Activision revealed today at the American International Toy Fair 2012 that their popular new franchise Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure would indeed be receiving follow-up treatment to the game. Skylanders Giants is thus far being called the “Next Chapter in the Franchise Introduces More Than 20 New Figures Including Super-Sized Giants and Characters Featuring Light Technology” (from Activision press release) and not so much a direct sequel. We know they’ll be new Skylanders released (more then 20 including 8 giant-sized figures) and from the reveal trailer it looks like Flynn and his balloon show up – giving gamers familiar Skylands to explore.
Activision has confirmed that all previously released Skylanders (and their power-ups) will be 100% compatable with Skylanders Giants – basically making a combination of two vast games to play with all the figures and expansions. Parents who are keeping track of their wallets will be shelling out more then they had hoped for as the Skylanders franchise is currently the ‘gotta have them all’ generation that was formally exclusive to Pokemon.
Suggested Retail Price for the Skylanders Giants Starter Pack is $69.99 which means we should expect another 30-40 hour experience of gigantic proportions. We hope retailers double their orders this time around for the 2012 holidays as Skylanders figures were in short supply once word got out how fun it was being a ‘Portal Master’.
COIN-OP TV has been covering Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure since day one and has over 40 gameplay videos and tutorials on the YouTube channel – you can watch them all conveniently by clicking on this playlist button:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL095B7F21A5D45857
Related:
Skylanders Announcement Interview from E3 2011
https://coin-op.tv/?p=3652
Skylanders Nintendo 3DS Interview:
https://coin-op.tv/?p=3850
[..YouTube..] @NovaRuner well, the life giant’s name is Tree Rex but I don’t know what the blue furry giant’s name, however, he might be a tech element giant since he looks like the species as Trigger Happy. But who knows? You could be right.
[..YouTube..] @KaBawm1 if that’s a joke, you need to work on it.
[..YouTube..] So Flameslinger wears a blindfold under his blindfold…
[..YouTube..] @GiratinaofFury Yeah, He is Awesome xD
[..YouTube..] they need to make hunter a skylander
[..YouTube..] Can not wait for tech giant
[..YouTube..] can you play whit the skylander 1 on skylanders giants or not?
[..YouTube..] betta be backwards compatible with the current Skylanders figures!
[..YouTube..] WHAT DOES THE WATER GIANT LOOK LIKE !?!?
[..YouTube..] Personally I think this idea is quite sshit loved the first one on the secend why will there be any point of playing anything other tthan a giant
[..YouTube..] what the hell is this shit its a totaly diff game! spyros adventure is the only version for me!!!!!!!!!
[..YouTube..] Do you need another portal for this game???
[..YouTube..] @Lukatag1 You don’t need to be such an asshole!
[..YouTube..] @coinoptv 3ds also?
[..YouTube..] @cookiemonster8598 Yes, they are reusable in the second game.
[..YouTube..] @Mr1spartan17 Fall 2012. No whole year.
[..YouTube..] @coinoptv how about the 3ds
[..YouTube..] anoter spyro game that is not spyro game
1/10
[..YouTube..] anoter spyro game that is not spyro game
1/10
[..YouTube..] thumbs up if you came to this video because alchemist was on the picture
[..YouTube..] Awesome
[..YouTube..] Cool
[..YouTube..] will the new skylanders work on the old one ?
[..YouTube..] will the new skylanders work on the old one ?
[..YouTube..] @lachlan7807 yes – most likely!
[..YouTube..] @coinoptv thanks heres a tip try to get the big pack at the start about $500.00 with all the stuff you can get for it ok i am 🙂
[..YouTube..] I wonder if the new skylander will work with the frist game?
[..YouTube..] YYYAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!
I Can’t wait.
[..YouTube..] @Twinswordwings Well they will be still available to buy and they’re adding lights to most of them.Plus only sixteen are being released one giant of each element and one normal skylander for each element.I guess the giants will cost about the same as a three pack because of their size,anyway i hope this info was useful!!!!!
[..YouTube..] @Twinswordwings oh and you still get to use your old portal 😀
[..YouTube..] wats this game about like the skylanders now about kaos and hektore in 3ds
[..YouTube..] Finally they do a second skylanders game
[..YouTube..] FALL 2012 WHY!?!
[..YouTube..] @Twinswordwings i also didn’t. im not suprised they came out with a new one but hey, they love it and that means the smaller ones won’t be sold out anymore!
[..YouTube..] 1:22 Flameslinger took of his blindfold to reveal a yellow one! finaly but I still want to see his eyes.
[..YouTube..] it’s good it’s made in fall 2012 so the game won’t be short, lame, and rushed cause rushed games sucks so it’s good it’s in 2012
[..YouTube..] What if the skylanders don’t work because they can only be in one collection so you might have to reset them before starting.
[..YouTube..] Will the old ones work on the new game?
[..YouTube..] WOAH! *pulls off Blind to find another blind*
[..YouTube..] @lachlan7807 i think they said that they dont but the old ones work on the new game
[..YouTube..] i think they said that they dont but the old ones work on the new game
[..YouTube..] will the old work on the new
[..YouTube..] OH HOLY ICE CREAM!!!TREE REX!
[..YouTube..] @cutedogsweetsugar u wanna see eyes? here . . there. satisfied?
[..YouTube..] u wanna see eyes? here . . there. satisfied?
[..YouTube..] @lachlan7807 no i don’t think so
[..YouTube..] no i don’t think so
[..YouTube..] I still want the first skylanders…? wow…
[..YouTube..] Wow flameslinger has so many badana?
[..YouTube..] Wait if hektor and kaos were the eniemes before who is the bad guy now!?