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http://www.engadget.com/2013/0...force-hands-on/

I don't think any of us could have predicted this...

16 new characters (256 combinations through swapping)
A new portal (new figures are not compatible with older portals)
Swappable parts/weapons through the use of magnets (switch the top half of one figure with the bottom of another.)
JUMPING!
Fall 2013

"This year, Activision's in-house studio Vicarious Visions"

Hm.. Not Toys For Bob?

Is this real?

Double the amount of characters.

That sound you just heard? All of our OCD completist's wallets committing suicide.

I don't think any of us could have predicted this...

Swappable parts/weapons through the use of magnets (switch the top half of one figure with the bottom of another.)

Edit: Oh and it was announced overnight be ause the NDA would have been liftedtoday as the game will be announced later on today. Expect to see a none gameplay trailer at some point.

And there is one fire new called Countdown

Also, people, don't worry, it's 16 new skylanders, they said 56 because of the lightcore and the series 3 ones

And there is one fire new called Countdown

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And there is one fire new called Countdown

Also, people, don't worry, it's 16 new skylanders, they said 56 because of the lightcore and the series 3 ones

16 swap force, 16 new regular, 16 S3 reposes and 8 lightcore

http://www.polygon.com/2013/2/...portal-of-power

This is a new game from a new developer with a new portal peripheral and 42 new figures. (!!!!)

Skylanders Swap Force introduces innovations this year that create different ways to play with the physical toys as well as new ways to play in-game. The 16 Swap Force characters have interchangeable torsos and legs that can be snapped together to create your own custom Skylanders. If you owned all the figures that would be 256 combinations.

Here are the headlines about Skylanders Swap Force:

• 16 Swap Force Skylanders including Magna-Charge (Tech), Wash-Buckler (Water) and Blast-Zone (Fire).
  
• 16 new core Skylanders including Rollerbrawl (Undead) and Countdown (Fire).
  
• 16 Series 3 Returning Skylanders including Eruptor and Stealth Elf.
  
• 8 new Lightcore Skylanders.
  
• 8 new Swap Force areas, equivalent of Elemental Zones but with more varied play. (ADVENTURE PACKS?)
  
• 1 new Portal.
  

The bad news in that list is the requirement to buy a new portal. I asked Guha Bala, Studio Lead for Skylanders Swap Force, why we couldn’t use our existing portals for Swap Force.
“Our commitment is that every time we release there’s a new level of magic in both the toys and the game so we need to upgrade the portal which will support all the new and old toys.”

I was also a little surprised that, despite the introduction of jumping, there is still only two player local co-operative play — particularly when Disney Infinity has four player online. Bala explained his thinking here.
“The co-op play is local which reflects our demographic. What we find is that this is about children playing with each other rather than anonymous people online. This is very much a living room experience.”

This is certainly a good point. And with the Swap Force mechanic giving the physical toys a semi-articulated feel the possibilities for off-console play are much greater too. You can even attach two leg parts together to create your own comical Skylanders Swap Force mutants — although they won’t be recognized by the game.

It looks like the swappable have an insignia ay the base that the other figure don't making them easily identifiable also their names seem to conveniently separated to form new names upon swapping parts.

not sure where the 42 new figure number comes in the GeekDad article.

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It looks like the swappable have an insignia ay the base that the other figure don't making them easily identifiable also their names seem to conveniently separated to form new names upon swapping parts.

not sure where the 42 new figure number comes in the GeekDad article.

The Family Gamer video said the top half of a switch force is their attacks, while the bottom half is movement. So maybe the insignia is a simple way to tell you how they'll move?