darkSpyro

I mean, first, she's one of the few land characters without box art, her car has to do with bones, and the land trophy is Count Moneybone. I'm sure that this 3 pack will have Roller brawl, but then again, it could end up being DD Trigger Happy.

I don't think she will since she will already be in a Combo Pack and a Triple Pack in Wave 3. It's most likely going to be DD Trigger Happy in Wave 4/5.

How about Smash Hit instead?
I know he'll be released in singles as part of Wave 2 but... Does this really exclude him as a potential candidate?

Maybe it's just me hoping I will be able to buy the Adventure Racing Pack without needing to look for the separate Land Trophy on eBay but I don't think he should be excluded this easily.

If it was up to me, it would be Fiesta, considering he and Moneybone have story connections. But I highly doubt it. As for who it's actually going to be, probably Trigger Happy.

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How about Smash Hit instead?
I know he'll be released in singles as part of Wave 2 but... Does this really exclude him as a potential candidate?

Maybe it's just me hoping I will be able to buy the Adventure Racing Pack without needing to look for the separate Land Trophy on eBay but I don't think he should be excluded this easily.

I honestly don't think so. Since he is a Wave 2 character (that's being released on Day 1 none the less), chances are a lot of people would already have him by the time the pack comes out, therefor buying double characters and vehicles.

...But I guess if Stealth Elf can get a single pack despite being released in almost every starter pack, anything's plausible.

Yep, not to mention Racing Action Packs are something absolutely new to the series since they are the first expansions to not add true levels and also the first ones to be packaged with revamps.

So yes, Adventure Packs did follow the path of being packaged with never released before Skylanders but this is rather different.

It is almost definitely Trigger Happy.

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Yep, not to mention Racing Action Packs are something absolutely new to the series since they are the first expansions to not add true levels and also the first ones to be packaged with revamps.

So yes, Adventure Packs did follow the path of being packaged with never released before Skylanders but this is rather different.

Contrary to the way you want everyone to to think, ESPECIALLY V.V., V.V. considers them to be "like new characters", and wants everyone else to as well....

paraphrasal:
"It wouldn't make sense for say, gill grunt, decked out in cool new armor with brand new powers, to go back to Say, Trap Team, and function like a regular old Gill Grunt with his old costume and powers. We think of them as basically new characters, and we hope the fanbase will too"
-VV rep in some days-weeks old interview...
and since "the focus is on the vehicles", so making adventure packs "for vehicles", is a natural move...
So, unfortunately (for you, at least, I ACTUALLY want it to be Trigg, if it's not, then I'll look like a FOOL driving around Sun Runner as Spyro), from V.V.'s standpoint, everything is still status quo...

SuperChargers revamps aren't backwards compatible because of the new animations and upgrades.
Not because they are new characters but because they are new in-game models.
I guess there could also be a lore explanation and this is their "final form" which cannot be reverted and that's why old figures are still their old selves.

But I can understand why you are saying tracks would still be part of the main experience so yes, Racing Action Packs are indeed this year's Adventure Packs.
But they are still rather different.

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SuperChargers revamps aren't backwards compatible because of the new animations and upgrades.
Not because they are new characters but because they are new in-game models.
I guess there could also be a lore explanation and this is their "final form" which cannot be reverted and that's why old figures are still their old selves.

But I can understand why you are saying tracks would still be part of the main experience so yes, Racing Action Packs are indeed this year's Adventure Packs.
But they are still rather different.

From a marketing standpoint honestly 0 lore is involved with them being new. They could be totally new next year and it wouldn't matter either.

You mean there is 0 lore involved in the fact they are considered new characters?
I guess so but as I previously said there might be explanations for them (the point is, will they care to come up with some?).

Story-wise they fit the lore but yes it is kinda strange they cannot be played in older games... Somehow.

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You mean there is 0 lore involved in the fact they are considered new characters?
I guess so but as I previously said there might be explanations for them (the point is, will they care to come up with some?).

Story-wise they fit the lore but yes it is kinda strange they cannot be played in older games... Somehow.

Yeah if a character is popular that specific character will just keep being around each game. This is why Sunburn isn't reposed as of yet and why we have 6 Gill Grunts and 6 Stealth Elfs and 5 Trigger Happy's. The figures sell. I know I forgot a few. Pop Fizz being a SG favorite and stuff etc.

Actually, there is lore explanations for them being new, but that's RiO spoilers.

Not just new powers,the base being the engine as well. But I'll stop here before the details get too obvious.

So they did explained the engines...?!
GREAT!

That's ALL I wanted!

I'm calling it now- i bet it's gonna be triggs.

The rift engine bases are actually REALLY important to RiO and the overall story, Drek.

Just not sure if it'll show up in the game's cutscenes - not because they're being lazy and relegating it to the comics, but a lot in the arc already needs to be shown in the beginning and with the ~40 min for all cutscenes as said in articles,they'll probably avoid the exposition dump.

... Good Eon, I just wish the digital comic was out already...

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So they did explained the engines...?!
GREAT!

That's ALL I wanted!

That's good, because it seems so out of place.

Exactly.

At first I thought the engines were the only things able to activate a vehicle but then we found out all the characters could do it...
Maybe they are needed to supercharge a vehicle...

Don't know it could actually be a logical assumption.

It's way more than that, Drek