Skylanders: Giants
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| Developer(s) |
Toys for Bob Vicarious Visions (Wii U) n-Space (Nintendo 3DS) |
| Publisher(s) |
Activision Vivendi Games |
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| Composer(s) | Lorne Balfe |
| Series | Skylanders |
| Engine | Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 3DS PlayStation 3 Wii Wii U Xbox 360 |
| Release |
Wii U |
| Genre(s) | Toys-to-life, role-playing, action adventure, platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Skylanders: Giants is a 2012 video game in the Skylanders series, a direct sequel to the 2011 game Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure and features the voices of Kevin Michael Richardson, Greg Ellis, Peter Lurie, Steve Blum, Dave Wittenberg, Carlos Alazraqui, Kevin Sorbo, Bobcat Goldthwait, Patrick Seitz and Julie Nathanson. It is the game before Skylanders: Swap Force. As the title suggests, it features larger Skylanders known as "Giants", along with other new gameplay mechanics. It was released on October 17, 2012 in Australia, on October 19, 2012 in Europe, on October 21, 2012 in North America, and on November 22, 2012 in Brazil by Neoplay. It has also been released on the Wii U as a launch title in North America, Europe and Australia. This is the final Skylanders game to be owned by Vivendi before Activision became an independent company on July 25, 2013.
Skylanders: Giants builds upon the fundamentals of the first game, which merges a line of physical toy figures with a video game world. The game introduced over 40 new toy figures, some of which are more than twice the size of the original Skylanders cast in both physical and virtual form. The game involves connecting a physical toy to the video game console through a "Portal of Power"; whichever toy is used creates a respective character in the game. Toy figures from the first game are also forward compatible with Giants, although there are also new versions, called "Series 2", which have more powerful attributes than the originals. A new series of figurines called "Light core" was also introduced, which glow when put on the Portal of Power. The game has a new and improved "Battle Mode", for head-to-head play, featuring more areas and gameplay options as well as offering a new variety of alter ego Skylanders.
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