.: 18 November 2012.: 30 November 2012.: 30 November 2012,Mode(s),Skylanders: Giants is a 2012 video game in the series, a direct to the 2011 game and features the voices of,. It is the game before. As the title suggests, it features larger Skylanders known as 'Giants', along with other new gameplay mechanics.It was released for, and on 17 October 2012 in Australia, on 19 October 2012 in Europe, on 21 October 2012 in North America, and on 22 November 2012 in Brazil by Neoplay. It has also been released on the as a launch title in North America, Europe and Australia. This is the final Skylanders game to be owned by before became an independent company on 25 July 2013. Contents.Gameplay 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.

Skylanders Giants Figures List. When Skylanders Giants was released in the Fall of 2012, it introduced a new type of Skylander: the Giants. But in addition to the 8 Giants, there was also a bunch of new Skylanders characters who made their first appearance in this game. Some Skylanders also have an ability upgrade that will improve their armor stat by +40. And, of course, the hat that your Skylander is wearing will temporarily add on too. All characters have a base 25 Elemental Power, as well as through Heroic Challenges this stat can be improved simply by owning more than one of the same element.

A new series of figurines called 'LightCore' was also introduced, which glow when put on the Portal of Power and have a flash bomb attack in-game. 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.Synopsis Thousands of years ago, Tree Rex, Crusher, Bouncer, Swarm, Hot Head, Eye Brawl, Thumpback and Ninjini fought the Arkeyans, but the Iron Fist of Arkus used the last of its power to banish them to Earth. Now, with a new threat looming, Jet Vac, Cynder, Pop Fizz and the rest of the Skylanders must unearth and join forces with them to rebuild Flynn's new ship, the Dread-Yacht and get the Iron Fist before Kaos does in the ultimate battle to save Skylands.Plot The plot of this game is focused on how the history of the Skylands comes alive again in the present. The main villain from the last game, Kaos, finds himself shrunk and put on display in a toy store on Earth. He finds a Portal of Power, and goes back to the Skylands. The first level takes place 10,000 years ago to discover where the Skylanders and the Giants came from. 10,000 years ago, the Skylands were ruled by an evil race of giant robots called Arkeyans, until the Skylanders made a stand and began war with the Arkeyans.

Eventually, the Giants, who were the first ever Skylanders, faces the king of the Arkeyans and removes the source of the Arkeyans' power, the Iron Fist of Arkus, but this victory also swept the Giants from Skylands to Earth, ready for the player to use them.The first task of the Giants is to repair Flynn's ship (known as the Dread-Yacht), and get to the Lost City before Kaos. Multiple new characters show up throughout the levels, including Ermit the hermit and Brock the drow gladiator. Ermit reveals that Kaos has returned and has accidentally awakened an ancient Arkeyan Conquertron, which recruits Kaos as its new leader, and goes on the search for the Lost City of Arkus. Ermit also reveals that he has a giant robot of his own, however, while attempting to activate the robot, the player encounters a 'machine ghost' which turns out to be the very soul of Ermit's robot, who also joins the Skylanders on their journey.The Skylanders travel to an ancient vault which is said to contain a map to the city of Arkus, but Kaos arrives and attempts to crush the player with falling rocks.

In an effort to save the player, Machine Ghost sacrifices himself by shielding the Skylanders from the falling rocks using his robotic body. Kaos and his robot travel into the vault to find the map, but the map is destroyed as a result when he accidentally pulled a mechanism. Glumshanks, Kaos' troll butler, remembers an image of the map, and with Kaos' help, finds the location of the lost city. Meanwhile, Machine Ghost tells the player to go after Kaos and find the lost City of Arkus, before disappearing, presumably dead.Despite the Skylanders' efforts in reaching the Lost City of Arkus, Kaos manages to reach the Iron Fist of Arkus and transformed into a large Arkeyan robot, preparing his conquest over Skylands.

The player soon reached Kaos within the City of Arkus, only to discover that the now robotic Portal Master was impossible to stop unless the Iron Fist of Arkus was removed from his grasp. With the help of Ermit and the revived Machine Ghost, the Skylander was able to remove the Fist of Arkus, returning Kaos to his normal form and stopping him from commanding his Arkeyan army.

The Arkeyan Conquertron carries Glumshanks and Kaos out of the collapsing city and to the safety of an island before shutting down completely.Post-credits, Kaos and Glumshanks are shown entering Kaos' Kastle. There they run into Kaos's mother, whose shadow is only shown, as we are left to wonder what happened next. Star wars yoda stories case. If players complete Nightmare Mode, they are given a scene where Chompies dance and party around the deactivated Iron Fist of Arkus.Characters. This section needs expansion. You can help. ( November 2012)This game was received with mostly positive reviews.

Holds the Xbox 360 version an 82/100 score, with the PlayStation 3 version holding an 80/100 score. Gave the game an 8 out of 10 score, calling it a '.a more polished but by-the-numbers sequel that’s really fun to play'. Cheat Code Central gave the game a 9.2 out of 10.0 saying: 'With tons of new and exciting things to do, new figures to collect, and the ability to use your previous Skylanders, it feels like someone finally got everything right when creating a sequel.' PlayStation Lifestyle however, gave the game a lesser score with a 70/100, saying: 'The reality is that Skylanders: Giants is age-appropriate fun that harkens back to the delight you had collecting cards or mashing your way through a dungeon crawler. If you've got little ones, then you already know the verdict here.' Sales Skylanders: Giants generated over $195 million in U.S.

Sales in 2012. In the first two weeks of sales, 500,000 Starter Packs and Portal Owner Packs were sold in the U.S. References. N-Space.

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Figures FiguresA list of all of the figures for Skylanders Giants and their card stats.