Skylanders: SuperChargers

Skylanders: SuperChargers

Skylanders: SuperChargers is the fifth Skylanders game in the series. Made by Vicarious Visions, the team behind Skylanders: Swap Force.

Skylanders: SuperChargers
Platform Developer Release Date
North America Europe Australia / New Zealand
PlayStation 4Xbox OneWii U
PlayStation 3Xbox 360
iOS
Vicarious Visions Sep 20th 2015 Sep 25th 2015 Sep 24th 2015
Wii
Nintendo 3DS
Beenox

Story

In Skylanders SuperChargers, Kaos' quest to rule over Skylands reveals his most sinister weapon ever - a massive "Doomstation of Ultimate Doomstruction" capable of eating the sky itself. Fortunately, Master Eon had seen the warning signs and assembled a special team of Skylanders to pilot an unstoppable fleet of vehicles with the power to destroy the reign of destruction! With Skylands facing its greatest threat, the Skylanders must pilot their supercharged vehicles over land, under sea, and through the sky to stop Kaos!

Characters

Once again all existing toys will work with the new game but of course there are many new toys for you to purchase. The new lineup is made up of 20 new SuperChargers (that's 10 (or 12) completely new characters and 10 (or 8) reimagined returning characters) and matching 20 Vehicles. Any Skylander can use any vehicle but each Vehicle has a specific paired SuperCharger that SuperCharges the vehicle when they are used together, this changes the appearance of the vehicle and gives it a boost.

Fire
Spitfire
Spitfire
Lava Lance Eruptor
Lava Lance Eruptor
Hammer Slam Bowser
Hammer Slam Bowser
Dark Spitfire
Dark Spitfire
Dark Hammer Slam Bowser
Dark Hammer Slam Bowser
Air
Stormblade
Stormblade
Hurricane Jet-Vac
Hurricane Jet-Vac
Legendary Hurricane Jet-Vac
Legendary Hurricane Jet-Vac
Life
Thrillipede
Thrillipede
Super Shot Stealth Elf
Super Shot Stealth Elf
Turbo Charge Donkey Kong
Turbo Charge Donkey Kong
Eggcited Thrillipede
Eggcited Thrillipede
Dark Super Shot Stealth Elf
Dark Super Shot Stealth Elf
Dark Turbo Charge Donkey Kong
Dark Turbo Charge Donkey Kong
Earth
Smash Hit
Smash Hit
Shark Shooter Terrafin
Shark Shooter Terrafin
Steel Plated Smash Hit
Steel Plated Smash Hit
Tech
High Volt
High Volt
Double Dare Trigger Happy
Double Dare Trigger Happy
Power Blue Trigger Happy
Power Blue Trigger Happy
Water
Dive-Clops
Dive-Clops
Deep Dive Gill Grunt
Deep Dive Gill Grunt
Dive-Clops
Missile-tow Dive-Clops
Undead
Fiesta
Fiesta
Rollerbrawl
Bone Bash Roller Brawl
Frightful Fiesta
Frightful Fiesta
Legendary Bone Bash Roller Brawl
Legendary Bone Bash Roller Brawl
Magic
Splat
Splat
Big Bubble Pop Fizz
Big Bubble Pop Fizz
Power Blue Splat
Power Blue Splat
Birthday Bash Big Bubble Pop Fizz
Birthday Bash Big Bubble Pop Fizz
Dark
Nightfall
Nightfall
Light
Astroblast
Astroblast
Legendary Astroblast
Legendary Astroblast

Unlike previous games the base this time is signified by a large engine with the element bursting out the exhaust.

The two Nintendo characters, Donkey Kong and Bowser, are only playable on the Wii U, Wii, and 3DS versions of the game. They have a secondary function as an amiibo which means they can be also used in some other Nintendo games.

Vehicles

There are 20 vehicles to collect, each one matching a particular SuperCharger but can be driven by any Skylander, the matching Skylander just gives it a boost, a SuperCharge if you will. There are three types of vehicle: Land, Sea, and Sky.

