Skylanders: Imaginators

Skylanders: Imaginators

The sixth console game in the Skylanders series, developed at Toys For Bob and released in late 2016.

Skylanders: Imaginators
Platform Developer Release Date
North America Europe Australia / New Zealand
PlayStation 4Xbox OneWii U
PlayStation 3Xbox 360
Toys For Bob Oct 16th 2016 Oct 14th 2016 Oct 13th 2016
Nintendo Switch March 3rd 2017

Story

The story of Skylanders Imaginators takes place long ago when the Ancients used a mysterious power known as "Mind Magic" to create everything in Skylands. With it, they conjured into existence anything that they could imagine! However, they soon learned that in the wrong hands, it could be very dangerous, and so they sealed it away so that it could never be misused. After discovering this ancient secret, Kaos has unleashed the power of "Mind Magic" into Skylands once again - and he is using it to create an unstoppable army of Doomlanders, the likes of which have never been seen! Now it's up to Portal Masters to create Skylanders Imaginators from their own imagination and stop Kaos and his evil Doomlanders before it is too late. And to help train them, Eon is sending the greatest mystic warriors of all time - the Senseis!

Characters

For new playable characters there are 20 brand new Skylander Senseis as well as 11 former villains. Along with their element each Sensei will also have a Battle Class from a list of ten: Smasher, Knight, Ninja, Bazooker, Quickshot, Sorcerer, Brawler, Sentinel, Swashbuckler, and Bowslinger.

The first set of characters to be revealed included King Pen, Golden Queen, and Tri-Tip. Here is a table containing all of the new Skylanders, click the + to see all the known variants:

Water BrawlerKing Pen QuickshotTidepool BrawlerGrave Clobber NinjaTae Kwon Crow BazookerFlare Wolf SentinelEmber Fire
King Pen Tidepool Grave Clobber Tae Kwon Crow Flare Wolf Ember
BrawlerDark King Pen NinjaMystical Tae Kwon Crow BazookerHard-Boiled Flare Wolf
Dark King Pen Mystical Tae Kwon Crow Hard-Boiled Flare Wolf
Earth SmasherTri-Tip SentinelBarbella SorcererGolden Queen SwashbucklerBad Juju BrawlerAir Strike KnightWild Storm Air
Tri-Tip Barbella Golden Queen Bad Juju Air Strike Wild Storm
SmasherLegendary Tri-Tip SorcererDark Golden Queen SwashbucklerMystical Bad Juju BrawlerEgg Bomber Air Strike
Legendary Tri-Tip Dark Golden Queen Mystical Bad Juju Egg Bomber Air Strike
Magic SorcererMysticat BowslingerBuckshot SmasherPain-Yatta BowslingerWolfgang SorcererPit Boss SmasherChopscotch Undead
Mysticat Buckshot Pain-Yatta Wolfgang Pit Boss Chopscotch
BowslingerDark Wolfgang SorcererLegendary Pit Boss SmasherCandy-Coated Chopscotch
Dark Wolfgang Legendary Pit Boss Candy-Coated Chopscotch
Light SwashbucklerAurora KnightBlaster-Tron QuickshotDr. Krankcase SwashbucklerChain Reaction BowslingerRO-BOW SorcererDr. Neo Cortex Tech
Aurora Blaster-Tron Dr. Krankcase Chain Reaction RO-BOW Dr. Neo Cortex
SwashbucklerSolar Flare Aurora
Solar Flare Aurora
Dark NinjaStarcast SentinelHood Sickle BazookerChompy Mage NinjaBoom Bloom KnightAmbush BrawlerCrash Bandicoot Life
Starcast Hood Sickle Chompy Mage Boom Bloom Ambush Crash Bandicoot
SentinelSteel Plated Hood Sickle BazookerJingle Bell Chompy Mage
Steel Plated Hood Sickle Jingle Bell Chompy Mage
Kaos KaosKaos Kaos
Kaos

Senseis

"Sensei" is the collective name for the new set of Skylanders (the villains also function as Senseis), their Battle Class determines the types of attacks and weapons they use as well as which abilities they unlock for your Imaginators. They all have a new type of super attack called Sky-Chi that slowly fills up as you defeat enemies until it reaches a point where you can unleash it on your unsuspecting foes (quite similar to the ability Trap Masters had in the 3DS version of Trap Team).

Owning a Sensei of a particular battle class will unlock a Secret Technique for your Imaginators of the same class. As well as that they will each unlock an item and a weapon for use in customisation. Senseis will also be able to access areas known as "Sensei Elemental Realms".

