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skate-it-box-cover_15096For the last few generations of consoles, skating games have been synonymous with the Tony Hawk series. It took last year’s Skate from EA to break the mold the Hawk series had created and revolutionize the way skating games were played. Now the series comes to the Wii with its own take on the FlickIt control scheme.

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Skate It tries to bring the realistic graphics of its PS3 and X-Box 360 predecessor, Skate, to the Wii and the results are pretty disappointing. The Wii just doesn’t have the power to present a realistic cityscape. The textures are bland, the characters are blocky and unrealistic, and the color palette usually ranges from gray to darker gray. Elements you can grind or use are usually…  More info

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