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But you miss something. Every game has "just figures" these days. Except Infinity has figures of things that you know and love, next year they will likely put out even more Star Wars figures. And if you haven't played it, the gameplay is much better in Infinitythis year - they seem to finally be getting it.

Lego has Legos. Not just figures, but figures you can pull apart and put together in many different ways. And, as I understand their plan is to add content through updates and not release another Starter next year.

Everyone seems to think Skylanders just needs to go back to the roots. Keep in mind sales went down this year before most kids had even played it to figure out if they liked driving or not. Last year with Trap Team we had a more traditional game and it also was starting to lose interest. Driving isn't what is killing Skylanders (oh and many like it a lot, including my kids).

Open world would be a nice gimmick, particularly paired with online. A real online PvP mode would also be cool. But they need something to "Wow" people right off the shelves. Because it is sitting next to Star Wars/Disney figures and Legos. And when kids are in stores making their Santa lists a robust open world matters exactly zero.

people started to lose interest in trap team because of how activision handled the game,figurines releases and to much to buy.. when it comes to online, its the worst that could happen to skylanders. it just opened the flood gate of releasing patches after patches. so i really hope for a sofa co-op and not anything more.

i find it odd that so many people wanted online, and yet now they want it gone

i find it odd that so many people wanted online, and yet now they want it gone

A heel face turn~

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How about getting back to dragons?

What if there were larger creatures that Skylanders could control? It might be similar to vehicles, but it could offer a lot of different possibilities.

Racing works fine even with unestable conection, atleast on ps3.
In Co-op you can find level breaking glitches because of data transmision, this is not VV fault.

If you have a potato conection don't blame the game.


Anyway I'm still trying to figure how patches are a bad thing.

This topic is about everything related with the next game and all the informations and opinions we have about it .
So i'll start with some questions about it :
Who is:
the developer ? Tfb
the special guest ?Crash or Link
what is the gimmick you expect ? gimmick about dragons, NO gimmick , giant mech suits
what do you think should be or not be in the next game ? Sunburn Dragons a fantastic game , online
feel free to ask more questions

• Going back to 30+ characters.
  
• Toon Link Skymiibo, and likely one more.
  
• Return of Adventure Packs.
  
• At least four characters are reimagined cores (Like with Superchargers, except without being... Superchargers)
  
• Only four Eon's Elites for Air, Fire, Light, and Dark.
  
• Kaos is still powerless, but he teams up with either Malefor or a new antagonist... who eventually tosses him aside.
  
• Trapped villains are playable again, since Toys for Bob is working on it.
  
• Return of Heroic Challenges.
  

I still think a 2 part game where it's good vs evil would be a blockbuster, and simply presenting figures of villains for one part of the story/game would be VERY exciting. Add in some story pathing to make the story change....lots of re-playability there.

Okay, I've compiled a list of my predictions for the next game. Keep in mind, I said predictions. These aren't things I necessarily want or think they should do, just what I think is going to happen:

• Going back to 30+ characters.
  
• Toon Link Skymiibo, and likely one more.
  
• Return of Adventure Packs.
  
• At least four characters are reimagined cores (Like with Superchargers, except without being... Superchargers)
  
• Only four Eon's Elites for Air, Fire, Light, and Dark.
  
• Kaos is still powerless, but he teams up with either Malefor or a new antagonist... who eventually tosses him aside.
  
• Trapped villains are playable again, since Toys for Bob is working on it.
  
• Return of Heroic Challenges.
  

As for what they'll do with the vehicles... I have no idea. I think VV really backed them into a corner by making vehicles mandatory to beat the game...

Reveal Spoiler

Backed into a corner. Get it? It's a car pun. I think. LAUGH.

