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I need a broccoli guy figure

this is... interesting.

seeing as pain-yatta and broccoli guy were revealed for trap team at e3.. and TAGG confirmed 2 hours of footage @ e3... maybe that would be a fitting reveal!

All I see is a random blurb of villain names (been AFK). What news have ye?

I really hope it's not broccoli guy. Really not a fan of the "silly" name or character design at all. Chompy Mage is one of my favorite villians to play and would make such an intricate figure. ):

I think it's just for Academy. Chompy Mage will probably be our Life Villain and will be in the Sorcerer Class. He's so much more liked and popular than Broccoli Guy.

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I think it's just for Academy. Chompy Mage will probably be our Life Villain and will be in the Sorcerer Class. He's so much more liked and popular than Broccoli Guy.

Golden Queen is already sorcerer, so Chompy Mage can't be the sorcerer.

Broccoli Guy does actually fit one of the classes we know about too.

It would be odd not to see the Doom Raiders as the Senseis...and Broccoli Guy is a weird choice for a Sensei. In fact, he's probably one of the least likely to be chosen to become a Sensei.

But who knows with Activision? I mean, they are incredibly weird when it comes to choosing characters. Am I the only one who senses their habit of them picking the most obscure/least likely characters for a certain roster? (eg: Riptide for Battlecast, or the majority of the Elites from SuperChargers)

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I think it's just for Academy. Chompy Mage will probably be our Life Villain and will be in the Sorcerer Class. He's so much more liked and popular than Broccoli Guy.

Golden Queen is already sorcerer, so Chompy Mage can't be the sorcerer.

Broccoli Guy does actually fit one of the classes we know about too.

What? There are 3 Senseis per class.

So can you change class for your Imaginator, after you choose it for the first time?

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I think it's just for Academy. Chompy Mage will probably be our Life Villain and will be in the Sorcerer Class. He's so much more liked and popular than Broccoli Guy.

Golden Queen is already sorcerer, so Chompy Mage can't be the sorcerer.

Broccoli Guy does actually fit one of the classes we know about too.

What? There are 3 Senseis per class.

The current consensus is that since there are 10 (ignore the 11th for now) villains and 10 classes, all villains will have different classes.

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So can you change class for your Imaginator, after you choose it for the first time?

I would assume not. I think that and the element are the only two you can't change.

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I think it's just for Academy. Chompy Mage will probably be our Life Villain and will be in the Sorcerer Class. He's so much more liked and popular than Broccoli Guy.

Golden Queen is already sorcerer, so Chompy Mage can't be the sorcerer.

Broccoli Guy does actually fit one of the classes we know about too.

What? There are 3 Senseis per class.

There are ten classes, and ten Villains made playable. Its like Swap Force, there were 8 swap abilities and 16 Swap Force guys, two for each.

there's gonna be 3 for each, two for the new characters, one for the villain.

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Only just noticed that there will be no iOS version this year. That's a pretty big body blow to full console experiences on mobile devices. It seems that no-one actually wants that even though they can have it.

Yeah they said for the tablet they wanted to focus on Battlecast more than the new game there.

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So can you change class for your Imaginator, after you choose it for the first time?

It's not an option in the character creation menu, but it's possible that it has the same ownership/reset menu as other Skylanders in addition to the creator. Of course, you'd lose any progress with your character, but that's nothing new.

Am I the only one who thinks that Fire Sensei is just a Samurai Armored version of Torch?

I mean look at it, it's pretty obvious.

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So, I was looking at the official website, and the Wii U version already had a Starter Pack image. This means that probably we will not have Guest Stars, which is quite a relief.

If I recall, the Wii U starter pack images showed Spitfire and the Hot Streak before Donkey Kong was revealed at E3, so I wouldn't be so relieved just yet...

No they just had no picture for the Starter Pack, just like what we had for the dark editions yesterday before gamestop and ebgames put up their listings that showed what was inside.,

After brushing through the reveal trailer with a finer tooth comb I noticed one of the Imaginators had the crest Wallop has on his helmet. Do we know for a fact that every single old Skylander will unlock some element for the Imaginators specific to that character? I.e. Wallop's crest or Spyro's horns. (Though I think Spyro's horns are a default thing, I think I saw his Mega Ram horns in a picture somewhere)

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I wonder if Imaginators can equip hats?

