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SA discussion is in a subforum just above this one. I was bringing it up because of last year's insider leaks.

Power creep does suck. Still wondering if I should even bother with Nighmare mode, because 3 Senseis, Smolderdash and Hex isn't big enough of a non-emergency cast.

That's because of increasing enemy HP and Sensei damage without scaling everyone else. Some characters, like Hex and Smolderdash, can compensate with very quick attacks or crowd control, but others like Tree Rex either have to slowly shoot someone from afar or risk dying of potshots using less than efficient melee.

Nah, it was deliberate. They have a system to port Skylanders to a newer game and a dev explained that the scaling is deliberate; though how much is their choice or Acti trying to encourage new figures is unknown.

Marketing drives a lot of decisions no matter what the developers want, even if it actually damages sales.

Hey, I know I was told not to, but I went ahead and made Grill-X Drill'X's cousin for my fan game because it does kinda seem like something the series would do. But here's a question -

should Grill-X also rap? Or should he be like the exact opposite, where he doesn't thinks it's stupid and thinks his cousin is foolish for doing it?

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Hey, I know I was told not to, but I went ahead and made Grill-X Drill'X's cousin for my fan game because it does kinda seem like something the series would do. But here's a question -

should Grill-X also rap? Or should he be like the exact opposite, where he doesn't thinks it's stupid and thinks his cousin is foolish for doing it?

You should have him rap like it's a family thing. It was the charm of drill x having grill x doing that as well would be great.

alright then. Just gotta come up with some lyrics now...

Noooo. Drill-X was but a mere rapper.

Grill-X must be a HEAVY METAL GOD.

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Noooo. Drill-X was but a mere rapper.

Grill-X must be a HEAVY METAL GOD.

That would actually be pretty funny. Like, his brother was about rap and he sings an entire freaking rock opera.

The scaling mostly hurts the slow bulky powerhouse characters, since they were basically stripped of their bulk and their power but are still slow. Whereas the fast and/or gimmicky characters can often get by without as much bulk and power (for instance, DK can get a lot done by using his barrel cannons, as they give him both mobility and temporary invulnerability).

Plot twist, they were made by Wolfgang, he used to be a rapper, but turned to rock sometime after he made Drill X. Best unlikely headcanon ever.

But Tree Rex has a rapper pose on his toy. It would male more sense to be him, just saying.

Alright, silly thing. But I finished the Grill-X rap. Check it out.

First Verse
Welcome to my kitchen, Skylander!
You're not gonna win this time!
Are you ready to rock
cause I'm never gonna drop
Sweet victory is gonna be mine!

Second Verse
You won that round, Skylander!
But soon you're gonna go boom!
'Cause I'm turning up the heat
and pumping up the beat
You'll never stop my recipe of doom!

Third Verse
No more Mr. Nice Guy, Skylander!
I'm gonna end this all.
I'll use my smash attack
to put you out of whack
This is when you'll finally fall!

Fourth Verse
I..I've been defeated Skylander!
How could I have lost to you?
I'm starting to overheat
Looks like I've been beat
I never finished my Enchilada Of Doom...

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Alright, silly thing. But I finished the Grill-X rap. Check it out.

First Verse
Welcome to my kitchen, Skylander!
You're not gonna win this time!
Are you ready to rock
cause I'm never gonna drop
Sweet victory is gonna be mine!

Second Verse
You won that round, Skylander!
But soon you're gonna go boom!
'Cause I'm turning up the heat
and pumping up the beat
You'll never stop my recipe of doom!

Third Verse
No more Mr. Nice Guy, Skylander!
I'm gonna end this all.
I'll use my smash attack
to put you out of whack
This is when you'll finally fall!

Fourth Verse
I..I've been defeated Skylander!
How could I have lost to you?
I'm starting to overheat
Looks like I've been beat
I never finished my Enchilada Of Doom...

Neat

Can't wait for Phil-X

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Alright, silly thing. But I finished the Grill-X rap. Check it out.

First Verse
Welcome to my kitchen, Skylander!
You're not gonna win this time!
Are you ready to rock
cause I'm never gonna drop
Sweet victory is gonna be mine!

