darkSpyro

For fun, I took my spreadsheet of figures and cut/filtered it down to the number of unique characters we've got.

So, from all currently released figures (though and including Wave 3 of Superchargers, Including Nightfall, Bowser and Donkey Kong, and all sidekicks/minis), if you cut out any alternate versions of the same character, if my list is correct, we're at 143 unique characters that have been released as of now.

Astroblast
Barkley
Bash
Bat Spin
Blackout
Blades
Blast Zone
Blastermind
Boomer
Boom Jet
Bop
Bouncer
Bowser
Breeze
Bumble Blast
Bushwhack
Camo
Chill
Chop Chop
Chopper
Cobra Cadabra
Countdown
Crusher
Cynder
Deja Vu
Dino-Rang
Dive-Clops
Donkey Kong
Doom Stone
Double Trouble
Drill Sergeant
Drobit
Drobot
Dune Bug
Echo
Enigma
Eruptor
Eye Small
Eye-Brawl
Fiesta
Fire Kraken
Fist Bump
Flameslinger
Flashwing
Fling Kong
Flip Wreck
Food Fight
Free Ranger
Freeze Blade
Fright Rider
Fryno
Funny Bone
Gearshift
Ghost Roaster
Gill Grunt
Gill Runt
Grilla Drilla
Grim Creeper
Gusto
Head Rush
Hex
High Five
High Volt
Hijinx
Hoot Loop
Hot Dog
Hot Head
Ignitor
Jawbreaker
Jet-Vac
Ka-Boom
Knight Light
Knight Mare
Krypt King
Lightning Rod
Lob-Star
Magna Charge
Mini-Jini
Night Fall
Night Shift
Ninjini
Pet Vac
Pop Fizz
Pop Thorn
Prism Break
Punk Shock
Rattle Shake
Rip Tide
Rocky Roll
Roller Brawl
Rubble Rouser
Scorp
Scratch
Short Cut
Shroomboom
Slam Bam
Slobbertooth
Small Fry
Smash Hit
Smolderdash
Snap Shot
Sonic Boom
Spitfire
Splat
Spotlight
Sprocket
Spry
Spy Rise
Spyro
Star Strike
Stealth Elf
Stink Bomb
Stormblade
Stump Smash
Sunburn
Swarm
Terrabite
Terrafin
Thumpback
Thumpling
Thunderbolt
Torch
Trail Blaizer
Trap Shadow
Tread Head
Tree Rex
Trigger Happy
Trigger Snappy
Tuff Luck
Voodood
Wallop
Warnado
Wash Buckler
Weeruptor
Wham-Shell
Whirlwind
Whisper Elf
Wild Fire
Wind-Up
Wrecking Ball
Zap
Zoo Lou
Zook


Think we'll hit #150 before the next game?

Seems unlikely to me. Thrillipede is the only new character left from from SuperChargers - so, unless they do something crazy, it seems that #150 might be a random character that comes out at launch for Sky 6 next year at the start of the new game.

I dunno if they actually pay attention to milestones :C TFB might since they have tons of extra designs lying around, but creating a new character just for it would be a bit far. Maybe have a special reveal when it gets to that number of known characters.

Your list includes the Dragonfire Cannon and the Scorpion Striker.

Crap, you're right. Took 'em out. Not sure why I had those both listed as "Core" on my spreadsheet... Fixed now. :D

That puts us to 142 - or 143 after all known Superchargers characters come out.

Seems super unlikely they somehow have seven brand new characters hidden up their sleeves for this game.

They had 3 for Trap Team,so it's not impossible that,should this be a 40-char lineup and not 18, they can reveal all 7 at once and have the milestone character for the game's reveal.

You forgot Boom Jet. If you include Thrillipede, there are (or will be) 143 unique characters in the game as of SuperChargers. 141 if not on Nintendo.

Quote: Buuzer

I think Dark Spyro is a unique character, purple flames instead of oranges ones and his unique background story (the only one that can controll The Darkness' power).

Dark Spyro is an alter ego, it's Spyro using super form stuff. He's as unique as any of the Dark Editions or special variants.

Quote: Dahvoo

You forgot Boom Jet. If you include Thrillipede, there are (or will be) 143 unique characters in the game as of SuperChargers. 141 if not on Nintendo.

