Those complaining about BB compatibility, this is just crazy considering what the publisher wanted to do with this. With the kicks and lifts and manouvers that they are trying to simulate, you can't do it with the BB. They have sensors on the sides of the board to see your foot move past so you are kicking along in the game. The sensors see your hands reaching for the board to do grabs and other tricks. I find it pretty cool that they are trying this. If I was a lot LOT younger I'd be buying this like Guitar Hero: World Tour, RIGHT AWAY. But my skating desires are long past. But I still recognize the efforts with this game and think that this is pretty damn cool. It is tough though always having to have a new accessory for a new game but with this I feel the manufacturers are well within justifying it. It works for what they want. Now the REAL problem will be when other publishers create their versions of this game and decide they want their OWN board controllers and don't want to share the functionality of ONE board (just like Rock Band and Guitar Hero). That's where the problems exist with these type of accessories. The publishers and manufacturers need to work together. Tony Hawk game will be cool and the board is pretty sweet from what I've seen. Like I said, I wish I was younger so I could fully enjoy this technological advancement. But it will never beat the days when we used to ride the real ones to school and grab onto our friends car for the rides home after school (thanks to Back to the Future and old Michael J Fox). 
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