Mario Skateboarding

Mario Skateboarding

Developer(s)

E.A Vancouver, Intelligent Systems

Publisher(s)

Nintendo

Platform(s)

Wii, balance board

Genre(s)

Extreme Sports

Release Date(s)

June 13, 2010 (all)

Mode(s)

All

Age Rating(s)

E10+

Media Included

Wii Optical Disk x1

Mario Skateboarding is a Wii game. In it, you control 12(+?) Mushroom Kingdom citizens as you skate around 6 wacky worlds! It is developed by Intelligent Systems, and Skate It developers E.A Vancouver.

Story[]

Bowser builds a giant skatepark, and invites Mario to come try it out. On the way, however, they are mistaken for celebrities and must skate their way through 5 park competitions to get to Bowser's Castle

Gameplay[]

The game plays like Skate It: You stand on the balance board, and stomp on parts of it to do tricks and jump. Leaning left and right controls steering, while leaning forward or backward does manuals.

In the story mode, you have to do missions (collect x points, do x while xing over x, etc.) in order to get reputation. Once you get enough, you get to challenge the area boss to a skate-off. If you win, you go on to the next area. In the final stage, you immediately have a skate-off with Bowser, and if you win, you get free reign over his skatepark. There is also a free play mode, where you can explore any area you've unlocked and find eggs and blue coins. The last single player mode is challenge, where you can replay missions or complete goals like getting a certain amount of points in a time limit or finding a hidden Bowser statue. There is also a multiplayer mode, where up to 4 people together or online can skate around or compete in score attacks or balloon battles, where ramming another player knocks away one of their 3 balloons.

Characters[]

There are 18 characters in the game. 6 are unlocked initially, 6 are unlocked when you beat them in story mode, and 6 are unlocked for achieving certain goals. When the rest are unlocked, you can play as a Mii.

Default[]

Mario	Luigi
Peach	Toad
Yoshi	Donkey Kong

Story Mode Unlockable[]

Koopa	Birdo
Bowser Jr.	Hammer Bro
Magikoopa	Bowser

Bonus[]

These are unlocked by doing certain things or finding them.

Name	How to Unlock
Dry Bones	In Bowser's Castle, do an air transfer into the basement and wallride over his shackles
Wario	Get a 50,000 point line
Waluigi	Play for over 25 hours
Toadette	Finish story mode and get a high score on every course as Toad
Daisy	Play for over 50 hours or get a 100,000 point line
Blooper	Get 1,000,000 points total
Mii	Unlock everyone else.

Character Stats[]

Each character has different advantages and disadvantages. There is also a character with similar stats to them.

Character	Pros	Cons	Comparable to...
Mario	Well balanced, fast	Weak Jumps	Luigi
Luigi	Well balanced, high jumps	Rather Slow	Mario
Peach	Light, fast, floaty	Bails Easily, Sensitive Control	Daisy
Toad	Small, fast, quick recovery	Needs to constantly go, or may fall over	Toadette
Yoshi	VERY floaty, easy control	All other stats low	Birdo
Donkey Kong	Easy recovery, hard to bail	Slow, heavy	Bowser
Koopa	Quick, light, tricks go by fast	Long recovery, TOO light, sensitive	Dry Bones
Birdo	Fast, good jumps, easy control	Slightly unresponsive, faintly heavy	Yoshi
Bowser Jr.	Small, rare bails, and easy recovery	Heavy, relatively sluggish	Bowser
Hammer Bro	Excellent control, fast	Bad jumper, long recovery	Blooper
Magikoopa	Excellent jumps, floaty, fast recovery	Moderately unresponsive, somewhat slow tricks	Koopa
Bowser	Pulverizes obstacles, rare bails, quick recovery	HUGE, very heavy, quite slow	Bowser Jr.
Dry Bones	Fast, amazing air, light	Sensitive, long recovery	Koopa
Wario	Good jumps, amusing bails	Wide turns, very heavy	Waluigi
Waluigi	Good jumps, floaty, O.K speed	Tall, long recovery, light	Wario
Toadette	Small, light, fast	Crappy jumper, annoying and long recovery	Toad
Daisy	Light, floaty, easy control	Bails easily, a bit slow	Peach
Blooper	Excellent control, floaty	Sluggish, easily bails	Hammer Bro
Mii	Perfectly, exactly balanced	Nothing exceptional	Mario

Courses[]

There are 6 skatepark courses in the game, with the 6th being Bowser's Castle. There is also a practice park, and a park editor. In each course (other than the practice) there are 5 Yoshi Eggs, which can be used later in the game. They are hidden, and require good skating skills. There are also 20 blue coins, hidden in slightly more obvious places, that can be traded along with eggs for unlockables. Each level has a boss which you have to beat to continue, and an optional mini-boss that will occasionaly be required to get a Yoshi Egg. Mini-bosses are not unlockable for skating, however, their skins can be applied to similar characters after they are all beaten. The stats remain identical.

Park Name	Description	Yoshi Egg Locations	Good for...	Mini-Boss	Boss
Peach Town	Peach's castle, the inside, and all the surrounding areas.	On the balcony inside the castle On top of the fountain Above the lake Inside the chimney of an omelet shop Inside the secret passage	Air/Flatland	Bob-Ombert	Koopa
Mushroom City	A large city with many curbs and wires to grind. Enter a pipe to go into the sewers!	On the tallest building Next to the sewage treatment plant Above the western pipe Dropped by Bandit when run over In the wreckage above Mangylox Plaza	Grinds	Bandit	Birdo
Shy Guy Park	An amusement park with a Tribal coaster and Shy-Guy Head Ferris wheel!	On the coaster tracks At the highest point of the wheel In the gift shop Given by hot dog stand owner if you bring him a carnival token stolen by Fat Guy On top of the windmill in the mini-golf course	Grinds/Air	Fat Guy	Bowser Jr.
Pianta Harbor	A giant shipping harbor with lots of ramps and moving objects!	On top of a crane In the hull of a cargo ship In the path of a moving catwalk Given by captain if you bring him Gooper Blooper's tentacle. Hauled in crate by sailors.	Air	Gooper Blooper	Hammer Bro
Mushroom Mall	A huge shopping mall with 2 floors and lots of little railings and benches to grind!	In the food court At the bottom of the ball pit In the middle of the giant clock Given by store owners when you defeat Shadow Mario In parking lot	Grinds/Flatland	Shadow Mario	Magikoopa
Bowser's Castle	Bowser's huge fortress, with spiraling towers, a giant half-pipe, and Mecha Bowser!	Given by Bowser when you defeat him On top of Mecha Bowser On the peak of the tower Left behind by Bowser Jr. Appears in central courtyard when the other 29 are collected	Anything	Bowser Jr.	Bowser

Unlockables[]

Here is what you get for collecting Yoshi Eggs and blue coins:

Eggs[]

Amount Of Eggs	Reward
5	Sound Test and all SFX
10	All Music
15	Star next to name online, new deck graphics
20	Deck graphic designer mode
15	Character Figurines
29	Unlock the final egg.
30	Crown next to name online, park editor

Blue Coins[]

Coin Count	Reward
10	Coin next to name online
20	Shine Trophy
30	Star trophy
40	Grand star trophy
50	Figurine Gallery
60	Enemy Figurines
70	Villain Figurines
80	Character Bios
90	Villain and Enemy Bios
100	Red coin next to name online, character voices
110	SNES game demos
120	Blue coin next to name online, N64 demos
120 + 30 Yoshi Eggs	Blue Coin and Egg Figurines