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Because the SSA had none, SG had Giants, and SSF you can swap..,. but what do you think is next?

Hmmmmmmmm..... Swappable giants??

Nah, I think they'll do some sort of characters that light up.


Jk

I dunno, Maybe like Bad guys being good guys or somethin? Like there would be the same elements but kaos' element would be Anti-Magic or the magma spawner from SSA would be Anti-Fire.

I'd much rather see more Giants and more Swap Force members than another gimmick.

More swapable body parts? Both arms, legs, and the body.

Kaos' Alliance, Super Force, or Nano Force.

Kaos' Alliance- You can play as Glumshanks, Kaos, and possibly other Bad Guys.

Super Force- Skylanders that are Superheroes? Not really sure on this one.

Nano Force- Skylanders that are so small you need a magnifying glass to see them? Skylanders that are smaller than sidekicks!

Skylanders Swappable Weapons

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Because the SSA had none, SG had Giants, and SSF you can swap..,. but what do you think is next?

SSA had spyro as gimmick...

Quote: hardcoreignitor

I dunno, Maybe like Bad guys being good guys or somethin? Like there would be the same elements but kaos' element would be Anti-Magic or the magma spawner from SSA would be Anti-Fire.

I fully expect a game where all of the characters are all of the bad guys, including Kaos--before the franchise folds.

I suspect more swapping mechanics somehow.

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I dunno, Maybe like Bad guys being good guys or somethin? Like there would be the same elements but kaos' element would be Anti-Magic or the magma spawner from SSA would be Anti-Fire.

I fully expect a game where all of the characters are all of the bad guys, including Kaos--before the franchise folds.

I suspect more swapping mechanics somehow.

I'm honestly surprised we still don't have "evil" variants that look like the boss versions of the Skylanders you fight in the games.

I created a topic like this in the General Forum.

My idea is that the next Skylanders is going to have vehicles. Nearly every popular action figure line in history has vehicles so you would think skylanders would follow suit.

I imagine the next game will have a much larger open world hub ala the newer Lego games ( Lego Batman 2, Lego Marvel )

I think there will be a new portal of power that will have two different sections, one for the skylanders and one for the vehicles. When you put the vehicless down on the portal they'll show up in the game, and then the skylanders can jump in them and go explore. Co-op would go split screen once you get off screen from one another ( again, ala Lego ).

Vehicles would range from cars, bikes, tanks, mech, maybe even large animals like dinosaurs. When your skylander is in a vehicle, that vehicles attack / ammo will be based on the character driving it. Vehicles will have their own separate levels and upgrades that will affect speed, attack, armor ect.

This could also open up new vehicle area in levels ( like the elemental and now swap area's ) that would have you racing, flying ect.

And finally this would open up new multiplayer modes, so that rather than just having pvp arena battles, you would also have competitive races or vehicles combat.

Sounds like at some point that would be the next step for skylanders.

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I dunno, Maybe like Bad guys being good guys or somethin? Like there would be the same elements but kaos' element would be Anti-Magic or the magma spawner from SSA would be Anti-Fire.

I fully expect a game where all of the characters are all of the bad guys, including Kaos--before the franchise folds.

I suspect more swapping mechanics somehow.

I'm honestly surprised we still don't have "evil" variants that look like the boss versions of the Skylanders you fight in the games.

'they' still think it is a kid game... so no evil variants... no online gameplay...

The Vehicle Idea isn't that bad. I don't think they'd make vehicles separate figures though. It'd probably be more like "Skylanders: Ranger Riders" or something to that effect. I can't think of a better name. My point is I think it would only be 8 new characters in various vehicles, now holding the highest speed stat for each element, and some sore of way to attack with their vehicle. I don't think old characters would get a vehicle either.

I think there will be some sort of armor gimmick where you can buy armor packs to go on your skylanders, and it will appear on it in game, and add new attacks, defense, etc. idk, just what i think xP

Before Swap Force was announced, I would have been fine with just new elements. Now it's clear that they're trying to do something new with the physical toys each year (Giants being larger, swaplanders, LC characters etc) then I couldn't see the new elements being the main focus of another game.

