Tony Hawk: RIDE's skateboard peripheral turning white before launch

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]

[George @ Jul 16th 2009 3:28PM]

second!

[Thunda Chunky @ Jul 16th 2009 3:33PM]

So who was first?...

[Return of Jackson...whoo! @ Jul 16th 2009 3:36PM]

Your mommy

[ben @ Jul 16th 2009 3:34PM]

White iPods have been extinct since 2007, though.

[Smart People Play Tuba @ Jul 16th 2009 5:52PM]

That thing looks like a maxi pad.

Sorry, but it does.

[TheWakeUpCall @ Jul 16th 2009 8:55PM]

and how many white skateboards have you seen.

[Mustaine @ Jul 17th 2009 4:15AM]

Brilliant idea making it white. Surely I'm not the first person thinking about custom paint-jobs

[Thunda Chunky @ Jul 16th 2009 3:35PM]

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.

[NHAnimator @ Jul 16th 2009 3:37PM]

Yeah. It's not like anything Apple makes in white ends up discolored or anything.

[Return of Jackson...whoo! @ Jul 16th 2009 3:38PM]

That white iPhone discoloration is from all that jizzum that you pathetic fan boys can help to control.

[maveric101 @ Jul 17th 2009 12:50AM]

@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?

[Verythrax @ Jul 16th 2009 3:36PM]

genius idea. make it white, so we can dirt it like hell with our feet.

[Return of Jackson...whoo! @ Jul 16th 2009 3:37PM]

Yuur feet perhaps, but I get foot baths every day

[Dez @ Jul 16th 2009 4:19PM]

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.

[Freakin Ijit @ Jul 16th 2009 5:00PM]

Make it white...like a canvas.

Mini-industry arises for air-brushing on your fave designs...

[miko34 @ Jul 16th 2009 6:52PM]

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.

[jesse.greathouse @ Jul 16th 2009 3:37PM]

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.

[MeanSpyvie @ Jul 16th 2009 3:42PM]

If it's anything like a real board, the sk8trz will cover it with friction tape and assorted stickers anyway.

[ilovethewaggle @ Jul 16th 2009 3:57PM]

mean, that was exactaly what i was thinking. grip tape the shit out of it.

[swimtedswim @ Jul 16th 2009 4:44PM]

maybe nintendo could do that for the wii....


oh wait

[AMiSH PiRATE @ Jul 16th 2009 5:29PM]

if it were anything like a real board, it would have wheels.

[ddub @ Jul 16th 2009 8:48PM]

Nothing gets by you AMiSH PiRATE

[Joe @ Jul 16th 2009 3:42PM]

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!

[cyphodeus @ Jul 16th 2009 3:45PM]

I saw this and the first thing i thought was.. MAXI PAD

wtf.

[Jared @ Jul 16th 2009 3:53PM]

hopefully it's built for those "heavy days"

[chickenator @ Jul 16th 2009 4:10PM]

..."rainy days"...









.

[Nick Stark @ Jul 16th 2009 3:57PM]

ugh... i hate all white electronics.... no electronics should be white!!!!

[Dez @ Jul 16th 2009 4:20PM]

Piano black ftw =)

[DS @ Jul 16th 2009 4:00PM]

Michael Jackson snowboard.

Too soon?

[giuliop @ Jul 16th 2009 4:06PM]

Or maybe too late.

[Return of Jackson...whoo! @ Jul 16th 2009 5:19PM]

WHAT????

[aardWolf @ Jul 16th 2009 4:03PM]

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...

[Chris @ Jul 16th 2009 4:03PM]

Y don't u learn 2 skate 4 real it's not dat hard

[giuliop @ Jul 16th 2009 4:07PM]

It must be easier than learning to spell, that's for sure.

[kal326 @ Jul 16th 2009 4:43PM]

Neither is learning to play a musical instrument, but we all know how that's going.....

[chumanfu @ Jul 16th 2009 4:09PM]

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

[jholt456 @ Jul 16th 2009 6:06PM]

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...

[Brian @ Jul 16th 2009 6:12PM]

looks like a maxi pad

[Brian @ Jul 16th 2009 6:31PM]

Yes, white is the perfect color for something you put your feet on...

[Anthony @ Jul 16th 2009 7:46PM]

Racists!

Nah I'm totally playing. But yeah white is gonna get dirty so quickly with people's sneaks on it.

[bico @ Jul 16th 2009 8:54PM]

Should have some Softrucks, would be better off the ground a bit. www.softrucks.com

[CaptChunk @ Jul 16th 2009 9:23PM]

For a minute I thought it was a new HTC Android phone because of the giant lip.

[Rk0n @ Jul 16th 2009 9:41PM]

This will inevitably be piled up along side my music game peripherals.

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[YodaGuy5 @ Jul 16th 2009 10:53PM]

I'll be putting grip tape on mine!

[chris @ Jul 16th 2009 11:32PM]

The designer's a douche. It looks like a Chinese designed toy. Oh wait.

[JohnTech @ Jul 16th 2009 11:59PM]

o unfortunate. You would think that anything meant to be repeatedly stepped on wouldn't be white

[sod @ Jul 17th 2009 3:09AM]

possible shot of the board?
http://twitpic.com/ahp2s

[everchanging @ Jul 17th 2009 5:47PM]

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.