Tony Hawk is Interested in Remastering Tony Hawk's Underground Series - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 12 May 2025 / 2,482 Views
Tony Hawk during a preview event for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 expressed interest in remastering the Tony Hawk’s Underground series (THUG).
"I always have aspirations," said Hawk when asked about a THUG remaster in an interview with Screen Rant.
"It's not up to me generally. I'll campaign all I can, but I'm working with a much bigger company that's a lot smarter than me."
Hawk revealed a remaster of THUG hasn't really been discussed internally, however, the success of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 could be the determining factor.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 will launch for the Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC via Steam and Microsoft Store, and Xbox Game Pass on July 11.
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how about a real TH6 so we can put 5 behind us.
Nah, remake 5.
Why remastering them all? Just make a new one.
Of course new is great, but you've never wanted a game you really enjoyed to get remastered?
I've been given that over and over (especially with FF games) but at the end of the day, I still prefer new. TH's games are perfect for trying again with a whole new audience and the old school one too, ready for a new game with new maps and new skaters.
Have you not looked at the marketing material? There are new maps and about half of the 28 playable skaters are new. Even new songs. Same deal with 1+2. Both remake collections also have Create-A-Skater and Create-A-Park modes for new user generated content. You have to look over what's being offered before discrediting it.
Sure, it doesn't gloss over that they could have just made a new title, but THPS 5 really did numbers to the franchise. These 2 collections have been great at renewing interest in the franchise after the sinking sub that was the last mainline entry.
No. I own the originals. I own the hardware. I own a CRT. If I want to play them, I want to play them exactly as I played them when they came out... and I do. So a remaster does nothing for me. It's not the game I loved, and it's not something new. It's just something trying to imitate something else and failing.
Kind of a harsh stance, but that's how I feel about the subject lol
That's cool you can enjoy the orginal games, but not every has that opportunity. I'm not sure how it's failing when the reception of these remasters has been positive and has brought genuine interest back into the franchise. They even added a reasonably amount of new content as well.
They fail at being the original, because only the original can be the original. So if you're like me, and you only care for the original... fail. haha
Most people don't care about that though as long as it's well made. You are the only person I've seen share this opinion lol.
It's definitely a minority opinion, yes. But there are a lot of people out there other than myself who feel this way. Because again, remakes and remasters are something different, and when a person doesn't want different, when they want exactly what they grew up with, all the way down to playing on a CRT, they're probably not going to want HD graphics, changed aspect ratios, changed music, changed this and changed that. They're going to want the original, unaltered thing. Think Star Wars and the special editions controversy. Same deal.
This might be difficult to believe, but every Tony Hawk game all the way up to Project 8 was considered good, critically.
20 years later, I think people wouldn't mind seeing all of it modernized in four releases (8 games, 2 in each release). As a Gamepass user, I think its good content for that.
I suppose they can make a new game, but its evident people want remakes and remasters. Did Crash Bandicoot 4 sell as well as the Trilogy remakes? I doubt it.
remaster project 8
The Underground series was fantastic, BUT, these 2 games was also where the series started to taper off. American Wasteland was fine, but Tony Hawk was never the same after Underground. I'd be more than happy if the Underground games were the last of the Tony Hawk remasters.
I hope they do. The underground games were my favorites.
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