Second Verse
You won that round, Skylander!
But soon you're gonna go boom!
'Cause I'm turning up the heat
and pumping up the beat
You'll never stop my recipe of doom!

Third Verse
No more Mr. Nice Guy, Skylander!
I'm gonna end this all.
I'll use my smash attack
to put you out of whack
This is when you'll finally fall!

Fourth Verse
I..I've been defeated Skylander!
How could I have lost to you?
I'm starting to overheat
Looks like I've been beat
I never finished my Enchilada Of Doom...

I like it! Although, I add a reference to Drill-X loosing (It'd be even better if it is Drill-X back as Grill-X)

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Alright, silly thing. But I finished the Grill-X rap. Check it out.

First Verse
Welcome to my kitchen, Skylander!
You're not gonna win this time!
Are you ready to rock
cause I'm never gonna drop
Sweet victory is gonna be mine!

Second Verse
You won that round, Skylander!
But soon you're gonna go boom!
'Cause I'm turning up the heat
and pumping up the beat
You'll never stop my recipe of doom!

Third Verse
No more Mr. Nice Guy, Skylander!
I'm gonna end this all.
I'll use my smash attack
to put you out of whack
This is when you'll finally fall!

Fourth Verse
I..I've been defeated Skylander!
How could I have lost to you?
I'm starting to overheat
Looks like I've been beat
I never finished my Enchilada Of Doom...

I like it! Although, I add a reference to Drill-X loosing (It'd be even better if it is Drill-X back as Grill-X)

Would robots be able to have relatives?

Would islands be able to float?

Random question, but when the game was first announced, what did you think the villain roster was going to be? I thought it would be just Doom Raiders:

Magic - Pain-yatta (Smasher)
Water - Gulper (Swashbuckler) (I used to think Swashbucklers were something totally different)
Tech - Krankcase (Quickshot)
Life - Chompy Mage (Sentinel)
Fire - Chef Pepper Jack (Bazooker)
Earth - Golden Queen (Sorcerer)
Air - Dreamcatcher (Brawler)
Undead - Wolfgang (Bowslinger)
Light - Luminous (Knight)
Dark - Nightshade (Ninja)

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Random question, but when the game was first announced, what did you think the villain roster was going to be? I thought it would be just Doom Raiders:

Magic - Pain-yatta (Smasher)
Water - Gulper (Swashbuckler) (I used to think Swashbucklers were something totally different)
Tech - Krankcase (Quickshot)
Life - Chompy Mage (Sentinel)
Fire - Chef Pepper Jack (Bazooker)
Earth - Golden Queen (Sorcerer)
Air - Dreamcatcher (Brawler)
Undead - Wolfgang (Bowslinger)
Light - Luminous (Knight)
Dark - Nightshade (Ninja)

I speculated everyone that we got exept luminous, nightshade, hood sickle and grave clobber

either that or I thought we were going to get the ones we saw in Battlecast, which were all the Doom Raiders except Gulper (replaced by Chill Bill) and Luminous and Nightshade (replaced by Grave Clobber, Bomb Shell, Broccoli Guy, one of those). I didn't think we would get Light and Dark Villains, but instead two Skylander senseis.

Here's a new game!

Your favorite NPC? This doesn't include Kaos or trappable villains as they are actually playable at points.

I like Brain. For one thing, he's an Ancient - ONE OF THE CREATORS OF SKYLANDS. Also, I like how he's most likely the most powerful being in Skylands, as he's basically that place's God and thus controls everyone. I think he has a lot of potential to be a really great character, good or evil.

Tessa is my favourite because I like her design and personality. Also because I like foxes.

Buzz and The Darkness are both great. I always loved watching Buzz and Flynn's interactions in Trap Team, and the Darkness was a great antagonist.

The Darkness, a great villain up until his boss fight. Ew.

Oh yeah, the Darkness was also a REALLY good one. I wish they did figures of NPCs, too. Like, they could look like Skylanders but act like magic items by giving the Skylander a certain boost. It would be nice to get figures of some of the non-Skylander characters, too.

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Oh yeah, the Darkness was also a REALLY good one. I wish they did figures of NPCs, too. Like, they could look like Skylanders but act like magic items by giving the Skylander a certain boost. It would be nice to get figures of some of the non-Skylander characters, too.

