Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 + 4 Developer Says It's Pulling an Odd Reference to Guitar Hero, and 'Investigating' How It Got in the Game

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 developer Iron Galaxy says it is "investigating" a funny "Easter egg" that immoderate fans judge references an Activision bid resigned to the trash. Literally.

Shortly aft the highly-anticipated Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 remake went unrecorded for each players past week, players noted a familiar-looking — if "legally distinct" — container successful a trash bin connected the caller Waterpark level. While not everyone whitethorn marque the connection, you tin spot what appears to beryllium a boxed transcript of Guitar Hero — oregon 'Banjo Champion' arsenic it's been rebadged arsenic here, albeit with each the Guitar Hero branding — stuffed into the can.

It's a peculiarly funny summation fixed the developer of the Guitar Hero bid from Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock to 2010's Warriors of Rock was Neversoft… which besides just-so-happened to person developed the archetypal Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series.

As fans debated whether oregon not it was an Easter egg, a joke, oregon adjacent excavation — astatine Neversoft, oregon steadfast Activision — THPS 3+4 developer Iron Galaxy promptly distanced itself, writing: "We person the utmost respect for anyone who makes games, we’re investigating however that got successful determination successful the archetypal place. Thank you to the assemblage for bringing this to our attraction and we’ll beryllium removing that from the situation creation successful the adjacent update."

Some players person told Iron Galaxy not to interest arsenic the "benign joke" was "nothing serious," and others accidental it's "edgy, similar the older THPS games," the information is the 'joke' has been astir for years, arsenic 'Banjo Champion' references popped up successful THPS 1+2, too, 5 years ago.

We thought the long-anticipated remake was great, slapping it with a 8 and penning successful the IGN's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 review: "Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 proves yet again the series’ over-the-top skateboarding look is wholly timeless, adjacent if immoderate of the changes to THPS4 miss the people and the soundtrack has been fumbled."

If you're conscionable getting started, cheque retired our Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 walkthrough, wherever we instrumentality you done each 9 levels, showing you however to get each collectible, goal, golden medal, and panda plushie en way to unlocking everything disposable earlier reaching Pro Goals successful THPS 3.

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