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Why do they keep taking things down? They took down Nightfall, High Volt and Smash hit and now this? So confused!

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The new Dark Edition got taken down, what exactly was it?

It was taken down. If you go to the link there is an option for Wii U Dark + Stealth Elf, and it is still there. I commented earlier that it would only solve the problem of having to buy more Dark editions if they also add Dark Sea Shadow, not just Dark Stealth Elf. It's not very helpful if you are trying to save money.

Do we know yet who is going to come with the count moneybone land trophy? I hope it would not be someone who is in a single pack in wave 1 or 2, especially if they don't announce it until later.

I think it will be Double Dare Trigger Happy and his vehicle or Bone Bash Roller Brawl and her vehicle. (Roller Brawl is OFFICIALLY coming in wave 4 since she was in a single pack in wave 3)

No need to double post.

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Do we know yet who is going to come with the count moneybone land trophy? I hope it would not be someone who is in a single pack in wave 1 or 2, especially if they don't announce it until later.

Judging by Gills and Astroblast,it has to be someone from the same wave. Trigger Happy is the only one with a Land vehicle exclusively coming out in its wave, so it's between him and Rollerbrawl for the element theme.

I would rather it be DD Triggs but it want it to be Roller Brawl too to go with the Undead Theme.

I hope it's Trigger Happy, but Roller Brawl would be pretty decent too. Heck, Roller Brawl makes more sense, since she'd come with Count Moneybone. It fits.

Element doesn't matter deep dive fill grunt and reef ripper are water they come with golden queen who is earth. Astroblast and sun runner are light and come with Wolfgang who is undead

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Element doesn't matter deep dive fill grunt and reef ripper are water they come with golden queen who is earth. Astroblast and sun runner are light and come with Wolfgang who is undead

...It could matter once. They're not following much here to begin with, it can be the overreposed because of Astroblast; the only pattern we know is the waves.

Either way, headache finally let up for me to look for news now. Nothing of note, but I gave a look at the Blitzwinger's video with the pause menu,and you can see that the current mission is called A Beacon of Hope. Of course, being the Gamescon build, it's probably the Cloud Kingdom mission since thunderbolt and beacons and stuff.

The trophies that come in the racing action packs match the terrain of the vehicles.
Golden Queen, an Earth villain, has a Sea vehicle.
Wolfgang, who's undead, has an Air vehicle
Count Moneybone, also Undead, has a Land vehicle.
Each of these trophies unlocks 2 more tracks, one themed to the villain depicted on the trophy.
For example, Golden Queen's track is called The Golden Temple and you maneuver down rivers of liquid gold.
Don't know about Kaos, Wolfgang or Moneybone's trophies, but I'm sure we'll know soon.

In the trailer,we've also seen what looks like a Party Town track(Moneybone over a golden street with skulls painted on the ground) and a Rampant Ruins track(broken down Arkeyan in the middle of a jungle); the other two terrains were a lot harder to tell since they were usually on obvious story levels or Cloud Factory. Oh yeah and the Sea Trophy comes with Trophic Plunder,themed after Frightbeard, aside from GD.

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The new Dark Edition got taken down, what exactly was it?

It was taken down. If you go to the link there is an option for Wii U Dark + Stealth Elf, and it is still there. I commented earlier that it would only solve the problem of having to buy more Dark editions if they also add Dark Sea Shadow, not just Dark Stealth Elf. It's not very helpful if you are trying to save money.

Since it doesn't specify Dark Stealth Elf, could they be planning to give out her single pack regular figure instead of her dark version? It really doesn't make sense to only add 1/2 of the missing dark figures from the Wii U version.

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The new Dark Edition got taken down, what exactly was it?

It was taken down. If you go to the link there is an option for Wii U Dark + Stealth Elf, and it is still there. I commented earlier that it would only solve the problem of having to buy more Dark editions if they also add Dark Sea Shadow, not just Dark Stealth Elf. It's not very helpful if you are trying to save money.

Since it doesn't specify Dark Stealth Elf, could they be planning to give out her single pack regular figure instead of her dark version? It really doesn't make sense to only add 1/2 of the missing dark figures from the Wii U version.

True that it says Stealth Elf, but the picture shows Dark Stealth Elf. I am skeptical about it being the Dark version and it doesn't make sense not to have Dark Sea Shadow. Where would they have gotten the extra Dark Stealth Elves from? That is the real question.

