Evolution Skateboarding is a sports video game released by Konami for the GameCube and PlayStation 2 in 2002. It includes 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 as. 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 beating a certain amount of objectives in a current level, such as collecting items like boots and other objects, performing tricks in certain areas of a level, and grinding a certain amount of meters. 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 | |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Featured skaters
Default skaters
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
| Aggregator | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| GC | PS2 | |
| Metacritic | 44 / 100[14] | 44 / 100[15] |
| Publication | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| GC | PS2 | |
| Famitsu | 31 / 40[2] | 31 / 40[3] |
| Game Informer | N/A | 5 / 10[4] |
| GameRevolution | N/A | C−[5] |
| GameSpot | N/A | 4 / 10[6] |
| GameSpy | N/A | 40%[7] |
| IGN | 4.3 / 10[8] | 3 / 10 [9] |
| Nintendo Power | 3.3 / 5[10] | N/A |
| Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | N/A |    [11] |
| PlayStation: The Official Magazine | N/A | 6 / 10[12] |
| X-Play | N/A | [13] |
The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[14][15] It is mostly considered as a bland rip-off of the Tony Hawk's series of skating games.[citation needed] In Japan, however, Famitsu gave both console versions each a score of 31 out of 40.[2][3]