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Need help! Any information, suggestion, idea will be much appreaciated, and 3 small boys will be happy and benefit from it

1.We just got our spyro adventure ....can we take ownership of the same figure for example Eruptor S2 in both spyro and Giants. Can we add Eruptors S2 Heroic Challenge in both games?

2.My boys Uncle gave us another Wii, now my boys have 2 Wii.....again the question is...if we use the same figure on the new Wii, Do we start all over again in the new/2nd Wii, or do we need to register again the figures, or it will show up the same thing just like what we have in our 1st Wii.

3.I have 3 small boys...right now the oldest one is the only one playing and the other 2 are just happy to watch and help putting the figures in the portal. I notice that you can register 1-3 or 1-4 player.....if my boys want to have their own name and play their own game......do I need to buy 3 figures???? or they can share and just use 1 figure with 3 user name. Do I need to have 3 figures so they can all add the heroic challenges to their account or user name.


Sorry to much question and I need all the help of all portal master .....I only have 1 junior portal master (7 yrs old ) and 2 sidekicks (5&4) just like sidekicks they just keep on following and try to help their big brother by putting the figures in the portal

THANK YOU!!!

1. EDIT yes!

2. You'll have to register them all again... but if you're playing Giants in both Wii, you'll have heroics in wii(1) and wii(2)!

3. You can do this! Exemple. You have 1 figure and it's ... you can register him in all the 3 games! so they'll have all the 3 heroics! but you can only do the heroic once with a figure and if the *1 junior portal master* evolve at max lvl, when the 2 *sidekicks* will take in their own game, will be lvl 15 at least if you reset the figure ... So if they all want to evolve their own , you'll have to buy 3, 1 for each of your portal master!

Hope I helped!

0TheSkylandersGamer0

Quote: LloydDXZX

1. I think no

2. You'll have to register them all again... but if you're playing Giants in both Wii, you'll have heroics in wii(1) and wii(2)!

3. You can do this! Exemple. You have 1 figure and it's ... you can register him in all the 3 games! so they'll have all the 3 heroics! but you can only do the heroic once with a figure and if the *1 junior portal master* evolve at max lvl, when the 2 *sidekicks* will take in their own game, will be lvl 15 at least if you reset the figure ... So if they all want to evolve their own , you'll have to buy 3, 1 for each of your portal master!

Hope I helped!

0TheSkylandersGamer0

1. You are incorrect. The answer is yes.

2. Right.

3. ???

Quote: WindsorSkyland

Need help! Any information, suggestion, idea will be much appreaciated, and 3 small boys will be happy and benefit from it

1.We just got our spyro adventure ....can we take ownership of the same figure for example Eruptor S2 in both spyro and Giants. Can we add Eruptors S2 Heroic Challenge in both games?

2.My boys Uncle gave us another Wii, now my boys have 2 Wii.....again the question is...if we use the same figure on the new Wii, Do we start all over again in the new/2nd Wii, or do we need to register again the figures, or it will show up the same thing just like what we have in our 1st Wii.

3.I have 3 small boys...right now the oldest one is the only one playing and the other 2 are just happy to watch and help putting the figures in the portal. I notice that you can register 1-3 or 1-4 player.....if my boys want to have their own name and play their own game......do I need to buy 3 figures???? or they can share and just use 1 figure with 3 user name. Do I need to have 3 figures so they can all add the heroic challenges to their account or user name.


Sorry to much question and I need all the help of all portal master .....I only have 1 junior portal master (7 yrs old ) and 2 sidekicks (5&4) just like sidekicks they just keep on following and try to help their big brother by putting the figures in the portal

THANK YOU!!!

3. They can all play using the same figure, however that figure will have the same level/gold and upgrade path no matter which save file they play on. So if ur oldest wants to level him by himself up to 15 and pick his upgrade path then your other two kids will have to use it the way the oldest did.
If they want there own figures to go 1-15 then they each need there own.

Quote: SlayerX11

Quote: WindsorSkyland

Need help! Any information, suggestion, idea will be much appreaciated, and 3 small boys will be happy and benefit from it

1.We just got our spyro adventure ....can we take ownership of the same figure for example Eruptor S2 in both spyro and Giants. Can we add Eruptors S2 Heroic Challenge in both games?

2.My boys Uncle gave us another Wii, now my boys have 2 Wii.....again the question is...if we use the same figure on the new Wii, Do we start all over again in the new/2nd Wii, or do we need to register again the figures, or it will show up the same thing just like what we have in our 1st Wii.

3.I have 3 small boys...right now the oldest one is the only one playing and the other 2 are just happy to watch and help putting the figures in the portal. I notice that you can register 1-3 or 1-4 player.....if my boys want to have their own name and play their own game......do I need to buy 3 figures???? or they can share and just use 1 figure with 3 user name. Do I need to have 3 figures so they can all add the heroic challenges to their account or user name.


