Last year, EA release Skate for the Xbox 360 and did to Tony Hawk what Tony Hawk did to every other skateboarding game made up to that point: made it completely irrelevant.

Along with a more realistic set of abilities, a low angled board focused camera angle, and a huge living city to explore, Skate introduced us to some of the most daring controls on a recent video game.

It's no wonder then, that EA saw fit to explore the series on the Wii and DS, where the control scheme can be tweaked even more and fit to the unique abilities of those systems. How did it turn out? Check out the reviews below from around the web..

Skate It Wii Review Roundup

Update: Ok,.. it's fixed! Everyone can once again set avatars.

We've been noticing waaaay too many of you still using that boring ol' Paper Mario Avatar, so we figured we'd throw you a bone and upload some new premade avatars for you to use.

The new set features characters from Metroid Prime 3, Animal Crossing City Folk, Wario Land Shake It, and Mario Super Sluggers.

Welcome back everyone. We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving holiday and that it's not too tough getting back to work this morning.

Of course, it is Monday, so that means a handful of games have been released on the Virtual Console service to ease your pain.

WiiWare ..continue reading Download Monday for 12/1/2008