The Skylanders Experience
Skylanders was the forerunner of the "toys to life" genre of game that sort of plagued the market for a few years around 2013-2016 and is not typically looked back on fairly well, the exception being amiibo which are still in production. When it comes to amiibo, having a statuette of a beloved Nintendo character is the main selling point, gameplay functionality rarely matters to most who purchase an amiibo. But for Skylanders, these toys were absolutely necessary to play the game. Each character placed on the aptly named Portal of Power would bring to life a Skylander in the game which held its own unique moveset and stored information such and level and purchased upgrades in the figure itself. Over the many Skylanders game that were made, there is an absolute plethora of figures available to play with, which was the main draw for me. With Spyro the dragon and the very rare crossover characters being the only recognizable characters that are playable, each Skylander is a a totally original character created specifically for this universe, creating a pretty massive cast of some very bizarre characters to play around with.
My personal collection is rather large, somewhere around 150, though most Skylanders I've purchased used either a year or so after their debut or somewhat after the games had fallen out of favor, but for the last few games in the series, I was buying brand new. I played each game again however, this time using an emulated portal to be able to experience just about everything these games have to offer, getting a taste of Skylanders and level packs I don't own. Generally speaking, Skylanders all have access to several upgrades, and after the halfway point choose between two paths to specialize in a specific set of their skills. Each Skylander typically has 3 abilities, though some can have 4 or even more. In each game, you can collect a Soul Gem to unlock the final Soul Gem ability of each Skylander. However, if you take a character from Spyro's Adventure to a later game for example, you no longer need to collect their soul gem. Each Skylander can be played in games released after their debut fully, even in games like Superchargers, a gen 1 Skylander can drive a vehicle all the same as one released in Superchargers.
There are 8 elements in Skylanders, 10 starting in Trap Team, and each game except for Imaginators has elemental gates, that can only be opened by Skylanders of their respective element. Each game introduces a new type of gimmick Skylander to make things more interesting, with them often having cool new gameplay to come with them.
My personal collection is rather large, somewhere around 150, though most Skylanders I've purchased used either a year or so after their debut or somewhat after the games had fallen out of favor, but for the last few games in the series, I was buying brand new. I played each game again however, this time using an emulated portal to be able to experience just about everything these games have to offer, getting a taste of Skylanders and level packs I don't own. Generally speaking, Skylanders all have access to several upgrades, and after the halfway point choose between two paths to specialize in a specific set of their skills. Each Skylander typically has 3 abilities, though some can have 4 or even more. In each game, you can collect a Soul Gem to unlock the final Soul Gem ability of each Skylander. However, if you take a character from Spyro's Adventure to a later game for example, you no longer need to collect their soul gem. Each Skylander can be played in games released after their debut fully, even in games like Superchargers, a gen 1 Skylander can drive a vehicle all the same as one released in Superchargers.
There are 8 elements in Skylanders, 10 starting in Trap Team, and each game except for Imaginators has elemental gates, that can only be opened by Skylanders of their respective element. Each game introduces a new type of gimmick Skylander to make things more interesting, with them often having cool new gameplay to come with them.
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Love, I request that you explain which skylanders you used the most and why, and why you didnt mention stump smash. Also how long does it take for you to complete a run in these games. Thank you
One more thing, it sounds like you tried to use every skylander in Spyros Adventure, but do you have an idea of how many skylanders you think you actually needed to complete a level/beat the game
As far as Stump Smash goes I didnt mention him because I didn't use him that much, only early on, he kept dying so I could never level him up much. I think that he is okay when you have him fully upgraded and he does a ton of damage, I actually used him in the final boss fight because the boss stands still at parts, but overall he's just too slow and cumbersome to use in a lot of situations. I mostly updated my review with this information however I did mention how many Skylanders you'd need to 100 percent the game. I did add how many I'd say you would need on average just to get from start to finish.
Lefty
9 months ago