darkSpyro

Do you remember how in Spyro's Adventure there were little hidden ability's like Prism Break could Break the Tzo Crystals, Drill Sergeant could break rocks without the pick (IIRC), and Spyro's attacks would burn the Zombies?
well what if they added hidden abilities to some regular Skylanders in Swap Force?

Bounce/Magic - Wrecking Ball (bouncing his Force Field Ball is what he dos best, and he is always bouncing around even when standing still)
Rocket/Tech - Drobot (at first I was going to say Big Bang Trigger Happy, but then only his series 3 would have it. The only other Skylander with flight rockets is Drobot, right?)
Dig/Earth - Terrafin (its his star attack)
Spin/Air - Warnado (all his attacks have him spinning around like a tornado)
Teleport/Fire - Sunburn (its his star attack)
Climb/Water - Slam Bam (multiple arms for climbing helps right? might be a stretch, but then I don't see how Spy Rise's mechanical legs help him climb at all since they have no digits)
Stealth/Life - Stealth Elf (its her star attack)
Speed/Undead - Fright Rider (stat wise I don't think hes the fastest, but his concept is all about being a jockey)

For one Sunburn"s star attack is the the flamethrower

And second I don't think they will do this

by star attack I meant there most "unique" attack that they are famous for, which is not the generic flame thrower breath on Sunburn.

Sunburn is my favorite character and his flame throw is unique the only other attack that mimics the way it works is double troubles beam, but Sunburn doesn't lock on to enemies and his flame thrower gains damage after about 8 seconds from the initial use Putting the damage at 35-40 per second. (this obliterates bosses that are more stationary like kaos and drill x)

his teleport is terrible though sadly, it's very short range low damage and since giants it's bugged so they can still hit you while your teleporting

His phoenix dash on the other hand is amazing, it's like cynders shadow dash but you can control it, and it does 35 damage per enemy you run into then it explodes when you stop doing 15 damage! this is good for enemies with guns you can run at them do a 35 then release to explode doing a extra 15 in a aoe effect killing most weaker enemies.

He also sounds like shadow the hedgehog

I wouldn't call these "hidden" abilities...they are simply advantages tied to certain characters or elements. It doesn't feel all that hidden now (heck Master Eon even tells you about a few of them), but yes I agree it would be nice if they introduced a new set of capabilities...maybe with the new game there will be environmental hazards or advantages to characters.

Countdown should break bomb walls.

Yeah, he should! But the boomer should to...

The same with Blast Zone.