![]() ![]() ![]() While the children all handle the same regardless of which one you choose, each Disney character is completely unique both in looks and tricks. Instead, a real world skate park known as Olliewood is the single location devoted to the chiddlers. Sadly, each kid does not have their own unique level to skate around in. There are also a handful of children skaters to choose from, all of which are based on real kids that Activision discovered during a contest the company held as a promotion for the game. ![]() Each boasts three separate levels from the respective movie. While there are plenty of Disney characters to choose from, they span only three different movies: Toy Story 2, Tarzan, and The Lion King. Like Pro Skater, you’ll ollie and grind your way through each expansive level and accomplish a series of goals to unlock new levels and other goodies. Skate Adventure can be easily summed up as THPS4-lite. Powered by the rock-solid Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 engine and streamlined for a younger audience, Disney’s Extreme Skate Adventure offers up an enjoyable experience for both the young and the young at heart. This time, the wonderful world of Disney is symbiotically fusing with the extreme skateboarding genre, and as much as I wanted to chock this game up to just another statistic, I have to give Activision props for actually getting it right. Combining the Disney universe with the RPG genre resulted in the (in my opinion) over-hyped and under-delivered Kingdom Hearts, though that game does stand out as one of the few exceptions in my argument. ![]() In years past, it seems like not much thought has gone into games that combine the Disney license with, say, soccer, golf, basketball, or football – to name just a few. Marketing execs have a tendency to look at Disney properties as if they were the magical ingredient that goes good with anything. ![]()
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