Wii Version

One of the most amazing third-party Wii games at E3 was EA’s Skate It.  The game carries a lot in common with last year’s Skate for the 360 and PS3.  The storyline revolves around a disaster that happens in the city from the first Skate.  The entire city is now in ruins and your character gets to skate wherever they want.  EA really wanted to emphasize an open environment where the players could skate virtually anywhere and anyway they want to.

The demo of the game consisted of one basic area in the heart of the ruined city.  All the main elements for a skating game were there: gaps, jumps, verts, fun boxes, rails, and all sorts of skatable rubble.  First, I got to try the game using just the Wii Remote.  Every move and button can be mapped to only the Wii remote, and it basically controls just like a skateboard.  To turn left, tilt the Wiimote left.  To ollie, flick the Wii remote up.  It’s very intuitive and easy to get used to grinding and performing tricks to string together multiple lines.  The game’s scoring system is based on how many tricks you can do within a given ‘line’.  There are all sorts of combo multipliers and linking varied tricks can lead to a lot of points.

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Release Date: Holiday 2008

Player:1-4

Accessories: Wii Remote Nunchuk, Wii Balance Board

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Create a musical masterpiece with up to four players. Anyone can play the huge selection of instruments in

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10:11- Reggie leaves the stage and thats its folks,  Animal Crossing: Folk City, Grand Theft Auto for DS, WiiSports Resort, WiiMusic, WiiSpeak were announced.

10:10 Reggie is stating how Wii is not a fad, and how Nintendo has to create new ideas to keep ahead in the game

10:08- Reggie and Cammie takes the stage and discussing WiiSpeak, Wii balanceboard and they are recapping what has happened so far.

10:05- Nintendo brought their finest on stage and is play Mario music, 5 different intraments are being played,  the game looks easy to play and sound really good.  Nintendo is rockin the stage

10:04- miyamoto is talking about how hand bell choirs and orchastras,  but the game wont judge how bad you are at it,  but you can record videos of different part of the games.

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Ok, everyone on the Internet is buzzing with this news that NGamer has supposedly “confirmed” both Animal Crossing Wii and one other Nintendo franchise for release this year.  It’s getting very close to E3 and I don’t want to spoil any surprises, so if you don’t want to read ahead to see the other 1st party game DON’T…You’ll be glad you waited.

I’m even frustrated I saw the news because I want to be surprised at Nintendo’s E3 press conference, but apparently people just want to reveal everything they can no matter what Nintendo has planned for E3. *sigh*  Anyways, check out the news after the jump if you want to see it..

I don’t think this news is the ‘BIG’ news that Nintendo will announce at E3 (I think there’s something even bigger than this), but it’s still news that could take some wind out of Nintendo’s sails next Tuesday. 

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Yippee….*sigh*  More predictions from journalists on high.  Check them out for yourself, although they mostly just joke around about what Nintendo might show.

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“We think the 360 has lost significant momentum to both the Wii and PS3, especially in Europe, and is in need of both a price cut and new features to bring in mainstream gamers beyond the Halo/Call of Duty/GTA crowd. Hopefully, Microsoft will have something else up its sleeve, such as a new motion-enabled controller (to better compete with the Wii). Nintendo has been surprisingly quiet lately, and has not announced any 1st-party Wii titles for the 2nd half. They have hinted that there will be something for the ‘core gamers’, and we have heard rumblings that there will be a big surprise game that may incorporate a new peripheral, much like last year’s introduction of Wii Fit, which came with the balance board.” - Signal Hill analyst Todd Greenwald

More predictions, more rumors…  I’ve heard so many rumors, I just can’t wait to actually hear from Nintendo next week!

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We posted a brief scan of the Wii’s control scheme for Skate It a couple weeks ago, but now we have the full control guide for the upcoming balance board game.  I can’t wait to try this game out!

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Rumors were running around the Internet claiming EA would release Skate It with a Balance Board add-on peripheral.  EA has gone on record saying:

“That’s something I haven’t heard. So… Our focus is just working with what is provided by Nintendo. So there’s not an extra piece. You know, it’s really about working with the Balance Board. So if you have one, this is another game you can play with it. It’s not about fitness, it’s about skateboarding and having fun.”

I think the Balance Board itself will be good enough for the skateboarding experience.  There might still be a chance of this happening and EA is playing games with us, but don’t expect to play Skate It with your friend’s Birdman deck anytime soon.

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This is a really cool video that shows off exactly what the Balance Board is capable of in Skate It! I was a little skeptical before, but the game looks like it could be a lot of fun!

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We first heard that Skate it would support the Balance Board. Then we heard from a site, that I will not name, (rymes with NGamer) announce that Skate It will not be supporting the Balance Board. Now IGN has released this image that proves other wise.

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