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WOW.... I didn't know Game Boy Advance was this powerful!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 21 / 25
Date: May 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

It's wicked amazing that a little game boy can turn out 3-D graphics, and keep a frame rate running high. THPS2GBA has 5 levels from THPS2 and the Warehouse level from THPS, plus some GBA specific secret levels! Plus you can still change your tricks with all of the ones from THPS2(wow!) and buy new decks for better play. This is a must have for a GBA owner, even if it doesn't have multiplayer, create a skater, or create a skate park, this will be what gets you through 10 hour car trips, with its high replay value. A MUST BUY!

Sweet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 14
Date: May 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

It takes some pretty sweet graphics for me to be "amazed" by a game and this game did just that. I watched the video at ign.com and i couldn't believe it. I could honestly tell you that if someone showed me the video and didn't tell me what console it was for i would guess Dreamcast or PS2. I don't know how they did it but they did. .... ....

Handheld at it's best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: June 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I wasn't aware of how powerful the GBA was until THPS2. Let me just say, "Wow". This seems to have put all what is great about the PS and DC versions into the handheld version. Now, don't go running to the store thinking you are going to pick up the same game, not by anywhere far. The basic elements and game interaction were put into the game, most things are different in this game from PS and DC versions. First, let's not kid ourselves, it seems people compare this version to heavily with its PS and DC conterparts. You can't do that. The GBA is the most Advanced "Handheld" system, no company has been able to put the power of a PS, DC or PS2 into handheld...not yet anyway. The games works more like the original GB version, but pupped up. A couple of things that had to compinciate for was the small screen, so the characters look sort of like faceless people with obivious poligon edges. If you have the previous GB versions (and you liked them), then you are in for a treat. You play an angled overhead view, the framerate is smooth, and the sound is great. My breakdown:

Graphics: I was amazed at this one. This is only my 3rd GBA game, so I haven't compared too much. The framerate is very smooth, no slow downs or fades out of the action.

Sound: Superb, the one trully advanced feature of the GBA is the sound. Comparing GB to GBA, the sound is ten times better. And comparing the THPS2 sound from the DC and PS version, I say wow again. It takes all the little sound effects from the console games and condense them into the handheld without any obvious flaws that I can detect. And of course you are going to loose the great soundtrack from the PS and DC version only because those songs were running off the CD, does this look like a CD to you, I didn't think so....

Control: The only thing hard to get used to is the control. But it didn't take me long to figure the controls on the game. they are actually easier to master than the DC or PS versions.

Playability: This is the first time I actually got ingrossed in a handheld game for longer than an hour. I haven't put this much attention in a handheld since I was 13 (when I first got the orginal GB). It took 10 years later to finally get me back into the handheld world.

Things you may have to get used to 1)Small screen- of course the small screen will throw you off, but it is bigger from the GB version. It makes it hard to see what type of move you are pulling off at times (without knowing in advanced what you are going to do, if you just push buttons, then of course you may not know what you are doing)....

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THPS2 Best Launch Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: May 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 is the best launch game it is almost exactly like the console versions, the camera is in an isometric view so they had to change the levels a bit but you still do the same stuff you have to get the high scores, collect skate etc.... There includes six levels from the original plus new parks just for GBA! They had to unfurtunitly taske out create a skater and create a park. So keep this game in mind when buying GBA.

WHOA!! seriously thats all I have to say!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 11
Date: April 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Do you remember how good tony was on PSX and dreamcast......now hes on game boy, AND HE IS EVEN LOOKING GOOD! This game is supposed to have about 6 or 7 of the levels from the origonal(sorry I cant spell) tony hawk 2. You still have to do challenges to unlock the levels and all that good stuff. When this game gets a perfect score just remember whos review you read.

I OWN THE RIGHT MAGAZINES

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: May 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

In the June 2001 Electronic Gmaing Mounthly it clearly states that the little brother of the PSone Tony Hawk 2 (this game) plays just like it and is internally 3-D. To add to that Tony Hawk himself played the game calling it "flawless. completely identical gameplay to the PSone information." EGM played it a day later and were impressed with the control sceme and were getting 400,000 point combos and over 1,000,000 points after the 2-minute run!

Great Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: June 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

O.K this is a really good game. I'm addicted. But on toysrus.com they give the wrong information. You can NOT create a park or player. Now I don't know why they did this but it is a downfall. The upside is that you can do career mode, free skate, single session, and there is a options mode. I am not positive about linking up with other players and doing all those competitions and everything, because none of my friends have it yet. But what I want to get across is that no matter if you are a skateboarding fan or not you will LOVE this game. It has sweet graphics, awsome gameplay, and really good sound. I give it 5 stars. So what I say is definitly get it. I would even make it your first game.

An absolutely amazing game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The Game Boy Advance lineup just keeps getting better. If ever you need a reason to buy a GBA, this game is it. I'm not sure how Vicarious Visions did it, but somehow they managed to squeeze a game meant for a CD-ROM into the tiny GBA cartidge without sacrificing any of the fun whatsoever. The learning curve for this game is initially a little steep, but within an hour of purchase I was able to rack up a 300,000 point score on the first level. The game plays exactly like it's console bretheren, so anyone familiar with the original controls should feel right at home after about 5 minutes of playing. The levels aren't 3D, so sometimes it's hard to judge just where something is floating in space, but after a while you get used to the angles and the annoyance of the perspective (which was minor to begin with) goes away completely. The graphics best most things you'd see on a Sega Genesis, to give you an idea. It's not the PS2 graphics engine, but hey, for a Gameboy it's nothing short of a miracle! The music is also nicely done. Again, it's not the streamlined CD quality of the consoles, but the new background music fits the game perfectly. All the sound effects of the PS/DC version are present and accounted for, and have some amazing clarity. The controls are tight, the load times are nonexistant (it's a cartidge) and the only gripe I can possibly find is the total lack of multiplayer. This is dissapointing, since it was so fun on the consoles, but it doesn't detract from the game itself. I highly reccomend this game. It should be among the first you buy for your shiny new GBA, and it's most certaintly a must-have!

the best!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: April 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

this has awesome graphics!!!!! i watched a movie and it was stunning!!!! it has all the previous levels and it has 3d characters! it has all of the characters from the other tony hawk 2 for dreamcast and psx! ooooh!!!!! i cant wait till i comes out. im going to get fire pro with this game too!!!!

sean williams report for tonyhalks pro skater2 GB ADVANCED

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: April 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

THE GAME HAS GOOD FEATURES GOOD GAMEPLAY GREAT EFFECTS GOOD CHARACTER DESIGHN SUPERB CONTROLLING FANTASTIC BACK GROUND FEATURES GOOD COLORING ALL IN ALL ONE OF THE BEST GAMES ON THE GAME BOY ADVANCED AT THE MOMENT SO I SUGEST GAME BOY ADVANCED USERS BUY THIS GAME NOW.

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