Hm. My Spreadsheet had an extra Boomer listed as a SWAP Force figure instead of Boom Jet. Must have autofilled the previously used name without me catching it. Gr.

Buuzer might be right, Dark Spyro has a completely different moveset in the 3DS games (every game before SuperChargers). Rather than shooting straight fireballs and ramming, he uses tail whip attacks with lightning breath and shoots arching balls of darkness/lightning. He is definitely a unique character in the 3DS games, but in the console games he is pretty much a Spyro clone.

I'm leaning more towards counting him as a unique character due to the 3DS games, but it's a matter of preference if you're only going by who is unique in the console games.

Not an unique character though,even with 3DS included. Almost sure the designers will count by character and not playable experience.

I wouldn't count him because he's still Spyro. His backstory is Spyro.

The 8 returning Superchargers have new move sets for every game they work on, but I wouldn't count them either. Sure Shot Stealth Elf is still Stealth Elf.

True. I guess if you count the same character with different moves as unique, you'd have to include all the returning characters in SuperChargers and any character that added a unique Wow-Pow.

Yeah, I'm looking more at from a story-line/creativity stand point. Like, if Activision were going to, say, create mini-comics for every unique character and tell their origin, these are the ones who would get their own issue or something. Totally unique characters.

Trigger Happy in a racing suit is still Trigger Happy.
Spyro filled with Darkness is still Spyro.

One could try to argue that the Legendaries are different characters (I believe the lore is that they're statues built to celebrate the best of Skylands), but, bah. Trigger Happy with Gold and Blue paint is still Trigger Happy. :D

Well,even if it's a statue,it's still a clone, still same personality and all that. Even Dark Pit can't be a clone of Pit.... Despite being a clone technically... Because he's got a few different tricks and a wildly different personality,so they would never be mistaken for the same person.

128 unique characters when you exclude every kind of variants (Reposed, Supercherger Reposed, Alt Deco, Lightcore, Elites, Minis, etc.)
144 if you add the Minis to previous number
152 if you add the Supercharger Reposed to previous number

Minis aren't variants,they're also their own characters. Same person in a VERY loose sense of the world,but alternate universe counterparts that seem to have gone through different issues - Pet-Vac still struggles with leadership(and actually seems to have the role instead of Spry), Hijinx isn't one bit mysterious or cold, and most of them seem to be tricksters as you'd expect from kids.

It's the comic canon though, might be just David's interpretation and not what TFB had in mind.

Quote: newkill

The correct numbers are:

126 unique characters when you exclude every kind of variants (Reposed, Supercherger Reposed, Alt Deco, Lightcore, Elites, Minis, etc.)
134 if you add the Supercherger Reposed to previous number
150 if you add the Minis to previous number

By your numbers, but my method (Reposed superchargers don't count, Minis do), it's 142. What extra one do I have that you're not counting?

I made a mistake, forgot the Nintendo characters. The number is 144, not 142. 143 + Thrillipede = 144

Ah. So we've got the same list then. With some corrections to my list, of course.

I should upload my spreadsheet and have y'all double check it. I even fixed a few things in there before I uploaded this, then there will still tons of errors. :/

So this is the totaly amount of Skylanders not counting variants? I thought it was 112 skylanders. I read it somewhere on a site. Was pretty close though.

I'm up to 320 REGISTERED skylanders to date (everything)...am I missing any? lol

Quote: TakeYourLemons

I'm up to 320 REGISTERED skylanders to date (everything)...am I missing any? lol

Yawn traps. :p

1. nice list, very interesting.
2. i refuse to count DK and bowser as skylanders so in my book is 142.
3. i count minis as alt versions of characters
4. in the "collector" level in superchargers they mention i think 324? former champions. is that the total number of figures minus darks, alt decos and chase figures?

time to do some quick counting.
my count
211 figures and again DK and bowser are not skylanders.
229 figures with vehicles
245 with all 16 elites
279 with magical items including kaos trophy
traps? no clue and i feel like im missing stuff...also these are quick and dirty numbers from the posters so dont use these numbers as facts lol.

Thanks for thinking about it uncle bob. I have been pretty curious about that figure.

To me what matters the most are the Skylanders.
And there are 126 completely unique characters (125 currently released).

Quote: UncleBob

Quote: TakeYourLemons

I'm up to 320 REGISTERED skylanders to date (everything)...am I missing any? lol

Yawn traps.

