EA Black Box has long promised a skateboarding game that uses the Balance Board accessory for Nintendo's Wii. The studio is delivering with Skate It, the Wii and Nintendo DS spin-off of EA's skateboarding series.

In the video below, two developers explain how the optional Balance Board works with the game and warn gamers not to jump on it, or "bad things will happen."

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Apparently eager to participate in the spelling bee, EA Black Box has provided a a new trailer of Skate It. An offshoot from the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 skating series, Skate It debuts on the Wii and Nintendo DS this fall.

The Wii version, depicted above and below, makes use of the Wii Remote controller and also supports the Balance Board accessory used by Wii Fit for realistic skating action.

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Publisher EA today released a metric truckload of E3 media for its upcoming games. Check below for screenshots from Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Dead Space, FaceBreaker, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Left 4 Dead, Lord of the Rings Conquest, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, SimCity Creator, Skate It, Spore and Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.

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Publisher Electronic Arts submitted the following trailer of the EA Black Box's Skate It (Wii, NDS), showing the console edition of the title in action.

Skate It's Wii appearance features a heavy emphasis on the Wii Remote's motion controls, and also makes use of the recently released Wii Balance Board. Both games will hit retailer shelves this fall. Shackvideo users can use the HD Stream.

Electronic Arts has released new Wii screenshots of EA Black Box's Skate It (Wii, NDS), a revised edition of the developer's popular PS3 and Xbox 360 skateboarding franchise.

Revealed earlier this month, the Wii edition of Skate It provides motion-sensitive controls via the Wii Remote, and also supports the Wii Balance Board that comes packed with Nintendo's Wii Fit.

For more on Skate It, check out our hands-on impressions of both its console and handheld incarnations.

Electronic Arts is on live the scene with the latest from San Vanelona, the virtual town that hosts the events of EA Black Box's Skate series.
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DS and Wii editions of Skate, dubbed Skate It, are due out this fall. A full-fledged PS3 and 360 sequel is also in the works, though no timeframe has been given for its debut.

At the EA Spring Break press event in San Francisco, we had a chance to give EA Black Box's motion-centric Skate It a test run in both its Wii and Nintendo DS incarnations.

While we were grinding our faces into the pavement, we also managed to chat up the designers on bringing the Skate franchise to Nintendo's systems and the development of the new control schemes.

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Following yesterday's initial screenshots, Electronic Arts has sent out more media from Skate It, the skateboarding game in development for Wii and Nintendo DS. There are Wii and DS screenshots, and for both platforms we also have videos focused on game controls.

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Electronic Arts has announced that it is developing a direct sequel to EA Black Box's skateboarding title Skate (PS3, X360), referred to as simply Skate 2, along with separate Wii and Nintendo DS entries titled Skate It.

The Wii and Nintendo DS iterations of the series (both pictured below) are due out later this year. The Nintendo DS version will use the portable's touch screen to control tricks.

Along with motion-sensitive controls that "mirror actual skate flips and moves," the Wii edition of Skate It will support the Wii Balance Board that comes packed with Wii Fit.

As for Skate 2, it was only revealed that the sequel is due on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Released last fall, Skate and its thumbstick-centered control scheme outsold the competing Tony Hawk game by a ratio of 2:1, prompting Activision to halt its annual Tony Hawk iterations and rework the series. EA had previously noted that it planned more Skate games.