Skylanders... or what the hell have I gotten myself into.

[soera]

When it was just Spyro's adventure, I loved me some Camo. I maxed him out pretty quickly. Then giants came out and they didnt release a series 2 for Camo so I ended up not messing with him anymore. Well, on Black Friday of 2012 was the release date of Legendary Stealth elf. I already liked her as a character but Legendary + series 2 = win. Played the hell out of her. Maxed her out with all skills, all heroic challenges, and the gold trophy hat. I ended up wasting too much time on the game honestly so when Swap force came out, I told myself I wouldnt play ... but Ill be damned if Dune bug isnt a cool looking character. If I play, thats the one Ill probably end up using!

Heh I left out why I mentioned Legendary Stealth elf's release date. Cause my son found out about her so we stood outside of Toys R Us for 9 hours waiting to get her. I ended up getting sick from the weather out there but we got the character. I had to give her a chance cause of all the circumstances.

[karyann]

I like Sunburn a lot, and Cynder is really awesome too. I played a lot with Camo too, I just love his exploding watermelons!

[turf]

Swap Force is a 100x better game. I didn't really care for Giants and Spyros Adventure sucked on the Wii. I've been digging this one though. It takes more than a little patience to play co-op with a 4 year old. He does a metric shit ton of character swapping. 

[soera]

Heh my son is 5 ... he is tough to play with co-op too. But its not the character swapping. Its the general selfishness. He wants every single coin that drops and gets pissed if he doesnt get it. If you play duel with him, he wins ... or gets pissed again. Lol.

[turf]

That's another good thing about Swap Force. If you pick up a coin, both of you get the cash. I don't know if it works that way in Giants.
One thing I love about Swap Force is that I can cheat like a fool. That Sky Diamond trick saves a lot of time. I'd never unlock all moves if it want for easy cash.

[soera]

Heh you share coins on Swap force? Yeah that would make playing with Logan better.

We have the sky diamond but I havent used it yet. What does it do?

[turf]

Heh you share coins on Swap force? Yeah that would make playing with Logan better.

We have the sky diamond but I havent used it yet. What does it do?

Here's the cheat in a nutshell:
You go to the training dummies in the main town, Woodborrow I think. Then you put the sky diamond on and beat the shit out of the dummy as fast as you can. Just mash A over and over. You get 20 gold per hit. It adds up in a hurry. You can max a guy out in just a few minutes.
The guys with slow attacks take longer, but someone with little quick attacks can get 5000 gold in one go with the sky diamond.

[soera]

Im guessing it works like the anvil. Im going to have to try this for Logan.

[jcalder8]

I have bought the new game but I haven't picked up any of the new Skylanders. I am trying to just buy the limited ones.

[justin8301]

So after telling myself I wasn't going to put any money into this game, I ended up picking up a few figures that seemed like deals... not sure how great of a deal but i figured what the hell.

First I grabbed the Skylanders Giants Silver Dragonfire Cannon Battle Pack for 9.99 from gamestop
http://www.gamestop.com/toys/skylanders-giants-silver-dragonfire-cannon-battle-pack/107639

and the I ordered Skylanders Giants: Giants - Scarlet Ninjini and Skylanders Giants - Pumpkin Eye Brawl for a combined 26.00 at Walmart
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Skylanders-Giants-Giants-Scarlet-Ninjini-w-Choice-of-Additional-Character/24091364?affillinktype=10&dest=9999999997&oid=100143.1&sourceid=15428166692056125683&veh=aff&wmlspartner=lw9MynSeamY


So I still haven't play the game but I figured I'd grab a few characters before I got started.... here goes nothing lol.

[turf]

So after telling myself I wasn't going to put any money into this game, I ended up picking up a few figures that seemed like deals... not sure how great of a deal but i figured what the hell.

First I grabbed the Skylanders Giants Silver Dragonfire Cannon Battle Pack for 9.99 from gamestop

and the I ordered Skylanders Giants: Giants - Scarlet Ninjini and Skylanders Giants - Pumpkin Eye Brawl for a combined 26.00 at Walmart


So I still haven't play the game but I figured I'd grab a few characters before I got started.... here goes nothing lol.

Pumpkin Eye Brawl was a disappointment. He doesn't show up any different in the game.  Just regular ole Eye Brawl.  Scarlet Ninjini was really hard to find at one time.  I think they've caught up on that though.  If you have a used game store around you, you can usually get these things on the cheap.

[justin8301]

Pumpkin Eye Brawl was a disappointment. He doesn't show up any different in the game.  Just regular ole Eye Brawl.  Scarlet Ninjini was really hard to find at one time.  I think they've caught up on that though.  If you have a used game store around you, you can usually get these things on the cheap.

Do any of the other variants show up in the game like the figure? or are they all the same skin in game regardless?

[turf]

Pumpkin Eye Brawl was a disappointment. He doesn't show up any different in the game.  Just regular ole Eye Brawl.  Scarlet Ninjini was really hard to find at one time.  I think they've caught up on that though.  If you have a used game store around you, you can usually get these things on the cheap.

Do any of the other variants show up in the game like the figure? or are they all the same skin in game regardless?

Most of them are different. The Legendary ones, Gnarly Tree Rex, and Scarlet Ninjini are all different in the game. Several more are different too. Actually, I think the list of the ones that are the same is shorter.

[soera]

Heh you asked that question at the begining of page 2. I posted the entire list of characters that are actually different in game a few posts after.

[justin8301]

Heh you asked that question at the begining of page 2. I posted the entire list of characters that are actually different in game a few posts after.

lol, that was a month ago, I cant remember what I had for lunch today! Oh well! looking forward to getting these in. Not sure when I'll have time to try it, but I'll get to it eventually. Right now I'm trying to finish up A Link Between Worlds so I can move on to Bravely Default.