To be honest, Swap Force kind of came out of no where - I could easily see them surprising me with something completely different in Skylanders 4.

I don't think any new elements should be introduced into skylanders. I feel it would ruin the lore of the first game. The whole point of the first game was to assemble the 8 element's eternal source to make the core of light. Adding new elements would make the core of light feel incomplete and complicate things. Besides, up until this point, you only needed 8 figures in order to 100% the game (accolades and heroics/bonus missions aside). I believe this will still be true for Swap Force, if you buy the right figures (though you'll have at least 9 with either Ninja Stealth Elf or Volcanic Eruptor). Adding more elements would force more people who want to 100% the game, and not necessarily get every figure, to buy more. Preferably, the 8 we have is enough (we even have 10 characters per element).

How about a game where the gimmick characters can put a circle thing in their chest. the circles of different "circle characters" completely change the secondary attack for a character. (Thus making use of magnets and we won't have to get ANOTHER portal) so like you buy the character and it comes with the circle thing each circle will give an opportunity to change the secondary attack of the character (but the circle won't give the same attack to each circle character) SO a character could have 8 secondary attacks depending on the circle in its chest

doomed if you dont doomed if you do....

I think attachable items or some sort of extra things you can put on figures will be next. We know you can use items in tandem with the figures on the portal obviously, but if you kind of hover the figure it still works. So, why not stick them in a piece (with magnets) that attach it to the figure.

Something like the Sky Iron Shield for instance could pop right on a figure.

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I think attachable items or some sort of extra things you can put on figures will be next. We know you can use items in tandem with the figures on the portal obviously, but if you kind of hover the figure it still works. So, why not stick them in a piece (with magnets) that attach it to the figure.

Something like the Sky Iron Shield for instance could pop right on a figure.

Sounds cool, possibly complicated depending on character design. The idea of vehicles in skylanders baffles me...I mean...the portal of power is easily the best travel mechanism out there. The comment mentioning it tied to a new special set of landers sounds ok though.

Given the context of the story, having "bad" guys in the game can be a very cool twist...so don't rule it out yet guys.

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Skylanders Swappable Weapons

YESYESYESYESYES!!!
And series 4 would use whatever the gimmick is!

If Skylanders: Nano Force were a thing, I was thinking Shortage Zones.

You need a NanoLander to get in, and inside, there are a certain amount of something, and you need to collect a certain amount of it to proceed *all this within the 2:00 Minute time limit*

^ Or maybe holes in walls that only they could acsess

If it was Nano Force the game should zoom in to you Skylanders then you attack enemies legs unless there are mini enemies

Kaos alliance would be good as here is what i think in new game if comes out or released info on 4th game

8 evil guys

8 new swappers

8 new core

8 new light core

16 s3 and s2

is this a good idea or what?

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Kaos alliance would be good as here is what i think in new game if comes out or released info on 4th game

8 evil guys

8 new swappers

8 new core

8 new light core

16 s3 and s2

is this a good idea or what?

I'm there although why give swappers another crack at it? Might as well include more Giants too (problem being the stories that have introduced them said "they" were "it". As they release more games I'm actually hoping the number of reposed GOES DOWN.

So, in my world, the breakup would be:
24 evil guys
16 new core
8 reposed

Lightcores would be abolished (I think they're latching onto a cool technology that isn't selling well), and the reposed would also not include any in-game variants/exclusives. Since evil guys won't be tied to elementals, go for broke with 24.

Give the fans what they want and bring back all forgotten 8 in this game. Have a backstory that describes what happened to them.

i myself have no idea

Here's what I think will happen, 3 new elements will be created
Time, Space, Celeistial
Or
Sun, Moon, and Star

Thinking about it more, I kind of hope there is no gimmick. To me, the perfect thing for skylanders 4 to do would be the following: Focus on the game, just make something huge. Don't worry about new characters, you have 80!! If you really must release new figures, repose everyone who doesn't have a repose (the forgotten 8, the giants, the 16 new core, the 16 swap, and whomever you missed from the new giants core 8). Maybe a final 8 lightcore, and a final few legendaries and variants. Otherwise, I think 80 characters is enough, bring us an epic closing story with the 80 we know and love. Then branch out. Let the reposes do the work of multiple paths without resetting, or let the people have the 80 characters they own without buying doubles. Let the gimmick be the epic closing to the skylands main story.

