Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4 developer Iron Galaxy has stated it’s “investigating” how a reference to Guitar Hero, and former Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater developer NeverSoft, made it into the brand new pair of remakes.
Within the Waterpark degree, which is an unique degree developed by Iron Galaxy that wasn’t within the unique pair of video games, gamers can discover a big field inside a bin. The field, which you’ll be able to view under, is clearly modelled after the field artwork for Guitar Hero World Tour. Nonetheless, right here it’s a field for the fictional Banjo Hero.
Commenting on Reddit, the Iron Galaxy Dev crew wrote, “Now we have the utmost respect for anybody who makes video games, we’re investigating how that bought in there within the first place. Thanks to the neighborhood for bringing this to our consideration, and we’ll be eradicating that from the surroundings artwork within the subsequent replace.”
The developer of the fictional recreation is the now-shuttered NeverSoft. The studio, which labored on the Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater sequence and a number of other Guitar Hero video games, grew to become a help studio for Name of Obligation. The studio was closed in 2014.
Followers have pushed again at Iron Galaxy for the deliberate removing, with one fan writing, “There’s actually no cause, in any respect, to take away it. Devs have been doing this for ages. Eradicating it’s disrespectful to YOUR devs. This suits the tone of skater recreation completely.”
One other known as it “only a foolish gag.”
Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4 is referential to the remainder of the sequence and options NeverSoft nods past the Banjo Hero joke. It’s attainable that as a result of Banjo Hero recreation being present in a bin on the extent, some might interpret it as disrespectful to the unique builders; nonetheless, social media commentary from followers who’ve found the Easter Egg has been largely constructive.
Earlier this week, it was revealed that THPS 3 + 4 locks a SpongeBob SquarePants Easter Egg behind the $70/£60 Deluxe Version of the sport.
Forward of the sport’s full launch, VGC bought the possibility to speak to Bam Margera for a particular episode of VGC: The Video Recreation Podcast. The early 2000s skate star talked about his highway to restoration, discovering his love of skating once more, and extra.
