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If they do make it on the Wii, I sincerely hope it's separate from the other versions like the 3ds, as ShinkenRed said.

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If they do make it on the Wii, I sincerely hope it's separate from the other versions like the 3ds, as ShinkenRed said.

But they will need to add traps,two player co-op and other stuff

On one hand, I wouldn't be surprised. Activision got a lot of press for their tablet version and the lack of pressing a disc or paying platform roaylties must be nice (although I wonder how the distribution costs work, since it's a "free" download...)

On the other hand... the sales were not impressive (again, from my impression). Better than the PC version, but not by much. And while getting Skylanders starters on sale isn't uncommon, I got my tablet starter for $20 - I don't think the TT starters for consoles ever dropped that low.

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So yeah... This happened. Jenna Busch is heading to a Skylander preview. If you want to know more about her, just click here. What do you guys think?

Click here to see the pic.

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And yet we still know nothing.

A preview with journalists (and maybe not only them) happened and... Nothing.
I know there are embargos but... Nothing...?

Its almost like they're still waiting to reveal it or something!

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Its almost like they're still waiting to reveal it or something!

......

But if the press preview was tweeted yesterday, it could've happened any time between then and today, she didn't mention the time after all.

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A preview with journalists (and maybe not only them) happened and... Nothing.
I know there are embargos but... Nothing...?

But that's kind of what embargos are for right? Occasionally something leaks out when someone doesn't understand the full context of the embargo, makes a mistake or tells someone close to them who doesn't realise it's hush hush, but any embargo is supposed to prevent leaks.

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A preview with journalists (and maybe not only them) happened and... Nothing.
I know there are embargos but... Nothing...?

But that's kind of what embargos are for right? Occasionally something leaks out when someone doesn't understand the full context of the embargo, makes a mistake or tells someone close to them who doesn't realise it's hush hush, but any embargo is supposed to prevent leaks.

Oh, yes, you are absolutely right.

If nothing from that preview has been leaked then it means that the embargo worked perfectly and this makes me happy.

As a fan, however, I would have been happier if others who went there could have said something to tease us a bit more.
I know I could explode with all the hype that's growning in me but honestly I couldn't care less.

Whats up with Kaos always becoming a giant in these Skylanders games?

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Whats up with Kaos always becoming a giant in these Skylanders games?

The same reason why Bowser turns giant in every Mario game's final boss, and the same reason Ganondorf (usually) turns into a giant beast for most every Zelda game's final boss; a giant beast destroying everything in its path is the go-to formula for a big epic finale.

https://twitter.com/Doctor_Cup...587229198450689

From Doctor_Cupcakes: "My sources confirm it btw. It's called Skylanders Superchargers and it has vehicles."

We shall see...

It still answers no questions. Actually,by saying "it has vehicles", it could very well mean there's a level with Arkeyan Autogyros again and nothing else. A name,a prototype and a word don't give us a ton of hints.

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It still answers no questions. Actually,by saying "it has vehicles", it could very well mean there's a level with Arkeyan Autogyros again and nothing else. A name,a prototype and a word don't give us a ton of hints.

Agree.

One could have said "the next Skylanders game will be called Trap Team and have crystals" and it would have been correct under a lot of aspects gimmick included.

I still get a strong feeling of "because, attention"...
I know he already leaked a lot of things but so did the (in)famous Sony insider Tidus and a lot of them have been confirmed to be fake, like The Last Guardian at E3 last year or a number of other supposed new titles from old series coming "soon".

And someone (from thehdroom, maybe...?) told us not to believe everything we read.
Was he referring to the name, the vehicles or... Both?
We'll see... And soon, I think.

when there was 'Arkeyan Autogyros' there was no words about vehicles, and since there was traps in trap team to buy. there will now be vehicles to buy this time.

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when there was 'Arkeyan Autogyros' there was no words about vehicles, and since there was traps in trap team to buy. there will now be vehicles to buy this time.

It's called an example. But if you managed to be 100% sure that we'll have to buy vehicles, can you also use your super guessing skills to figure out the rest of the entire game? You've just been using it to say the series is doomed.

