We certainly didn't mind that the
Tony Hawk: RIDE board we played at E3 had a charcoal coloring, and that goes double for our feet. Apparently that sentiment isn't shared by the game's director Josh Tsui, who told
GamesIndustry.biz that it'll be launched in a "more consumer friendly... [and] iPod-like" white color, which in our minds all but guarantees
someone out there's gonna mistake this for a new version of the Wii
balance board. Tsui's not shy with praise either, calling the board "the most advanced peripheral on the market." Ultimately, the color isn't gonna matter to us, and with a board-compatible sequel rumored to already be in the works, there's plenty of time to re-release the peripheral in all sorts of attractive palettes -- that'd of course be
very iPod-like.
[Via
Joystiq]
posted Jul 16th 2009 3:25PM
second!
So who was first?...
Your mommy
White iPods have been extinct since 2007, though.
That thing looks like a maxi pad.
Sorry, but it does.
and how many white skateboards have you seen.
Brilliant idea making it white. Surely I'm not the first person thinking about custom paint-jobs
Gotta give it to Apple, even gaming companies are trying to keep up with them. I'm not a fan but they're doing something right.
Yeah. It's not like anything Apple makes in white ends up discolored or anything.
That white iPhone discoloration is from all that jizzum that you pathetic fan boys can help to control.
@NHAnimator:
yeah, white for this seems like a poor decision. people are going to be standing on this, often with shoes. and more consumer friendly? what?
genius idea. make it white, so we can dirt it like hell with our feet.
Yuur feet perhaps, but I get foot baths every day
No kidding... same problem with having a white macbook in the past or white ipod, not that I waste my time on Apple products. This is something that people's feet will go on... never mind how dirty older apple products got from people's wrists and fingers.
Make it white...like a canvas.
Mini-industry arises for air-brushing on your fave designs...
Other colors are dirt repellents? ;)
At least with white, we can tell when to clean it.
I still prefer a different shade, but I doubt I'd get it anyway.
Natal is supposed to do this same thing without this expensive accessory.
white is a bad idea. It's going to get scuffed up and blackened from people's shoes. But maybe the plan is to give people the scuffed up peripheral so they'll go out and buy the black one when it's released with the expansion.
If it's anything like a real board, the sk8trz will cover it with friction tape and assorted stickers anyway.
mean, that was exactaly what i was thinking. grip tape the shit out of it.
maybe nintendo could do that for the wii....
oh wait
if it were anything like a real board, it would have wheels.
Nothing gets by you AMiSH PiRATE
Ah, on the cutting edge of imitating other company designs from eight years ago!
I'm not a fan of the peripheral either way. I like my Tony Hawk games to be more button-mashey and less requiring skateboarding know-how. It should be an arcade sort of experience, not a simulator!
I saw this and the first thing i thought was.. MAXI PAD
wtf.
hopefully it's built for those "heavy days"
..."rainy days"...
.
ugh... i hate all white electronics.... no electronics should be white!!!!
Piano black ftw =)
Michael Jackson snowboard.
Too soon?
Or maybe too late.
WHAT????
You say color won't matter to you... Let's see you trying to look cool on your hot pink skateboard. You need the matching hot pink helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads to go along with it though...
Y don't u learn 2 skate 4 real it's not dat hard
It must be easier than learning to spell, that's for sure.
Neither is learning to play a musical instrument, but we all know how that's going.....
so how are you suppose to skate with this thing? like do you flick your foot like you would a deck with no trucks? plus they should have made it bright orange so that ppl will notice it laying on the ground and wont stub there toes
Am I the only one that sees this thing being kicked through walls/tvs/etc, or worse people slipping while using it and smashing their heads open...
looks like a maxi pad
Yes, white is the perfect color for something you put your feet on...
Racists!
Nah I'm totally playing. But yeah white is gonna get dirty so quickly with people's sneaks on it.
Should have some Softrucks, would be better off the ground a bit. www.softrucks.com
For a minute I thought it was a new HTC Android phone because of the giant lip.
This will inevitably be piled up along side my music game peripherals.
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I'll be putting grip tape on mine!
The designer's a douche. It looks like a Chinese designed toy. Oh wait.
o unfortunate. You would think that anything meant to be repeatedly stepped on wouldn't be white
possible shot of the board?
http://twitpic.com/ahp2s
Prob won't hurt their sales but I gotta say I hate it in white. I already figured I along with everyone else over 100lbs would snap this thing in half, but at least when it was charcoal it looked kinda rugged. Now it just looks flimsy and lame. Charcoal with maybe some red that says I dunno, "ride" on it would have been worthy of looking like an idiot on this thing.