Michelle Kwan Figure Skating
Of course, any skating program gives you the ability to create your own performance program. This
one provides nine categories to choose from: opening moves, connecting moves, edge
jumps, toe jumps, split jumps, spins, spirals, combinations and final poses. Steps which
are not possible to do will be grayed out, until you provide an appropriate connecting
moves. If you can perfect your routine, you can compete to become an international figure
skating champion. Music and four different rinks are provided. Different costumes are
provided - mostly involving a change of color. The graphics, although 3D, are unshaded
and so give a flat unnatural appearance, but the moves are real enough to compensate for
it.
You can choose to create a skater in your image - it takes a little time but it is really worth
the effort to see yourself skating, taking bows and looking back at yourself. To do this
you need to have a digitized a photo of yourself from head to top of shoulders. Then
select from one of the five body types - and none are skinny. Now that you have set your
body size - place your face onto the image and then color the skin and hair to match yours.
You will have to size your face wide enough to wrap around the sides of the skater image until there are no
white areas left. Do it! It's a trip!
Maryanne 4/00
Age Everyone