darkSpyro

Well I keep seeing topics here, and people asking elsewhere about the big question "Will Traps still be usable in the next game", and I think I just found a way to allow them to be in the game without the need for the "special" Traptanium portal.

What if they made the Traps into a magic item by selling (or releasing with a set, or whatever) a magic item that was basically something that could hold a trap.

So... for a VERY basic example, imagine the item was like a volcano, and the inside of the volcano was the exact shape to place a trap.

That way you could still use them in future games AND they would never have to worry again about making portals or whatever backwards compatible.

Your thoughts?

Either this or my idea to have the next portal have an adapapter port to buy that would hold traps. With this adter you would never need a new portal again.

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Either this or my idea to have the next portal have an adapapter port to buy that would hold traps. With this adter you would never need a new portal again.

Well then that would never happen.

You think that they want people NOT buying the old Portals again and again and again?

They want it but if they keep introducing new portals it might be a big turn off for recurring customers.

It is really hard to tell sometimes if they really care about returning customers.

I mean it would only be logical, but a lot of the things they do (I'm looking at you Mini's Double Packs) really seem to tell a different story.

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Either this or my idea to have the next portal have an adapapter port to buy that would hold traps. With this adter you would never need a new portal again.

I'm hoping they make a Portal Owner's pack for the next game. Hopefully they won't go overboard with being innovative in Skylanders 5.

Honestly, I'm thinking Traps WILL work in Sky 5, with new traps and villains.

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Honestly, I'm thinking Traps WILL work in Sky 5, with new traps and villains.

Here's hopin'

At the moment HOPE is all you have, and an nervous feeling as Activision hasn't answered or even hinted at direct inquiries.

There will probably be no new trappable villains in sky 5 but you will be able to use the villain that's in the trap

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At the moment HOPE is all you have, and an nervous feeling as Activision hasn't answered or even hinted at direct inquiries.

They are being oddly quiet yes, but look at how quiet they were about the 3DS game, so again HOPE that just like the 3DS we get good news in the end.

Being quiet isn't a bad thing...I get that their focus is on THIS game now. But they will have a hot mess on their hands next year if they don't support it.

I promise you guys that they know the gimmick for 2015...in fact I'd wager to say they know what they are doing for 2016. Activision and most other larger scale developers have a 2 year battle plan. They know what they're doing next year. Now they've backed themselves into a corner with the trap slot. If it doesn't carry over to future games that will hurt their market trust going forward. Adventure packs are one thing but having actual games pieces that wouldn't do anything without having the slot will hurt this franchise a lot. Frankly I think they need a peripheral like this to compete with D.I.'s discs. They could add weapons and vehicles going forward that would utilize the slot thus allowing previously caught villains to be used.

They probably didn't want to confirm them for Skylanders 5 (Which is confirmed) because they didn't want to get our hopes up if they couldn't make them compatible, it's most likely they will be compatible because of the complaints about buying new portals for SSF and STT.