And because this is getting offtopic, back to the discussion - Do we have any details on the SF press preview? I don't remember having any warning on that,it was just posted on SkylandersGame one day. It could tell us a bit of when this press preview might happen.

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when there was 'Arkeyan Autogyros' there was no words about vehicles, and since there was traps in trap team to buy. there will now be vehicles to buy this time.

This is also true but keep in mind that the vehicles rumor has been floating around for a while now and popped up even a couple days before Trap Team reveal.

What better way to attract attention than saying what everyone wants or expects to hear?

And the people who know something seems to always talk about a possible vehicle introduction in a sarcastic if not ironic way.
The only thing I believe for sure is the "leaked" prototype and the prequel comic.
I'm questioning the name too.

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when there was 'Arkeyan Autogyros' there was no words about vehicles, and since there was traps in trap team to buy. there will now be vehicles to buy this time.

This is also true but keep in mind that the vehicles rumor has been floating around for a while now and popped up even a couple days before Trap Team reveal.

What better way to attract attention than saying what everyone wants or expects to hear?

And the people who know something seems to always talk about a possible vehicle introduction in a sarcastic if not ironic way.
The only thing I believe for sure is the "leaked" prototype and the prequel comic.
I'm questioning the name too.

To be fair, people have been speculating the franchise would bring vehicles into the next game since Giants finished out. Dozens upon dozens of commenters on this forum said Swap Force (before and after the name leak) would include vehicles. The same thing happened with Trap Team, though to a lesser extent. For that reason I am skeptical that Skylanders would bring in vehicles, especially with VV having better ideas for gimmicks than TFB so far. However, I am prepared to be proven wrong.

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when there was 'Arkeyan Autogyros' there was no words about vehicles, and since there was traps in trap team to buy. there will now be vehicles to buy this time.

This is also true but keep in mind that the vehicles rumor has been floating around for a while now and popped up even a couple days before Trap Team reveal.

What better way to attract attention than saying what everyone wants or expects to hear?

And the people who know something seems to always talk about a possible vehicle introduction in a sarcastic if not ironic way.
The only thing I believe for sure is the "leaked" prototype and the prequel comic.
I'm questioning the name too.

To be fair, people have been speculating the franchise would bring vehicles into the next game since Giants finished out. Dozens upon dozens of commenters on this forum said Swap Force (before and after the name leak) would include vehicles. The same thing happened with Trap Team, though to a lesser extent. For that reason I am skeptical that Skylanders would bring in vehicles, especially with VV having better ideas for gimmicks than TFB so far. However, I am prepared to be proven wrong.

Agree completely with everything.

We'll see soon.

Superchargers??? That sounds like some dumb, 1960's kids toy that went out of business. I can imagine that day at the office...

"All right guys, we need to start getting to work on that next skylanders game."

"Well, we just got a box of junky old toys with cool names."

"Whatever we pick, that should be the name of our next game."

"Huh. Some old Hot Wheels looking car. It says superchargers on the package."

"What a great name! Bob, you've just been promoted! I mean, the fans won't care if we delay the announcement enough. They'll be happy to have any information on it!"

The game will be revealed at E3. When is the date of it again?

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The game will be revealed at E3. When is the date of it again?

Proof? The game will be at E3, but there isn't any confirmation on its reveal being there on June 16-18.

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The game will be revealed at E3. When is the date of it again?

June 16th-18th, but if the German magazine was right, it'll be earlier than that.

If anything there are more clues pointing towards a reveal someday this week.

We already have confirmation it will be before E3.

God dammit. So the teasing this week circled back to the same date we had before.

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Reveal date is on June 3rd.

AUUGHHH DAMMIT.

A FRIGGIN WEEK.

June 3rd is the day after the Skylanders Developer Q&A ends.

Should have released the info on the 29th to try and overshadow some of the amiibo talk.

I can't wait for June 3! It's my last day of Middle School for my whole life and Skylanders Superchargers is revealed!!!

I wonder what time it'll be revealed... TT was revealed at 7 PM...

At least in the next few days, Skylandersgame (Likely on Facebook) will say a special announcement is coming soon!

June 3rd is the end of the embargo for press and youtubers but maybe the actual Activision reveal might happen a bit earlier.

Anyway, we have the date, now!
Can't wait!