The only mandatory vehicle sections are Land based so you can still complete the entire story with just the contents of the Starter Pack. In co-op you both control the same vehicle with Player 1 driving and Player 2 on the weapons, although you can switch at any time.

Fire
Spitfire's Hot Streak
Hot Streak
Eruptor's Burn-Cycle
Burn-Cycle
Spitfire's Dark Hot Streak
Dark Hot Streak
Earth
Smash Hit's Thump Truck
Thump Truck
Terrafin's Shark Tank
Shark Tank
Tech
High Volt's Shield Striker
Shield Striker
Trigger Happy's Gold Rusher
Gold Rusher
Donkey Kong's Barrel Blaster
Barrel Blaster
Donkey Kong's Dark Barrel Blaster
Dark Barrel Blaster
Trigger Happy's Power Blue Gold Rusher
Power Blue Gold Rusher
Undead
Fiesta's Crypt Crusher
Crypt Crusher
Roller Brawl's Tomb Buggy
Tomb Buggy
Air
Stormblade's Sky Slicer
Sky Slicer
Jet-Vac's Jet Stream
Jet Stream
Bowser's Clown Cruiser
Clown Cruiser
Bowser's Dark Clown Cruiser
Dark Clown Cruiser
Life
Thrillipede's Buzz Wing
Buzz Wing
Stealth Elf's Stealth Stinger
Stealth Stinger
Stealth Elf's Nitro Stealth Stinger
Nitro Stealth Stinger
Light
Astroblast's Sun Runner
Sun Runner
Astroblast's Legendary Sun Runner
Legendary Sun Runner
Water
Dive-Clops' Dive Bomber
Dive Bomber
Gill Grunt's Reef Ripper
Reef Ripper
Dive-Clops' Spring Ahead Dive Bomber
Spring Ahead Dive Bomber
Magic
Splat's Splatter Splasher
Splatter Splasher
Pop Fizz's Soda Skimmer
Soda Skimmer
Splat's Power Blue Splatter Splasher
Power Blue Splatter Splasher
Pop Fizz's Nitro Soda Skimmer
Nitro Soda Skimmer
Dark
Nightfall's Sea Shadow
Sea Shadow
Nightfall's Dark Sea Shadow
Dark Sea Shadow

While all of your existing Skylanders can drive all of the vehicles only the new SuperChargers can upgrade and modify them.

Trophies

Trophies are used to unlock new terrain specific racetracks and they each allow you to play as four villains from that terrain type.

Kaos
Kaos Trophy
Kaos Trophy
SeaSea
Golden Queen Sea Trophy
Sea Trophy
SkySky
Wolfgang Sky Trophy
Sky Trophy
LandLand
Count Moneybone Land Trophy
Land Trophy

Aside from the Dark Edition's Kaos Trophy you will get the trophies in special "Racing Action Packs" which contain a SuperCharger, their vehicle and the trophy. The first example is Deep Dive Gill Grunt with his Reef Ripper and the Sea Trophy, the second pack contains Astroblast, his Sun Runner vehicle and the Sky Trophy.

Online

Online racing and co-op has been added to the series for the first time. You can race online against friends or just randomly selected people. While the Wii version does not have an online component the 3DS version does.

Portal

A new Portal of Power is included in the Starter Pack but, for the first time since Skylanders Giants, you can instead choose to use your previous Portals to play with. If you have no interest in the new Portal you can purchase a digital Portal Owners Pack, the Portal Owners Pack will provide you with the game and two digital toys, Instant Spitfire and Instant Hot Streak, for use if you haven't got a Portal connected.

The new Portal does have a Trap slot but the use of villains is quite diminished, instead of playing as a villain it just provides your vehicle with a boost and gives you a corresponding Skystone for the new minigame Skystones Overdrive.

Platforms

SuperChargers is set for release on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, Wii, 3DS, and iPad. The Wii and 3DS versions will be titled "Skylanders SuperChargers Racing" and will be a different experience compared to the other editions.

There will be Dark Editions of the Starter Pack available on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii, and Wii U.


