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Skylanders is one of the most popular gifts this holiday season. There are quite a few layers to Skylanders- We will start at the most basic and fun and get deeper from there.
Skylanders is a 3d platformer for just about every platform out there right now , 3DS, Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3. The main characters are the Skylanders, who are monster-type characters who are fighting an evil force trying to destroy their world. For kids it is easy to understand and get into. Now comes the interesting part. The main character with whom you play as is also an action figure who is in the real world. Once this figure is placed on the portal, the character comes to life in the video game.
There are also light rpg elements to the game as well. There is leveling up as enemies are defeated and special items are collected, which are silly hats. This adds an exploration element to the game and is a bit more to bite into for more experienced players.
The physical figures themselves are very interesting. The figures have RFID’s encoded in them which means all your data for your character, the level ups, the currency, the collectibles are all saved to the figure itself. So lets say you have the Wii version of the game, which we do, and a friend has the Xbox 360 version of game. When you go over to your friends house with your Skylander it will work with all your progress saved and the ability to play as that character on your friends Xbox version of the game. This is first time a saved game can be carried over to another system with such ease.
Now you might be saying to yourself, the figures themselves must have allot of moving parts, hard drives and such where they need to be handled with extreme care. Well this isn’t true in the slightest. These figures can be banged around dropped, even frozen and submerged in water with no loss of data. RFID‘s are really neat and worth checking out if you are interested. FYI, RFID’s are what they implant in your pet when they get chipped.
I would suggest playing this game with your kids, you will both be pleasantly surprised. We had the pleasure of trying out the Wii version and I have to say I enjoyed the game as much if not more then the kids, 🙂
(Think he was excited? LOL)
that sounds like a lot of fun
OH I am so jealous of u! lol I must admit I am a big kid and love Wii games, my son and husband saw this in the store and both wanted it. My son is a bit too young to really get it but it looks like so much fun. You little ma looks sooooo happy! Too cute!
My kids got this for Christmas from their one grandpa. He also bought them a few extra Skylander characters. It is a really cute game. He said you can take the characters with you, say if you’re kids were going to play Skylanders at a friends house, They can take their own character and all their stats will go with them.
Very neat game, not hard to set up either.
He was very excited LOL and is good advertisement to get the game.
This looks like a great game, was you r little one able to play it
Based on that happy face I’d say that you picked a winner…little girl would be just as happy 🙂
I have never heard of this game before but I do have a wii maybe I need to look into this, he looks so happy 🙂
Oh yes! My kids love this but me and the DH love it just as much!
This is a lot of fun. We have this game and the kids love how they can interact with friends games.
I didn’t realize the little guys were as indestructible as they are. We’ve been putting them up on a shelf when we aren’t playing them because I didn’t want them broken or ruined.
LOL – how many guys have you guys picked up for your game? We now have 14 counting the ones that came with the game… a pirate ship and two items! Yikes!!
I’m getting this for the Wii via the Amazon (we have a 5 year old and a 1 year old) and we LOVE IT! We play with our son (we walk the character, he interacts) and we all love it!
This is an amazing game! I love that it can be used on any gaming platform, which means I can get it for the grandkids to play and they can play it here on the wii or at home on their XBOX. Thank you so much for this information!
Sounds like an amazing time to me!