Professional Skater 3 & 4 (Unique)

Riley Hawk is having fun with a visit down reminiscence lane with Tony Hawk’s™ Professional Skater™ 3 + 4.

Talking with ipromiseyoumedia in regards to the traditional video games, which have been remade from the bottom as much as convey all of the beloved content material of the early aughts video games into 2025, Riley says it is simply as nostalgic for him to get into it as lots of the sport’s greatest followers.

“I really feel like I’ve so many buddies that grew up taking part in them that it takes you again to a sure time in your life. It’s extremely nostalgic, and so I believe something getting redone that brings again that feeling, individuals get tremendous stoked on,” says the 32-year-old son of Tony Hawk

“I do know myself, it simply brings me again to being a child taking part in these video games, so it is fairly cool to have the ability to relive that a bit bit. I really feel prefer it’s executed in a means that feels proper, the place it nonetheless has that nostalgic really feel, however with extra fashionable stuff like new characters and various things within the sport that weren’t there earlier than, that perhaps have modified in skateboarding over the past 20-something years.”

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The video games provide a legendary professional skater roster that features Tony Hawk, Bucky Lasek, Steve Caballero, Kareem Campbell, Geoff Rowley, Andrew Reynolds, Elissa Steamer, Chad Muska, Eric Koston, Rodney Mullen, Jamie Thomas, Rune Glifberg and Bob Burnquist. There’s additionally the brand new crop of skaters, together with Rayssa Leal, Chloe Covell, Jamie Foy, Zion Wright and Yuto Horigome.

“I believe the brand new characters are cool, get a extra fashionable tackle it with individuals like, you understand, Zion [Wright], Andy Anderson and Jamie Foy, all these individuals that children look as much as these days, so it form of matches their technology extra.”

Enjoying himself within the sport is completely different, Riley says, including, “I really feel like rising up, I had secret characters in a few of them, and so truly being a personality in it was undoubtedly weird.”

“I really feel like I by no means would have anticipated to play myself in a type of video games, however I do not even select myself if I had been to play simply because I do not need to be myself. I need to be the folks that I look as much as, so it is cool in that means. You simply get to choose the individual that you establish with essentially the most.”

When he does get the prospect to play, Riley’s favorites embody Andrew Reynolds and Jeff Rowley, nevertheless it “form of trusted what part of my life I used to be in.”

“And the place you wished to skate, the boards they’d that the character rides and the sneakers and every little thing.”

It is onerous to choose a favourite among the many many skateboarding video games that make up Tony Hawk’s gaming universe, however Riley says the primary one holds a particular place for him and lots of different skaters.

“As a result of it was the primary of its type, that sort of skateboarding sport,” he explains. “I really feel like these ranges are similar to burned into my mind, that I can all the time bear in mind taking part in just like the downhill degree with all of the rocks on the aspect, and the canyon sort factor. It was so new and so contemporary as a skateboarding online game. Nobody had actually executed something like that.”

“Truthfully, I simply beloved skating, and that is form of what the result of that love for skateboarding introduced into my life. That is simply form of the place I ended up. I simply saved following skateboarding and saved desirous to progress and get higher and form of go down that highway. And that is how I ended up right here.”

“And whether or not I’d have, with out my dad or not, who is aware of? However that is the place I am at, and I nonetheless love skating, so I am tremendous grateful that at the least my physique can nonetheless enable me to do it at this age.”

Hawk is now a father himself and says it is “actually cool” to know his dad’s selections now that he finds himself in the identical place.

“I am simply tremendous grateful that my dad gave me the liberty to do sure issues that I wished to, like skateboarding or no matter it could be. And that is all I can hope to do for my son, is simply give him the chance if one thing pursuits them or they fall in love with a sure sport or interest. And I really feel like, as a father or mother, all you may hope to do.”

As for the sport’s soundtrack, a favourite function of longtime followers, gamers can sit up for their favourite songs from the unique video games, together with “Ace of Spades” by Motörhead, “Amoeba” by Adolescents, “Mass Attraction” by Gang Starr, “96 Fairly Bitter Beings ” by CKY, “Not the Similar” by Bodyjar and KRS-One’s “Outta Right here,” alongside new tracks that seize the spirit of recent skate tradition. 

“I really feel just like the Motörhead is form of the traditional tune I consider after I consider the unique video games, simply the Ace of Spades tune and seeing the footage of skating,” he says.

“They introduced a very genuine really feel of skateboarding to the lots with the soundtrack and the video footage of the skaters. And I really feel like that soundtrack undoubtedly, I imply, it is form of like an iconic meme at this level, the Tony Hawk soundtrack. However yeah, it is undoubtedly, individuals comprehend it for positive.”

Riley is happy to see followers take pleasure in one thing previous and one thing new mixing collectively in a celebration of skating.

“I am simply stoked that individuals appear to be feeling the identical means I did about it and having fun with the sport. Hopefully, it brings you that nostalgia, however with a extra fashionable, enjoyable tackle it, and hopefully individuals take pleasure in it.”

Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4 is now accessible for PlayStation® 4, PlayStation® 5, Xbox One, Xbox Collection X/S, PC (by way of Steam, Battle.web and Microsoft Retailer) and Nintendo Swap.