Tony Hawk's Motion is a 2008 video game in the Tony Hawk series of video games, for handheld consoles released on the Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS

The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...

 on November 18, 2008.

Gameplay

The game uses a motion-sensing peripheral called the "Motion Pack", which is inserted into the Game Boy Advance game slot as the method of control. As well as skateboarding, the game also provides the ability to use snowboards.

This game only works for the original two versions of the Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS

The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...

 System, the Original DS

DS

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 and the DS Lite, and will not work on the DSi

DSI

DSI is an initialism for the following companies:* Dave Smith Instruments, an American synthesizer company* Delphi Schools, Inc.* Delphine Software International, a now bankrupt software company* Destination Software, Inc., a video game company...

, DSi XL, or the 3DS, because the game requires the use of the Game Slot 2 (Game Boy Advance

Game Boy Advance

The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...

slot), which is not included on these three handheld consoles.

Reception

Reviews were generally negative towards the game, with many critics complaining about the unresponsive controls from the Motion Pack and the fact that the game is basically "bare bones", offering little content. As of August 29. 2009, Tony Hawk's Motion holds an average score of 39 on Metacritic, based on 11 reviews, with the highest score being 67/100, and the lowest being 20/100.