Im going to need to huddle everyone together here.

Were all video game friends, right?

Weve had some laughs.

A woman glowing purple with bat wings in Borderlands 4

Weve talked aboutsome important social issues.

But something has been troubling me lately.

But for the love of god, just re-release theGame Boy Advance Tony Hawkgames already.

From left to right: Male Hawke in Dragon Age 2, Lucanis in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and Solas in Dragon Age: Inquisition

Really more date singular because at the time I wasnt really - you know what, its not important.

I enjoyed the last remaster of the first two games and if this one is as good as that?

You have my buy-in.

Collage of THPS GBA games

But thats still not the Game Boy Advance Tony Hawk games.

The first game in this port-series, Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2, was a launch title.

In my opinion, it was also one of the best-looking launch titles.

tony hawk 2 GBA

It was cool, and more importantly, it played just like the console games with somewhat simplified controls.

How many GBA game collections has Capcom released?

And they all have fun filters and whatnot and so forth and still look good on a big screen.

Tony Hawk on the select screen of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 on the Game Boy Advance.

Yes, even the wonky polygon characters of the Tony Hawks GBA games look good.

I know, because Ive played them on both my GameCube and my Analogue Pocket fed through a television.

Thats right, I own overtwoconsoles!

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Im glad you asked, strawman argument question.

Perhaps port is the wrong word.

This is taking the same gameplay and applying it from another angle with a different approach.

Triple-A Games

Theres something fun about it.

Side note, everything Ive said here also applies to Jet Set Radio for the Game Boy Advance.

Id also add that the Game Boy Advance Tony Hawk games arenteven always straight ports.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater

American Sk8land was pretty much its own game, separate from the American Wasteland console counterpart.

On a Game Boy Advance.

It lookswild, like an early 80s rendering of what they thought virtual reality would look like.

Does it always work?

Does it mostly work?

Why so many questions?

Its a cool game thats more interesting now than it was back then.

True, I own these games.

And, true, these are all easy to find online and emulate.

Or, in the ideal world, add extras and interviews and manuals and scans of original box art.

I cant promise you this collection will sell well.

I still believe these games are worth getting out there again.

It would make me happy and Im the main character of reality.

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