My Sky6 Predictions:
A full-fledged crossover with a Indie franchise (FNAF or Undertale)
Toon Link and Villager Skymiibo
Kaos will team up with either the Purple Man (from FNAF) or the main villain from Undertale
PlayStation exclusive Skylanders Ratchet and Sackboy
XBOX exclusive Skylanders Banjo-Kazooie & The Battletoads
Wii U & possibly NX exclusive bosses: Toon Ganondorf & Mr. Resetti
PS3 & PS4 exclusive bosses: Dr. Nefarious and Newton
XBOX One & XBOX 360 exclusive bosses: The main villain from Banjo-Kazooie and the main villain from Battletoads.
Battle Mode returns with online battle mode!
Skylander Rater (a character that rates your Skylander's strength, and attacks.)
Evil Skylanders returns
Traps will work as villains again! This time around they WON'T have timers and they'll have health bars instead!
Mobile exclusive Skypods (Skylanders and Angry Birds Telepods hybrid figures) of Red Bird and Yellow Bird from Angry Birds
Mobile exclusive bosses: King Pig & Chef Pig
The NPCs actually say the Skylander's name! like for example Flynn would say to Spyro: "Hey Spyro, we need your help to defeat Kaos!"

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Okay, I've compiled a list of my predictions for the next game. Keep in mind, I said predictions. These aren't things I necessarily want or think they should do, just what I think is going to happen:

• Going back to 30+ characters.
  
• Toon Link Skymiibo, and likely one more.
  
• Return of Adventure Packs.
  
• At least four characters are reimagined cores (Like with Superchargers, except without being... Superchargers)
  
• Only four Eon's Elites for Air, Fire, Light, and Dark.
  
• Kaos is still powerless, but he teams up with either Malefor or a new antagonist... who eventually tosses him aside.
  
• Trapped villains are playable again, since Toys for Bob is working on it.
  
• Return of Heroic Challenges.
  

As for what they'll do with the vehicles... I have no idea. I think VV really backed them into a corner by making vehicles mandatory to beat the game...

Reveal Spoiler

Backed into a corner. Get it? It's a car pun. I think. LAUGH.

This is exactly what I want to see!

When it comes to Skymiibos, I think that characters like this would be great:

Kannonball K. Rool - Tech
Berry Bomb/Egg Avenger Yoshi - Magic or Life
Fruit Fighter Diddy Kong - Life
Paint Pounder/Hammer Slam Bowser Jr. - Magic or Fire
Fiery Fiend Charizard - Fire
Blade Beast Ganondorf - Dark or Magic
Light Lord Pit - Light
Doomsday Dark Pit - Dark
Cat Burglar Meowth - Dark or Magic
Hyper Shock Pikachu - Light
Cosmic Blast Mewtwo - Magic
Tech Trooper Fox - Tech
Bird Bomber Falco - Air
Space Hunter Wolf - Undead or Dark

Yeah...being a huge Nintendo fanboy, I think about this stuff a lot...

not too!

IF they even do Skymiibos next game.

My Sky6 Predictions:
A full-fledged crossover with a Indie franchise (FNAF or Undertale)
Toon Link and Villager Skymiibo
Kaos will team up with either the Purple Man (from FNAF) or the main villain from Undertale
PlayStation exclusive Skylanders Ratchet and Sackboy
XBOX exclusive Skylanders Banjo-Kazooie & The Battletoads
Wii U & possibly NX exclusive bosses: Toon Ganondorf & Mr. Resetti
PS3 & PS4 exclusive bosses: Dr. Nefarious and Newton
XBOX One & XBOX 360 exclusive bosses: The main villain from Banjo-Kazooie and the main villain from Battletoads.
Battle Mode returns with online battle mode!
Skylander Rater (a character that rates your Skylander's strength, and attacks.)
Evil Skylanders returns
Traps will work as villains again! This time around they WON'T have timers and they'll have health bars instead!
Mobile exclusive Skypods (Skylanders and Angry Birds Telepods hybrid figures) of Red Bird and Yellow Bird from Angry Birds
Mobile exclusive bosses: King Pig & Chef Pig
The NPCs actually say the Skylander's name! like for example Flynn would say to Spyro: "Hey Spyro, we need your help to defeat Kaos!"

• Almost impossible. Five Nights at Freddy's is a mature game, and Undertale have nothing in common with Skylanders.
  
• Maybe they can do more Nintendo Guest Stars. But I doubt it would be those two.
  
• Same as the first one.
  