I think I read somewhere that there were no more hats or something similar.

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After brushing through the reveal trailer with a finer tooth comb I noticed one of the Imaginators had the crest Wallop has on his helmet. Do we know for a fact that every single old Skylander will unlock some element for the Imaginators specific to that character? I.e. Wallop's crest or Spyro's horns. (Though I think Spyro's horns are a default thing, I think I saw his Mega Ram horns in a picture somewhere)

You can scan older Skylanders for their body parts.

^Wait woah whaaaaa that's even better! Where was that said?

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After brushing through the reveal trailer with a finer tooth comb I noticed one of the Imaginators had the crest Wallop has on his helmet. Do we know for a fact that every single old Skylander will unlock some element for the Imaginators specific to that character? I.e. Wallop's crest or Spyro's horns. (Though I think Spyro's horns are a default thing, I think I saw his Mega Ram horns in a picture somewhere)

You can scan older Skylanders for their body parts.

WHAT? Where did you read that. Pretty sure that's speculation.

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You can scan older Skylanders for their body parts.

Speculation. This has not been mentioned or eluded to in any official media.

EDIT: That got shot down quickly by ninjas.

Hype train just came to an abrupt stop

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After brushing through the reveal trailer with a finer tooth comb I noticed one of the Imaginators had the crest Wallop has on his helmet. Do we know for a fact that every single old Skylander will unlock some element for the Imaginators specific to that character? I.e. Wallop's crest or Spyro's horns. (Though I think Spyro's horns are a default thing, I think I saw his Mega Ram horns in a picture somewhere)

You can scan older Skylanders for their body parts.

WHAT? Where did you read that. Pretty sure that's speculation.

It's evidenced by the fact that parts of certain Skylanders appear in customization (Such as the heads of Tree Rex and Splat, the pigtails of Deja Vu, the horns of Spyro, etc...). So while it's not confirmed and is mostly speculation, it's pretty likely.

Please tell me it's not exclusive to gamestop

Ok my bad, it doesn't say anything about no hats. Reading too many articles lol Thank gosh I didn't say it was confirmed, imagine the hate I would get D:

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Based on the demo I was given, it essentially takes from Diablo. Players are given randomized loot from special chests, which could pop up just about anywhere, and range from weapons (including absurd ones like frying pans) to other custom bits. No longer just relegated to hats (that I rarely wanted to use for aesthetic reasons), I really dig the idea of replaying stages to eventually unlock everything..

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Please tell me it's not exclusive to gamestop

it is exclusive...

I HATE GAMESTOP

UGGGGGHHHH

*goes and calls best buy*

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Please tell me it's not exclusive to gamestop

it is exclusive...

The Dark Editions have always been exclusive to GameStop and EB Games..... I don't know what makes you think other wise.

Wow, did not think people would pay attention to that...that got shot down quickly.

I read it up on some video and a website, and also a fact sheet. Not exactly confirmed, but as Adam said, it is most likely.

EDIT: I read so many articles, I can't remember where it was found. But I assume that when you put an old character on the portal, you unlock some of their body parts.

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Please tell me it's not exclusive to gamestop

it is exclusive...

The Dark Editions have always been exclusive to GameStop and EB Games..... I don't know what makes you think other wise.

Superchargers Dark edition was at Toys R Us, and so was Trap Team I believe.

I really don't it's going to work like that. The seemingly default inventory already has parts from older Skylanders (most notably Spyro), so it makes no sense why adding Skylanders to your collection would add parts to the creator.

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Please tell me it's not exclusive to gamestop

it is exclusive...

The Dark Editions have always been exclusive to GameStop and EB Games..... I don't know what makes you think other wise.

Last year it was everywhere (except dark bowser starter) and in trap team I believe so was hoping this was going to be the case

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Am I the only one who thinks that Fire Sensei is just a Samurai Armored version of Torch?

I mean look at it, it's pretty obvious.

