Instead of being the "Darth Vader of skateboards," the final version of the upcoming peripheral will be a "more consumer friendly" white.
In an interview with gamesindustry.biz, Robomodo's Josh Tsui revealed that the Tony Hawk Ride skateboard peripheral that has been shown recently does not feature the final color of the board. Instead of black, the release version of the board will be white.
"The board we've shown so far is like the Darth Vader of skateboards," said Tsui, the director of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions. "We're going with a white board which is more consumer friendly. It's much more iPod-like for want of a better term."
The white board, he added, is more likely to encourage people to step onto it. "That's part of the industrial design of the board, to make sure people know it's a skateboard, but it also looks friendly."
Tony Hawk Ride is scheduled for a fall release and is being developed for the Wii by Buzz Monkey, who is working closely with Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 developer Robomodo.
