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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#2190 Bifrost 13:57:04 04/08/2016
You're still pushing a dev to give you info when they're not PR or marketing. That's demanding and super rude, not to mention chances are they don't know themselves(the writer for Academy has been promised a trailer "soon" for 3 months straight)

(I probably wasn't clear last post. They know who are the characters, but not when they should or will be revealed, that's PR and PR only)
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#2189 Matt-S 13:46:10 04/08/2016
Bifrost:

It wasn't Chris, unless his twitter avatar is a pixelated ice cream.

And he doesn't have to answer if it's risky, but there's no harm in asking. Plus, I asked if they could reveal it soon like in a new video or another magazine, not in a twitter reply, I know how these things work.
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#2188 ToonLink04 13:25:08 04/08/2016
that wouldn't be good

guys on the vv site they said that they made all of the skylanders games
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#2187 Bifrost 12:25:58 04/08/2016
Using your knowledge of employees to try and get info despite the risk of NDAs? That'd low. And if you messaged Chris at TFB, congrats, you gave him more reason to never post here again.
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#2186 omer1698 12:15:59 04/08/2016
oh well, they made mistakes, we will just have to wait... again...
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#2185 Matt-S 11:58:08 04/08/2016
Really, I've sent a message, but I don't know if he'll reply or not. Plus, even if he dose, we might not get anything. I asked if Dreamcatcher was in it and he said he couldn't tell me, and I don't think she's in the game anyway
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#2184 omer1698 11:54:36 04/08/2016
You batter not messin me.
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#2183 Matt-S 11:36:38 04/08/2016
I'll see what I can do to help, but don't I might not get anything

I've sent a message to a guy who works at TFB (yeah, I have that power lol), we'll have to wait to see if he relpies. I asked if he could reveal the Light villain soon, he wouldn't tell me up front, he'd have to do it his own way, otherwise he'd get in trouble
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#2182 omer1698 11:32:02 04/08/2016
All of us are geting crazy becuse of this villain, tfb if one of you read this please just show us how is he.
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#2181 Matt-S 03:23:55 04/08/2016
No, I wish they would tell us already, it's getting crazy
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#2180 nightking1215 01:56:07 04/08/2016
do we know the light guy yet
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#2179 ToonLink04 01:11:48 04/08/2016
I don't think it makes sense for him to be a brawler because he is not using his fists at all
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#2178 Chompy-King257 23:36:33 03/08/2016
V I want him to be a Brawler, so we could maybe get Luminous as a Knight.
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#2177 Matt-S 22:05:04 03/08/2016
apparently, one of the Tech characters is a Swashuckler

Also, dose anyone else think Chompy Mage is a Brawler? He has his staff and puppet to slam around and lets not forget he can turn into a giant chompy and body slam
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#2176 84skylanderdude 21:56:29 03/08/2016
V We already know all 3 Swashbucklers and Bowslingers, dude.

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