• If they do console exclusive Guest Stars, it's more possible to be Nintendo ones, since it's probably where they get more sales.
  
• Same as before.
  
• Impossible. Also, I doubt NX would be released in 2016, but this doesn't matter now.
  
• Same as before.
  
• Same as before.
  
• Very possible. Maybe it doesn't happen depending on the new gimmick.
  
• Looks a good idea. But I don't know if it's very useful.
  
• I think that most people prefer more original bosses, including the developers.
  
• The first part is quite possible and a good idea. I personally like more with the timers, but... It's just my opinion.
  
• Almost Impossible.
  
• Same as before.
  
• Very possible, but only in specific cases (like Buzz in SuperChargers).
  

Activision will have to think about something to compete with DI and LD. In this sense a massive crossover with other well known franchises seems likely. Other possible features of the next game:

1) Massive crossover with a well known franchise: Amiibos, pokemon, sony characters (rachet &clank, jak & daxter, crash bandicoot), cartoon network,etc

2) customizable characters: this could end up un different ways: weapons,armor,gadgets,gems whichturn skylanders into superstate,gems which give elemental skills, changing outfits and colors Of skylanders,etc

3)new gameplay mode: sports, moba,FPS,etc

4) Create and design your own levels: Sort of diney's toy box

5) "Transformers" skylanders

6) Skylanders Universe: The game would feature locations from very different points of the universe (earth, mars, stars, etc), unlocakble through different toys.

Well i got ideas but no one would hear them.

Beacuse you are scared if they do that.

But it's your choice...you want it to be popluar again? Let's go in THAT direction.

Hm, here's an idea for how to carry vehicles over without having to port huge parts of SSC.
Land - Like their initial plan, you can board them anytime. However, they can only be activated in enemy arenas, and will do a donut destroying everything caught on it. Works like a renewable magic item that can work for how many times there are arenas in a level, but MAYBE they could port the elemental zones and keep them in some corner of the hub as well for some driving action.
Sky - Works like Stormblade's Sky Slicer card in Battlecast. Maybe during boss battles or enemy waves in corridors, you can call your vehicle in(maybe in the edge of the island) and shoot everyone from above for a few seconds.
Sea - Would require some areas in the water, no need to be deep but at least obviously flooded. Activating it causes your vehicle to open a rift in the center, and it'll suck in whatever debris and enemies it'll reach, giving you easy XP and gold.

I mean, it still removes a LOT of their usefulness, but it at least feels a bit empowering in theory.

Just not seeing the love for vehicles beyond this game, unless they have an add-on pack (purchase) for those that want additional content for the next game (more racing perhaps), but I'm pretty sure they're not going to be constrained by level design because there were, at one time. vehicles.

I though I would never say this, but...I would be glad if the vehicles gameplay continued somehow in the next game. Is fun and addictive. Maybe placing it as a side mission throught main story and online complementary mode would please everybody. Or as drek metioned as a way to travel faster in a open world scenario.

Well i got ideas but no one would hear them.

Beacuse you are scared if they do that.

But it's your choice...you want it to be popluar again? Let's go in THAT direction.

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Just not seeing the love for vehicles beyond this game, unless they have an add-on pack (purchase) for those that want additional content for the next game (more racing perhaps), but I'm pretty sure they're not going to be constrained by level design because there were, at one time. vehicles.

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I though I would never say this, but...I would be glad if the vehicles gameplay continued somehow in the next game. Is fun and addictive. Maybe placing it as a side mission throught main story and online complementary mode would please everybody. Or as drek metioned as a way to travel faster in a open world scenario.

I'd be happy if they ditched vehicles. We need a traditional Skylanders game with developers focusing on levels designed for Skylander combat...not vehicles. Skylanders combat content is lost when time, resources, & disk space are spent on development of racing content. Let there be a spinoff side Skylanders racing game for those who wish to continue racing, but I don't want any more Skylanders games mucked up with the racing gimmick. No offense to people who like racing, but weren't sales of the 3DS and Wii racing games absolutely abysmal? Why bring back a gimmick which didn't help drive sales? Overall, gimmicks need to involve Skylanders again if the franchise has any hopes of continuing on.