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I don't know if someone already knows that, but Amazon.com is selling the Wii U Dark Edition together with Dark Super Shot Stealth Elf. Here's the link:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B010X...ding=UTF8&psc=1

This is interesting. I wonder if this is an Amazon exclusive bundle for the Wii U, and whether or not other retailers will have their own exclusive Dark Edition bundles that includes an extra Wave 1 Supercharger?

That's actually pretty cool. I had to look for it for a bit because I was like I don't see Dark Super Shot Stealth Elf then I noticed the options of Dark Edition, Starter Pack and then Dark Edition + Stealth Elf. I guess that saves people from buying an extra Starter Pack! Thanks for Sharing!

Is it possible to play with the vehicle whenever I want or there are just few places where I can use them?

You can only ride vehicles in the Vehicle zones inside levels or in the hub.

Just in the correct places.

Why don't we talk about the after game.
I did always wonder about the
I was also thinking if there will be some sort of doom challenge perhaps we can replay our adventure packs.

So I was at Gamestop today, and as I was going down my list of figures to pre-order, I eventually reached the Sea Racing Action Pack on my list and something peculiar happened.

The employee told me there were TWO of them, both $34.99, but only one was available for pre-order. I checked the receipt, and later my reservations online, and the one I pre-ordered was indeed the Sea Racing Action Pack.

So, what leaves the mystery of what the other $34.99 Action Pack was that wasn't available for pre-order yet. Any ideas? Is this second Action Pack being released with Wave 1 or at a later date? I didn't see it on their website when I got home. Discuss!

Could just be a mistake or something, but Gearshift and the Kaos Trap were around at launch even if their actual "official" waves were later.

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So I was at Gamestop today, and as I was going down my list of figures to pre-order, I eventually reached the Sea Racing Action Pack on my list and something peculiar happened.

The employee told me there were TWO of them, both $34.99, but only one was available for pre-order. I checked the receipt, and later my reservations online, and the one I pre-ordered was indeed the Sea Racing Action Pack.

So, what leaves the mystery of what the other $34.99 Action Pack was that wasn't available for pre-order yet. Any ideas? Is this second Action Pack being released with Wave 1 or at a later date? I didn't see it on their website when I got home. Discuss!

Didn't someone say they saw a listing for a legendary racing pack or something?

EDIT: Oh, you were at Gamestop. Hmm, that IS weird. Possibly a mistake as Bifrost said.

Wow it's a slow week for the time last year we had pretty much ALL the gameplay. Filters are just reposts,no bigger previews for the final issue of the TT comics(which I finally noticed is titled Graduation Day, possibly meaning we'll find out why the Academy is still the hub),nothing on Battlecast past what's on the FAQ. August 26th better deliver, wednesdays are usually update days, the comic is coming out,and it's around the timeframe the site updates compared to release day.

It's been a pretty tepid pre-release to me. Like they couldn't be bothered. I'm a VV fan and although I'll amuse myself with online play with some tracks, I'm really questioning how the main game will play out.

There's been nothing presented so far that makes me think (can't wait)...other than I know they've tried to get daring on locations and environmental changes (while on the main course). Online PvP is still a major gap to me.

Well, making the first week exciting we can do ourselves - make some themed tourneys or co-op newbie helping sessions. But before, if we don't have anything to currently hype over, we're just counting our toes waiting. Fan works can only go so far without reference - definately not feeling like doing Nightfall fanart if I have to take freeze-frame screenshots of the youtubers turning the figure around, I'd rather have the ingame screenshots,for example.

Well, If it was like last year, the website SHOULD be updating in a few days so we'll have LOTS to discuss

^ no man

Discussion of news. When the site updates, we'll talk about it. If it will or not we'll see.

Well,lookie here! Not big news, but I was trying to see if Nitro Stealth Stinger had a backstory(the actual one since we don't have it) and I found the backstory for other vehicles that the Skylanders FB didn't fully talk about:

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The Crypt Crusher is the undefeated champion of underworld drag racing. Originally crafted from Fiesta’s childhood racecar bed, it now uses an intimidating “Wheel of Doom” to roll over the competition!

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The Dive Bomber is a heavy duty aquatic battle tank! With enchanted metal plating capable of withstanding the immense pressure of the deep ocean, evil has nowhere to hide when Dive-Clops is in pursuit!

