It’s fair to say that THUG 2 on PS2 rekindled our appreciation of the Tony Hawk’s franchise after the lacklustre THUG. It offered the perfect amalgamation of the joie de vivre (all right, puerile humour) of Jackass, as embodied by Bam Margera, and skateboarding athleticism, as personified by (the almost geriatric) Tony Hawk, unleashed from the skateparks to terrorise (or at least mildly nark) the citizens of an assortment of the world’s cities.

All that made THUG 2 on PS2 great has been successfully kneaded into UMD – the intuitive tricks and combos that reward skilful players, the real life ’boarders, ALL the modes, including, much to our delight, Create-A-Skater, which retains its picture-importing facility (courtesy of the Memory Stick) so we can pull faces and then crash them into pillars, smash them into walls and grind them into the ground in the true spirit of Jackass.

There’s a little extra content to boot – exclusive levels based on Atlanta, Kyoto, Santa Cruz and Vegas (we love the Vegas!) available in Classic mode. There’s also a selection of four-player mini-games courtesy of Wi-fi wizardry, including Combo Mambo, SLAP!, and Scavenger Hunt, making Remix just the kind of PS2 port we can get along with – one that’s faithful to an already great game, utilizes the PSP’s features and packs in a few exclusives bits too. Excellent.