Evolution Skateboarding

Evolution Skateboarding is a sports video game released by Konami for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2 in 2002. It includes several popular skateboarders such as Rick McCrank, Arto Saari, Kerry Getz, and Danny Way. There is also a create-a-skater feature and an unlockable character for every skater the player completes the game as. There are also sets of level specific songs such as a metal-remix of the Metal Gear Solid theme and a Castlevania theme after unlocking the Vampire Hunter. Levels are unlocked by beating a certain amount of objectives in a current level, such as collecting items like boots and other objects, performing tricks in certain areas of a level, and grinding a certain amount of meters. The Evolution Skateboarding engine was used in the bonus skateboarding mode included in the PlayStation 2 version of Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance in 2003.

Evolution Skateboarding
Developer(s)Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka
Publisher(s)Konami
Platform(s)Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2
Release
  • NA: October 9, 2002 (PS2)
  • NA: November 17, 2002 (GC)
  • JP: December 12, 2002
  • PAL: February 21, 2003
Genre(s)Sports video game, Skateboarding
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

Default skaters

Unlockable skaters

Soundtrack

Reception
Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
GCPS2
Famitsu31 / 40[1]31 / 40[2]
Game InformerN/A5 / 10[3]
GameRevolutionN/AC−[4]
GameSpotN/A4 / 10[5]
GameSpyN/A40%[6]
IGN4.3 / 10[7]3 / 10 [8]
Nintendo Power3.3 / 5[9]N/A
OPM (US)N/A[10]
PSMN/A6 / 10[11]
X-PlayN/A[12]
Aggregate score
Metacritic44 / 100[13]44 / 100[14]

The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[13][14] It is mostly considered as a bland rip-off of the Tony Hawk's series of skating games. In Japan, however, Famitsu gave both console versions each a score of 31 out of 40.[1][2]

References
  1. "ニンテンドーゲームキューブ - Evolution Skateboarding". Famitsu (in Japanese). Vol. 915. Enterbrain. June 30, 2006. p. 102.
  2. "プレイステーション2 - Evolution Skateboarding". Famitsu (in Japanese). Vol. 915. Enterbrain. June 30, 2006. p. 94.
  3. "Evolution Skateboarding (PS2)". Game Informer. No. 116. GameStop. December 2002. p. 122.
  4. Silverman, Ben (October 2002). "Evolution Skateboarding Review (PS2)". Game Revolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  5. Gerstmann, Jeff (October 15, 2002). "Evolution Skateboarding Review (PS2)". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  6. Satterfield, Shane (November 20, 2002). "Evolution Skateboarding (PS2)". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on December 15, 2004. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  7. Mirabella III, Fran (December 17, 2002). "Evolution Skateboarding (GCN)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  8. Smith, David (October 10, 2002). "Evolution Skateboarding Review (PS2)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  9. "Evolution Skateboarding". Nintendo Power. Vol. 164. Nintendo of America. January 2003. p. 172.
  10. Rybicki, Joe (December 2002). "Evolution Skateboarding". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Ziff Davis. p. 160. Archived from the original on June 29, 2004. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  11. "Review: Evolution Skateboarding". PSM. Future US. December 2002. p. 42.
  12. Rubenstein, Glenn (December 2, 2002). "'Evolution Skateboarding' (PS2) Review". X-Play. TechTV. Archived from the original on December 16, 2002. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  13. "Evolution Skateboarding for GameCube Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  14. "Evolution Skateboarding for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
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