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The Gamescom announcent is obviously for a new Sensei...

It's highly unlikely we'll get anything more than the mobile game from gamescom.

But look at this: Eggcited Thrillipede was found close to launch. What else is usually close to launch? GAMESCOM. Eggcited Thrillipede has a long tail and his normal form is green. Who else is green with a tail? TEMPLATE TEMPLATE. Eggcited Template Template confirmed.

Dark will need to create a new template for Template Template. In fact, he doesn't have a real element, so he'll need a template for the new template for Template Template.

this no longer looks like a word

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Dark will need to create a new template for Template Template. In fact, he doesn't have a real element, so he'll need a template for the new template for Template Template.

this no longer looks like a word

That's something to contemplate.

I hope he comes with an Adventure Pack.

But how would his stage be like?

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I hope he comes with an Adventure Pack.

But how would his stage be like?

The island of templates

Just the default skybox and untextured plataforms, kinda like the Yooka-Laylee Toybox demo. They can handwave it as Skylands before the Ancients learned their powers.

(which follows the 'ancients are TFB/VV' theory from TT which I like a lot more than shapeshifting brain people)

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It's highly unlikely we'll get anything more than the mobile game from gamescom.

I'd argue that we will also most likely see the trailer for Season 2 of Academy.

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Sorry for being off topic but chompy King I just read your message. However I can't PM you for some reason? If you can PM me

You can just message me on my main guestbook. I don't do PM, sorry.

the gamescom info is obviously gonna be a live satanic ritual to summon eggsatan

I don't think they'll show the LIM. It's already out, so why would they show it off? I hope they show Academy or some new Skylander they want to add.

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the gamescom info is obviously gonna be a live satanic ritual to summon eggsatan

guestbook'd

Also - new question:

Favorite Adventure Pack?

I like Thumpin' Wumpa Islands the absolute best.

However, Mirror Of Mystery and Sheep Wreck Islands are also really good and are tied for close seconds.

TWI is kinda cheating because of the size, but it's the best.

Thumpin' Wumpa Islands and Dragon's Peak.

If Thumpin' Wumpa Islands doesn't count, then I going to say a tie between Mirror Of Mystery and Sheep Wreck Islands.

My favorite Adventure Pack so far has been Darklight Crypt, probably followed by Nightmare Express and then Dragon's Peak.

(Though I should also qualify that by saying I haven't yet played any of the Imaginators packs except Enchanted Elven Forest, which was... pretty bad. I also recognize that most people here think it's by far the worst of the 5 released for SI.)

Oooh, forgot about Darklight Crypt. Good aesthetic but lacked... Something.

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the gamescom info is obviously gonna be a live satanic ritual to summon eggsatan

guestbook'd

Still didn't do my last meals quote even though you said you would



Back on topic, my favorite adventure pack is probably Tower of time

Thumpin' Wumpa Islands is my choice if only because I've not had any other experience besides Pirate Seas, which isn't so much an adventure pack as [a series of expletives]. As an Adventure Pack, it's pretty decent; the combat is spread thin and the most fun I had was with the boss fight, but the aesthetics are a pleasant change. As a Crash Bandicoot themed level it touched just enough bases to be considered that; the wumpa, the chase (though it didn't need chilli as a motivation), the shooter segment with Cortex battle music and natives were all awesome, but I felt there was so much more they could've done make the experience so much more Crash. I would love to have had the platforming toward the end more like the bridge level in CB1, and end in a tower more akin to N. Brio or Cortex's style, for example.
If anything it makes me more appreciative of Vicarious Visions doing the N. Sane Trilogy than Toys for Bob, but to say they had no experience with the characters or IP prior to this, they did a job worthy of applause.

I'm just gonna list my opinions of all the packs...
Empire of Ice: Would be better without the glitch at the end where the cutscene doesn't play when the wall breaks.
Pirate Seas: Great for your first time, but kinda ruined afterwards by the overdose of Pirate Cards.
Darklight Crypt: The "Two Worlds" mechanic is always fun.
Dragon's Peak: Incredibly fun, just wish we could fight Vathek
Tower of Time: YEEEEEEEESSSSSSS
Sheep Wreck Island: Fun, and proves that sheep are in fact evil.
Midnight Museum: Great, but the boss fight brings it down a bit.
Sunscraper Spire: Perfect way to introduce a new element.
Nightmare Express: Yeah, it was pretty fun.
Mirror of Mystery: One of the best ones if you ask me.
Gryphon Park Observatory: I get too much enjoyment out of this one. It's just birds, why do I like it so much?
Enchanted Elven Forest: Pretty fun as well.
Thumpin Wumpa Islands: Music is catchy, that's it.
Cursed Tiki Temple: You had me at the word Illusion
Lost Imaginite Mines: Great level, terrible boss.

