Evolution Skateboarding

Evolution Skateboarding is a sports video game released by Konami for the GameCube and PlayStation 2 in 2002. It features several popular skateboarders such as Rick McCrank, Arto Saari, Kerry Getz, and Danny Way. There is also a create-a-skater feature and an unlockable character for every skater the player completes the game with. There are also sets of level-specific songs, such as a metal remix of the Metal Gear Solid theme and a Castlevania theme, after unlocking the Vampire Hunter. Levels are unlocked by completing a specific number of objectives in a current level, such as collecting items like boots and other objects, performing tricks in designated areas of a level, and grinding a certain distance. The Evolution Skateboarding engine was used in the bonus skateboarding mode included in the PlayStation 2 version of Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance in 2003.

Evolution Skateboarding
PAL region PS2 cover art
Developer(s)	Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka
Publisher(s)	Konami
Platform(s)	GameCube, PlayStation 2
Release	NA: October 10, 2002 (PS2)[1] NA: November 17, 2002 (GC) JP: December 12, 2002 PAL: February 21, 2003
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Featured skaters

Default skaters

• Arto Saari
• Danny Way
• Colin McKay
• Stevie Williams
• Rick McCrank
• Kerry Getz
• Chris Senn

Unlockable skaters

• Gorilla
• Raiden
• Unknown
• Solid Snake
• Frogger
• Gurlukovich 1
• Vampire Hunter
• Gurlukovich 2
• Gray

Soundtrack

• H₂O - "Role Model"
• Stereo MC's - "Graffiti Part One"
• Primus - "Harold of the Rocks"
• Primus - "Mr Knowitall"
• Primus - "Pudding Time"
• cKy - "The Human Drive in Hi-Fi"
• The Turbo A.C.'s - "Hit and Run"
• Hotwire - "Not Today"
• Agent Orange - "Let It Burn"
• Default - "Slow Me Down"
• Unwritten Law - "Evolution"
• Ill Niño - "Unreal"
• The Dickies - "Elevator"
• Kurtis Mantronik - "Baby, You Blow My Mind"
• Peanut Butter Wolf - "Devotion"

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
	GC	PS2
Metacritic	44 / 100[2]	44 / 100[3]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	GC	PS2
Famitsu	31 / 40[4]	31 / 40[5]
Game Informer	N/A	5 / 10[6]
GameRevolution	N/A	C−[7]
GameSpot	N/A	4 / 10[8]
GameSpy	N/A	40%[9]
IGN	4.3 / 10[10]	3 / 10 [11]
Nintendo Power	3.3 / 5[12]	N/A
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine	N/A	[13]
PlayStation: The Official Magazine	N/A	6 / 10[14]
X-Play	N/A	[15]

Reception

The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" on both platforms, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[2][3] Western reviews of the game mostly considered it as a bland rip-off of the Tony Hawk's series of skating games. In Japan, however, Famitsu gave both console versions each a score of 31 out of 40.^[4][5]