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Lol nah, he's definitely not broken.

His strategy is basically Run AWay and Survive, while you just keep shooting off various attacks ( which is generally better strategy for these games then close combat etc. these days).

But he's definitely not unbeatable in my opinion. But it depends on what you define broken as.

Something like night falls ambush path is more in the direction of broken for me.

Being able to use ambush to be invulnerable , move around freely , and still collect items , while homing projectiles do decent damage etc all for a decent amount of time. And combined with her soul gem where she can completely defend her self from any number of enemies at a wide range as long as there not too big .

The only thing that keeps her as not the best skylander ever made in my opinion, is that her hooks are average close combaters , and the slight lag between her attacks ( like ambush) makes her a little vulnerable sometimes.

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I don't think any of Nightfall's moves are broken at all. None are powerful enough at all. Astroblast having to run away doesn't really matter because you can just keep firing and his projectiles will bounce around and hit enemies anyway. It's ridiculous.

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Not news worthy for the Skylanders Academy topic,but Activision hired Tarantino for the same team doing that and other adaptations. I know, it's not happening,but it's fun to speculate :U

On other news, finally found a Nightfall going for retail price on ebay(ok, expensive for me because of conversion, but actually cheaper than what I found on here!). Not going to update my list to jinx it and end up losing her in the mail just yet :U

I'm surprised. Acti really wants to make their films and TV shows good. They hope to follow Disney and Marvels footsteps of making their franchises beloved like theirs.


I wouldnt be surprised if Skylanders Academy had emotional moments that are as god as Steven Universe or Adventure Time with just as dark scenes too.

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I'm surprised. Acti really wants to make their films and TV shows good. They hope to follow Disney and Marvels footsteps of making their franchises beloved like theirs.


I wouldnt be surprised if Skylanders Academy had emotional moments that are as god as Steven Universe or Adventure Time with just as dark scenes too.

That's something I'd be totally fine with, just as long as it's not the main tone and we still get our light-hearted parts of it too.

Went around resetting my collection today since I want to start fresh files(without deleting my old ones obv) while Nightfall doesn't arrive.

Here's something I had yet to notice. Why Camo's melon attack is so bad in Superchargers? Was it so hard to code root models in the game where plenty of character could use those effects,so much the melons pop out of thin air? They'll also teleport to the nearest roof if you do it on a slope because reasons.

Blades' animations also took a major hit,since his whirlwind went from alright-looking to an over enlarged Whirlwind Diadem, and they removed the effect on his air attack.

Camo's tertiary is laughably bad. There's not even a grassy mist under them or anything to hide it. Doing it on the spawn point is more than enough to be horrified e_e

Bash's animations are kinda silly too,but I think his reverse impossible backflip is from Swap Force still. Nobody bothered fixing it.

New video -

Mmmh.
Well, that was mostly nice.
I'm politely going to skip on the revamps part where they once again tried to convince us there are 20 brand new Skylanders in SuperChargers.

Really cool concepts, didn't spot the black one on the thumbnail during the video though.
Was that extremely cute and elegant caterpillar an early form of Thrillipede?

Buzz Wing's toy is AMAZING!
Definitely wasn't expecting that function and I LOVE it.
Thrillipede also seems to have a pearlized paint of some sort on him but the toy is clearly unfinished.
And judging by the vide so is Double Dare Trigger Happy.

Signs of a late release of Wave 4?

Nice that they finally started making prototypes and concepts more publicy avaliable.

"Going in places we've never been before."
You mean this umpteenth robot Skylander, Guha Bala?

I kid, leftovers from 'high octane vehicle fantasy' months. I really like that they bring up the armor damage and textures, TFB had some of that in Giants and a LOT in TT but not enough detail was given into how you get some implied strength from a character if they already have some bruises(and not just rustier shading or whatever).

Also it's funny they pretend they know the reactions from fans when they clearly created BBPF with zero attempt at making new gameplay. It's pretty obvious this was recorded before the game was out because they're currently either on vacations or full on working on 7 - and from what they talked about kid tests,they'll love anything they put on the toy anyway. Speaking of recording, near the end the camera guy really liked changing between dramatic close ups and going back.

Yeah, I don't want to make an argument out of nothing but since Bifrost mentioned it I would like to spend just a couple words on the subject of "kids favorites".

