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Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure is a 2003 sports video game developed by Toys for Bob and published by Activision for GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The Game Boy Advance version was ported by Vicarious Visions. The game uses the same game engine as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 made by Neversoft and features characters from Disney/Pixar's Toy Story, Disney's The Lion King, and Disney's Tarzan.

Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure
Promotional artwork
Developer(s)	Toys for Bob[lower-alpha 1]
Publisher(s)	Activision
Director(s)	Paul Reiche III Fred Ford
Producer(s)	Alex Ness Nicole Willick
Designer(s)	Toby Schadt
Programmer(s)	Eric Hammond Robert Leyland Peter Lipson
Artist(s)	Terry Falls
Platform(s)	Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
Release	NA: September 2, 2003 EU: September 5, 2003 AU: 2003
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Players skate around each level performing various tricks, using either characters from Disney/Pixar's Toy Story, Disney's Tarzan and Disney's The Lion King, or with a fully customizable human skater, as well as two real-life child skaters, 8-year-old Ryan Holleran and 10-year-old Mallie Ann Torres. There are three main modes: Adventure, Free Skate, and Versus. In Adventure, the player will take on a variety of skate challenges across the three worlds. All skaters are restricted to their respective worlds, but the human skater can move in and out of any world. In Free Skate, the player is free to play as any skater, but all challenges are disabled, and the restrictions on which world the skater is playable still apply. In Versus, two players can play any skater in any world and compete in a series of skate games.

Reception

Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox received "generally positive" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[2][3][4] In his review of the GameCube version for GameSpot, Jeff Gerstmann positively noted how much the game mechanically felt like the Tony Hawk's games, particularly Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4. He added that although the game was primarily designed for children, it "still presents something of a challenge", concluding that it was a "fun, well-designed skating game."[6] Louis Bedigian, reviewing the Xbox version for GameZone, complimented the "cartoony graphics" which she called "great", as well as the enjoyableness of the "Tony Hawk-style gameplay", and summed up by saying that "any adult that gives it a chance will find that it's much more than a kiddie game."[10]

In contrast to the console versions, the Gameboy Advance version received "Mixed or average" reviews according to Metacritic.[1] In their review, IGN called the handheld edition a game with sufficient challenges "no matter what your skill level" and complemented the variety of tasks but criticised the "dumbed down" gameplay when compared to the handheld Tony Hawk's games.[11]

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References

External links

• Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure at MobyGames

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