Publisher Snowman recently brought the rather lovely The Alto Collection to the Switch eShop after enjoying great popularity on smart devices. Next up is the totally radical Skate City, which aims to capture the heart and soul of street skating in an authentic light.
In the game, players will have the opportunity to explore four unique cities based off of real-world skate locations, including the streets of Los Angeles, Oslo and Barcelona. Set to original lo-fi beats, you can ride like a local through each city’s Challenge mode, or take it at your own pace with Endless Skate.
Here's a bit more about what to expect from the publisher:
Skate in four beautiful and iconic locations: Los Angeles, Oslo and Barcelona.
Pull off exactly the trick you want with a swipe on screen or a flick of your controller’s analog stick.
Complete over 100 challenges to test your skills.
Endless Skate lets you ride at your own pace. Skip to any part of the city to ride in your favorite spot or try to get all 120 goals.
Upgrade skills to grind longer or spin faster, and build out your trick set with special tricks.
Customize your gear by picking up a new deck, trucks, or wheels; or, change your look with different shoes, hats, glasses and clothes. You can also customize your hairstyle, skin tone, and gender.
Original soundtrack of atmospheric lo-fi beats.
Capture your best runs with our in-game recording tools and share your skate videos online. Zoom in, spin the camera and even slow down time to highlight your best trick.
Let us know if you plan on checking this out when it flips on to Switch later this year.
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Played this a bit on Apple Arcade and I really enjoyed my time with it. Although the touch controls were actually pretty good, I definitely anticipate that I'll enjoy it a lot more on an actual console like Switch!
Is it just me or is this website always really slow to load?
@HenHiro its just you
Is it a 2.5d skate game?
@Fiish speak for yourself.
Seems like this would be a good Switch game, it's really simple so I wouldn't really bother with this on any other platform, you can tell how it was originally a mobile game.
Cool, but where is Tony Hawk? I'm still amazed that certain franchises like GTA V, Madden, Call of Duty and Tony Hawk are not on the Switch in any form at all. They would print money. 80 million plus user base. It's bad business to keep ignoring the Switch.
@HenHiro definitely you
"we have Tony Hawk's Pro Skater at home"
@kingbk : It's absolute madness that there are no Rockstar games on the console apart from L.A. Noire, and the cheapskates screwed over the physical release for that too (while including SEVEN DVDs for the PC version of GTA V), which is a crying shame, as it was an otherwise solid port of a great game.
Hell, I'd be content with the older Grand Theft Auto games. ANYTHING. Even ports of the PSP/PS2 "Stories" games would be better than nothing. The Switch should be able to handle GTA IV without a sweat, and making that available on a handheld would encourage many to double dip, I am sure.
I would also LOVE a port of Bully, but it simply MUST include the motion controls the Wii version.
What other game allows you to administer wedgies via motion controls?
@HenHiro it's just you
A lo-fi soundtrack? I mean, sure, but I would rather have a fast skatepunk soundtrack that really reflects how gnarly and rebellious skating can be.
As someone who skates, what made the skate games great was the controls. The motions for each trick made sense in relation to how you would actually do that trick. Swiping or flicking the stick does not sound appealing
@Silly_G
I second ALL of that...except the Bully blurb. Don't want ANYTHING to jeopardize my First chance at owning a GTA console game (yup, after gaming for 30 years, you read that correctly)!
...GTA2 for the GBC was magical, by the way.
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