I wouldn't mind seeing random NPC figures. Like the Ghost Robot from giants. I wish they made him instead of bouncer.

I really was hoping for 'Nano Force' for this game. Where we could explore the Miniverse with our existing sidekicks and a new batch of nano-landers. I just think it'd be a cute overload :3

A again this is a kids game, with nano force kids would lose the figures often...

I had an idea: Skylanders VS Outlanders. So like, it has two separate storylines; similar to Kingdom Hearts 3D. One is the Skylanders story, in which you can use al of the skylanders. The other is the Outlanders story, in which you can use the 16 new Outlanders figures, which are aligned to the 8 elements, but kinda like darker versions of them, where the water base would a dark sludge-y color and the air would be black and carbonic, the fire green. So basically, a newer, powerful villain appears, with his/her team of Outlanders, as s/he calls them. Kaos still makes an appearance, as the dude who's trying to get in league with this new villain, who has serious plans and isn't so.... silly. He basically becomes the villain's Glumshanks. So in the Skylanders story, you're setting out to stop this new villain, and in the Outlanders story, you're setting out to stop Eon. The cool thing is, if you put an Outlander on the Skylanders story, it will switch to where you goal is to reverse everything the skylander that was previously on there did, and vice versa. If you do a co-op, and say you're using a Skylander, and then your buddy puts on an Outlander, you go into a battle, where the enemies all disappear and it's you versus your buddy. The winner will continue the level, the loser will have to switch Skylanders or Outlanders.

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Before Swap Force was announced, I would have been fine with just new elements. Now it's clear that they're trying to do something new with the physical toys each year (Giants being larger, swaplanders, LC characters etc) then I couldn't see the new elements being the main focus of another game

Well, Elements have played a tiny, tiny role in the games so far – a tiny, almost insubstantial, boost in some areas and acting as a key few gates is about the extent of it. I’d love to see a game where they were more important (pokemon style element matchups for a start – I know that would be too much for little kids, so perhaps limit that feature to nightmare).

As for new elements, I can’t imagine them adding to the current eight elements, but the eight new movement types are functionally new elements (more or less).

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I had an idea: Skylanders VS Outlanders. So like, it has two separate storylines; similar to Kingdom Hearts 3D. One is the Skylanders story, in which you can use al of the skylanders. The other is the Outlanders story, in which you can use the 16 new Outlanders figures, which are aligned to the 8 elements, but kinda like darker versions of them, where the water base would a dark sludge-y color and the air would be black and carbonic, the fire green. So basically, a newer, powerful villain appears, with his/her team of Outlanders, as s/he calls them. Kaos still makes an appearance, as the dude who's trying to get in league with this new villain, who has serious plans and isn't so.... silly. He basically becomes the villain's Glumshanks. So in the Skylanders story, you're setting out to stop this new villain, and in the Outlanders story, you're setting out to stop Eon. The cool thing is, if you put an Outlander on the Skylanders story, it will switch to where you goal is to reverse everything the skylander that was previously on there did, and vice versa.

I like the idea of duel campaigns, but I think that TFB/Activision would think it's too complex for kids. And it's a little dark to have the kids playing as a baddie.

A more likely version is that the new uber-baddie comes along and forces the Kaos (and his outlanders) to join with the Skylanders in order to save his own skin. That way you have the 'baddies', but they are still the goodies in the context of the game and they are working with the Skylanders.
To keep things simple, parents need to know that the kids can plop any old figures on the portal and kids can still play the story together.