The darkness as a villain figure would be sick

Yeah, it really would. He'd be Dark, and I could imagine him summoning dark cyclones or zapping beams.

A Darkness Skylander would be the most OP thing imaginable.

"PRIMARY ATTACK: Press Y to conquer all of Skylands."

"SECONDARY ATTACK: Press A to pilot the Doomstation and swallow the entire level."

"TERTIARY ATTACK: Press X to kill Glumshanks."

"SOUL GEM: "Hold Y and suck everything in the game into a blackhole forever. It's over. Skylands is gone for good and no Skylanders game will work on this console again. Please call Activision support for assistance on how to exorcise your Darkness figurine before it conquers Earth."

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A Darkness Skylander would be the most OP thing imaginable.

"PRIMARY ATTACK: Press Y to conquer all of Skylands."

"SECONDARY ATTACK: Press A to pilot the Doomstation and swallow the entire level."

"TERTIARY ATTACK: Press X to kill Glumshanks."

"SOUL GEM: "Hold Y and suck everything in the game into a blackhole forever. It's over. Skylands is gone for good and no Skylanders game will work on this console again. Please call Activision support for assistance on how to exorcise your Darkness figurine before it conquers Earth."

The only way to beat it is to run it over with a car.

Does Sparx, Aku Aku and Uka Uka count? They're nice I guess.

Flynn.

..."BOOM!"

Tessa and The Dragon Hunter would be cool.

Oh hey, I got a new game! Favorite character of each gimmick?

For Senseis, let's not do villains, just Skylanders.

Giant: Eye Brawl
Swap Force: Boom Jet
Trap Master: Kaboom
SuperCharger: Double Dare Trigger Happy
Sensei: Chain Reaction

Giant: Thumpback, Hot Head or Tree Rex, theyh ad some great characters
Swap Force: Night Shift or Blast Zone
Trap Team: Wildfire
Supercharger: Splat
Sensei: Chain Reaction

Giant : Eye Brawl
Swap Force : Free Shift
Trap Team : Knightlight
Super Chargers : Bone Bash Roller Brawl
Imaginators: Tae Kown Crow

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An Arkeyan Ultron Figure

Not a bad idea. I'd dig an Arkeyan Conquertron figure if they got George Takei to come back for the voice work.

Giant: Ninjini
Swap Force: Fire Kraken
Trap master: Knight Light
Supercharger: Fiesta
Sensei: Flare Wolf

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Does anybody else want lost islands alter ego figures?

I like several of them, but far too many alter the figure too much or are variants of unpopular characters. Wouldn't happen even if the series was in a good standing.

I just imagined a big figure of Spell Slamzer with Spell punks surrounding him !!

SSA: Slam Bam
SG: Tree Rex
SSF: Rattle Shake
STT: Wallop
SSC: Spitfire
SI: Ambush

SSA Core (since it didn't have gimmicklanders): Boomer
Giant: Ninjini
Swap Force: Free Ranger
Trap Master: Knight Light
Supercharger: Turbo Charge Donkey Kong
Sensei: Wild Storm

mike wyd

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mike wyd

Uh, you can't post that....

I mean I know it's not yours, but still.

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mike wyd

Uh, you can't post that....

I mean I know it's not yours, but still.

huh???

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mike wyd

Uh, you can't post that....

I mean I know it's not yours, but still.

huh???

That's from the SF art book and VV doesn't like it then people post pictures from the book.

Is this from instagram?

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Uh, you can't post that....

I mean I know it's not yours, but still.

huh???

That's from the SF art book and VV doesn't like it then people post pictures from the book.

Is this from instagram?

yeah mikenacharge owns one of the books

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huh???

That's from the SF art book and VV doesn't like it then people post pictures from the book.

Is this from instagram?

yeah mikenacharge owns one of the books

ah

and why did he post the image?

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mike wyd

you just gave me a friggin heart attack because I thought this was legit

sorry for doin yall a spook

Holy smokes you just did me a startle. Phew.

Shapeshifter's was the original title for Swap Force!

It is legit, that's just SF. It's from the time it was 3+ parts, so it was in fact shifting their entire shapes.

That said, yeah you might want to take that down. Acti does not like Strata scans where we can see them.