They don't exist to me anymore. !@#@$%!#$

In terms of unique figures, it goes like this -

32 ssa
16 sg
32 sf
36 tt
10 sc (12 of you include DK and Bowser)

That's 126 and 128 by my count. That's unique figures. No Legendaries, alter egos, minus which are small versions of existing characters, and no vehicles, which aren't characters in my eyes.

Astroblast
Bash
Bat Spin
Blackout
Blades
Blast Zone
Blastermind
Boomer
Boom Jet
Bouncer
Bowser
Bumble Blast
Bushwhack
Camo
Chill
Chop Chop
Chopper
Cobra Cadabra
Countdown
Crusher
Cynder
Deja Vu
Dino-Rang
Dive-Clops
Donkey Kong
Doom Stone
Double Trouble
Drill Sergeant
Drobot
Dune Bug
Echo
Enigma
Eruptor
Eye-Brawl
Fiesta
Fire Kraken
Fist Bump
Flameslinger
Flashwing
Fling Kong
Flip Wreck
Food Fight
Free Ranger
Freeze Blade
Fright Rider
Fryno
Funny Bone
Gearshift
Ghost Roaster
Gill Grunt
Grilla Drilla
Grim Creeper
Gusto
Head Rush
Hex
High Five
High Volt
Hoot Loop
Hot Dog
Hot Head
Ignitor
Jawbreaker
Jet-Vac
Ka-Boom
Knight Light
Knight Mare
Krypt King
Lightning Rod
Lob-Star
Magna Charge
Night Fall
Night Shift
Ninjini
Pop Fizz
Pop Thorn
Prism Break
Punk Shock
Rattle Shake
Rip Tide
Rocky Roll
Roller Brawl
Rubble Rouser
Scorp
Scratch
Short Cut
Shroomboom
Slam Bam
Slobbertooth
Smash Hit
Smolderdash
Snap Shot
Sonic Boom
Spitfire
Splat
Spotlight
Sprocket
Spy Rise
Spyro
Star Strike
Stealth Elf
Stink Bomb
Stormblade
Stump Smash
Sunburn
Swarm
Terrafin
Thumpback
Thunderbolt
Torch
Trail Blaizer
Trap Shadow
Tread Head
Tree Rex
Trigger Happy
Tuff Luck
Voodood
Wallop
Warnado
Wash Buckler
Wham-Shell
Whirlwind
Wild Fire
Wind-Up
Wrecking Ball
Zap
Zoo Lou
Zook

I guess the only major sticking point is if the Minis/Sidekicks count as unique characters.

I don't think they do at all. At the end of the day they have the same moves as their adult versions.

When I keep tabs on unique characters, I don't include minis, alter egos, or Legendaries.

Why aren't new redesigns listed? I consider characters like super shot stealth elf to be completely unique.

Quote: Echo2VX

Why aren't new redesigns listed? I consider characters like super shot stealth elf to be completely unique.

They have unique movesets, but they are the same characters as before. It's not the gameplay, it's the character itself.

Am I the only one who thinks variants shouldve gotten a completely different move set?
I mean variants are like shiny pokemon, rare, have a different colour pallet and do nothing different. Just cool to have and to show off.

Quote: GameMaster78

Quote: Echo2VX

Why aren't new redesigns listed? I consider characters like super shot stealth elf to be completely unique.

New moves. Same character. That'd be like Stealth Elf and Super Shot Stealth Elf standing next to each other in the Skylanders TV show. Wouldn't make sense, and if they do that, consider that cartoon a failure from the get go, and they need to hire better writers.

This is why I tend to include the Minis/Sidekicks. Barkley could *easily* stand next to Tree Rex with no issues.

"Brand new" means "brand new".

Revamps are old characters with altered looks and new movesets.
Minis are apparently completely different characters who happens to have the exact same moves as their bigger counterparts.

But neither of them is brand new as a whole.

I do agree a revamped SuperCharger and his regular form should never appear together outside of the games.
Exactly like we never see two Eruptors or two Spyros.

Superchargers are like powerup forms(at least the comics give them a magical girl transformation and everything), so they're really the same character. Minis are AU, on the other hand.

it took 5 years to have a skylander who's name started with "a"

Quote: UncleBob

One could try to argue that the Legendaries are different characters (I believe the lore is that they're statues built to celebrate the best of Skylands), but, bah. Trigger Happy with Gold and Blue paint is still Trigger Happy.

