darkSpyro

It is known that skylanders are not local specific and therefore skylanders that come from one country CAN work in other countries. However, will the language the skylander speaks differ from one version of the game to another depending on what region the software was purchased. For example, would a skylander purchased from Germany speak English if played on the American version of giants, or would it speak German?

the language of the game is dependent on the location setting of the game system (at least on my Xbox)
I'm an American living in Stockholm Sweden. To get Giants not to be in Swedish (and really poorly translated Swedish at that) I have to set my location to USA. changing the language setting does nothing. The origin of the toy itself has no bearing at all on the in game language
(so, no that Scarlet Ninjini you just pre-ordered from Amazon.de won't speak German... or even have a German accent)

^ ok good thanks for the help

Hmmmm, I wonder why you're asking, LMAO! I'm wondering about the packaging, personally.

What's in the Skylander is an RFID tag, that's it. The "ID" means what it looks like it means, it's an Identification. It does not contain any game code whatsoever. Here's a simplified version of how it works:

The portal reads the RFID, gets the number 246813579065000 (for example)

246: This is Scarlet Ninjini
813: Upgrades 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7 have been purchased
57: She's wearing the Knight Helm hat
90: She's level 8
65000: She has 65,000 gold.

(I'm pulling these examples out of thin air, I have no idea exactly how the data is formatted or stored)

It's YOUR game that translates all of this into what it should show onscreen. And therefore what language to have her speak in.

Don't worry about it.

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Hmmmm, I wonder why you're asking, LMAO! I'm wondering about the packaging, personally.

there's a standard European multilingual packaging, like the back of my new Granite Crusher. the strip around the front has the name & catchphrase in English with the compatibility box containing about a dozen translations (with flag graphic) of "works with video game"

I have a question--I ordered from a site that said "deutsch version of Skylanders" what difference would that be from one purchased in US?
Thanks

As I live in North America I can't give you a guaranteed answer, but from the way things work, if I were a betting man I would bet that the European version of the game is still going to turn to your console to determine what language to be in. It should turn to your language setting, but DragonsDream has reported profusely (I read another post elsewhere) that at least on the XBox it ignores language and goes to location. I think the "Deutsch version" will more apply to printed material, like the box, the game case, etc. But European stuff often has several different languages (just look at the back of the Granite Crusher box shown here in this very thread), just in case of international shopping. Europe is so interconnected it's common to be on a trip when you pick something up.

So, the box is probably where you'll see the most difference. In game, it'll probably be 100% the same as a US one.

Your dead on Niceguy, The Skylander information on the RFID tag is all "numbers" like you say. I use numbers loosely because it is in Hexadecimal format. That means there are letters too, but if you convert hex to decimal then it would be just numbers.

I know you just pulled random numbers but for example the Knight Helm is actually 5C when put on the character. When converted to decimal it is 92. Using hex just allows them to put more information into a smaller area.

Back to the reasoning, Hex is a base 16 number system that is commonly used in computers. It is used around the world and is a pretty standard technology. There for by design, all Skylander toys can be the exact same no matter where they are shipped in the world. The packaging changes depending on the destination but the figures them self are exactly the same.

Thank you niceguy! I appreciate the info. I started wondering if I should cancel the order. But was excited when I found the site---I posted it here for others to see/use --I figured I should give it a try so I can let people know how it goes.

siowm6: FYI, just to let you know, your explanation was completely unnecessary... At least for me. I have a degree in electronics and programming (focusing largely on programming said electronics), I'm QUITE familiar with hex. Binary too. I fully assumed the data would be stored as hex, but left out talking about it, using decimal values for clarity for those who aren't in the know.

And personally, I fully consider hexadecimal values to be numbers. After all, a hex value such as FF has a numerical value, 255 decimal in this case. I can do math with it (FF - 8 = F7). Just because hex uses other symbols to represent numbers besides the classic decimal values doesn't change their status as "numbers" to me.

I apologize if the way I said what I said was insulting. I do believe I said you were dead on, and then explained what the actual way Skylanders works was. In no way was I trying to tell people that you were wrong or that you did not know how it really worked.

The way I was looking at it, there are 3 types of people looking at it here.

1) Those who have no clue how this all works (And you explained it to them nicely)
2) Those who kinda know about computers ( The people my explanation was to)
3) The people who know exactly what is going on here (You and other computer programers etc.)

I, in no way attacked you, or said you were wrong. My explanation was in no way for you personally but for the general people here who may not have a degree in computer programing. The only reason your name was mentioned was to give you credit for explaining it the way you did. I did not want to come over the top of you and say you were wrong because you (like I said earlier) were dead on. I was just adding information to the topic for others that may not know as much as you.

LOL! No worries, I never understood it as an attack or anything. And to be clear, my second paragraph wasn't a counter-attack or anything, I just meant it as conversational. Just that the way you worded it, it sounded like you were explaining it to ME, and I just wanted to point out that I didn't need the explanation, and why I didn't mention the hex stuff. I feel like the majority of people on this site fit into your category #1, so I was targetting them. I suspect that talking about it in decimal is clearer than introducing the concept of hex.

Agreed and understood. I just have learned to never assume. I have learned that there are alot more people on here that know much more than the category #1. And thought they may want to know a little more like I did when I started. I am glad we are on the same page, and again apologize with the way I wrote my first post. I can understand why you would interpret it the way you are explaining here. I am glad there are no hard feelings, and we could both explain our sides. It is better for the community as a whole that we can both be on the same page and share the knowledge we can both bring to the table here.