No, because it's been confirmed there's no revamps.

Why do I have to keep saying this?

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I really don't it's going to work like that. The seemingly default inventory already has parts from older Skylanders (most notably Spyro), so it makes no sense why adding Skylanders to your collection would add parts to the creator.

It would be cool though! and a great way for people to care about their figures. And also a reason to get a lot of the new ones!

What if they had a way to open up your character's 3d file so if you had a 3d printer at your disposal, you could print it?

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What if they had a way to open up your character's 3d file so if you had a 3d printer at your disposal, you could print it?

i'd love that

Have they shown what the new portal looks like? SC was terrible...well, actually it was NOT even a portal. They better not be giving us that horrible thing again...doesn't even fit.

Hopefully it's just a placeholder.

I'm also hoping we still get stats. Be it stickers or cards or whatever.

I just noticed that each Sensei you own ups the level of your imaginator character. So if you collect all 31, then your character can go to level 51. Am I correct?

Of course I don't expect my old characters to work like that. I can recall that a level cap of 20 was built right into the figures themselves (not sure if the SuperChargers are made like that as I know they can go to 21), but it does bring up some rhetorical questions as I know no one has the answers right now.

How would this effect the balance of the game? Is a level 20 Imanginator 60% weaker than a level 20 old Skylander? Are they the same at level 20, which makes a level 51 Imanginator insanely OP? Actually, I would love a challenge like that for my old characters. See them work hard to beat baddies instead of mowing them right down like they done in SC on nightmare, but I doubt others would like this at all. Perhaps Imanginators at 20 is normal but they become Elite powered or something at 51? It'll be interesting to see how they'll balance this out.

How fast would it take to level these characters up? SuperChargers can level up your characters pretty quickly. I can see now why this was done with a new max cap in the works. In theory the fast leveling should slow down greatly at around 30 and it should be a bit of a grind like how it was in SSA and Giants. At least that's what I would like to happen. I really don't want to see leveling go at SSA/Giants pace for 51 levels, as I probably wouldn't have the patience to max more than one or two of my characters.

I was watching the videos very closely to get some answers but I can tell there was a bit of editing done. I noticed that Golden Queen was at low level 7 and then suddenly jumped to high level 8 in the next shot. She appeared to have progressed very little into the game, so it seems that leveling could be fairly fast once again.

As always it'll be interesting how this turns out when we get the game. More so for me, as I don't really plan on on buying many of the new guys but if the battleling ends up being too rough and my old characters too nerfed, I may have to "collect them all" just to keep up with things.

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Have they shown what the new portal looks like? SC was terrible...well, actually it was NOT even a portal. They better not be giving us that horrible thing again...doesn't even fit.

Hopefully it's just a placeholder.

I'm also hoping we still get stats. Be it stickers or cards or whatever.

I hope it's just a placeholder. The new portal for this game looks very much like the Swap Force portal, and oddly, the Dark edition Starter Pack contains the SuperChargers portal. You would think that with a game like this, they would come up with a new idea for an Imaginite Portal.

We do get stickers in the Starter Pack, but so far, cards have yet to be confirmed. However, when creating a character, they do have the stats for strength, agility, defense, and luck. And with every weapon or gear you equip, it increases their stats.

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The new portal for this game looks very much like the Swap Force portal. You would think that with a game like this, they would come up with a new idea for an Imaginite Portal.

They haven't shown a new portal. The one we've seen doesn't just look like a Swap Portal, it is one. It's exactly the same. There may be a new one, but if there is, we haven't seen it.

Best case scenario: New Portal.
Second best case: Swap Portal.
Worst case scenario: Rift Portal.

I really think the new bases would be an excellent shape for a portal, with the interesting edges and the flat surface on top.

What worries me about the Portal is the images show the SC "portal" without the trap compartment. So maybe that is what we get? If so, then I don't know what they were thinking that giving us that poor excuse for a portal...again, was a good idea.


So, just to be clear......NO reposes? The figures/characters we are getting are ALL new? BUT, all your old figures can still be used fight with? Or do they now ONLY unlock pieces to create your new character?

