darkSpyro

Some Skylanders have had better treatment than others. We've had a repose of Stealth Elf for every game thus far, whereas I don't know that Voodood had any other reposes prior to Eon's Elite.

But SuperChargers is now the first game to actually "promote" Skylanders from previous games. Characters that used to be "core" Skylanders got to be included with the gimmick-of-the-year and got a make over.

So this got me thinking: Are there any characters that you think could benefit from not simply a repose but a full-on reboot?

For example, I really liked Wrecking Ball. He isn't the most popular little Skylander, but being a caterpillar raises the inescapable question of whether or not we'll ever see a moth form of Wrecking Ball.

Wrecking Ball is a grub worm, that becomes a beetle. Wow, now I get the ball mechanic.

Drobot, Ghost Roaster and Spyro - too much of one-trick ponies. You choose a path(and unless you have a death wish, literally, you don't go Fear Eater Ghost Roaster), you'll never touch the other two attack buttons unless you just want to go fast,and with double-jump flying that upgrade is now pointless.

Hex, because favorite Skylander.

Fright Rider, because Ozzy isn't explored enough. You've got an ostrich with a single move but give over 5 combos to Rider? C'mon.

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Wrecking Ball is a grub worm, that becomes a beetle.

I'm aware, and honestly I think having him as a goliath or rhinoceros beetle would be awesome, but they added Dune Bug in Swap Force and whatever Wallop is (listed as unknown, but I think he's a bugbear) seems to be very beetle inspired, whereas we don't have a moth or butterfly character yet.

I guess semantics and phylogenics aside, should we have a version of Wrecking Ball with wings?


I like your list for characters to reboot, but I'm curious how you'd change them. You mentioned that you're not fond of their individual upgrade paths, but that doesn't really say much about where you'd like them to go.

I'd like to see "grown" versions of characters. Spyro, Cynder, Drobot, Zap, are all dragons (or at least dragon-types) but they're at the same scale of the elves trolls and gremlins. Shouldn't we have larger dragons? Should Spyro physically grow as he levels up? The dragons are just one example. We could have riot gear Trigger Happy (though that aesthetic may not go over as well now that we have High Volt).

On a slightly different tangent, is anyone else getting annoyed that every tech type for the last four games has been a robot (the only exceptions being Sprocket, Chopper and Tread Head, and he never gets off the machine)? We've had Bouncer, Magna Charge, Spy Rise, Countdown, Wind Up, Gearshift, Jawbreaker, and High Volt.

That's VV's thing yeah. Everybody's a robot, every Tech thing means robot or highly advanced. Trap Team had tons of organic beings using strange machines and just a few robots in the middle, some not even Tech, but Vicarious Visions' character designer visibly has creator bias for robots with a few glances at his sketches.

I don't really know what I'd do witht them other than more varied movesets,though with Hex I'd love a 'what if?' version where she kept her Magic legacy or remastered it. Considering her Undead energy replaced the magic entirely and she has more than an entire city of spooks, it'd probably allow for impressive abilities, if not straight up reality warping.

Hmm, how about a Queen of the Dead version of Hex? Possibly crowd-control abilities?

Doesn't fit her lore, she's more of a protection figure for wizards and the undead than someone to order people around. Expanding her barrier mechanics and some co-op abilities would limit her though, still thinking more about being flashier with complex spells and more traditional witch things like spellbooks,familiars, charms or potions(since she uses those last three in Battlecast).

I was thinking of summoning ghosts that would possess enemies in her area.

Speaking of which, are there any characters anyone would like to see with different abilities?

I would love to see Spyro have different abilities. Maybe something from previous games that wouldn't take it too far away from his role in Skylanders, and/or element. It would be interesting, as a lot of his upgrades are just for fire, charging and flying.

I agree. I didn't mind his classic abilities (flame and charge), but when they added Pop Fizz and just the simple concept of shaking a potion to alter effects, I thought it was a waste that Spyro couldn't shift between elements, like a call-back to LoS.

The element shifting would have been great to see, they could make the concept a little more 'magical' if they wanted it to fit the magic element more. It already seems that it would work if they just used it as it is, though.

Just sayin, but Wallop is a mole.


Hes kind of a play of wak-a-mole

With the Molekin around,he doesn't really seem to fit the Mole role. Heh. He's some sort of mammal for sure.

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I know this sounds cheesy, but what about a Sunburn that could shift between a purely dragon and purely phoenix form?
I'm not sure if I like the idea, but I suddenly remembered how people used to complain he didn't look dragony enough, then I thought about what it would be like if he was a pure dragon.

Well Sunburn's design was kinda draconic before the final product: