Description
Since first rolling onto PlayStations in 1999, the Tony Hawk's skateboarding titles have lead the way for an entire subgenre of extreme sports video gaming. American Sk8land is designed to pull away from the pack, by offering a wide selection of customization choices and bringing its environments to life with new technology. Set in the birthplace of skate culture, Los Angeles, CA, American Sk8land features trick-heavy challenges in a Grand Theft Auto-styled urban playground, through which players can travel anywhere and choose from numerous story- and side-missions they find along the way.
Summary
Product Title: Tony Hawk American Sk8 Land for Nintendo DS
Manufacturer: Activision
Power Score: 3.8 | 5 Reviews
Strengths: Portable Tony Hawk fun, multiplayer over WiFi
Weakness: None
This is a typical Tony Hawk game. You control a skater and perform tricks to accomplish numerous goals. Along the way your skater increases their skills and get harder and harder goals to achieve. This is a pretty good game on the DS and will keep you busy exploring all the areas and achieving all the side missions. This was one of the first DS games to support multi-player over Wifi which adds...
Strengths: Graphics (Yes, for DS the graphics are good), Skater/Park Customization, Story
Weakness: More of the same Tony Hawk game play, Hard to use touch screen specials
This version of Tony Hawk looks great on the DS. Don't go by looking at screen shots, those look awful. In motion the game looks great, especially compared to the previous Tony Hawk GBA games. The story mode is great, with plenty of goals to keep you busy. The game allows you to create your own skater, which has many options for apparel. Then you can even create your own skateboard deck. I...
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Tony Hawk's American Sk8land receives an overall TopTenREVIEWS rating of 3.46 out of 4.00. It is ranked the #639 game of all time, #9 game of 2005 for the Nintendo DS and #17 Nintendo DS game of all time. The rating and ranking is based on an average of 42 critic scores, awards and other criteria. To see a breakdown of the game ranking, read individual critic reviews, or see how other games...
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You know what's the best part about this Tony Hawk game for the DS? It is online play. You play against other people in the world. It is also portable. You can play this anywhere while traveling. You can customize characters, skateboards, and other sorts of stuff. It's like the same Tony Hawk games. Make crazy combos and moves with your character and rack up some points. Play the challenges to...
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