Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (Game Boy Color)

GameSpot editors' review

• CNET editors' rating: 4.0 stars Excellent
  Detailed editors' rating
  Overall score: 8.9 (4.0 stars)

• Reviewed by:
  Frank Provo
• Reviewed on: 11/20/2000
• Updated on: 05/17/2006
• Originally published on GameSpot: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (Game Boy Color) Review

Just under nine months ago, Activision released its first Game Boy Color skateboarding title, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. Unfortunately, while the game's 2D half-pipe competitions were excellent, the overwhelming focus was on 3D slalom racing, an activity that proved utterly contrary to the trick-based gameplay of the PlayStation and Dreamcast Tony Hawk titles. It seems Activision has been listening to consumer sentiment, because the sequel, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, is pure tricks and obstacle courses. Just in time for the holidays, the Game Boy Color finally sports the best handheld skateboarding title ever created.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 for Game Boy Color features 13 skaters and seven stages of skateboarding excitement. If the innate skills of Tony Hawk, Bob Burnquist, Steve Caballero, Kareem Campbell, Rune Glifberg, Eric Koston, Bucky Lasek, Rodney Mullen, Chad Muska, Andrew Reynolds, Geoff Rowley, Elissa Steamer, and Jamie Thomas aren't familiar to you, they soon will be. The game's professionals are modeled after their real-world counterparts, with skill ratings delineated by four distinct categories: ollie, speed, acceleration, and control. From the technical skill and raw speed of Tony Hawk to the tactically average Elissa Steamer, you won't just be skating with 13 clones. Backing them up, the game's seven stages - Skate street, New York City, the hangar, school, the bull ring, Venice Beach, and skate heaven - are the nuttiest mix of half pipes, jumps, and ramps this side of ESPN. In an added twist, half of the stages are present in a 2.5D side view, while the rest are rendered via a top-down isometric 3D viewpoint. In the 2.5D stages, half-pipe trick combinations and grinds are the order of the day, whereas lofty airtime and grind-induced kick flips are the keys to success in the 3D stages. Keeping it all together, a password save system tracks your progress.

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