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I question though what the original purpose of that Crash poster was. A planned game that was scrapped? Something created just for fun? It was apparently important enough for them to pull it from the internet after publishing it, so....dare I say we could see Crash being included in the lineup for the Core Skylanders in Swap Force?

With about 14 characters left to reveal for the Core figures, anything is possible right? Having Crash included would be something you whip out to generate a ton of hype..something like that would be perfect to show off at E3.

I've heard a couple of times that VV confirmed Crash won't be a Skylander. I don't have the source on me, but I do recall reading about it.
I doubt that said poster was related to anything but a reboot. Vicarious formerly had two multiplatform projects called Project Atlantis and Project Phoenix under construction. There was also a Project Nova which I believe was finished but I don't know which game it actually ended up being. With the similar time the poster was in the building it's more than likely that this was going to be Crash's comeback.
Man, this and Rayman getting delayed to September... February is already killing my mood...

Edit:
Project Atlantis: PS3, XBox 360
Project Nova: PS3, XBox 360, Wii U (Safe to assume that this is Swap Force?)
Project Phoenix: PS3, XBox 360, Wii
I think it's safe to say at least Phoenix is dead(ironically). I don't expect Wii support to continue beyond early, maybe mid next year, especially not for what's presumably a new game, and they can't possibly get it out that soon with literally everything of theirs being devoted to Skylanders now. The only other explanation is that these projects are just on hiatus, which would be odd, because I'd expect them to be planning everything for Skylanders 5 same as Swap Force next year.

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That's not how I meant, what about upgrade paths?

I'm gonna go and guess that the special attack (the attack that the base does) won't have an upgrade path of it's own. Unless each section of the character will have it's own individual upgrade tree, but the upgrades for the base don't branch out and just have one continuous upgrade path.

Anyone notice that on the demo gameplay vid, the series 2 Eruptor they put on the portal only said 'Eruptor' and didn't state which series it was at all?

After paying close attention to the complete press presentation, I have come to some neat conclusions that seem to make a lot of sense.

First off, the jump button is indeed A (X, A, or .
Second, the attacks are as follows.... X (Square, B, or Y)are the first, B (Circle, C*, or A) and the tertiary are Y (Triangle, Z*, or X)*
Third, and most odd, the swaplanders' tertiary abilities will be something that has to do with their legs...so that any swaplander with those legs can pull off that move...*(at least I think)

*I am not sure about this.....

The controls are as follows....Xbox button (Ps3, Wii, and 3ds)
Though I haven't played skylanders on a wii so idk about the attack buttons....

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Anyone notice that on the demo gameplay vid, the series 2 Eruptor they put on the portal only said 'Eruptor' and didn't state which series it was at all?

Could be cause its not finished. The angle I saw had the bottom cut off so it could've said it under his name.

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Anyone notice that on the demo gameplay vid, the series 2 Eruptor they put on the portal only said 'Eruptor' and didn't state which series it was at all?

Actually they do have the series listed under the name, you can see it on this video of the press conference:

and of course there is still 6-10 months of development left, i dont believe the demos we see now are exactly how we will see them at release.

I got curious about something. I am hoping every level doesn't have a desert feel to it, like the level in the demo. They said the game takes place on a particular island, which gives me the feeling we may be lacking in the level variety department.

Also, the last time Vicarious Visions developed a Skylanders game (not ported) they went with the concept of action over exploration, and anything you ever picked up, outside of hats, was radiance, just like N-Space traded out picking up radiance in Giants, for coins.

I am hoping the same types of objectives from Spyro's Adventure and Giants make it in there. You know, collecting Winged Sapphires, Soul Gems, Treasures, Legendary Treasures, Hats, Luck-O-Tron Wheels, Story Scrolls, etc.

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I got curious about something. I am hoping every level doesn't have a desert feel to it, like the level in the demo. They said the game takes place on a particular island, which gives me the feeling we may be lacking in the level variety department

For the record, they said that the story will be in the Cloudbreak islands, which means there are a lot of islands and probably every level takes place in different islands, well except probably the last levels

I noticed in the background of one screenshot, there will be another snow level in this game.

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I got curious about something. I am hoping every level doesn't have a desert feel to it, like the level in the demo. They said the game takes place on a particular island, which gives me the feeling we may be lacking in the level variety department.

No, it takes place in the Cloudbreak Isles. I expect the levels to have the same amount of variety in SSA3DS. In fact, the area shown just looks like a section of the Dirt Seas to me(hence the landsharks). I really doubt the clip shows off a huge part of the Cloudbreak Isles.
Based on the fact that nothing that looks like a hub has been shown yet, and the bird that new gal has, I think that travel itself may be as large in the story as in Giants, and that we'll be "flying off" from whatever hub we do have quite a bit.

This info is now available on the Skylanders.com/swapforce site:

What is Skylanders SWAP Force?
Embark on a new adventure in Skylanders SWAP Force. The new game introduces the SWAP Force Skylanders characters. These Skylanders have the unique ability to mix and match their top and bottom parts to create new characters with different in-game abilities and powers.

What are SWAP Force Skylanders?
The SWAP Force Skylanders characters have the ability to mix and match their abilities and powers. Separate the sixteen figures and snap them together in new combinations to change their powers and abilities in the game. 256 unique combinations in all!

What Skylanders are in the new game?
16 SWAP Force Skylanders characters
16 new Skylanders characters
8 LightCore Skylanders characters
16 returning Skylanders characters with all new in-game powers and abilities

Will my Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure and Skylanders Giants figures work in Skylanders SWAP Force? Will they still be leveled up? Will they still have their upgrades?
Yes, yes and yes!