Well that's surprising. Usually one of the rules about embargoes is that you don't talk about the embargo. I wonder if Activision are being a bit looser on restrictions this time out.

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Well that's surprising. Usually one of the rules about embargoes is that you don't talk about the embargo. I wonder if Activision are being a bit looser on restrictions this time out.

Well, they haven't C&D'd this topic yet. So maybe.

They won't C&D a topic they don't have control over. But they will likely ask asianguygamer or other press to remove mentions of embargo that they listed on Twitter and Instagram.

Hmmm, I wonder if they planned it to be on Wednesday again or if it was a coincidence....

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If there is no tablet version for Sky 5...then no Sky 5 for me.

Because my only other viable things I could play it on would be PC (not gonna happen) and Wii U. Japanese. Region Locked.

There will be.

Hopefully.

I dont see why they would remove anything about the embargo. They want hype, right? The 3rd is a week away and now seems like a great time to start pumping out hype like nothing else matters.

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I dont see why they would remove anything about the embargo. They want hype, right? The 3rd is a week away and now seems like a great time to start pumping out hype like nothing else matters.

I don't know NDA guidelines, but I remember a case where it got broken for a game because the guy involved mentioned it existed to begin with. To be fair, the entire point was that it was supposed to be a surprise(and he blew it because he was bragging about how he was involved),but that's just for reference.
(for those that might want to know, Skullgirls' Juju. RIP cool character)

Stupid question, but what would happen if someone tells what they know to someone else, that someone else tells someone else and eventually it gets out to the internet? Activision will send interrogators and track down the leak and silence him forever like something from the Godfather?

Seriously I'm not one who cannot keep a secret at all and if I knew anything about Sky 5 I would be blabbing my head off about it to anyone that would listen to me. I know when the big day hits, I'll be waffling on about it to all my friends. It's really exciting stuff even if I hate vehicle type games. I just cannot understand how people can keep so silent on these things. I guess their jobs are on the line and Activision has ninja stealth FBI-level technology to find leaks?

Usually if someone does break a NDA, their content that revealed the embargoed material would be removed. And I guess there is a talk between the publisher and the person who was supposed to keep the secret hidden until the date of reveal.

I know there are a few peeps in the Sky press who are too excited about the next game and are trying hard to hold it in. But... there will always be over eager fans.

And you can probably sue the person over that,as well. It's pretty much sabotaging the franchise's marketing plans,doesn't matter if it's for the better or for the worse, you messed up their strategy.

Also, you can pretty much kiss any kind of career you might have had in the gaming journalism community good-bye. You break an NDA, you'll find yourself blacklisted by every major publisher and developer. You work for a larger website? The entire website could end up blacklisted (usually, they'll fire you first).

NDAs are pretty serious business. I had to sign one a few years ago to get a sneak peak behind a particular game and I *still* won't talk about it much, even though the game has been out for two years now.

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Stupid question, but what would happen if someone tells what they know to someone else, that someone else tells someone else and eventually it gets out to the internet? Activision will send interrogators and track down the leak and silence him forever like something from the Godfather?

Seriously I'm not one who cannot keep a secret at all and if I knew anything about Sky 5 I would be blabbing my head off about it to anyone that would listen to me. I know when the big day hits, I'll be waffling on about it to all my friends. It's really exciting stuff even if I hate vehicle type games. I just cannot understand how people can keep so silent on these things. I guess their jobs are on the line and Activision has ninja stealth FBI-level technology to find leaks?

How hard could it honestly be to just not say anything? :?

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Stupid question, but what would happen if someone tells what they know to someone else, that someone else tells someone else and eventually it gets out to the internet? Activision will send interrogators and track down the leak and silence him forever like something from the Godfather?

Seriously I'm not one who cannot keep a secret at all and if I knew anything about Sky 5 I would be blabbing my head off about it to anyone that would listen to me. I know when the big day hits, I'll be waffling on about it to all my friends. It's really exciting stuff even if I hate vehicle type games. I just cannot understand how people can keep so silent on these things. I guess their jobs are on the line and Activision has ninja stealth FBI-level technology to find leaks?

How hard could it honestly be to just not say anything? :?

Quite hard actually.

It's not as hard as you think. ;)