Software:Sky Surfer

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Short description: 2000 video game
Ultimate Sky Surfer
Sky Surfer cover.jpg
Japanese box art
Developer(s)Toka
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Release
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player

Ultimate Sky Surfer, known as simply Sky Surfer (スカイサーファー, Sukai Sāfā), is a video game developed by Toka and published by Idea Factory and Midas Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation 2 in 2000-2001.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankings45%[3]
Review scores
PublicationScore
4Players26%[4]
Famitsu22/40[5]
GameFan29%[6]
GameSpot3.9/10[7]
Next Generation1/5 stars[8]
OPM (UK)3/10[9]
Play91%[10]

The game received unfavorable reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[3] Frank O'Connor of NextGen called the Japanese import "A game so dull and listless that it almost defines the concept of duff launch software."[8] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 22 out of 40.[5]

References

  1. "Console Releases" (in en-gb). Eurogamer.net. 2001-01-19. https://www.eurogamer.net/article-30000. 
  2. Zdyrko, Dave (2000-04-12). "The Games of April: 2000 Edition" (in en). https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/04/12/the-games-of-april-2000-edition. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Ultimate Sky Surfer for PlayStation 2". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190506185616/https://www.gamerankings.com/ps2/257427-ultimate-sky-surfer/index.html. Retrieved February 6, 2021. 
  4. Oertel, Mathias (August 8, 2001). "Test: Sky Surfer" (in de). 4Players GmbH. https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/PlayStation2/Test/1779/637/0/Sky_Surfer.html. Retrieved February 6, 2021. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "スカイサーファー [PS2"] (in ja). Famitsu (Enterbrain). https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=9335&redirect=no. Retrieved February 6, 2021. 
  6. Weitzner, Jason "Fury"; Ngo, George "Eggo"; Mylonas, Eric "ECM" (July 2000). "Sky Surfer (Import)". GameFan (Shinno Media) 8 (7): 13. https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_8_Issue_07/page/n13/mode/2up. Retrieved February 6, 2021. 
  7. Provo, Frank (June 13, 2000). "Sky Surfer Import Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006""]. CBS Intetactive. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/sky-surfer-import-review/1900-2587430/. Retrieved February 6, 2021. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 O'Connor, Frank (July 2000). "Sky Surfer". NextGen (Imagine Media) (67): 87. https://archive.org/details/NextGen67Jul2000/page/n87/mode/2up. Retrieved February 6, 2021. 
  9. Hall, Lee (February 2001). "Sky Surfer". Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine (Future Publishing) (4): 116–17. https://archive.org/details/ops2004/page/n115/mode/2up. Retrieved February 6, 2021. 
  10. "Review: Sky Surfer". Play UK (Imagine Publishing). 2001. 

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