Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure - Skaters and Characters

Skaters and Characters

Taking a cue from Hollywood, Activision decided to cast real kids for the real world locale of Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure. The "Extreme Skate Crew" is a team of 10 playable characters modeled after real kids found from a nationwide casting call search. This team of skaters marked the first time Activision had actually cast real kids in a game. Activision held nationwide casting calls throughout early March 2003 to find 10 kids between the ages of 6 –14 years old to be featured as playable characters in the game. The search included live events that were held at skateparks in San Diego, CA, Denver, CO, and Philadelphia, PA. Video footage of the competitions is played when the game starts up and is available as a unlockable video in the extras section.

Kids across the country also entered the search by mailing in a photo of themselves along with a videotape of their skateboarding skills. To continue involving kids across the country in the creation of this game, Activision created a special game Web site, www.extremeskateadventure.com, where these 10 kids had their information posted so that their family, friends and general public could vote online for the top two "Super Stars" during the month of April 2003, giving the game a reality programming twist. These two "Super Stars," who were chosen by their peers, became featured members of the "Extreme Skate Crew" and appeare on The Skate Stage at the beginning of the game alongside the film characters and have their names and stats on display. The two kids are Ryan and Mallie Ann.

In every world each skater has 25 items unique to that skater to collect. Beside each skater has the type of item it needs to collect. All humans collect medallions.

HUMAN SKATERS (also known as the Extreme Skate Crew)

• Andrew
• Hayden
• Johnathan
• Lauren
• Mallie Ann
• Matthew
• Miles
• Rachel
• Ryan
• Sam
• Lil Romeo

DISNEY SKATERS

• THE LION KING
  • Simba as a cub, collects zebra haunches.
  • Nala as a cub, collects giraffe haunches.
  • Timon and Pumbaa, collects grubs.
  • Rafiki, collects spirit guides.
• TOY STORY
  • Woody, collects sheriff badges.
  • Buzz Lightyear, collects power cells.
  • Jessie, collects cowgirl boots.
  • Zurg, collects ray guns.
• TARZAN
  • Tarzan as a child, collects spearheads.
  • Jane as a child, collects sketch books.
  • Terk as a baby gorilla, collects bananas.
  • Tantor as a baby elephant, collects peanuts.

HUMAN NPCs

• Leslie: A young girl who is an earth mother type. She is concerned with making sure Olliewood is kept clean.
• Hamish (a.k.a. the tough kid): He fancies himself the best skater in Olliewood and challenges you to a race and to break his high score.
• Cap'n Salty: An old sea captain who always holds a fish and has a thirst for Clam Cola.
• Shopkeeper McDougal: He runs the grocery store in Olliewood and is friendly to the skaters.
• Jimmy: The man who runs the Nokia booth located near the grocery store and shopping center and the recycling center located near the skate park.

DISNEY NPCs

• TOY STORY
  • Hamm: The piggy bank character from Toy Story
  • Rex: The T-Rex from Toy Story.
  • Aliens: The toy aliens from Pizza Planet in Toy Story.
  • Sarge and the Bucket O' Soldiers: The green army men from Toy Story.
  • Wheezy: The penguin from Toy Story.
• THE LION KING
  • Scar: Simba's traitorous and murderous uncle from The Lion King.
  • Shenzi, Banzai and Ed: The trio of villainous spotted hyenas from The Lion King
  • Zazu: Majordomo to Mufasa from The Lion King.
  • Lionsess: Female lions of the pride.
• TARZAN
  • Clayton: The hunter on Safari trying to capture Tarzan.
  • Henchman: From Tarzan
  • Gorilla: Various gorillas from Tarzan
  • Elephant: Different elephants from Tarzan.
  • Kerchak: Kala's mate and the leader of the gorilla troop
  • Kala: Tarzan's adopted mother who found and raised him after losing her last biological son to Sabor. She is Kerchak's mate.