My favourite is the one with the tower that controls all of time and you need to slot in gears to save the tower and you have to fight a metal thing to finish the level AKA Temporal Tower I MEAN TOWER OF TIME

My least favourite is Thumpin Wumpa Islands. Unpopular opinion, I know.

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My least favourite is Thumpin Wumpa Islands. Unpopular opinion, I know.

I don't really expect to love it myself. The footage I've watched of it is just more generic Skylanders gameplay at best, and things I actively disliked about the original Crash Bandicoot game on the first Playstation at worst. I don't understand why everyone "squee"s so damn hard about the remaster. (Also, I'm an Xbox gamer, so it's not like I can play said remaster.)

@emeraldzoroark - You fight Vathek in the 3DS version of the level. He's a pushover, really.

Time Tower, Thumpin Wumpa Islands, Midnight Museum, and Pirate Seas.

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My least favourite is Thumpin Wumpa Islands. Unpopular opinion, I know.

I don't really expect to love it myself. The footage I've watched of it is just more generic Skylanders gameplay at best, and things I actively disliked about the original Crash Bandicoot game on the first Playstation at worst. I don't understand why everyone "squee"s so damn hard about the remaster. (Also, I'm an Xbox gamer, so it's not like I can play said remaster.)

Nostalgia. People played it when we had MUCH lower expectations from 3D platformers. At the time it looked great, which helped with the frustration and extremely straight forward gameplay. Thumpa Wumpa Islands was a great representation of the original game, which compared to current games is not that great.

Of the ones I've played, I would say Dragon's Peak is my favorite. Liked the visuals, the plot, the gimmick, loved the music, I just thought the last-hour cancelation of a boss fight was a bit disappointing. I would love to play Thumpin' Wumpa Islands if the opportunity to have Imaginators ever arrives.

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Oooh, forgot about Darklight Crypt. Good aesthetic but lacked... Something.

I felt it could have a bit more combat, but besides that I really liked it.

Ah, I was gonna ask about adventure packs on the last page!

Anyway, Dragon's Peak is my favourite. Awesome level with DRAGONS, Sunburn (who needed more love), and Sparx. It was a weird way to include him, but at least they tried?!

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Ah, I was gonna ask about adventure packs on the last page!

Anyway, Dragon's Peak is my favourite. Awesome level with DRAGONS, Sunburn (who needed more love), and Sparx. It was a weird way to include him, but at least they tried?!

I mean, he's a dragonfly so why not?

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I'm sorry to interrupt the Adventure Packs discussion (my favorite ones are probably Sheep Wreck Island for the atmosphere and concept, Gryphon Park Observatory for the structure of the level itself and Thumpin Wumpa Islands because of its lenght, content and general idea behind it) but I wanted to share with you a thought I've had in my mind for quite a while.

Looking at N. Sane Trilogy and these early footage contents I'm starting to wonder if the most recent Skylanders games, particularly SWAP Force and SuperChargers ("coincidentally" developed by Vicarious Visions) didn't also served as a way to test the Crash remakes.

Reused assets and graphic engine aside, I mean.
SWAP Force introduced the jump ability, which while indeed requested by fans is also a fundamental elemnt when it comes to the orange marsupial's gameplay; it also introduced 2D platforming areas.
Not only that but I'm also pretty sure you could destroy crates and other objects by jumping onto them, don't remember in which entries though.

Regarding SuperChargers, I realized how the Sky Areas are identical to the plane levels in Warped (which also use the same icon for the gunsight).
I suppose you could say something similar for the motorbike and jet-ski levels as well, respectively comparable to Earth and Sea Zones but I don't think the similarities are as strong.
Same goes for the side-scrolling underwater levels, but that might be overthinking.

Long story short: I don't think Skylanders games changed so they could experiment with Crash elements, but I still think they might have included certain aspects so they could start working on the actual game while also seeing the reactions of customers, particularly regarding the platforming ones.
Have no idea when V.V. may have started developing the N. Sane Trilogy, though.

In case you guys still need older characters, toys r us has a buy 1 get 4 free going on for every Skylander that's not imaginators. I was about to pick up some characters I missed during their during their original games that I wanted to get but never got to. I got Sunburn (and his adventure pack), Ninjini, Spy Rise, Knight Light, and Smash Hit for $10 and I had a coupon so it was all free.

I'm just waiting for the sales on crystals to begin...
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Also, my Hard Boiled Flare Wolf seems to be broken. I put him on the portal the other day and it didn't pick him up, even after I changed around what portal I was using.

And, I reworked my favorite games in order because I had a new thought last night.

1. Imaginators
2. Trap Team
3. SuperChargers
4. Spyro's Adventure
5. Giants
6. Swap Force

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In case you guys still need older characters, toys r us has a buy 1 get 4 free going on for every Skylander that's not imaginators. I was about to pick up some characters I missed during their during their original games that I wanted to get but never got to. I got Sunburn (and his adventure pack), Ninjini, Spy Rise, Knight Light, and Smash Hit for $10 and I had a coupon so it was all free.

