Sentences with phrase «like skylanders»

Like Skylanders, Infinity requires players to place RFID - tagged physical objects — figures, play sets, or power discs — onto the plastic «Infinity Base» sensor, a console accessory that imports the data on the toy and allows them to be played in - game.

Amiibo figurines resemble the augmented reality collectibles of games like Skylanders and Disney Infinity.

like skylanders) in lieu of leaving the bases identical.

Kind of like Skylanders or LEGO Dimensions, except more consistent in terms of quality.

With games like Skylanders letting you use all your old figures in the new campaigns each year this feels like something of an oversight.

Where other toys - in - your - games IPs like Skylanders and Disney Infinity build entire games around the idea, Nintendo's Amiibo implementation has felt half baked, under - utilized and sporadic.

Why games like Skylanders: Trap Team don't take advantage of the Wii U GamePad's NFC features is unclear.

Like Skylanders and Disney Infinity, Amiibo figurines will be able to transfer data into compatible games and retain the data they collect from the game.

No word on specifics for mobile yet — we're hoping that 3.0 is where they open it up and add support for the base and physical characters to mobile (like Skylanders recently did).

Nintendo unveiled new NFC figures today at their E3 event, which are a little like the Skylanders and Disney Infinity series of figurines.

As a result, sales for series like Skylanders are also down, and LEGO Dimensions has significantly underperformed compared to both Skylanders and Amiibo.

Disney Infinity, like Skylanders before it and LEGO Dimensions after it, is a toys - to - life video game series that requires gamers to buy a bunch of expensive toys in order to unlock content in a game they already paid full price for (which can sometimes be as high as $ 100).

Today Lego announced Lego Dimensions, which is an NFC game much like Skylanders and Disney Infinity.

While it may look like a Skylanders rip - off, Disney Infinity is actually the video game equivalent of emptying a toy chest onto the floor and making your own magic with its contents.

The machines also add near - field communications (NFC) capabilities, meaning new games will be able to support the Nintendo amiibo figures, which can interact with the onscreen action — like the Skylanders and Disney Infinity character toys.

While other toys - to - life games like Skylanders and Disney Infinity have mostly provided players with static action figures, this is a game that wants you to really play with the toys.

It's a bonus that titles like Skylanders Imaginators and World of Goo will also appear on the console at launch, but for the most part the selection is far more limited than the WiiU which had 23 titles available on launch including Call of Duty: Black Ops.

I've yet to see these figures in person but if they're anything like the Skylanders LightCore figures then I already love them, apart from the fact that they only light up when placed on the game base.

The catch is that there will be toys that can be attached to controllers with swappable pilots and ship mods that will change the ship in game, like Skylanders minus the portal.

To unlock playable characters in the game you must place a physical LEGO toy on the portal, so they appear in the game (It's like Skylanders, but with LEGOs).

This was more like a Skylanders advertisement than the Crash game.

Activision is this week's golden child in the sales department, offering steep discounts up to 66 % off on titles like Skylanders SuperChargers, The Amazing Spider - Man 2 and...

In addition to supporting third - party hits like Skylanders and Disney Infinity, the Wii U boasts Nintendo's own NFC - based amiibo figures.

Disney Infinity is not about the adventure and story like Skylanders, instead it is a game about creativity and the thrill that comes from playing with characters we have grown to love because of that Disney magic.

The Amiibo figures, like the Skylanders and Disney Infinity toys before them, don't store a lot of data — just the pertinent ownership and statistics info for Smash Bros., and that's it.

For another, Disney Infinity, like Skylanders, revolves around plastic figurines that open up — via a device called an «Infinity Base» — individual gaming experiences.

Family gaming systems like the WiiU, portable handheld systems like the Nintendo 3DS, and video game toys like Skylanders, Disney Infinity, LEGO Dimensions, and Amiibo are very popular amongst kids.

Activision has followed the pattern it established with Call of Duty by enlisting a second developer, Vicarious Visions, to create games like Skylanders: Swap Force in tandem with Toys For Bob, which came up with the idea and is behind Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, Skylanders: Giants and the new Skylanders: Trap Team game.

I suppose people will like a Skylander or Infinity game to dedicate to Amiibo.

Lastly, Mario does, essentially, fight like a Skylander in this game.

Like the Skylander characters that pilot them, each vehicle can be upgraded with different attributes and abilities over time, and the vehicles are brought into the game world by placing toys on the NFC - enabled SuperChargers portal peripheral.

Not exact matches

I'd like to know more about these Skylanders cupcakes as I am having a party for my son in a couple weeks.

And customers looking for pre-owned items at GameStop will find 2,500 different used games available for less than $ 20, plus a buy - two - get - three - free deal on any pre-owned toys - to - life figures like amiibo, Skylanders and Disney Infinity.

The figures themselves are nicely designed too, and feel like they have better heft to them than the more plastic Skylanders.

I like the cartoon series (mainly for the voice acting) and I think this game might be fun to play even if the graphics look more Skylander - ish than Fall of Cybertron graphics.

I play Disney Infinity, but I'm not against Skylanders like some Infinity fans are.

US was undertracked for wii u by 5k so european numbers could be undertracked (or overtracked but who knows) mario kart is doing something like iwata said a stream line of games can sell a console and thats whats coming a stream line of games we have hyrule warriors, bayonetta 2, sonic boom, toad, smash bros, yoshi, kirby, devils third, xeno x, zelda u, star fox, mario vs dk, mario maker, mario party 10, wii sports club u retail, watch dogs, project cars, skylanders, disney infinity, lego games, tons of amazing indies like fast racing neo its there its enought games for a secondary console its still being supported thats how nintendo will work they wont give up until wii u owners are satisfied (according to iwata)

Where Skylanders was a fresh new IP, names like Disney (Infinity), LEGO (Dimensions), and Nintendo (Amiibo) have been with us for decades.

Some of the upcoming Star Wars figures light up on the portal (like Light Core Skylanders before them), but they are essentially very colorful army men.

The game looks like a Saturday morning cartoon and the characters themselves are extremely well animated but where the game does shine is seeing your new Skylanders on the screen once you have mixed and matched.

Nintendo faced stiff competition from both Skylanders and Disney Infinity, but according to retail information gathered at Best Buy, it looks like the popularity of amiibo has already eclipsed Skylanders and is tied with Disney Infinity.

Nintendo's Skylanders - like amiibos will be released at the end of the month and will work with games like Super Smash Bros., Mario Kart 8 and Hyrule Warriors.

Just like Activision with Skylanders (and Nintendo with amiibo), Disney regularly releases new figurines for Disney Infinity.

Placing physical toys and disks on the USB portal in various combinations, much like Activision's Skylanders.

«We're excited for our fans to experience the biggest franchises, like Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Skylanders Giants and Transformers Prime, in new ways made possible on Wii U.»

Disney INFINITY has been the best selling toys - to - life game for the past three years, so it's not like they are not selling enough units compared to Skylanders or anything similar to that.

Combat will be familiar to fans of hack - and - slash games like Diablo and Torchlight, but Skylanders leans a bit more towards kid - friendly button mashing and skill upgrades than the execution of combos.

If you thought that the toys - to - life market was going to be forever cornered by the likes of Disney Infinity and Skylanders, you might want to think again.

Games like Lego Dimensions, Skylanders Superchargers and Disney Infinity 3.0 will also receive sizable price cuts for the holiday, netting you the starter sets for the games.

Activision proved with Skylanders that there is plenty of money to be made with the idea... but do we really need another game like this?