Dear developers: when will you stop pretending we don't know you absolutely know kids and parents will buy whatever revamps you put in front of them simply because YOU choose them and they couldn't do anything outside of not buying them at all (and I doubt that's going to happen massively)?

Why don't you try to also repose (or even better, simply re-distribute) characters such as Echo, Dune Bug, Fright Rider, Scorp, High Five and so on and see how fans will react to them?

Can you simply end this ridiculous farce and admit it's easier for you to simply keep pushing the same guys over and over again, no matter how much the fans truly like them?

Thanks, it would be really appreciated.

"Developer favorites"~.

I honestly can't see them reposing Gill Grunt or Eruptor anymore. This is the first time the reposes have been brought back as the Gimmicklanders, which have never gotten reposes. Unless we get Series 2 Super Swimmer Deep Dive Gill Grunt.

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"Developer favorites"~.

Precisely.
Thanks for the big condensation.

Well, I would agree with you Adam but... I doubt they will let their flagships go this easily.
I really wish Gimmicklanders revamps could be the last iteration of many of those characters.
It can only get truly ridiculous from now on.

I don't see why Scorp needs to be redistributed, he was uber common (still is seen occasionally here), but the others, and the STT Light & Dark Expansions and cores, certainly do.

I hope Scorp returns in a future game. HE IS AWESOME!

I love the flapping wins action of Buzz wing. I have always wanted an artiuclated angel alike figure with that action. Still looking.

Poor Sunburn, no repose and not even an Elite. He's the best original Skylanders and he gets no respect meanwhile Eruptor had like 20 reposes.

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I honestly can't see them reposing Gill Grunt or Eruptor anymore. This is the first time the reposes have been brought back as the Gimmicklanders, which have never gotten reposes. Unless we get Series 2 Super Swimmer Deep Dive Gill Grunt.

Even though Eruptor is a balloon in the Macy's Parade? That decision almost demands a new one for every game moving forward. He will be the "face" of the series forever. Also, think about this... The parade will likely last longer than the game series.

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I honestly can't see them reposing Gill Grunt or Eruptor anymore. This is the first time the reposes have been brought back as the Gimmicklanders, which have never gotten reposes. Unless we get Series 2 Super Swimmer Deep Dive Gill Grunt.

Even though Eruptor is a balloon in the Macy's Parade? That decision almost demands a new one for every game moving forward. He will be the "face" of the series forever. Also, think about this... The parade will likely last longer than the game series.

I think he was only chosen for that because he's the most balloon-shaped.
But really, there is no face of the series. Eruptor's got that balloon, Spyro's still the main character in most of the other media, Gill Grunt got a figure every game... They could say Slobber Tooth is the face of the series and I wouldn't hold it against them.

Guys... TFB's offical instagram went up today.



Look at that bio..

"Something elite is coming.."

IT'S HAPPENING.

IT'S TOO SOON

Wow, what a coincidence,just as we have this concept art video I find today one of their artists' blogs. Does Thunder Tow still have a ship stuck to his back?

And the Cloudbreather Dragon looked more like a chinese dragon in one of the art. And hey, the artist acknowleedged the Skylanders Wikia too.

Actually, I was about to post that Thunder Tow and Thrillipede picture today since I came across it while looking for Skylanders 6 infos (pretty sure he doesn't have the ship on the back in-game by the way, since he also lacks that coral armor) but I saw it was a link to the Wikia so I thought it was already known. :/

Really lovely art, I'm tempted to use the Pop Thorn on Cloud Kingdom's as my profile pic.

I think someone had found the artwork you mentioned already,but it was part of the Xbox one achievement backgrounds,this is the full sized thing. Then again, only the island structure of Monstrous Isles was kept,the whole place was a lot more water and coral-themed than now.
If I may break out the art lingo for a bit, man I wish I knew how to use digital brushes like this. I learned several times that you can do your best with only standard brush but you only get that close to traditional paintings with special ones.

TFB Instagram account turned out to be a fake, made by a fan seeking attention and now having 40 followers just for impersonating a real company.

Edit: Their account was removed.

Maybe this will get the PR team to consider revealing the games sooner instead of the same unecessary delay last year; it's obvious we'll jump on whatever shows up even if it's a single official preview pic.

