Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer

Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer
Developer(s)Treyarch[a]
HotGen (GBA)
Publisher(s)Activision[b][c]
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows, Mac OS X
ReleaseGame Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
Windows, Mac OS X
  • WW: October 15, 2003
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer is a 2002 surfing video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision under the Activision O2 label. The game was endorsed by veteran surfer Kelly Slater and released for Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2002, and for Windows in 2003. To coincide with the game, Slater appeared as an unlockable character in the 2001 skateboarding video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, complete with surfboard. It received "favorable" reviews.

Playable surfers

Source:[5]

Included in base game

Unlockable via career mode and cheat code

Reception

Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer received "generally favorable reviews" on all platforms except the Game Boy Advance version, which received "average" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[6][7][8][9][10] Famitsu gave it a score of two sevens, one six, and one seven for a total of 27 out of 40.[12] It was nominated for GameSpot's annual "Best Alternative Sports Game on Xbox" award, which went to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4.[38] It was also nominated for "Outstanding Original Sports Game" by the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers, but lost to Jet Set Radio Future.[39]

Notes

  1. ^ Ported to PC and Mac by Beenox.[4]
  2. ^ Published under the Activision O2 label.
  3. ^ Windows and Mac OS X version published by Aspyr.

References

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  10. ^ a b "Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer for Game Boy Advance Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
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  12. ^ a b IGN staff (May 26, 2004). "Gaming Life in Japan". IGN. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  13. ^ Leeper, Justin (October 2002). "Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer (Xbox)". Game Informer. No. 114. p. 91. Archived from the original on May 28, 2007. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
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  20. ^ Meston, Zach (October 13, 2002). "GameSpy: Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer (Xbox)". GameSpy. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
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  22. ^ Steinberg, Scott (October 13, 2002). "GameSpy: Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer (GCN)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on February 26, 2006. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  23. ^ Hopper, Steven (November 29, 2003). "Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer - PC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on February 11, 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  24. ^ Surette, Tim (October 10, 2002). "Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer - GC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on June 10, 2007. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  25. ^ Valentino, Nick (October 9, 2002). "Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer - XB - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on March 18, 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  26. ^ Krause, Kevin (October 13, 2002). "Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer - PS2 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on August 8, 2007. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  27. ^ Perry, Douglass C. (September 18, 2002). "Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer (PS2, Xbox)". IGN. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  28. ^ Perry, Douglass C. (November 24, 2003). "Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer Review (PC)". IGN. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  29. ^ Perry, Douglass C. (September 20, 2002). "Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer (GCN)". IGN. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
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  37. ^ Reyes, Kimberly (December 13, 2002). "Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer Review (PS2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance)". Entertainment Weekly. No. 686. p. L2T 43. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  38. ^ GameSpot Staff (December 30, 2002). "GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2002". GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 7, 2003.
  39. ^ "2002 Awards NAVGTR". NAVGTR National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers. Retrieved February 5, 2021.


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