{"id":27061,"date":"2013-02-06T17:18:21","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T07:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=27061"},"modified":"2013-02-06T17:18:21","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T07:18:21","slug":"skylanders-swap-forcetm-mixes-it-up-at-toy-fair-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=27061","title":{"rendered":"SKYLANDERS SWAP FORCETM \u201cMIXES IT UP\u201d AT TOY FAIR 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><i>From the Innovators who Brought \u201cToys to Life\u201d Comes an Entirely New Innovation \u2013 Swapability<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>16 New Characters With Swappable Top and Bottom Halves Can Be Customised into More Than 250 <\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>Unique Combinations, Taking Skylanders and the \u201cToys to Life\u201d Category to a New Level\u00a0<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>Stellar HD Graphics Deliver Cinema-Quality Visuals and Storytelling, Immersing Players <\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>in Gameplay Like Never Before<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Sydney<\/b><b> \u2013 February 6, 2013<\/b> \u2013<i> <\/i>In just over a year, the novel concept of bringing toys to life has made Skylanders one of the most beloved and successful children\u2019s video game franchises of all time<sup>1<\/sup>, establishing a new category in family entertainment. Today, Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), revealed <b><i>Skylanders SWAP Force, <\/i><\/b>\u00a0the next installment in the popular franchise, which will be featured at Toy Fair 2013, February 10-13 at the Javits Center in New York City.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VHaGAXzmiTg?feature=player_detailpage\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b><i>SWAP Force<\/i><\/b> builds upon the success of the franchise\u2019s signature gameplay with an all-new innovative play pattern &#8212; swapability &#8212; that gives kids more choice than ever before by letting\u00a0 them swap the top and bottom halves of the toys to create their own characters.\u00a0 The game lets Portal Masters reconfigure 16 <i>SWAP Force<\/i> characters into more than 250 unique combinations.\u00a0 Kids can mix and match characters\u2019 powers and moves, and then bring them to life in the game.\u00a0\u00a0 Fans of the franchise also can play <b><i>Skylanders SWAP Force<\/i><\/b> with their entire collection of characters from both <i>Skylanders Spyro\u2019s Adventure<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/i> and <i>Skylanders Giants<sup>TM<\/sup><\/i>, now with the added capability of jumping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Skylanders, we didn\u2019t just create a beloved new franchise, we actually created an entirely new category that brings the world of physical toys and video games together like never before. And now with <b><i>Skylanders<\/i><\/b> <b><i>SWAP Force,<\/i><\/b> we are pushing the genre we created forward with another big innovation:\u00a0 customization,\u201d said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing, Inc. \u201cThe idea that kids can customize their own characters in the physical world, and have their unique combinations recognized in the virtual world, is an idea as big as the concept of bringing toys to life itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In <b><i>Skylanders SWAP Force<\/i><\/b>, Portal Masters embark on an all-new adventure in the mysterious Cloudbreak Islands, home to a mystical volcano that erupts every hundred years to replenish the magic in Skylands.\u00a0 During an epic battle, a brave group of Skylanders were caught in the volcano\u2019s eruption, which blasted them apart and sent them to earth.\u00a0 But, the magic of the volcano gave these heroes a remarkable new power &#8212; the ability to swap halves \u2013 turning them into a special team known as the <i>SWAP Force<\/i>.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Kaos is back with a new evil plan.\u00a0 And now, Portal Masters everywhere must reassemble\u00a0the SWAP Force &#8212; in their original form or in new combinations &#8212; and send them back to Cloudbreak to save Skylands!<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Skylanders SWAP Force <\/i><\/b>features 16 new <i>SWAP Force<\/i> characters, along with 32 core Skylanders characters (16 completely new Skylanders and 16 new versions of fan favourite characters from previous games) and eight new<i> <\/i>LightCore\u2122 characters.\u00a0 <b><i>Skylanders SWAP Force <\/i><\/b>also delivers high-resolution graphics that bring the game\u2019s detailed characters and rich environments to life, immersing players in the gameplay like never before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<i>Skylanders Giants<\/i>\u00a0was named to our 2012 Holiday Hot Toy List for good reason \u2013 it extended the franchise\u2019s breakthrough gameplay and its performance at retail has been incredible. We\u2019re continually impressed by the\u00a0originality\u00a0that Activision delivers in bringing toys to life,\u201d said D-J Aquilina, General Manager \u2013 Marketing and Ecommerce, Toys\u201cR\u201dUs, Inc. \u201cThe innovation\u00a0of allowing kids to customise their toys in the real world and then send them into the <b><i>Skylanders<\/i> <i>SWAP Force<\/i><\/b> game is sure to raise the bar for the franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About Skylanders<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>In 2011,<b><i> <\/i><\/b><i>Skylanders Spyro\u2019s Adventure<\/i> originated a new play pattern that seamlessly bridged physical and virtual worlds across multiple platforms and became the top-selling kids\u2019 videogame of the year<sup>2<\/sup>. In October of 2012, <i>Skylanders Giants<\/i> further evolved the genre and added the mega-sized Giants and LightCore<b><i>\u2122<\/i><\/b> characters to the collection of interaction figures that have helped the franchise achieve more than $500 million in U.S. retail sales, including accessories and figures, reaching the milestone faster than any other kids gaming property.<sup>3<\/sup> <b><i>Skylanders SWAP Force<\/i><\/b><i> <\/i>is being developed by Vicarious Visions, an Activision studio. The game has not yet been rated by the Australian Classification Board. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skylanders.com\">www.skylanders.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Innovators who Brought \u201cToys to Life\u201d Comes an Entirely New Innovation \u2013 Swapability\u00a0 16 New Characters With Swappable Top and Bottom Halves Can Be Customised into More Than 250 Unique Combinations, Taking Skylanders and the \u201cToys to Life\u201d Category to a New Level\u00a0\u00a0 Stellar HD Graphics Deliver Cinema-Quality Visuals and Storytelling, Immersing Players<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=27061\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news","category-trailers-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27064,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27061\/revisions\/27064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}