WhatTheyPlay writes:
Tony Hawk's Motion is a skateboarding/snowboarding game for the Nintendo DS that utilizes an included "Motion Pack" for motion-controlled gameplay. The pack plugs into the Game Boy Advance cartridge port on the Nintendo DS hardware and allows you to simply move the system to trigger actions in the game, such as navigating to the left or right, balancing during grind and manual tricks, and spinning in the air. To perform tricks using the default control scheme, you press one of the buttons on the face of the Nintendo DS or hit any direction on the directional pad. Some additional tricks are performed by touching the bottom screen of the Nintendo DS.
In Tony Hawk's Motion, you play as either a skateboarder or snowboarder through four distinct locales, completing objectives like earning a certain amount of points for tricks, reaching the end of the course in record time, or delivering video tapes to different parts of town. Your character can be customized with new clothing and gear along the way, as well. A second game, titled Hue Pixel Painter, is also included on the game cart, and finds you controlling a small creature named Hue as he battles the evil Drabs in black-and-white worlds. Via movement of the Nintendo DS, Hue can restore color to the worlds by connecting colorful puddles to each other.
G4TV's Sterling McGarvery Writes:
I still remember the Sunday afternoon in October 1999 when I caught a subway to a Blockbuster Video to rent Tony Hawk's Pro Skater based on a neighbor's recommendation. Little did I realize that it would spark a love affair that would start before the Birdman Bandwagon fired up and would last well beyond the point at which "Downhill Jam" wasn't just a spin-off, it was a pithy descriptor of the series.
GamePlanet tried hard to think of some genuinely positive comments to make about Tony Hawk's Motion, but came back empty. This crass marketing exercise is designed to milk more money from the Tony Hawk cow and should be avoided at all costs.
Team Teabag writes: "I've been a fan of the Tony Hawk series since his first incarnation on the Playstation and if you're looking for a walk down memory lane then this might very well be the game for you, and by that I mean that this also has the horrible fuzzy graphics of yesteryear."
