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Why have the game in an expansion pack?!?!?

Quote: nitendofan92

lack of innovation and being the same game

It's just a name for the version without a portal, technically it does expand upon the first game - all sequels expand upon the previous game in a series.

^ exactly.
Im getting this;
A portal one for newbies to Skylandsers or
A no portal pack for pp who got S:SA.

oops misread

i am certain any info we don't have will be cleared uo at E3 I sorry if someone else has already said this

you can use the reposes in spyros adventure.

http://www.gamepeople.co.uk/fa...ders-giants.htm

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Quote: Flameslinger2

yeah but it isnt going to b released for the Wii U

Says who?

The release time frame is just about right, and nothing has been outright confirmed or denied, in fact, in an interview, Alex Ness, Toys for Bob producer, showed his enthusiasm about bringing Skylanders to EVERYTHING

http://www.officialnintendomag...to-play/?page=2
Quote:

The Wii U controller has the same near-field technology as Skylanders. Would you like to bring the Skylanders franchise to Wii U?

Alex Ness: I love the idea of bringing the Skylanders franchise to everything!

So the chance is in fact still there.

its been confirmed that it will not be for the Wii U in a video interview either on this thread or another one i cannot find it though

How can these guys mistake the fan-made Fire-Giant to be an official Skylander? That's embarassing.

http://www.dailynintendo.nl/20...ts-screenshots/

^lol, wow..
I guess they go on Darkspyro.

Oh just googled it

What vac eagle's name is airgle?

Yep it is activi$ion made it offical

airgle, it's offical.

We all need to let activision know that we would be very disappointed if were all forced to purchase new copies of the original skylanders to get new upgrades.... As if this game hasn't made them enough money already

Don't worry if you buy the re-models they will have the same upgrades which is a complete waste of money

Quote: whamwham21

We all need to let activision know that we would be very disappointed if were all forced to purchase new copies of the original skylanders to get new upgrades.... As if this game hasn't made them enough money already

You don't have to but the remodeled skylanders! You can't tell them anything because the decision to buy the characters is your own.

I'm not letting Activision know anything. I like the remodels and I'll be buying a few of them, not because I get anything special in-game for it (I haven't even touched Skylanders since it came out) but because I actually like the toys for, you know, being toys. If you don't want to buy them, it's as easy as just not buying them.

Apparently, the girl Skylanders are the most loved among boys, girls, and parents.

Well, Stealth elf is the strongest skylander in my opinion....

Quote: Failinhearts

Well, Stealth elf is the strongest skylander in my opinion....

^ Has everything to do with the topic, the last post made and Giants in general.

Quote: Stealth Elf 32

A real character from Game Screenshots! This was from a friend!

*facepalm* That's a FAKE Fire Giant, Stealth, or TheBigTuff. It's a fan-made Skylander that some user photoshopped that some site made the mistake of posting this picture thinking it's official. It's not. Your 'friend' tried to pass this false character as official and lied to you.

Pretty obvious shoop, too. You can see the pixelation under the dragon's right wing, blurring the flame base.

The SRP for Giants has been confirmed to be $69.99, so I expect the "expansion" (non-portal version) to be about $10 cheaper.

i know this is a little late, but i never asked this before. isn't there an enemy in the 3ds version called tree rex? its one of the walking tree things, i remember it being in the darklight crypt levels. just wondering, because i didnt think anyone else noticed.

Quote: kappapopm

The SRP for Giants has been confirmed to be $69.99, so I expect the "expansion" (non-portal version) to be about $10 cheaper.

I've already added that to the list, you're a little late on it

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i know this is a little late, but i never asked this before. isn't there an enemy in the 3ds version called tree rex? its one of the walking tree things, i remember it being in the darklight crypt levels. just wondering, because i didnt think anyone else noticed.

Yeah, they were called 'Tree Rexes' - it has been noted before.

Quote: bionicle2809

Quote: kappapopm

The SRP for Giants has been confirmed to be $69.99, so I expect the "expansion" (non-portal version) to be about $10 cheaper.

I've already added that to the list, you're a little late on it

Quote: SparCrux1101

i know this is a little late, but i never asked this before. isn't there an enemy in the 3ds version called tree rex? its one of the walking tree things, i remember it being in the darklight crypt levels. just wondering, because i didnt think anyone else noticed.

