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Bonus: Popularity of EA’s Skate and Madden/NCAA Series.
We all loved the Tony Hawk Pro Skater series – defying gravity, achieving combo points, skating the ?Leap of Faith?, etc. But when it came to customizing your own skater, that?s where EA?s Skate series came in. Not only were you able to grind out the full capabilities of your Playstation 3 and XBOX 360, you were able to choose the clothes you wore all the way down to your kicks. All iconic skating brands were included in this game, ranging from adidas to Nike SB. The coolest thing about the Skate series, however, was you got to see how your kicks would look beat-up in game rather than in real life. It wasn’t until later in the series Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater was able to present the same customization capabilities as EA’s Skate.
There was a time when there wasn?t a ?Race for the Heisman? mode in NCAA, or a create-a-player feature in Madden. It wasn?t until the mid-to-late 2000s that these game features were added with the option of choosing what branded cleats you wanted to wear. The earlier games let you choose ?Generic? while the latter lets you can choose between adidas, Nike, Reebok, and Under Armour.