Creation Crystal

Included in the Starter Pack is a Fire Creation Crystal, this allows you to create and store your very own custom Fire element Skylander. To create a Skylander of a different element you'll need to purchase a Creation Crystal of that element.

Be aware that once you select a Battle Class you can not change it on that Creation Crystal ever again. So choose carefully!

Starter Pack

In the Starter Pack you get the Water Sensei Master King Pen, the Earth Villain Golden Queen, and a Fire Creation Crystal. The portal included is identical to that of the Swap Force portal (some regions instead have a modified SuperChargers Portal without a trap slot).

There is also once again a Dark Edition of the Starter Pack, it contains three Dark variant Skylanders (King Pen, Golden Queen, and Wolfgang) and three standard Creation Crystals (Fire, Life, and Dark). The pack also comes with a Gold Imaginite Mystery Chest that unlocks some gear for your Imaginators.

And there is a "Crash Edition" that is only available on PlayStation 3 and 4, it has the same contents as the regular Starter Pack plus the Crash Bandicoot and Dr. Neo Cortex toys. The characters will be available in a separately sold Adventure Pack at a later date.

Platforms

The game is only appearing on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and the Wii U. That means no Wii, 3DS, or Tablet versions this year.


Comments
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#2010 bmanuel 21:04:39 30/07/2016
so i just pre-ordered the crash edition starter pack for my ps3, and not that im complaining, but it was $20 off. why? i didnt use a gift card or anything.
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#2009 ToonLink04 20:57:06 30/07/2016
ya that sounds great!
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#2008 Drobot88 20:41:07 30/07/2016
V So it sounds like Gamescom will top everything off for Skylanders Imaginators then.
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#2007 Gamefreak 20:32:28 30/07/2016
As an idea of what we might get at gamescom i looked up what we got at gamescom from the previous games.
Trap Team:
Head Rush,Ka-Boom,Bushwhack,Tidal Wave Gill Grunt: figures, catchphrases, bios and gameplay. Gameplay of Rainfish Riviera and the reveal of Brawlrus, Masker Mind and Brawl & Chain + gameplay. Complete character poster (except high five, flip wreck, bat spin and the light and dark skylanders and villains)

Superchargers:
Teaser of Smash Hit, a roster of 13 characters (old and new), sky racing action pack content and trophy, land trophy, racing mode pictures, a picture of Shield Striker and the packaging of: Shark Shooter Terrafin, Dive-Clops, Fiesta, Stormblade, High Volt, Nightfall, Sea Shadow, Dive Bomber and Crypt Crusher. The day after Gamescom we got the figure and packaging of Smash Hit.

So i think that at Gamescom we will be shown:
A new level (completely shown), gameplay of 6-7 characters most likely all of the newly revealed ones, packaging, the complete poster. (Maybe battle mode if it is in the game)
Any thoughts?
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#2006 ToonLink04 20:11:52 30/07/2016
could we please stop speculating the light villain we will know who it is when activision tells us
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#2005 Drobot88 20:10:14 30/07/2016
I bet in the end of all of this, the light villain will probably be a villain no one was expecting at all... lol.
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#2004 ToonLink04 19:57:42 30/07/2016
What if the light villain didn't exist and we didn't need to speculate
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#2003 zmoibe12 19:48:38 30/07/2016
v why stop there. let's just switch bruiser cruiser over to the light element. ( I really don't want that happening but since villains seem to be switching elements it's plausable)
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#2002 Pickle 19:31:43 30/07/2016
How about lob goblin the light brawler? he could have bixing gloves that look like his bombs.
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#2001 EliteSpyroFan 18:12:29 30/07/2016
Fight fire with fire, I suppose

look http://skylanderscharacterlist...orm-300x169.png //www.darkspyro.net/images/ima...r_unknown_1.jpg the shoulder plate

oh dont they have bigger pictures
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#2000 KingMed 17:55:05 30/07/2016
When is gamescon ?
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#1999 PwnageFTW 17:31:39 30/07/2016
Kaos could still be q skylander,they can use the Kaos from Mirror of Mystery

a*___
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#1998 midnightmagic34 17:29:50 30/07/2016
I'm guessing we'll get to see some of the battle classes at gamescom that we've yet to explore. I'm guessing we might see a swashbuckler, a bazooker, a ninja, and a quickshot, so I'm thinking we'll see Aurora, Flarewolf, Tae Kwon Crow, and Krankcase
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#1997 Luminous35 16:44:32 30/07/2016
V August 17th I believe.
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#1996 BB pop fizz 16:33:37 30/07/2016
When is Gamescon (so we can probably get news)?

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