What is the Skylanders SWAP Force release date?
Fall 2013

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I got curious about something. I am hoping every level doesn't have a desert feel to it, like the level in the demo. They said the game takes place on a particular island, which gives me the feeling we may be lacking in the level variety department.

No, it takes place in the Cloudbreak Isles. I expect the levels to have the same amount of variety in SSA3DS. In fact, the area shown just looks like a section of the Dirt Seas to me(hence the landsharks). I really doubt the clip shows off a huge part of the Cloudbreak Isles.
Based on the fact that nothing that looks like a hub has been shown yet, and the bird that new gal has, I think that travel itself may be as large in the story as in Giants, and that we'll be "flying off" from whatever hub we do have quite a bit.

Terrafin's homeland??

Wow, I love how Dirt Seas (quite possibly) will be in SSF! Love the Dirt Shark NPC, that hat XP

the funny thing is, currently, my Terrafin is wearing a Sombrero (good stats for him ATM) and we thought, "that actually looks good on him" Guess the devs felt the same

woohoo Swap Force - can't wait!

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I got curious about something. I am hoping every level doesn't have a desert feel to it, like the level in the demo. They said the game takes place on a particular island, which gives me the feeling we may be lacking in the level variety department.

No, it takes place in the Cloudbreak Isles. I expect the levels to have the same amount of variety in SSA3DS. In fact, the area shown just looks like a section of the Dirt Seas to me(hence the landsharks). I really doubt the clip shows off a huge part of the Cloudbreak Isles.
Based on the fact that nothing that looks like a hub has been shown yet, and the bird that new gal has, I think that travel itself may be as large in the story as in Giants, and that we'll be "flying off" from whatever hub we do have quite a bit.

Terrafin's homeland??

Aw man, that would be so awesome. Get to met all the other Dirt Sharks, maybe some of Terrafin's old rivals.

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No, it takes place in the Cloudbreak Isles. I expect the levels to have the same amount of variety in SSA3DS. In fact, the area shown just looks like a section of the Dirt Seas to me(hence the landsharks). I really doubt the clip shows off a huge part of the Cloudbreak Isles.
Based on the fact that nothing that looks like a hub has been shown yet, and the bird that new gal has, I think that travel itself may be as large in the story as in Giants, and that we'll be "flying off" from whatever hub we do have quite a bit.

Terrafin's homeland??

Aw man, that would be so awesome. Get to met all the other Dirt Sharks, maybe some of Terrafin's old rivals.

That would be so awesome, meeting some NPC's that know certain Skylanders/related to a Skylander/are friends with a Skylander. @_@

Or enemies. Liek you fight them. Or ambushes of evil terrafins.

Ambushes of evil Terrafin would be fun, and could be tough, if they all burrown and do belly flops.

yeah, that was my thought after posting that.

I keep watching this board to see if another glimpse of the new characters is leaked...I CANNOT WAIT to see them all.

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I keep watching this board to see if another glimpse of the new characters is leaked...I CANNOT WAIT to see them all.

Same here. I'm wondering which characters are going to be the "Warnado, Wham shell, and Camo" t or the extremely popular characters that come last, this time around.

Some new pictures

Is that from the trailer? Anyway, Stink Shift looks awesome!!

Yes that's from the trailer.

Ah. It's a pity that we don't see Freeze Blade's bottom half, otherwise we'd know what his symbol was. It'll probably be ice skates, since he wears them.

http://twitpic.com/c17pt9/full

Was this image posted before? If not, here is a HD image of Countdown's figure.

^
Cool

WOW! Countdown's figure looks epic!

Count down a newlander or a swap force

Newlander

I really like Freeze Charge... I may just get Magne Charge and Freeze Blade specifically for that....

Yeah... He is pretty cool

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Ah. It's a pity that we don't see Freeze Blade's bottom half, otherwise we'd know what his symbol was. It'll probably be ice skates, since he wears them.

speaking of that does any one have a picture of freeze blade (whole thing or bottom half

Wait, swapping?
Terrific. Because it wasn’t hard enough trying to keep our Skylander collection somewhat intact. The kids carry them around the house, in the van, out around the town, and we’re always misplacing them and trying to locate that special one that one of the boys needs to have. Now add in the capability to lose half a toy and all the fun that will cause. I will admit I love this idea. I’m just already preparing myself for the worst.

By Jeff Peeters

^ They'll have powerful magnets that'll hold them together.

I guess this is the end of the gigantic news wave for now.

^ you're most definitely right. Now I can't wait for June! E3! Yay! Haha

Found this on the SkylandersGame Facebook:

Those artworks look.... Beautiful.


*inb4 spyroblue calling me homosexual*

Please dont bring that into this...

I'd love to see that one a trip in NYC......

What a peculiar place to put that billboard.

I just noticed something while looking at Blast Zone on that billboard, he shares many characteristics with Drill Sergeant (grill mouth/jaw, round head shape, eyes, coloring, and arm structure). Could this mean that Blast Zone could be Arkeyan designed?

I'd love to see that on a trip to NYC......

Sorry for my typos...Idk what's wrong w/ me today....I just canot spell

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some details I noticed in the video:
Rollerbrawl and Countdown actually show "series 1" under their names on their load screen. so "series" is the figure iteration rather than the game iteration - so some of those "S3 reposes" may actually be "series 2"

This is always how it's been. It made no sense for the newlanders debuting in Giants to be called "series 2" when they were being released for the first time.

People forget that Skylanders are also toys/figurines.