GameSpy writes: "Moving this unusual license to the Nintendo DS is no simple feat. How do you recreate the feel of skating on a handheld without resorting to Tony Hawk-style button mashing? The answer is to rely on the Nintendo DS touchscreen, and EA's solution is daring and unique.
Skate It for the Nintendo DS displays all the 3D skating action on the top screen while the bottom screen shows an image of your skateboard deck. Using a stylus, you draw quick strokes on the skateboard to simulate shifting your weight or kicking. For instance, a quick swipe from the rear of the board to the front will do an ollie. A similar swipe from the back of the board and then off to either side will do a kickflip or heelflip. Drawing things like half-circles will start to take you into serious trick territory, where curly swipes of your stylus will execute 360 pop-shuvits and the like."
Spiffy:
+Using the stylus to do skate moves is actually fun and intuitive. No, really
Iffy:
-Easy to end up frantically scribbling instead of planning and executing specific tricks
MMGN: Skate It” brings the popular “Skate” franchise to the iPhone after a brief outing on the Nintendo DS, but just how well does it perform on the new mobile device?
Skate is a pretty cool title on 360, but 3/10 on the iphone? that's a shocking job :(
A skating game on iPhone? It could've worked.
It's a shame this didn't work out.
touch control would have good potential for this sort of game... wish they incorporated it a bit better..
When considering the existing pedigree of the Skate series, there were higher-than-normal expectations for the mobile version. Unfortunately, Skate It could only be considered part of the series as a stranded stepchild. Using the accelerometer to control movement, a push button, grab button and finger motions to perform tricks, the game presents too much to control in comparison to the console version. It has a stunted career mode that focuses on challenges rather than free skating, and graphics that look worse than the original PlayStation One Tony Hawk game. Skate It isn’t Skate, but a quick attempt to cash in on the series without adapting the title properly for mobile users.
Mac World: Skate It is EA’s latest skateboarding app for the iPhone. Based on the popular Nintendo DS game by the same name, Skate It features real brands, a ton of customization, and a unique—but not necessarily easy or convenient—“flick it” method of controls.
