Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is a 2001 skateboarding video game developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) handheld game console. It is a portable version of the console game of the same name, starring the skateboarder Tony Hawk. While the console versions of the game have the camera positioned behind the player-character, this version uses an isometric perspective, featuring modified levels taken from the console version. The player is tasked with getting as high a score as they can in a limited time by performing skateboarding tricks. Vicarious Visions proposed the creation of a GBA version, getting approval from Activision and Tony Hawk. To include the tricks from the PlayStation, they created a 3D engine for the game, featuring polygonal characters. The music was composed by Manfred Linzner as a pastiche of the music featured in the series, as well as songs from "skate punk-type artists". Tony Hawk's series quality assurance testers were initially critical of the game for lacking "purposeful level design" and were brought on to help address these issues. It was released as a launch title for the GBA in North America and Europe in Ju...

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