Gamers can design their own Skylanders heroes for the first time in Skylanders Imaginators, the sixth title in Activision's popular toys-to-life franchise. Series antagonist Kaos has stumbled across an ancient power known as Mind Magic and he has used it to create an army of devastating Doomlanders. As Portal Masters, players must use Imaginite Creation Crystals to design custom Skylanders and team up with powerful new Sensei characters to defeat Kaos and his minions. Each Sensei is a reformed Trap Team villain, and each is a master of one of the game's ten battle classes. Skylanders: Portal Casters 10th Anniversary Celebration Pt. 5 - Alex Ness. (Date Posted - Oct. 16, 2021). YouTube. The release for the Switch may be likely due to the launch of the new hybrid-console, the chance to release DLC due to not being on the Wii (a system that no longer has the ability to support DLC), and the games sales failing to meet Activision's expectations. This is the first Skylanders game not to introduce a new Skylander with a hammer for a weapon (although there are several hammer options for the Imaginators).

Skylanders Imaginators introduces a new toy type - a Creation Crystal. This vessel allows players to create and transport their unique Skylanders to consoles at anytime, anywhere! Creation Crystals are elementally aligned. Portal Masters can create one character per Creation Crystal. Activision's 2015 Figures Show Slight Growth, But Skylanders And Guitar Hero Underperform. (Date Posted - Feb. 12, 2016). Nintendo Life. Imaginators marked the first major appearance of Crash in several years; though he had a cameo appearance in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, the last game in which he was the main character was 2010's Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2. [10] In August 2016, at Gamescom, it was announced the game would also feature Crash Bandicoot series antagonist Doctor Neo Cortex as a playable character, along with an additional level featuring gameplay and design elements derived from the Crash series. This is the first home console Skylander game to use a digital library and to not be on the Wii or 3DS. However, it wasn't ported to these systems, due to the Switch having the portability of the 3DS, and the ability to handle the game, unlike both the Wii and 3DS. Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure DEVELOPER COMMENTARY - Episode 4: Software Engineer, Robert Leyland. (Date Posted - Jan 28, 2020). YouTube.

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Select a battle class when beginning the game and then create your very own Imaginators, customising names, voices, appearances, powers and a lot more. This is the real beauty of Skylanders: Imaginators, as young minds love to create their own worlds. The powerful Sensei characters will help train up the Imaginators to fight the dark army. Bestselling & Popular The Skylanders franchise continues to offer engaging characters that kids love to discover as they play the game. Skylanders: Imaginators introduces new guest stars to Skylanders called Senseis to fans. Senseis include 20 new characters and 11 former villains. Each Sensei is a master of one of 10 powerful Battle Classes (e.g., Knight, Sorcerer, Brawler, and more). Even though it's hinted that Spyro has beaten Stealth Elf at a race multiple times, Stealth Elf is canonically faster than Spyro. This is the first game where hats that Skylanders have on do nothing (excluding Imaginators) except add cosmetic changes. Skylanders® Imaginators on Store Shelves Now -- Kids Can Create Their Own Skylanders for the First Time in Award-Winning Toys-to-Life Videogame. (Date Posted - Oct. 17, 2016). Business Wire.

There are scrapped assets for at least two different levels posted by the game's 3D modelers - a pair of dragon statues before a circular gate, and a port town with a building that appears to be a Troll restaurant. [18] According to former Toys For Bob Narrative Lead Alex Ness, Skylanders: Imaginators was the most difficult storyline he had done due to the different toolset for the game and the company spending more time on modeling and imagination time on the Imaginators. [8] Imaginators is the first game in the series to include Skylanders (in this case, fan-favorites) as non-playable characters in story mode. Skylanders: Imaginators supports the 300+ character toys from all the previous Skylanders games that fans can enjoy in the real world and in the virtual game world. When players add new Skylanders to their collection, they expand their in-game experiences.For the first time ever, their imaginations come to life as they can create their own Skylanders, called Imaginators. With endless creation options of powers, abilities, catchphrases, appearance and much more, fans can build their very own creations out of their imaginations or use the randomize feature to allow the game to choose parts for them. Due to the forwards compatibility of Skylanders figures, this is the first game to feature a crossover of playable characters from both the Crash Bandicoot and Mario franchises, though this only applies to Nintendo versions of the game. This is the second Skylanders game to be released a second time for a new console after its original launch. The first being Skylanders Spyro's Adventure, which had a Wii U release in 2013, although it was exclusive to Japan.