Yeah, they were called 'Tree Rexes' - it has been noted before.

wait, each one is called a tree rexes?

The tree monsters in the Galecrack Ruins area.

Quote: Aura24

The tree monsters in the Galecrack Ruins area.

that answers nothing

Quote: SparCrux1101

Quote: Aura24

The tree monsters in the Galecrack Ruins area.

that answers nothing

yes it does the tree monsters in galecrack ruins are called tree rexes

An audio interview on Skylanders and Skylanders: Giants:

http://mediapulp.podbean.com/2...anders-special/

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Quote: SparCrux1101

Quote: Aura24

The tree monsters in the Galecrack Ruins area.

that answers nothing

yes it does the tree monsters in galecrack ruins are called tree rexes

that was already answered, and it wasn't really my question. i know they are called tree rexes, i was wondering why they had the same names

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Wow, that sucks. They're really going to make it so the reposed figures get new powers but the originals don't? Terrible, terrible decision.

how many times have we dicussed that this is false or at least unannocned

Quote: dark52

Wow, that sucks. They're really going to make it so the reposed figures get new powers but the originals don't? Terrible, terrible decision.

Activision will do anything to get more money.

Quote: dark52

Wow, that sucks. They're really going to make it so the reposed figures get new powers but the originals don't? Terrible, terrible decision.

Agreed. There's no reason for this what so ever - if anything it just means that they have to do more work. Assuming that the each Skylanders figure had a code on the chip to identify the character, then they would have to use two codes. For example:

Say the code for the original model of Spyro is 00000001 (or something like that) and the code for the remodeled version of Spyro is 00000002. Because, as we already know, the new toys work on the first game, the remodeled version of Spyro will have to include both codes - so the original game can recognise it as a character.

This would be understandable, if the information for the upgrades (not the upgrades purchased, the actual upgrades themselves) was on the toy - but they're not, it's data saved onto the disc of the game itself. I would be willing to buy remodeled versions of characters I don't own already and maybe some of my favourites, but for someone like you, as a loyal customer of Skylanders produces who has already bought every Skylander, it's kind of a harsh move.

However, there's nothing stopping you from selling the old figures and buying the re-released ones if you can still use them for the first game.

Quote: dark52

Wow, that sucks. They're really going to make it so the reposed figures get new powers but the originals don't? Terrible, terrible decision.

ya whos gonna really buy all 32 over again?

Quote: trentd78

Quote: dark52

Wow, that sucks. They're really going to make it so the reposed figures get new powers but the originals don't? Terrible, terrible decision.

ya whos gonna really buy all 32 over again?

Hardly anybody.
I bet Activision/Toys For Bob didn't think this through.

Quote: bionicle2809

Changelog


28/05
• Confirmation of the bull**** that only new remodeled versions of the original Skylanders will be able to purchase new upgrades.

where was this confirmed?

You obviously didn't read the new posts on the topic, Spar...

Quote: Aura24

An audio interview on Skylanders and Skylanders: Giants:

http://mediapulp.podbean.com/2...anders-special/

Well, that's just great.... Spyro REALLY better be in the starter pack now so I don't have the urge to go out and buy his remodel. Of course, this means I'll be dieing to get the remodeled Cynder... and the remodeled Camo.... and the Sunburn... and the Whirlwind... and... yeah, this isn't going to be fun. But yeah, thanks for putting that up Aura.

Will the old skylanders progress be the same on giants?

No. As I mentioned on my topic on the Spyro's Adventure forum, the series 1 figures (ie originals) can level to 15, but can't get the new abilities like the series 2 reposes of originals can.

been gone awhile, what's new? ANy more info/rumors?

Look at the posts above you...

Quote: dark52

Wow, that sucks. They're really going to make it so the reposed figures get new powers but the originals don't? Terrible, terrible decision. >:(

Er... Am I the only one who seems to get that they can't make hardware updates to the original toys? Because that's what this is about. I'm sure if they could do it, they would make it possible to get the new upgrades on your old Skylanders, but the old toys are designed the way they are and have limits. When they made the original Skylanders toys, I don't think they were planning to do a sequel so soon and I'm pretty sure they didn't expect it to be as big a success as it is (though I'm sure that was hoped for). If they had, they probably would have programmed the capability to expand with the new game into the original toys, but that's not how reality works (much as we'd like it to).