Alas, this doesn't apply to UK stores. I've had a look and they've only got 3 Superchargers items (Legendary Jet Vac & Roller Brawl, and the Water Pack). I'm really surprised how US ones are selling stock dating back to Giants though, so I can import it I might go down that route. Ta for the update though!

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In case you guys still need older characters, toys r us has a buy 1 get 4 free going on for every Skylander that's not imaginators. I was about to pick up some characters I missed during their during their original games that I wanted to get but never got to. I got Sunburn (and his adventure pack), Ninjini, Spy Rise, Knight Light, and Smash Hit for $10 and I had a coupon so it was all free.

I noticed that they had normal Thrillipede up on the website. Of course he's sold out and I bet the scalpers had a field day buying hundreds of him. I wonder if he's actually going to appear in the stores now like his dragonfly vehicle (I cannot ever remember any those vehicle names).

Anyway, it seems that they restocked yet again and have a nice selection. Makes you wonder how many of these things they have unsold in warehouses. They keep running out online only to restock again in a couple weeks, which is annoying but will probably happen to Thrillipede. I'm thinking it'll probably happen to LIM someday as well...and the yawn traps. LOL

I've seen regular Thrillipede in the Durham, NC TRU numerous times over the last year. Unlike the yawn traps and now LIM, he did get at least some form of brick-and-mortar release in the US.

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I've seen regular Thrillipede in the Durham, NC TRU numerous times over the last year. Unlike the yawn traps and now LIM, he did get at least some form of brick-and-mortar release in the US.

was the yawn traps only released in europe?

So I finally used that Trap Team Wii U redemption code. Trap Team is my second favorite in the series so I thought I should replay it with good graphics - as it was meant to be.

The only thing is - that download time though. I started the download about 2 hours ago and it's still only 27% done. I'm just going to watch a movie tonight and I'll just play it tomorrow morning when it's done.

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the gamescom info is obviously gonna be a live satanic ritual to summon eggsatan

Snooping as Usual I see?

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was the yawn traps only released in europe?

As far as I can tell, the yawn traps were only released in Australia and maybe New Zealand.

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was the yawn traps only released in europe?

As far as I can tell, the yawn traps were only released in Australia and maybe New Zealand.

Yep, they were released in New Zealand, that's where I got mine

Well, I was trying toget the LIM Time Trail today, [Been using Aurora for the first half and Blaster-Tron for the second half] and I just learned that there is a glitch, where sometimes the last gate won't open for the trigger to start the boss. So the entire run was wasted. Great!

Not to mention LIM is probably the worst for time trials.

Immediately went back in to try it again, I got it. Aurora for speed and Blaster-Tron for strength seemed to be the right way to go! Light Element go!

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Yeah, LIM and Kaos' Game Show seem to both be kind of ridiculous in terms of the time trial, barely any room for error. But they're at least manageable, kind of!

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Now, since I switched to the Switch version (HA!), all I have left to do is beat the game on Nightmare Mode [for the Wasteland Set], and maybe grind some imaginite. (Depends on how generous the required chest will be in my Nightmare playthrough.) Then I will have 100%'d Imaginators! (And also collected all Imaginator parts too, hopefully.)

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Immediately went back in to try it again, I got it. Aurora for speed and Blaster-Tron for strength seemed to be the right way to go! Light Element go!

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Yeah, LIM and Kaos' Game Show seem to both be kind of ridiculous in terms of the time trial, barely any room for error. But they're at least manageable, kind of!

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Now, since I switched to the Switch version (HA!), all I have left to do is beat the game on Nightmare Mode [for the Wasteland Set], and maybe grind some imaginite. (Depends on how generous the required chest will be in my Nightmare playthrough.) Then I will have 100%'d Imaginators! (And also collected all Imaginator parts too, hopefully.)

Great job! Now... do it on nightmare.

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So I finally used that Trap Team Wii U redemption code. Trap Team is my second favorite in the series so I thought I should replay it with good graphics - as it was meant to be.

The only thing is - that download time though. I started the download about 2 hours ago and it's still only 27% done. I'm just going to watch a movie tonight and I'll just play it tomorrow morning when it's done.

you should have gotten the ps4 version, that is the definitive version of trap team. the graphics is so crisp its nearly scary, when you come from the blurry ps3,wiiu or the worst ever version on wii..

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was the yawn traps only released in europe?

As far as I can tell, the yawn traps were only released in Australia and maybe New Zealand.

ok, only two countries that is crazy, you would think at least they get released in the usa since the game is developed there.

Out of curiosity why does everyone like trap team so much. That was my least favorite game in the series