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According to the latest HDRoom article, there is a new Trap slot in the next Portal.

Traps ARE compatible, as they can be used to power up vehicles of the same element, but the villains remain in the Trap, unable to be used.

Although, each villain DOES unlock a Skystone once placed in the game.


I am quite sad to hear this, but at least they didn't drop all support for them altogether. Surprised that they can actually be used for something special; They have never done this with any of the "gimmick" characters before.

And the new Skystones is called "Skystones Overdrive"

dont come as a shock, all older gimmick is either removed or have a very limited usage in the new game.

There's a hole in the portal for traps. Is true:

...Good thing I still only have two

Well that REALY SUCKS ....i liked many of the Villians. Maybe if enough people ***** they will do a patch update to make them playable in some places...like the mini's have there spot in the Library.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?

Good. I got sick of buying traps.

wow the traps have become a collectors item that doesn't seem worth owning in anyway.

Getting the traps was so painful and expensive that it is a bit sad to see that they won't really be enjoyable in the next game.

Good news is that there won't be new ones. !

Good. I really didn't want playable villains. I'm happier with traps being repurposed like this for SuperChargers.

Card Games on motorcycles!

This is why I should've stuck with getting 1 trap per element...
Oh well.

Completely expected. At least this also means Skystones is coming back, hopefully they keep expanding it so people that collected traps don't feel ripped off.

Hooray, no more villains! Greatest Skylanders game ever!

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ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?

I know.**** you VV

Well... Sadly it does make sense. I mean, they would've taken up way more space in the game files.
But still... my Golden Queen...

So I colleced a trap for every villain for... Skystones? Um, no. I bought them so that I coul play as the villains. I did NOT pay 6.99 plus tax for a Skystone.

Not just a Skystone, they power up the vehicle too! Lou Studdert says it on camera in one of our new vids.

Good, all the more reason to simply get one trap for each element, as I had always intended. I'm halfway there, anyway.

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So I colleced a trap for every villain for... Skystones? Um, no. I bought them so that I coul play as the villains. I did NOT pay 6.99 plus tax for a Skystone.

Good thing you can stil play as the villains then, eh?

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According to the latest HDRoom article, there is a new Trap slot in the next Portal.

Traps ARE compatible, as they can be used to power up vehicles of the same element, but the villains remain in the Trap, unable to be used.

Although, each villain DOES unlock a Skystone once placed in the game.

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So I colleced a trap for every villain for... Skystones? Um, no. I bought them so that I coul play as the villains. I did NOT pay 6.99 plus tax for a Skystone.

Good thing you can stil play as the villains then, eh?

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I hope people start selling off their traps so I can buy all of them at a discount. And/Or I hope TRU gets a sale on traps where I don't have to buy a water trap or a skylander to get the deal

So glad I only got 1 trap per element.

I'm not really feeling this game as it is more of a racer/vehicle game than a Skylander game. I guess we shall see.

Better than nothing. I was expecting no trap compatibility so I'm pleased they atleast kept the traps.

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Not sure what you're getting at - you can still play as the villain you've already trapped in the game you already own. Nothing has changed.

So traps are magic items now then? Like adventure pack were after Swapforce

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So traps are magic items now then? Like adventure pack were after Swapforce

Those 15 dollar Trap masters are just big cores now as well.

What about the Kaos Traps? Will they work on all ten different elements or just become totally useless?

Ok. I will still play Trap Team even after this game is out so I don't care honestly. It's nice to see they have it. Besides it isn't like Trap Team is instantly unusable when this game comes out. Besides I wish people would wait till the game is out to rant. Same with STT's elemental zones.

I was expecting them to be fully supported with playable villains but seeing how they are truly focusing on the vehicles I'm not that surprised.

It will be fun to see how much they will influence them with the new powers.

NO! WOLFGANG! all of the hate! ALL OF THE HATE!

but I do like Spitfire

Well who knows, it could still be cool. Now I wonder what will the Kaos trap do in the portal?

Isn't that what Trap Team is for? Sheesh, I was not expecting this many people to be surprised by this decision. A lot of development time and energy would be needed to put the villains in this game and, judging by what I've been seein, the two main developers don't seem to want to cooperate all that much.

It's the Call of Duty formula for sure. The only question is when Beenox will get the go-ahead to develop a new Skylanders game. ;>.>

When they stop screwing up bug testing,probably.

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NO! WOLFGANG!

For all we know, they could put Wolfgang as a Supercharger, but I doubt they would.

So how much do you think my traps would sell for?

probably $1

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When they stop screwing up bug testing,probably.

Speaking of this... Th-they aren't developing SuperChargers... RIGHT?!

Regardless of the emotional side of not playing as villains in superchargers, I'm wondering about the rational side that lead to this decision. I mean, they have already created the villains, including them in the next installment would have just been like a copy-paste with a few technical improvements. So, this decision is not due to resources or time limit but rather like, I don't know, driving more attention towards the new gimmick?

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Regardless of the emotional side of not playing as villains in superchargers, I'm wondering about the rational side that lead to this decision. I mean, they have already created the villains, including them in the next installment would have just been like a copy-paste with a few technical improvements. So, this decision is not due to resources or time limit but rather like, I don't know, driving more attention towards the new gimmick?

It's driving more attention towards the new gimmick, and possibly to balance out the game instead of spending time with TFB's gimmick to make them not destroy it. Looking at the gameplay with the UI on, it seems they're back to ~100 damage being something powerful.

Yes, yes, that is what I want! I was really drawn off of the fact that 400+ was considered powerful in Trap Team, considering it made other attacks seem weak. I haven't seen the videos myself yet,. but I plan to soon.

Eh, not that big of a deal for me. I can still go back and play as the villains in Trap Team anyway. Also, something worth pointing out is that they basically have nowhere to take the villains any farther, since they're already ultra powerful.

Oh what a surprise. This is EXACTLY what I predicted months and months ago.

I wonder why I didn't go out buying all the traps? Oh! Because it was the worst greedy cash grab from Activision yet. It was obvious from the way they treated Giants and Swappers that Traps would not get any real support.

Don't feel bitter about "wasting" money on the traps though. You bought them for Trap team. Never buy a product based on what might happen in the future. Judge things on the here and now only.

Oh sadness.

SO happy I never purchased more than 1 trap per element. What a waste.

The only positive I can take from this is maybe we will one day finally get villain figures???

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ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?

I know.**** you VV

Well... Sadly it does make sense. I mean, they would've taken up way more space in the game files.
But still... my Golden Queen...

See, I'm really tired of the excuse that developers have to radically cut content just to save on disc space so they can work on compatibility with older characters. If they were really worried about not being able to have the disc space to allow all past Skylanders, we wouldn't be dealing with so many series 3 and series 4 characters. Two editions of a single Skylander is more than enough.

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I know.**** you VV

Well... Sadly it does make sense. I mean, they would've taken up way more space in the game files.
But still... my Golden Queen... :(

See, I'm really tired of the excuse that developers have to radically cut content just to save on disc space so they can work on compatibility with older characters. If they were really worried about not being able to have the disc space to allow all past Skylanders, we wouldn't be dealing with so many series 3 and series 4 characters. Two editions of a single Skylander is more than enough.

I think it's less about cutting space and more focused on this game's gimmick. How can VV make this new vehicle thing "fun and enjoyable" if they have to waste time programming in playable villains? Obviously, the new central gimmick needs to be the focus so people will buy the new toys and merchandise. >.>