Sorry to much question and I need all the help of all portal master .....I only have 1 junior portal master (7 yrs old ) and 2 sidekicks (5&4) just like sidekicks they just keep on following and try to help their big brother by putting the figures in the portal

THANK YOU!!!

3. They can all play using the same figure, however that figure will have the same level/gold and upgrade path no matter which save file they play on. So if ur oldest wants to level him by himself up to 15 and pick his upgrade path then your other two kids will have to use it the way the oldest did.
If they want there own figures to go 1-15 then they each need there own.

That's what I wanted to say! lol

Close this thread. Call activision they will walk you through the process

Don't listen to ElectroSkylandr, he has it completely incorrect, at least about ownership. I myself have over 20 figures registered both to my Spyro's Adventure (SSA) and Giants game. For a couple of accidental reasons, I even have a few registered to multiple save games. (For example, I reset my Scarlet in my Nightmare save game, so she got automatically registered to THAT save game. Then I retook ownership back in my main save game)

1. Registration is Once In, Never Out. Once a figure is registered to a save game, it is permanently included in that save game, it cannot be removed. So if you then register on another save game and/or system, the original system doesn't know anything about it, it remains registered. There's a flag on the figure saying whether it's registered at all, so if it's not registered it will do so automatically. After that, the figure only "knows" that it has been played before. And yes, any S2 figure can add their Heroic Challenge to both SSA and Giants. However, their SSA counterparts - with green bases - can only unlock the Heroic Challenge in SSA, not Giants.

2. You can use your figures on the second Wii, but they won't be registered in that game unless you take ownership manually. Also, keep in mind it's a separate save game since it's a separate system, so if you finish Chapter 1 on the first Wii, you'll have to finish it again on the second Wii. However, any progress you make with the figures (experience, money, upgrades bought) is saved TO THE FIGURE, so if your kid reaches level 10 with a figure on one system, when they use it on another system it will still be level 10. That's the whole advantage/point of this whole system, that the Skylanders can be brought to other systems and you still have everything you're used to having.

3. The game can play a maximum of 2 players at a time. You need at least 2 figures, one for Player 1, one for Player 2 (but the regular Starter Pack for SSA or Giants each come with 3 figures, so that shouldn't be a problem). The two Skylanders games are quite innovative in that you don't have to start any special 2 Player mode, the second player can join and drop out on the fly.

But it sounds like you're talking about them each playing alone at a time, advancing one save game each. In THAT case, yes, they can share 1 Skylander. There are 4 save game slots, it's easy to assign one each. I wouldn't bother with the separate profiles, but if they already have separate profiles and you do it that way, then they'll have 4 save game slots each. As has been pointed out, it depends how much they want to claim the figure for their own, if they want to be in charge of all the levelling up or not. My twin 9-year-old nephews share a Skylanders collection, they just play whoever they feel like at the time, earning whatever experience they can. It seems to make for a more peaceful existence that they play cooperatively at the same time and that they don't care who gets a character their experience.

If you do separate save games and/or separate gamer profiles, yes you can indeed register figures to all of them, though it can be time consuming, LOL! But again, if they share a figure, they'll share levelling it up. Level 8 on one game is level 8 on all games, the progress is saved on the figures.

Okay, everyone seems to be getting confused here. It's actually sort of simple, but everyone is complicating it and some are just being blatantly rude.

1. A skyander figure can only be owned by one save file at a time. However, the save file will keep the skylander registered in that file's collection. Example: I register Tree Rex on Giants file 1, but then I start Giants file 2. I place Tree Rex on the Portal of file 2, the Heroic Challenge will not be unlocked as Tree Rex belongs to file 1. But I can go into my Skylander's Stat menu and convert ownership to file 2. file 2 now owns Tree Rex and adds him to file 2's collection and will now add the Heroic Challenge like it did for file 1. File 1 still has the heroic challenge because it still has Tree Rex in its collection (to spite the same figure not belonging to it anymore.)

2. A heroic Challenge can be unlocked on all files by temporarily (or permanently) switching the ownership to that file, as it will add the figure to that files collection virtually.

3. Leveling up, upgrades (and paths), collecting gold, and nicknames are tied to each individual figure, not save file. Example: I have my Tree Rex, no nickname, level 13, fully upgraded ( path A ) and 700 gold. My friend has his/her Tree Rex, nicknamed "Timber," level 7, partially upgraded ( path B ), and 1800 gold. If he/she plays on my file with his/her Tree Rex, it'll show up with his/her Tree Rex's stats and Nickname. If I play on his/her file, my Tree Rex will appear with his stats and lack of nickname. So if you kids are all okay with sharing the same Tree Rex (without resetting), then you don't need a figure for each of them. If they aren't, they each need their own individual Tree Rex.

I hope these examples and detailed/simple explanations helped.