If I make a really cool character, I'm gonna want a figure of them. Maybe they'll offer some sort of way to purchase one....!

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What worries me about the Portal is the images show the SC "portal" without the trap compartment. So maybe that is what we get? If so, then I don't know what they were thinking that giving us that poor excuse for a portal...again, was a good idea.


So, just to be clear......NO reposes? The figures/characters we are getting are ALL new? BUT, all your old figures can still be used fight with? Or do they now ONLY unlock pieces to create your new character?

If I make a really cool character, I'm gonna want a figure of them. Maybe they'll offer some sort of way to purchase one....!

That portal, judging by Nightmoon's statement, is most likely just a placeholder. Hopefully. And apparently, Traps work the same way as they did in SuperChargers.

There won't be any reposes whatsoever. Some of the past characters are. however, part of the storyline.

Don't worry. The game supports all three-hundred plus characters from the past games. It's speculation right now, but some of them may unlock pieces of gear, weapons, or body parts for characters.

And Activision did mention something about a limited number of Portal Masters getting a toy of their creations.

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That portal, judging by Nightmoon's statement, is most likely just a placeholder. Hopefully. And apparently, Traps work the same way as they did in SuperChargers.

Oh, I'm just hopeful. Realistically, I can totally see them putting out old portals again. Whether it's the Swap Portal, as it has appeared in NA media, or the Rift Portal, as it has appeared in Australia/NZ retailers, we can't know for sure until we have confirmation.

If we don't get a new one, I may just make a custom one for personal use, cannibalising the components from one of my Rift Portals.

I just thought about how funny it is that Wolfgang's new fighting style is with a bow, considering the rivalry shown between him and Snap Shot in the commercials. Now they can compete in archery!

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I actually wanted to do this using one of my spare Traptanium Portals. I even disassembled it and had a precisely measured hexagonal design for it but no materials to make it.
Removing the components inside, they all work fine. That's no surprise, but it's just hilarious having all the parts out and exposed and it's just a couple of circuit pieces with a wire and a couple of lights and everything still works.

I felt the same way when I took out the trap reader chips from my spare Rift Portal and discovered they still transferred the signal from the trap to the portal. Even the old portals which didn't have trap slots!

Kind of want to use those chips to make a Trap Loader figure, based on the design of the STT/SSC Tablet Portal (just a smaller version of its basic shape, without the traptanium surface), though that would be a greater challenge than making a basic portal.

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it is exclusive...

The Dark Editions have always been exclusive to GameStop and EB Games..... I don't know what makes you think other wise.

Superchargers Dark edition was at Toys R Us, and so was Trap Team I believe.

Oh never heard of that before. They've always been exclusive to EB Games here in Australia and Canada I'm pretty sure. Always heard they were exclusive for GameStop as well. Could be something else I must be mixing it up with...

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The Dark Editions have always been exclusive to GameStop and EB Games..... I don't know what makes you think other wise.

Superchargers Dark edition was at Toys R Us, and so was Trap Team I believe.

Oh never heard of that before. They've always been exclusive to EB Games here in Australia and Canada I'm pretty sure. Always heard they were exclusive for GameStop as well. Could be something else I must be mixing it up with...

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A few interesting changes to the character viewer with the latest (or at least later than April) skylanders.com website update.

All pre-SSC character graphics are now .jpg, no longer separating character graphic from background graphic. Some of which seem to have changed slightly from before as well.
The Elite Dino-Rang graphics (tablet/mobile/PC) are currently missing. link

Technically not news, rather: Old stuff that haven't been adjusted for
The Trap Team Elites and Gnarly Barkley still haven't been added to the main character viewer. Elites used to have a separate viewer, but that's gone now. Gnarly Barkley was strangely never added to the main viewer (which is weird, because it's a proper alt deco), and never had his own either.

I wonder if they're going to redesign the viewer once again. I hope they do, because the one we got in SSC is terrible IMO. I still find myself visiting the villain viewer for a reminder of how much better it was in SSF-STT (can't speak for SG, and I know it was drastically different in SSA, due to the then-small roster).

EDIT: New main page resources
Mystical landscape background


Electricity in space background


Very pretty.