Quote: cmut

Quote: dark52

Wow, that sucks. They're really going to make it so the reposed figures get new powers but the originals don't? Terrible, terrible decision.

Er... Am I the only one who seems to get that they can't make hardware updates to the original toys? Because that's what this is about. I'm sure if they could do it, they would make it possible to get the new upgrades on your old Skylanders, but the old toys are designed the way they are and have limits. When they made the original Skylanders toys, I don't think they were planning to do a sequel so soon and I'm pretty sure they didn't expect it to be as big a success as it is (though I'm sure that was hoped for). If they had, they probably would have programmed the capability to expand with the new game into the original toys, but that's not how reality works (much as we'd like it to).

The upgrades themselves are NOT on the toys. All the chip on the toy has is the information which upgrades have and haven't been purchased and the game reads this information. Just as you can change the files you put on a USB drive, you can change the files on the toys beyond production - including the code that says which of the new upgrades has been purchased. If all this information was saved on the toys, then the Series 1 figures wouldn't be able to level up beyond Lv 10, but they can which proves it's just modifiable information that isn't restricted to certain information they knew would be available at the time

TL; DR = No, you're wrong - go away please.

Having something of a question and a dissenting opinion to the popular negative one means I'm the one who should leave. Indeed. How mature of you.

Wow. I was going to give you some credibility before that unnecessarily nasty last line destroyed your argument. I wasn't even phrasing anything rudely in my original comment, just making an observation. Even if you are right, there's no need to be rude about it and being so rude has invalidated what you've said. Just because we aren't talking face to face doesn't mean it's okay to be so outrageously discourteous.

It's possible that there's a limit to what can be modified in the old toys. There's also incentivisation to consider: if people are going to rebuy some of the characters they already have, why not give them some extra reasons in-game to make that purchase?

Entitled fans are never pleased. First there was mass whining that there was nothing extra about the new toys beyond their models. Now all the whining is about the old toys not having the upgrades of the new toys.

bionicle,

I find it odd that you are completely overlooking the option that theoriginal programmers were insightful enough to include the possibility that later software would be able to adapt to higher level capacity but not new abilities. It seems real logical that programmers may have left free space on the figures for future improvements but there is just not enough room for both updated levels and new abilities. It's like your confused why you can't fit 6gigs of information on a 5 gig storage unit. The generation 1 skylanders are getting upgrades in the next game. No one expected this, yet instead of being happy we are complaining.

We know for a fact ALL information is currently saved to figure not in game. It will be easily proven when giants comes out if levels after 10 are still saved to figure when people transfer between consoles, games and save files. I simply do not see where you are getting your information that the information is not in the figures and therefore rewritable. This is not based on any information or previous behavior pattern of the technology we have seen before.

That's sort of what I was aiming at in my original comment. Thanks for wording it with all the technical know-how I'm a bit vague on, ItsJustMe. :)

Edit: Just listened to the podcast and my suggestion that it is an incentive bonus for people rebuying the reposed characters is confirmed. Frankly, I think that's a great thing for Activision to do.

Quote: cmut

Having something of a question and a dissenting opinion to the popular negative one means I'm the one who should leave. Indeed. How mature of you.

Wow. I was going to give you some credibility before that unnecessarily nasty last line destroyed your argument. I wasn't even phrasing anything rudely in my original comment, just making an observation. Even if you are right, there's no need to be rude about it and being so rude has invalidated what you've said. Just because we aren't talking face to face doesn't mean it's okay to be so outrageously discourteous.

It's possible that there's a limit to what can be modified in the old toys. There's also incentivisation to consider: if people are going to rebuy some of the characters they already have, why not give them some extra reasons in-game to make that purchase?

Entitled fans are never pleased. First there was mass whining that there was nothing extra about the new toys beyond their models. Now all the whining is about the old toys not having the upgrades of the new toys.

daaaaang, this guy is quite the sir, 72 cookies to you. thank you for being the first person to look at this positively and not be a whiny child. just, thank you.