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Asking from a gameplay stance, but in all honesty they don't really seem to offer much that you can't get with their bigger counterparts outside of being a smaller target. I could get it if their attacks were unique but that's not the case either. And to boot, we're going to get an influx of variants of them, one of which is a repeat.

Outside of the people that are going to "catch em all", for those folks that are picking and choosing and have the game in hand, have you found any real utility to them over their bigger counterparts? Or are they just a downsized repose ultimately?

they are essentially just a downsized repose.

The point is they are cute

They are identical minus the Wow pow. For example Tidal Wave Gill Runt has Wow Pow Ride The Leviathan and Gill Runt doesn't. All other attacks, upgrades and soul gem ability are the same and cost the same.

It is my hope that they do indeed have a smaller hit zone or attract less attention or something. I'm only interested in Breeze and Terrabite for this reason; seems cool to have a tiny healer or an even more inconspicuous hazard-dodger running around. Not to mention, appearance does not lack value; Scorp is kinda tricky to use properly, but he's easily one of the coolest sculpts ever, so of course he's a fan fave. Even more so with Grim Creeper, who has only one viable combat move yet looks super-cool.

Most people seemed bummed that the sidekicks had so little interaction in previous games, such that TfB possibly desired to redeem them somehow.

and to get us to buy another "repose"

It's the same thing as a series 1 form but smaller, that's all.

So cute! The kids really want them!

Well i am far more interested in the minis then the Trap Masters at the moment .

but do these minis give you more element powers etc?... in the older games the more figures you had the over all powers stats got better... is it the same here with the minis in tt?... also do you get starts if you like have 5 or more of them, like in swap force portal master starts??

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but do these minis give you more element powers etc?

Yes they do, they count as separate characters.

there are no accolades, the portal master stars are, this is copied from the menu;

chapter stars /88
arena stars /30
kaos mode stars /50
complete story mode /12

Still trying to find out what the music mini game badges do. Or where to find them

i found a side scroller area that only minis can enter, and you get a trinket, so there is something for them to do……..

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i found a side scroller area that only minis can enter, and you get a trinket, so there is something for them to do……..

That's good to know. How far in did you find it?

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