Tony Hawk's Proving Ground Hints (DS)

Tony Hawk's Proving Ground is a video game made for a variety of platforms, from the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 to the Nintendo Wii or PlayStation 2, but saw its Nintendo DS version developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision on October 15, 2007, in North America, October 31, in Australia, and November 2, in Europe.

Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, like its name clearly suggests, is part of Activision's long running Tony Hawk skateboarding simulator series, being the ninth game in the franchise.

The game implements a few serious changes to the genre, with players now needing to complete special tricks throughout its 9 levels and visit cities like Baltimore, Philadelphia or Washington DC, each with their unique characteristics and challenges.

Alongside the new gameplay modes that are introduced by Proving Ground, like Nail the Trick, Nail the Grab or Nail the Manual, the game also has a Classic mode, which allows players to go through its levels in the style of earlier Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games.

HINTS

Cheat mode
Successfully complete Story mode by beating all the pro challenges and Tony Hawk's final challenge. You can now buy any of the following cheat options in the Skate Lounge for $1,000 each.

First Person Cam: Skate in first person view.
Giant Mode: Huge skaters.
Tiny Mode: Tiny skaters.
Matrix Mode: Slow down time during ollies/air.
Super Jump: Ollie higher, except off halfpipes and quarterpipes.
Mirror Mode: Mirrored levels.
Unrestrained Aggro: Easier timing for Aggro Kicks.
Perfect Balance: Perfect Rail/Manual/Lip balance.
Replay Camera: Skate with replay camera.
Ice Mode: Visual: Bluish levels.
Night Mode: Visual: Skate at night.
Old Timey Mode: Visual: Film overlay graphics.
World Of Darkness: Visual: Darker than night.
Steel World: Visual: Dark graphics.
Light Inversion: Visual: Shadows turn to light.

Bonus skaters
Enter the Skate Lounge and select "Change Gear." You can now access the following skaters after they are unlocked during game play for $2,000.

Hippie
Santa Claus
Easter Bunny
Zombie
Robot
Ninja

Check out a trailer of Tony Hawk's Proving Grounds below.