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Skylanders: Trap Team

Apr. 24, 2014  3:16 AM
 
The next Skylanders game has officially been announced with a trailer:


First of all, coming from a huge Skylanders fan since Spyro's Adventure, I'm pumped. I really think this idea is pretty innovative for the series, a lot more than other sequel(s).

Really unhappy about buying another new Portal. I was pretty steamed about having to do so for Swap Force, too, but it's more understandable in this situation.

I'm hoping we'll see some redone figures like in the previous series(s), especially some re-figured Swap Force.

I love the idea of using enemies, hopefully we'll be able to capture Glumshanks. Tongue_out

Here's the description from USA Today (all credit goes to Brett Molina of USA Today):
Quote:With the launch of Skylanders: Trap Team on October 5, players will encounter a variety of opponents that they can collect from the video inside a toy trap.

Trap Team will feature a new portal, where players place their collectible toys so they appear in the video game. The portal includes what looks like a small prison cell with input to place a trap.

"We feel like what got us here (are) these breakthrough innovations, these wow moments, that we bring to kids," said Eric Hirshberg, President and CEO of Activision Publishing.

The game features key Skylanders nemesis Kaos, who discovers the secret Cloudcracker Prison, home to the most powerful villains. After the prison is destroyed and its inhabitants freed, players must capture them using special traps made of the magical material Traptanium.

More than 40 villains are available for capture with the traps, which will be available in Starter version of Trap Team and sold separately. The traps are based on one of eight elements, so the villain must match the trap type before players can capture them.

The new portal includes an audio speaker, so players can hear the voices of newly captured villains as if they're talking from inside their prison cell. After villains are captured, players can use them by inserting the trap into a slot on the portal.

Trap Team also introduces a new set of Skylanders: the Trap Masters. Each character has a weapon made of Traptanium that helps in capturing wanted villains. The figurines carry massive, colorful weapons, and are slightly larger than standard Skylanders toys. For example, the crocodile Snapshot uses a large bow and arrow, while Wallop wields a pair of hammers.

The game will also include new standard Skylanders, and action figures from earlier titles will be compatible with Trap Team.

Skylanders has become a massive hit for Activision. Through the end of last year, the Skylanders franchise topped $2 billion in sales.

Hirshberg says the publisher wants each new release of Skylanders to go beyond adding new levels or characters. "Our strategy needs to be one of persistent innovation."

This game seems pretty interesting, post your thoughts and feelings! Grin

(Please no Infinity vs. Skylanders remarks, though)
Apr. 24, 2014  2:09 PM
 
I can't believe I need to buy another portal ...
Apr. 24, 2014  5:43 PM
 
This seems pretty interesting. I'm really mad that I have to buy a fourth portal. Why not have it be some attachment to the swap force portal. I also don't understand why Kaos has to be the villain AGAIN. I mean seriously, this guy is worse than Bowser. It would be cool if they had Kaos in the beginning and then added a more threatening villain as the game went on. I've played games that have done that like Bowser's Inside Story or Crash Twinsanity.
Apr. 24, 2014  7:01 PM
 
Well apparently Kaos will be trap-able, so I"m guessing that may be a plot hook or something for the game. They've got to spice things up a bit, so hopefully we'll see a new baddie.
Apr. 24, 2014  7:21 PM
 
I actually enjoyed Kaos's mom in Swap Force.


As for a new portal, it's not too bad considering you can get the Starter Pack on sale for the holidays. I got Giants for $39 and Swap Force for $29 (starters).
Apr. 27, 2014  9:46 PM
 
This is basically Pokemon if you think about it.
Apr. 27, 2014  9:50 PM
 
(Apr. 27, 2014  9:46 PM)Bazewkles Wrote: This is basically Pokemon if you think about it.

Except that when you catch a high-level Pokémon, it doesn't refuse to battle, haha.

I really like the idea of the "Traps", though.
May. 04, 2014  8:01 PM
 
(Apr. 24, 2014  7:21 PM)Leone19 Wrote: I actually enjoyed Kaos's mom in Swap Force.


As for a new portal, it's not too bad considering you can get the Starter Pack on sale for the holidays. I got Giants for $39 and Swap Force for $29 (starters).

Wait, Kaos's mom is in Swap Force? (haven't gotten that far in game...)
May. 20, 2014  1:12 AM
 
So after reading around, apparently each Trap is capable of holding 15 Villians of each type, yet only one can be "used" at a time, the rest are "stored" in the game. (Sounds like a PC in Pokémon, really, haha).

Honestly, my main worry with Traps is you'd have to buy one per villain; that would have not been too fun.
Jul. 28, 2015  5:10 PM
 
Also you can use every sky lander from every game to and Theres unknown species of bad guys so there could be unknown species of skylanders .so to see the new species there could be a sequel of sky landers and there's a box were you put the traps in so you can know which villan you captured and there's the unknown trapper for unknown species of bad guys
Mar. 02, 2016  3:09 AM
 
i'm saving up along with my brother to get a starter set. I read that if you look closely at the trap while it's still in the portal, you can almost se the villan trying to escape.