Comments
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#2535 PortalMasterone 14:27:51 28/07/2015
Based on the cover of Issue 12, it looks like Spyro, Blades, Food Fight, Tread Head, Snap Shot, Wallop, Jawbreaker, Pet-Vac, Dr. Krankcase, Wolfgang, Bruiser Cruiser, Threatpack, some Chompies, the Chompy Mage, and Smoke Scream appear in the season finale.
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#2534 SilverWolf2308 12:28:15 28/07/2015
@Deja Vu that would the Christmas stuff smilie
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#2533 Deja Vu 12:24:38 28/07/2015
1st December? Okaaayyyy and what do they want to sell for christmas?
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#2531 Drek95 11:15:02 28/07/2015
PortalMasterone I know, what I meant is there aren't more than 20 vehicles there are *exactly* 20 vehicles. smilie

Darksteelforge, Dual Packs and Multipacks might be the same thing (a SuperCharger and his/her vehicle) while Racing Action Packs also contain a villain's Trophy which apparently unlock new tracks or levels and also Let's you play as that villain.

The Sky one has Astroblast and Sun Runner in it along with a currently unknown Trophy while the Sea one has Deep Dive Gill Grunt, Reef Ripper and the Golden Queen's Trophy.
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#2530 MysticalQuilava 10:31:40 28/07/2015
@Darksteelforge I'm guessing the characters/veichles/racing pack/multipacks will be just the same price just with a different sign(£s,US$s,AU$s) because companies do not care about conversion rates.
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#2529 Darksteelforge 10:19:20 28/07/2015
So that will be 267 euro without a starter pack and then you will have 8 skylanders, 10 vehicles and counting the characters or vehicles from the starter pack.
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#2528 SilverWolf2308 09:36:31 28/07/2015
@Darksteelforge Not yet, it seems like most sites are only getting information but no pictures or a real description with them. That's why we probably have seen them pop up here and there but with no pics. If I do find anything will let you know smilie
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#2527 Darksteelforge 09:24:29 28/07/2015
@silverwolf2308. Did you find a site with pictures. I am really curious aboutthe difference between the dual pack and the multipack with Terrafin

Splat is wave 2. I noticed that I put it also in wave 1, but it is wave 2
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#2526 SilverWolf2308 08:55:17 28/07/2015
@Darksteelforge just noticed it too!You got to it before me to announcing it! Nice work! I'm constantly searching recent Skylanders SuperChargers news.
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#2525 Darksteelforge 08:15:26 28/07/2015
Looks like wave 1 and 2 is know. I am on vacation in France and look what I found on the site micromania.fr on a Search of skylanders:

Wave 1
Shark tank 15,99 euro
Nightfall 12,99 euro
Dive clips 12,99 euro
Shark shooter terrafin 12,99
Fiesta 12,99
Hurricane Jet Vac and Jet scream dual pack 25 euro
Shark shooter terrafin and shark Tank dual pack 25 euro
Racing pack mer (water) 34,99
High volt 12,99
smash It 12,99
Splat 12,99
Stormblade 12,99
Sea shadow 15,99
Burn cycle 15,99
Sky Slicer 15,99
stealth Slinger 15,99
Multipack Shark shooter terrafin and shark tank 29,99
Crypt crusher 15,99
Jet stream 15,99
Dive bomber 15,99
Thump truck (earth) 15,99


Wave 2 (1 december)
Lava dance erupter 12,99
Splat 12,99
Hurricane jet vac 12,99
Big bubble pop fizz 12,99
Splatter Spasher 15,99
Shield striker (earth) 15,99
Racing pack Ciel (sky) 34,99 euro

Loods like there is a differente getweeën the dual pack and the Racing Pack. For 5 euro's you get the thropy? To bad no pictures on micromania.fr on the packs.

Sorry for any typos, but my tablet corrects my english in another language.
Looks like a long times between wave 1 and 2 so we can save some money.

And the name for Smash Its vehicle is Thump Truck
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#2524 SilverWolf2308 08:06:17 28/07/2015
@ Iganagor What are you talking about? O.o
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#2523 spyrothe111 00:53:30 28/07/2015
I'm most excited for the Stealth Stinger! smilie
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#2522 SodaPopHD 00:36:31 28/07/2015
All it's glory.

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