Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 dev says it's removing a cheeky Guitar Hero reference and ‘investigating' how it happened

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 dev says it’s removing a cheeky Guitar Hero reference and ‘investigating’ how it happened | VGC

Fans have pushed back at Iron Galaxy, calling it “just a silly gag”…

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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 dev Iron Galaxy is scrambling to remove a cheeky Easter egg from its new Waterpark level—a cardboard box that riffs on Guitar Hero World Tour (in-game as “Banjo Hero”) and tips its hat to the shuttered NeverSoft studio. The team says it’s “investigating how that got in there” and will patch it out in the next update, stressing they respect fellow developers.

Naturally, fans are mildly outraged, arguing it’s a harmless skater-culture gag that fits perfectly in THPS. Between locked-behind-the-$70 Deluxe Edition SpongeBob surprises, other series nods and even a recent Bam Margera interview about his skating comeback, the game’s full of playful callbacks—so here’s hoping more stick around.