Yeah I wouldn't count Legendary Skylanders, since they don't seem to have an autonomous intelligence of their own as statues and they can be worn as armor by their normal counterparts.


Quote: Drek95

Revamps are old characters with altered looks and new movesets.
Minis are apparently completely different characters who happens to have the exact same moves as their bigger counterparts.

But neither of them is brand new as a whole.

But the question this topic is asking isn't "how many are brand new as a whole", it's "how many separate characters are there". Minis are separate characters from their larger counterparts, which is all that matters. Like, let's say you and I were made into Skylanders, but we both had the same move set. We'd still be two separate people. But let's say you were given a supercharged form and a brand new moveset. You are still the same person that you were before even though you have a new move set.

Yeah, my list is 142 characters (I do not count Bowser and Donkey Kong) so yeah, the prior posts equaled what I have.

Doesn't count Superchargers because they have a whole different moveset. Might as well not count Spyro then as he came before SSA. xD

Quote: GameMaster78

In terms of unique figures, it goes like this -

32 ssa
16 sg
32 sf
36 tt
10 sc (12 of you include DK and Bowser)

That's 126 and 128 by my count. That's unique figures. No Legendaries, alter egos, minus which are small versions of existing characters, and no vehicles, which aren't characters in my eyes.

Your list is missing Thrillipede but the numbers are accurate (if you're not counting minis).

Quote: WickedRogue

Doesn't count Superchargers because they have a whole different moveset. Might as well not count Spyro then as he came before SSA. xD

Except Skylands' Spyro is not the same as his Legend or Classic counterparts, while revamped SuperChargers are an "upgrade" of already exsisting characters but are still the same.

Quote: WickedRogue

Doesn't count Superchargers because they have a whole different moveset. Might as well not count Spyro then as he came before SSA. xD

Pretty sure everyone is counting the SuperChargers and separate characters - just not the re-released ones as new characters.

In Donkey Kong, Mario could not jump on enemies or fall great distances.
In Mario Bros., Mario could not jump on enemies, but could fall from any height.
In Super Mario Bros., Mario could jump on most enemies, fall from any height, and throw fireballs/become invincible.
In Super Mario World, Mario could jump on most enemies, fall from amazing heights, throw fireballs, become invincible, fly, ride dinosaurs...

He's still Mario, the plumber from Brooklyn who became the hero of the Mushroom Kingdom.

Giving a Skylander a different power up doesn't change who the character is.

Unless they play the same it's a different character. Could argue the same statement about Link. It's a different Link per Legend of Zelda series based on where you are going story wise. Doesn't mean it's the same character tho.

Quote: WickedRogue

Unless they play the same it's a different character. Could argue the same statement about Link. It's a different Link per Legend of Zelda series based on where you are going story wise. Doesn't mean it's the same character tho.

No.
Toon Link and "adult" Link come from different universes so they are not the same characters exactly like Skylands Spyro is not his Classic or Legend incarnation.
Barkley plays just like Tree Rex but they are two totally different individuals.

Super Shot Stealth Elf is still Stealth Elf and will always be.
No matter how silly they will dress her and which powers she will have, the character won't change and that's what matters.

Quote: WickedRogue

Unless they play the same it's a different character. Could argue the same statement about Link. It's a different Link per Legend of Zelda series based on where you are going story wise. Doesn't mean it's the same character tho.

Per official Nintendo statement, the Link in Zelda 1 and Zelda 2 are the *exact* same character. But, the two characters play *completely* different, with different weapons, power-ups, and attacks.

I must know more off this xD How else do you explain Mario and Paper Mario on the same screen at the same time?

Does that happens outside of games like Smash?
If no, it's because Smash games are just a bunch of characters fighting for reasons (and sometimes not even for that).
If yes then I guess it's because Mario doesn't have a lore which prevents that from happening.

Skylanders has a very solid lore but the games never explained why I can play as two Eruptors simultaneously.
That would however be incredibly weird if it happened in comics or the TV series.

Quote: WickedRogue

I must know more off this xD How else do you explain Mario and Paper Mario on the same screen at the same time?

Are you talking about Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam? Because the trailer for that game explains how Mario and Paper Mario are on the screen at the same time. They come from different universes.

I feel like it was established in a previous title that Paper Mario is from an alternate universe with respects to Mario Proper.