I honestly want them to keep revealing them in late May/early June. It was a good decision now that I look back on it since they were able to let Trap Team fade out first.

Yeah, but in retrospect we had nothing to really speculate on for 5 extra months. And this year, even in the usual time,things are more bitter than usual to begin with - I think sooner the better for the fandom.

I agree, after the partial disappointment with SuperChargers I really want this year's game to be announced as soon as possible.

SuperChargers is the kind of game I personally wouldn't want as the last entry before a one or two years break... It just doesn't give me the replayability I'd like to have.

An official announcement isn't even needed - do it like Trap Team Frito Lay Skylanders, announce an extra thing that we-won't-say-it's-Sky6-but-it-obviously-is.
My far out hopes want Activision to know DarkSpyro and other fansites exist and poll each for a new Skylander's name or even design. Maybe even they're sort of stealth mascots - The ones polled to Ghostroaster is a chef, the ones polled to Skylanders Inquiries is a reporter, the concepts shown to us are of the Dark element,etc. I can dream >w<'

They uploaded's Stormblade's development -

Wow,she used to be Light as well. Four elements across development must be a new record.

Super Nova Light-elemental Stormblade, huh.

I wish TFB had released a vid like this for knight light

Is it me or does Stormblade look kinda the same in her Dark, Light and Air versions?
Just different colors (though powers might have been a lot different).

Good old Guha mentioning "places we have never seen before" right before talking about a humanoid bird.
Not to mention V.V. passion for robots and humanoid animals in general.
Gotta love that guy!

And, just to be precise, a mid-air unique move isn't something new for the franchise.
Quite a few characters had it in Trap Team.

That being said... Stormblade is indeed one of my favorite new Skylanders.
Not a fan of her look so she really surprised me gameplay-wise.
Absolutely a must have!

In their defense, we've never had a humanoid bird that throws knives in the series before.
So yeah, she's totally brand new.

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In their defense, we've never had a humanoid bird that throws knives in the series before.
So yeah, she's totally brand new.

Absolutely, and I have to say she has an overall unique gameplay for the Element she comes from.

Unlike another certain humanoid avian...

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In their defense, we've never had a humanoid bird that throws knives in the series before.
So yeah, she's totally brand new.

Absolutely, and I have to say she has an overall unique gameplay for the Element she comes from.

Unlike another certain humanoid avian...

...Which one are you talking about? Because... Actually, there aren't that many anthropomorphic birds in the series. At least from what I can recall.

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In their defense, we've never had a humanoid bird that throws knives in the series before.
So yeah, she's totally brand new.

Absolutely, and I have to say she has an overall unique gameplay for the Element she comes from.

Unlike another certain humanoid avian...

...Which one are you talking about? Because... Actually, there aren't that many anthropomorphic birds in the series. At least from what I can recall.

Jet-Vac, Free Ranger, Hoot Loop and Stormblade.
And the various avian villains.
Not that much after all.

Anyway I was talking about the former, particularly his Hurricane version, which I don't find that inspired in design nor gameplay.
Though the mechanical wings are cool and hint to his backstory.

^The mechanical wings are pretty much the main reason I bought him...I just wish he could actually use them!

The golden wings look cool, however I feel he should have always had his wings and fly like the other flying skylanders. His bio is one of the most dramatic imo.

Nevertheless, is quite wierd he can't fly anymore despite this appearance change.

DD Trigger Happy's turn.

Uh, really fancy suit there, mister Gallerani.

Not gonna lie it distracted me hard from listening.

I think in concept they got a remake of Triggs right,but he just looks too silly. If there's any canoncity to his minicomic, he's shown to like cliche, so being so over the top doesn't quite feel like him; it'd actually fit Pop Fizz more imho. In gameplay he looks fine but too Fire instead of Tech.

Hey,that's Debug Whirlwind in the Giants screenshots! She was used in development after all.
The guy also apparently worked in a cancelled Crash game. Considering it's always listed by latest and it's after joined TFB... HUH.
(checking dates on the sketches,it's from 2008, and he joined TFB on 2006. The redesigns are meh but actually based on the classics, not Titans/Mutant - despite being made right after the latter came out) It's definately worth sending this to the Crash fandom to have a looksee if they haven't already. Guess I was wrong,they did try a Crash game before a Spyro game.