Filipino skater Margielyn Didal makes her video game debut in a Tony Hawk video game, which is set for a July release.
Philippine skateboarding icon and Olympian Margielyn Didal has been immortalized, after her inclusion in the lineup of pro skaters in a video game developed by sports legend Tony Hawk.
Didal was featured on a trailer for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4, which is slated for release in July. It will be available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
The trailer features an animated Didal shredding it up in the game.
“I’m excited to be in the game and for other people to use me to have fun in the game,” she said in an interview shown in the trailer.
Didal also mentioned that as a younger skater, she idolized Brazil’s Leticia Bufoni, who is also included in the game.
Among others are Lizzie Armanto, Leo Baker, Yuto Horigome, Jamie Foy, and Hawk himself.
The game is a remake of Pro Skater 3 and Pro Skater 4 which were released in the early 2010s.
Didal expressed her excitement in being in the game on social media.
“Hype[d] to be part of the new pros in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4… Can’t wait.” she wrote.
Didal, 25, is a decorated skateboarder for the Philippine national team with a gold medal in the 2018 Asian Games and a two-time gold medalist in the Southeast Asian Games.
She rose to fame in 2018 when she competed in the X Games Minneapolis.
Didal, an energetic jokester, had a viral moment with Hawk during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics when she took a photo with the skateboarding legend.
"This guy asked me to take a photo with him and I let him because he looks like Tony Hawk," she wrote, referring to the recurring event-turned-meme of people mistaking Hawk as someone who only looks like the skateboarder.
It got to the point that Hawk had to clarify during interviews that Didal was just joking.
You can be sure though that Didal's inclusion on Hawk's video game is no joke.