Mr Hawk himself has just updated his Twitter account calling the new skateboard peripheral for the latest game – Tony Hawk Ride – a “marvel“. He further explains “The board controller is a marvel of new technology, responds like a real skateboard. You can even go for grabs and the sensors detect it.”

‘Tony Hawk Ride’ was announced earlier today and no doubt Activision would like to emulate the success of the Guitar Hero and Wii Fit peripherals with their new skateboard controller. There will be updates on this from E3, so keep your eyes on nin-ten-do.com for updates. Personally, between Guitar Hero, Wii Fit, light guns and Mario Kart racing wheels, I think I’ve got enough plastic toot lying around!

The game will be available later this year for all major home consoles.