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A port of sorts of last year's inventive skater SKATE, this spin-off for the Wii has interesting ideas and is a smooth downscaling, but it lacks some of the features of its next-gen brethren.

Available on: Wii , DS
Genre: Sports
Release date: Nov 19, 2008
Published by: Electronic Arts
Developed by: Electronic Arts

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7 GOOD
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Features

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News

EA Nails Skate It Release Date

ShackNews writes: EA Black Box and Montreal's Skate It (Wii, DS) will grind into North American...

News from N4G Oct 31, 2008

Skate 2 and Skate It soundtracks revealed

videogamer.com writes: Black Box has revealed the soundtracks for upcoming extreme sports video...

News from N4G Oct 23, 2008

EA denies Skate It Balance Board clip-on accessory

There had been rumours that Electronic Arts' Skate It for the Nintendo Wii would ship with a clip-on...

News from N4G Jul 8, 2008

Skate It Wii DOES include Balance Board tricks

It was thought that Electronic Arts' Skate It for the Nintendo Wii wouldn't feature Wii Balance...

News from N4G Jul 3, 2008

Skate It Wii May Get Skateboard Frame for Balance...

Kotaku had a chat with EA and they said, they're actually looking into the possibility of shipping...

News from N4G Jun 24, 2008

EA: Quality overrides ship time

CEO John Riccitiello drives home his focus on quality for EA titles

May 14, 2008

SKATE Sequel Confirmed With Wii Balance Board...

Announcing the development of a sequel to the pretty awesome SKATE for Xbox 360 and PlayStation3, EA...

News from N4G May 13, 2008

Skate spin-off coming to DS, Wii, Skate 2...

Touch screen, motion controls and balance board features to be used

May 12, 2008

Skate It on Wii and Nintendo DS

IGN writes...Last year, Electronic Arts and Black Box literally reinvented the skateboarding...

News from N4G May 10, 2008

» All 9 Skate It News Stories

Review

Blame it on the rain, or in this case, the earthquake

Nov 24, 2008

You’ve got to admire the creativity of Skate It’s developers. While most companies can’t be bothered to explain why their next-gen ports look so shabby on the underpowered Wii, these guys came up with a whopper to explain why their skateboarding game looks so sparse and bland compared to the original version – there’s been an earthquake. ...

» Full Skate It Review

Previews

Skate It - Hands on with Wii and DS

We kick off with Black Box's redesigned skateboard action

May 13, 2008

Natural disasters have turned San Verona, Skate's concrete paradise, into wreckage. The populace has been evacuated. So what's a skater to do? Answer: Carve a pinewood path through the scattered remains of all our favourite Skate spots, drops and jumps in EA's Wii and DS spin-off, Skate It. Skate's best feature - the Flick It trick system - clearly won't transfer directly to Wii or DS. So developer Black Box has had to think of ... » Read Full Skate It preview

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