darkSpyro

All i have to say is stop making these games for 3ds NOW as the infra red is crap on these portals you should not get an error message all the time when you actualy know there is nothing wrong with the toy this is the following message i am getting

Error
A toy on the PORTAL OF POWER can't
be used with this game.Please Contact
Activision Customer Care for
assistance

so far i have only managed to register 60 out 110 skylander characters in to the 3ds version of swap force because of this.You know wireless portals are crap so why use them i think you should have a mini wired portal that plugs in to any usb device to give it power especialy since you change characters in game with swap force so you only need to use the portal once and the part of the portal where you point the 3ds should be a little bit bigger or on one of the whole legs and the legs should be made the same size as the infra red.in other words top to bottom left to right should be black and behind that whole black spot should be the whole infra red sensor so no matter where you point your 3ds it picks it up.Or use the bloody camera to porty in to the game some how I should not be getting error then i try again error then i try again error then i try again error then i try again error then i try again error then on the umpteenth time of trying success it should be success immedietly and straight away every single time.And it is pissing me off if i am getting annoyed with it what about little kids that this is aimed for they have less patiances i am finding hard to spell that but if read it hopefully you will get what i am trying to spell.

must be your system. I have all 3 3ds games and they work fine. Maybe the portal sensor is dirty?

I have played all three 3DS games and never had a single error, including registering the new Skylanders in Swap Force 3DS. I'm sympathetic to the issue you're having, but you seem to be quick to hand out blame when it's not clear that this is widespread or where the problem even lies.

It could just be a bad portal. I had a problem with Spyros Adventure 3ds right out of the box where the portal wouldn't register figures at all. It would also stay lit and I had to take out the batteries to turn it off. It took a few tries, but eventually Activision sent me a new one.

I feel like I have to align the Portal much more carefully this time. It has to be straight and it has to be close. It's wierd. I haven't had any errors yet, but the infrared reach seems kinda limited on mine. I wouldn't mind so much if only the registering of figures was a second faster- I kept fumbling right at the end when I could tell the toy was about to connect and it's annoying, since I need to go through the screen again.

I didn't have this problem with the past two Portals. I don't know if I was just aiming it much better then, or if this is because figure registration takes more time this iteration and I'm being impatient, or I just got a wonky Portal...

The annoying thing is that you don't even need the new Portal tech for the 3DS game, it was made so that it could read more toys at once, but in the 3DS version that doesn't matter! Does anyone know if the older Portals still work with SF 3DS? I'm considering just using my original one in the future.

Had this happen with the Swap Force portal on Giants. Switched to the Giants portal and the problem went away. Weird bug.

well you cant use giants portal on swap force game its incompatable i tried it

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It could just be a bad portal. I had a problem with Spyros Adventure 3ds right out of the box where the portal wouldn't register figures at all. It would also stay lit and I had to take out the batteries to turn it off. It took a few tries, but eventually Activision sent me a new one.

I actually had that exact same problem with my S:SA 3DS portal. Kept on not working and I'd have to reset the portal. As for the having to take out the batteries.. mainly cuz it's design like those faucets that you press in and the water comes out for so long before it shuts it off. There's no actual on off switch. Just an on switch that's designed to auto shut off. I eventually stopped using it and used my Giants portal.


As for the main topic. I agree, that you most likey had a faulty portal. For the most part mine works fine. As for the new portal... i heard that it needed the redesign to be able to read the swap force figures correctly.