah, it definitely needs a killer app first. I'm not buying it for Wii Fit.

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#27 naruto7777
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looks alright
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#28 mistervengeance
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yeah?

no. i don't think so.

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#29 EuroMafia
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Looks like an Xbox game. Needs better graphics!Willy105
No, it looks like a Wii game unfortunately.
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#30 Wanderer5
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Looks like an Xbox game. Needs better graphics!Willy105

Lol. But the graphics look good.

Anyway it doesn't look bad, but I am not going to get it, since I am not really a skate board fan

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#31 Tony-Harrison
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Guys, I'm not really a skateboard fan either. I'm not a Star Wars fan either but that didn't stop KotOR from being one of the greatest games I've ever played.

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#32 insanejedi
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It's just Skate but with no people, worse graphics and a diffrent control scheme. If anything the PS3 and 360 will just get Skate 2 where you have more flexability then even Skate It for the wii.
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#33 air_wolf_cubed
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No thanks
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#34 plod2
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Looks like a PSP game, I've never been into skating games and I think its silly how you need to buy that board, it should have at least come with the console
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#35 Tony-Harrison
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Looks like a PSP game, I've never been into skating games and I think its silly how you need to buy that board, it should have at least come with the consoleplod2

*sigh*

1: Looks like a PSP game.
No, it doesn't.

2: I've never been into skating games and I think its silly how you need to buy that board.
Skate It! Wouldn't be much without the board, would it?


3: it should have at least come with the console.
Like a free gift? :roll:

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#36 ff7isnumbaone
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[QUOTE="Willy105"]Looks like an Xbox game. Needs better graphics!SSCyborg

I thought the exact same thing. :|

lol xbox games looks more shinier than than that. definitely ps2 graphics.
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#37 ff7isnumbaone
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[QUOTE="Willy105"]Looks like an Xbox game. Needs better graphics!SSCyborg

I thought the exact same thing. :|

lol xbox games looks more shinier than than that. definitely ps2 graphics.
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#38 VendettaRed07
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this might be fun but id hardly call it innovative. Arcades have been doing the same thing for over 10 years and doing it better because youd stand on a real ( well plastic ) skate board that actually moved in different directions
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#39 Tsug_Ze_Wind
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Teh graphics? I thought SW was done with that. It's not like they hurt your eyes.

Probably just not the time for this game; a port can't be the killer app for the balance board, even if it's done perfectly. I own Skate, and I don't have the balance board, so it would take an OMGTHPS310 for me to buy it.

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#40 Tony-Harrison
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this might be fun but id hardly call it innovative. Arcades have been doing the same thing for over 10 years and doing it better because youd stand on a real ( well plastic ) skate board that actually moved in different directionsVendettaRed07

Lots of things on the Wii have been done before in Arcades, but never in the Livingroom. ;)

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#41 VendettaRed07
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[QUOTE="VendettaRed07"]this might be fun but id hardly call it innovative. Arcades have been doing the same thing for over 10 years and doing it better because youd stand on a real ( well plastic ) skate board that actually moved in different directionsTony-Harrison

Lots of things on the Wii have been done before in Arcades, but never in the Livingroom. ;)

true

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#42 fabz_95
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The graphics need to get up to scratch but if the controls are good enough it could easily score AA
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#43 OfficialJab
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Don't people saying they won't get it because of the graphics feel shallow? Gaming has come this far after all these years for some of the truly great games to be ignored by most people for not mimicing real life enough?
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#44 haziqonfire
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Skate It? Meh.
I'm going to say that the surprisingly good Wii game is going to be De Blob or Little King's Story. Both are going to be great titles for Wii that no one is expecting to be really good.
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#45 ineedmoney555
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Skate It? Meh.
I'm going to say that the surprisingly good Wii game is going to be De Blob or Little King's Story. Both are going to be great titles for Wii that no one is expecting to be really good.
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agreed

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[QUOTE="VendettaRed07"]this might be fun but id hardly call it innovative. Arcades have been doing the same thing for over 10 years and doing it better because youd stand on a real ( well plastic ) skate board that actually moved in different directionsTony-Harrison

Lots of things on the Wii have been done before in Arcades, but never in the Livingroom. ;)

Yea, I'm sure everyone wanted to play Top Skater in their living room, because Top Skater was amazing, just ask Jeff.

And have you seen the game demo'd using the Wii balance board? It looks like a disaster! If you jump off the board at any time the game pauses, and you have to take 15 seconds to resume it. It's only 15 seconds but it's 15 seconds! And considering your on a "skateboard" You will be inclined to jump a lot.

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I like Tony-Harrison because he makes more fun of sheep than I do.
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#48 Wanderer5
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Guys, I'm not really a skateboard fan either. I'm not a Star Wars fan either but that didn't stop KotOR from being one of the greatest games I've ever played.

Tony-Harrison

The thing is that most Skate boarding games have pretty much the same gameplay. I didn't enjoy THPS3 or the demo of Skate, so I doubt I going to enjoy Skate It.