''Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure'' is a 2003

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video game developed by

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and published by

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for

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and

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. The

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version was ported by

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. The game uses the same game engine as '' Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4'' made by

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and features characters from Disney/Pixar's ''

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'',

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's ''

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'', and Disney's ''

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''.

Gameplay

Players skate around each level performing various tricks, using either characters from Disney/Pixar's ''

'', Disney's ''

'' and Disney's ''

'', or with a fully customizable human skater, as well as two real-life child skaters, 8-year-old Ryan Holleran and 10-year-old Mallie Ann Torres. There are three main modes: Adventure, Free Skate, and Versus. In Adventure, the player will take on a variety of skate challenges across the three worlds. All skaters are restricted to their respective worlds, but the human skater can move in and out of any world. In Free Skate, the player is free to play as any skater, but all challenges are disabled, and the restrictions on which world the skater is playable still apply. In Versus, two players can play any skater in any world and compete in a series of skate games.

Reception

''Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure'' for the

and

received "generally positive" reviews, according to review aggregator

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. In his review of the GameCube version for ''

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positively noted how much the game mechanically felt like the ''

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'' games, particularly '' Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4''. He added that although the game was primarily designed for children, it "still presents something of a challenge", concluding that it was a "fun, well-designed skating game." Louis Bedigian, reviewing the Xbox version for ''GameZone'', complimented the "cartoony graphics" which she called "great", as well as the enjoyableness of the "''Tony Hawk''-style gameplay", and summed up by saying that "any adult that gives it a chance will find that it's much more than a kiddie game." In contrast to the console versions, the

version received "mixed or average" reviews according to Metacritic. In their review, '' IGN'' called the handheld edition a game with sufficient challenges "no matter what your skill level" and complemented the variety of tasks but criticised the "dumbed down" gameplay when compared to the handheld ''Tony Hawk's'' games.

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