Instead of different main plots, the side plots or mini-games could change based on the characters - The side missions (inside elemental-style gates) could be co-op (if using skylander/skylander or outlander/outlander) or verses (if using skylander/outlander).
So, for example, the Skylanders might have a side mission to help return all the baker's pies, while outlanders have to steal all the pies.
But the important thing is that, once the mini-game is over, the kids are still working together.

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Thinking about it more, I kind of hope there is no gimmick. To me, the perfect thing for skylanders 4 to do would be the following: Focus on the game, just make something huge. Don't worry about new characters, you have 80!! If you really must release new figures, repose everyone who doesn't have a repose (the forgotten 8, the giants, the 16 new core, the 16 swap, and whomever you missed from the new giants core 8). Maybe a final 8 lightcore, and a final few legendaries and variants. Otherwise, I think 80 characters is enough, bring us an epic closing story with the 80 we know and love. Then branch out. Let the reposes do the work of multiple paths without resetting, or let the people have the 80 characters they own without buying doubles. Let the gimmick be the epic closing to the skylands main story.

That won't happen. It's not a bad idea, but they need new characters to keep the toys selling.

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I had an idea: Skylanders VS Outlanders. So like, it has two separate storylines; similar to Kingdom Hearts 3D. One is the Skylanders story, in which you can use al of the skylanders. The other is the Outlanders story, in which you can use the 16 new Outlanders figures, which are aligned to the 8 elements, but kinda like darker versions of them, where the water base would a dark sludge-y color and the air would be black and carbonic, the fire green. So basically, a newer, powerful villain appears, with his/her team of Outlanders, as s/he calls them. Kaos still makes an appearance, as the dude who's trying to get in league with this new villain, who has serious plans and isn't so.... silly. He basically becomes the villain's Glumshanks. So in the Skylanders story, you're setting out to stop this new villain, and in the Outlanders story, you're setting out to stop Eon. The cool thing is, if you put an Outlander on the Skylanders story, it will switch to where you goal is to reverse everything the skylander that was previously on there did, and vice versa. If you do a co-op, and say you're using a Skylander, and then your buddy puts on an Outlander, you go into a battle, where the enemies all disappear and it's you versus your buddy. The winner will continue the level, the loser will have to switch Skylanders or Outlanders.

It seems these boards have better story ideas than Activision themselves.

Honestly I hope they just release 32 regular core figures like they did dor ssa.
I hate the Giants, and Swap Force just doesn't look that cool to me.
They need something fresh... not just bigger 'landers or create your own figure lander.
just my two cents tho..

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It seems these boards have better story ideas than Activision themselves.

To be fair, Activision have to actually sell their ideas to families and parents, not just avid adult collectors. Stuff like playing a dual campaign sounds awesome to us, but soccer parents won't buy into it.

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I created a topic like this in the General Forum.

My idea is that the next Skylanders is going to have vehicles. Nearly every popular action figure line in history has vehicles so you would think skylanders would follow suit.

I imagine the next game will have a much larger open world hub ala the newer Lego games ( Lego Batman 2, Lego Marvel )

I think there will be a new portal of power that will have two different sections, one for the skylanders and one for the vehicles. When you put the vehicless down on the portal they'll show up in the game, and then the skylanders can jump in them and go explore. Co-op would go split screen once you get off screen from one another ( again, ala Lego ).

Vehicles would range from cars, bikes, tanks, mech, maybe even large animals like dinosaurs. When your skylander is in a vehicle, that vehicles attack / ammo will be based on the character driving it. Vehicles will have their own separate levels and upgrades that will affect speed, attack, armor ect.

This could also open up new vehicle area in levels ( like the elemental and now swap area's ) that would have you racing, flying ect.

And finally this would open up new multiplayer modes, so that rather than just having pvp arena battles, you would also have competitive races or vehicles combat.

Sounds like at some point that would be the next step for skylanders.

I like the idea of vehicles, but I would call it Riding Rangers. The vehicles could be a hot rod for fire, an all terrain sea doo for water, a helicopter for air, a Dinosaur for earth, A skeletal horse for undead, a Hummingbird for life, A Tank for tech and a broom for magic.

maybe tag team?

