well, i finally beat this game with my first skater and i have to say that this little gem is every bit as addictive as the PS2, GC, and XBOX versions.
if you own a GBA, you owe it to yourself to get this game. the graphics are slightly improved from THPS2, adding a few more polygons to the player, and the backgrounds are more colorful. the funnest part about this game is trying to do all sorts of trick combinations. its rather hard at first, but eventually with some practice you will be pulling out 200,000 point tricks without even blinking.
the downsides to this game...the isometric view still takes a while to get use to, the button layout on the
GBA makes it kinda hard to pull out fast combos, but you get used to both of them.
the biggest downside to this game...ITS SO FREKIN ADDICTIVE! you will be playing this in the car, on the toilet, in class, everywhere, its so darn fun.
bottom line, go get this game now, its one of the funnest games on the GBA, and its so worth your 39.99