(I think we had this one,but just in case)

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Well,lookie here! Not big news, but I was trying to see if Nitro Stealth Stinger had a backstory(the actual one since we don't have it) and I found the backstory for other vehicles that the Skylanders FB didn't fully talk about:

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The Crypt Crusher is the undefeated champion of underworld drag racing. Originally crafted from Fiesta’s childhood racecar bed, it now uses an intimidating “Wheel of Doom” to roll over the competition!

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The Dive Bomber is a heavy duty aquatic battle tank! With enchanted metal plating capable of withstanding the immense pressure of the deep ocean, evil has nowhere to hide when Dive-Clops is in pursuit!

(I think we had this one,but just in case)

The vehicle backstories have actually been around for a while. In sites not on the SkyFacebook.

The website will update soon and we can be prepared for a ton of news.
Just a little more waiting why don't we talk about something untill then.
Looking at it all there's not much left to talk about. Maybe about how the game will play out ? It's all a big mystery to only have Levels Ignoring the spoiler I believe there will be a big after game for us to do.
Maybe we can replay old adventure packs ?

Remember that the levels are ridiculously large. Each level is a compilation of chapters. each chapter has the same duration as the previous games (not counting Swap Force). the levels in SuperChargers are bigger than the chapters of Swap Force. The producers said that the part of Skytlantis showed in E3 is only 1/4 of the entire level.

We can assume each one lasts about a hour and a half ?

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We can assume each one lasts about a hour and a half ?

I think that will be more, but who knows? That's the reason they divided each level in chapters, so the players can stop playing a level and continue in the chapter they stopped.

Lou said that Cloud Kingdom is the first quarter of the game,not the first quarter of the level. After the three vehicle zones,there was one or two chapters next at the most.

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Lou said that Cloud Kingdom is the first quarter of the game,not the first quarter of the level. After the three vehicle zones,there was one or two chapters next at the most.

Ok, but this is still a long level. I wonder if there is more vehicle zones than the ones showed.

Well, going by previous games, a gimmick zone never repeats itself in a level. The sole exception is the two Life gates in Giants but it felt like the second one was taken from somewhere else; and that game tried making different gimmick distribution as it also has a gateless level in The Oracle. Other than that, no two of the same Elemental Gate(and usually to a limit of 3 of any), no two of the same Swap Zone, Traptanium Clusters are sometimes multiple but the ones that actually open paths are all very close to each other.

Yeah, you're right. I think this makes the perfect balance between on-foot and vehicle gameplay. The size of the Vehicle Zones is large, taking a big part of the time the player stays in the level.

I wonder if you die in a Vehicle zone the Vehicle dies ?

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I wonder if you die in a Vehicle zone the Vehicle dies ?

I HIGHLY doubt it. Cause you need a land vehicle to advance.

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I wonder if you die in a Vehicle zone the Vehicle dies ?

I think is that the Skylanders is defeated (it's the right form to say). If the vehicle is defeated, it's probable that you will need to restart the chapter (not the level).

Honestly I don't think they would.
Maybe just the skylander.
Might as well test it.

I thought your Skylanders health replaced your vehicles health, and vehicles didn't have health

Does anyone know if Toys R Us will have another midnight release? I went last year and they had all the buy one get one sales I was hoping they'd have it again

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Does anyone know if Toys R Us will have another midnight release? I went last year and they had all the buy one get one sales I was hoping they'd have it again

I was just there yesterday and one of the workers told me they are doing the midnight release again.

Sweet....I think. However, I don't know if all TRUs are going to do it. If mine does, fine. If not, I can go later in the day at 8 AM

Yeah adding on to what TTD said vehicles don't have health they have shields. The shields take damage until they are gone and when they are skylanders take damage. Vehicles can't die though.

And not sure if this should be a spoiler but regarding levels

So, previews of the comic's first season finale are out in good quality,and I think there's a small hint to what we may have for the connections between the games. I'll try to hold out on the SC early spoilers that I know but if you guys will buy the comic, I'll tag this so you can wait safely until wednesday.

One thing that interest me is the size of the racing tracks. They're very large considering the pattern of racing games. That's probably made to compensate the quantity of tracks.

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One thing that interest me is the size of the racing tracks. They're very large considering the pattern of racing games. That's probably made to compensate the quantity of tracks.

VV never seems to make anything small...they go big or go home.