
So, what innovative control system have the developers come up with for Imagine Figure Skater? Sadly, the control system isn't much different to that used in many other DS sport games. With figure skating being so much about balance and co-ordination, it's not the easiest sport to simulate on a games console. There's no ice dancing or pairs skating in the game. Free skating involves jumps (axel, lutz, flip and others) spins and step sequences set to music. The skating on offer throughout the game is what's known as "Free Skating". Imagine Figure Skater follows one of three young female skaters through training, skating and daily life. More than a decade has passed since then, so have Spike Software managed to capture the drama and excitement of this sport in their new figure skating game?


As I recall, there has only been one other computer simulation of the sport, which was part of the Winter Games package on the Commodore 64. Figure skating is a sport which requires skill, strength and elegance and unlike most popular sports has not been the subject of many video games.