What about "Skylanders Dual Souls"? You have 16, or even 32 new characters (I LOVE new characters!), and there is a new dinamic day and night cycle in each level. During the day, these new Skylanders act normally, defending and protecting the innocents, and they all have funny and colorful powers. But, when night comes, they turn into a darker, but still good, version of themselves; their powers become much powerful, and less... Childish. They also become more violent and crazy, but they still can control themselves. In a nutshell: it's like the Pop Fizz transformation extended to a lot of other characters. I think that would be a cool idea. 2 Skylanders at the price of one. And both their versions would have their distinct upgrade trees. Well, that's my idea!

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What about "Skylanders Dual Souls"? You have 16, or even 32 new characters (I LOVE new characters!), and there is a new dinamic day and night cycle in each level. During the day, these new Skylanders act normally, defending and protecting the innocents, and they all have funny and colorful powers. But, when night comes, they turn into a darker, but still good, version of themselves; their powers become much powerful, and less... Childish. They also become more violent and crazy, but they still can control themselves. In a nutshell: it's like the Pop Fizz transformation extended to a lot of other characters. I think that would be a cool idea. 2 Skylanders at the price of one. And both their versions would have their distinct upgrade trees. Well, that's my idea!

Thats actually pretty cool! But I would call it Skylanders:Night Fighters

Yeah, a transformations mechanic would be cool.
Also, controlling mutliple landers would be cool.
Or maybe just a game where there is a basic story on the history of the Skylands, and each character unlocks a new level, based on their backstory! And once beaten by that character, any character can replay it.
Of course, that might be a bit harder with so many new characters, so it'd be better if it were just maybe some newlanders and some returning "fan faves".

oh, maby we can switch limbs????????????

Yes, hardcoreignitor, that's also a great name!

Doomslicer, that idea is also really ineresting, but, what if Kaos traveled to the past, to change the story of each character, so they would no more join the Skylanders, in the future? Like, helping the wizard steal Sonic Boom's eggs, or avoiding the collision between Terrafin and Drill Sergeant. I think that would be funny. And we could learn more about all of our favourite heroes!

8 evil elements.

Yeah. They would be..

Mutant
Virus
Storm
Wasteland
Darkness
Soul
Acid
Space

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8 evil elements.

Yeah. They would be..

Mutant
Virus
Storm
Wasteland
Darkness
Soul
Acid
Space

Don't mean to be rude but how is space evil?Without space we would not exist.

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Yeah, a transformations mechanic would be cool.
Also, controlling mutliple landers would be cool.
Or maybe just a game where there is a basic story on the history of the Skylands, and each character unlocks a new level, based on their backstory! And once beaten by that character, any character can replay it.
Of course, that might be a bit harder with so many new characters, so it'd be better if it were just maybe some newlanders and some returning "fan faves".

Heeeeeey

Me, if I was the creator of the game, the 4th game would be that you're with Kaos and you can buy EVIL Skylanders! And you have to beat Eon... Or an extra game that you buy... But it would be really NICE!!!

Quote: Drek95

Yes, hardcoreignitor, that's also a great name!

Doomslicer, that idea is also really ineresting, but, what if Kaos traveled to the past, to change the story of each character, so they would no more join the Skylanders, in the future? Like, helping the wizard steal Sonic Boom's eggs, or avoiding the collision between Terrafin and Drill Sergeant. I think that would be funny. And we could learn more about all of our favourite heroes!

We'll finally learn why Kaos owes Terrafin 5 dollars too!

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Quote: Drek95

Yes, hardcoreignitor, that's also a great name!

Doomslicer, that idea is also really ineresting, but, what if Kaos traveled to the past, to change the story of each character, so they would no more join the Skylanders, in the future? Like, helping the wizard steal Sonic Boom's eggs, or avoiding the collision between Terrafin and Drill Sergeant. I think that would be funny. And we could learn more about all of our favourite heroes!

We'll finally learn why Kaos owes Terrafin 5 dollars too!

Lol thanks.
Or, as some others have suggested, this replaces heroics.