Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
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You are a new skater in the city of L.A.. The main drive of the game is that your hanging around with a skating group and its leader, who also happens to be a skating legend, at their skate park in Beverly Hills called Skate Ranch. Throughout the game you must help your friends by getting skate pieces for Skate Ranch.
The game marks the third reinvention of the series, with Pro Skater being the first, and Underground being the second. It comes with brand new features like the ability to change your personal appearance in game, as well as the ability to get off of the skateboard and use a BMX. For the first time all of levels are strung together into one big environment, which gets rid of loading times and menu selection.
Old features were also kept like Create-a-park, which dates back to the Pro Skater series. Missions are still acquired by going up to random people or friends and accepting the mission they want you to run.
The game also includes a multiplayer mode and co-op for up to 2 players for added replay value.
Spellings
- æå°ŧéå īŧįžåŊčé - Simplified Chinese spelling
Groups +
- Console Generation Exclusives: Xbox 360
- Launch title: Xbox 360 (North America)
- Licensed title: Athletes
- Middleware: Bink Video
- Nintendo Player's Choice releases
- PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits releases
- PlayStation 2 Platinum Range releases
- Setting: City - Los Angeles
- Software Pyramide releases
- Tony Hawk skateboarding series
- Xbox Platinum Hits releases
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References
One task is to jump over a shark named 'Fonzie'. This is a reference to a scene in the sitcom Happy Days in which The Fonz jumps over a shark. This scene is regarded as unrealistic and tacky, and is seen in hindsight as the moment when the show ceased to be good. "Jumping the Shark" has become a general term for similar situations
Technology
Television advertisements curiously highlighted the lack of loading time between scenes and areas (seamless gameplay) as an important feature of the game, even up to calling Wasteland the first skate game to have this.
Awards
- GameSpy
- 2005 â #8 GameCube Game of the Year
Information also contributed by Martin Smith
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X360A achievement guide for Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
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Identifiers +
- MobyGames ID: 19858
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Contributors to this Entry
Game added by Matt Neuteboom.
Xbox 360 added by Brian Hirt. Windows added by Terok Nor.
Additional contributors: Unicorn Lynx, Sciere, Link Ramza, Patrick Bregger, Starbuck the Third.
Game added November 6th, 2005. Last modified June 1st, 2023.