Please complicate things further for the lady.....Niceguy your long winded statement did not in fact prove "ownership only effects your collection and accolades in game" wrong? Figures still retain all the other data, level, gold, attributes. I don't think there was any reason for you to call me out. Just to seem self righteous? More words for the mom wont make things easier for her to understand. I was mistaken as for niceguy has found a way to "fool" the game into allowing you to have them registered on multiple saves. Although this is not intended by the makers of the game. It is a flaw in the design.

2.My boys Uncle gave us another Wii, now my boys have 2 Wii.....again the question is...if we use the same figure on the new Wii, Do we start all over again in the new/2nd Wii, or do we need to register again the figures, or it will show up the same thing just like what we have in our 1st Wii.


I just had this same issue because my son wants to keep using his WII because of the progress--instead of his Wii U. Anyway, I talked to the guy at gamestop and he said you can transfer the info from one to the other. He said they have to be next to each other when you do the transfer. Ill get the instructions he gave me and PM them to you if that will help.....

The bottom line: the first time you put a brand new skylander on a portal in a game that hasn't been used (the word here is REGISTERED), it does that for you automagically. From that point on, to have that skylander "count" in terms of in your inventory in Giants and I suspect in all future games, you have to "TAKE OWNERSHIP". That essentially "REGISTERS" that skylander in the new game save file, and you'll get credit for any DLC goodies they unlock for that character (to date only Heroics).

Also, if you don't take ownership in your save file for any other game, the character will work but will appear as a "GUEST" skylander and in the inventory will appear greyed out and also his/her heroic will not be unlocked. As others have said there is game data for that character saved on the figure that is unaffected by registering them in any game save file.

So, real world example: take a brand new Eruptor, place it in game on SSA, it automatically registers. Now start Giants...and place Eruptor on it...he's a guest skylander since he is recognized as having being registered somewhere else. Go into the Manage menu for the skylander and take ownership---now he counts in the inventory as Giants as well. His skill, gold, etc are all the same since it's stored on the chip on the figure. Easy peasy.

WARNING: Do not select RESET for the skylander unless you want him to go back to Level 1 and No Gold. On some characters if you want to try a different skill path for the skylander this is the only way to do it.

I'll defer to others on how to move the save file between game systems. I'm sure there's info abound on the Internet on how to accomplish this, but that is outside the scope of the game itself.

Hope this helps.

Thank you so much Portal Masters, all suggestions, informations, and ideas are greatly appreciated and noted, it's a big help Thank's everyone for helping me and my boys.

Mod please close this thread, I got all the help and the answers that I need. Thank's everyone, and thank you Mod.

Quote: ElectroSkylandr

Please complicate things further for the lady.....Niceguy your long winded statement did not in fact prove "ownership only effects your collection and accolades in game" wrong? Figures still retain all the other data, level, gold, attributes. I don't think there was any reason for you to call me out. Just to seem self righteous? More words for the mom wont make things easier for her to understand. I was mistaken as for niceguy has found a way to "fool" the game into allowing you to have them registered on multiple saves. Although this is not intended by the makers of the game. It is a flaw in the design.

Yes, I know my posts tend to be long, I tend to have a lot to say, partially in an effort to be clear. I try to keep them as short as possible, but I still want to communicate everything.

I "called you out" simply because you gave false information, and it seemed important to correct it. Especially with your inexplicable and unnecessary calls to "Close this thread", this increased the urgency to correct you. No, she should not call Activision, they tend to be unhelpful, especially with minor information requests like this. A lot of the time they even refer people HERE to get help. And yes, more words to help her understand, to be as descriptive as possible, to be as clear as possible.

Also, I don't claim to have "found" this, reading through these forums it has been my understanding that this was common knowledge. At least mostly. The fact is, the mere existence of this command means that every time you'll be "fooling" the system. You can't use this command until the figure is registered to a save game. Once it is, if you try it on it's own save game it does nothing and says "You already own this figure" or something. So the only time it works is when you're adding it to ANOTHER save game. Since this multiple save game thing will ALWAYS happen, they can't have missed it. They simply must be fine with it. So there's no "fool" about it.

And I notice someone else since has made the strange declaration that it can "only belong to one save game" then go on to (correctly) explain the reverse, which begs the question, other than the effect of using the Take Ownership command, what's the difference between belonging to multiple save games or belonging to one? The unlocked Heroic, the XP bonus, the Skylanders Collection, all of these stay the same after a figure is taken into a new file. So how is it not still owned? (Other than being able to take ownership back, of course, which doesn't really have any affect).

Quote: WindsorSkyland

Thank you so much Portal Masters, all suggestions, informations, and ideas are greatly appreciated and noted, it's a big help Thank's everyone for helping me and my boys.

Mod please close this thread, I got all the help and the answers that I need. Thank's everyone, and thank you Mod.

If nobody says anything for a while (I don't know how long, I think it's about half an hour), you can close it yourself. I've never done this, but from what I've read, you Edit the thread and there will be a Close command.