Tony Hawk's American Sk8land

2005 video game

Tony Hawk's American Sk8land is a skateboarding video game. It was published by Activision and was developed by Vicarious Visions.[1] The game was released alongside Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.

Tony Hawk's American Sk8land
Developer(s)Vicarious Visions
Publisher(s)Activision
Designer(s)Leo Zuniga
SeriesTony Hawk's
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance
Nintendo DS
Release
  • NA: October 18, 2005 (GBA)
  • NA: November 15, 2005 (DS)
  • EU: November 18, 2005
Genre(s)Sports
(skateboarding)
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

It was released on October 18, 2005 for the Gameboy Advance and on November 15, 2005 for the Nintendo DS.[2][3]

The game is in a cel shading style. In the game, the player creates a skater and wins a skateboarding competition. After winning, they are congratulated by Tony Hawk. Hawk tells them about the skating scene in California and takes them to Los Angeles. Hawk and the player meet a comic book writer named Mindy and they try and save a skatepark that Hawk grew up with called American Sk8land before it's torn down.[4]

Reception change

The game was given positive reviews by game critics. Critics said that the graphics, custom sound effects feature, game's design and framerate.[5][6][7][8]

References change

  1. "Tony Hawk's American Sk8land". IGN. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  2. "ChartSpot: October 2005". GameSpot. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  3. "Tony Hawk rides onto DS". GameSpot. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  4. "Tony Hawk's American Sk8Land (DS)". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  5. "Tony Hawk's American Sk8land Review". IGN. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  6. "Tony Hawk's American Sk8land Review". GameSpot. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  7. "Tony Hawk's American Sk8land Review". Eurogamer. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  8. "Tony Hawk's American Sk8land Review". GamesRadar. Retrieved April 16, 2024.