Skylanders fans know the fun never stops with these characters. Now there are new adventures with Skylanders Imaginators to be had! Including new features for the Switch, characters, an expansion pack, and more! This game is fun for every gamer in the house. Trust me, we fight over the controller!
Confession: I have never played Skylanders before. Shocking I know. I knew about it and have seen them everywhere but for whatever reason I never got a chance to pick up the game and try it out. A big thank you to the Skylanders team for fixing that. Clearly, I have been missing out.
The kids on the other hand, have played the game before and couldn't wait to have it at our house. Finally Mommy!
Game Play
Choose your difficulty. Beginner, Adventurer, Expert, and Nightmare (only available once you beat that annoying punk Chaos in another difficulty). Play through the story or test your racing skills. In Racing mode, race against other Skylanders fans online, test your skills in a single race, time trial, and other options are available once you have unlocked special action packs. We all like the story mode. With your main objectives and side quests it seems like there always something to do and discover on the board.
The fighting controls are easy enough to figure out and if you forget you can always double check in the upgrades menu, available right in the game. No need to exit to the main menu. My only wish is they could walk faster (adjustable on Imaginators based on accessories) and have a double jump. It took me awhile to get use to not having that double jump option!
Characters
Your starter set includes 2 Skylanders Sensei and one creation crystal. Leveling up is easy enough to do and gathering currency to buy your upgrades also isn't difficult. Just destroy a few innocent boxes, and explore a bit to gain more. Don't forget to stop and strike a pose at Selfie spots, they earn your rewards too!
Use the creation crystal to create your own Imaginator. This is where all those awesome set pieces, arm guards, heads, catchphrases, etc that you unlocked in the chests come into play.
Skylanders are cool but I think my Imaginator is my favorite. She is a kick tail swashbuckler who swishes around taking out bad guys and sparkling while she does it!
Your Skylanders Imaginator can have custom theme music, sound effects, and catchphrases. Love it!
Skylanders Imaginators supports character toys from all previous Skylanders games- including Skylanders®SuperChargers, Skylanders® Trap Team, Skylanders® SWAP ForceTM, Skylanders® Giants and Skylanders® Spyro’s Adventure.
Availability and more news
Skylanders Imaginators is now available for the Nintendo Switch and introduces a digital library that allows players to easily load and store their 300+ toys from the Skylanders® franchise* directly to the Switch. The arrival of the digital library also means you can take your Skylanders Imaginators on-the-go whenever you want without the Portal of Power!
New characters including Painyatta and Grave Clobber are joining the game as well as a brand-new expansion pack called the Cursed Tiki Temple. The expansion pack takes kids on an all-new adventure that features more than 100 new pieces for their Imaginators. The pack comes with Sensei character Wild Storm, a life Creation Crystal, and an Imaginite Mystery Chest.
Buy Skylanders Imaginators and other Skylanders products at major retailers including Target, Best Buy, Toys R Us, GameStop, and Amazon.
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My boys love the Skylanders! I am sure they are going to LOVE these ones, too!
This sounds like such an fun toy to play with. My nephews would really love it.
My nephew LOVES Skylanders! We live right by Target, so I need to look into getting him some gear for Easter!
My niece loves these! I will have to send this to my sister so she can show my niece!
My son has been playing Skylanders since he was a little boy. Such a great game!
My son use to play this game. He loved it now he has moved onto another game for his Xbox1
This looks like a blast! I think my daughter would really have fun with this.
My little guy isn’t quite old enough for these yet, but they do look like lots of fun!
This looks like such a fun game! We haven’t played it before. If we get the chance to one day, we will!
It’s such a bright and colorful game. I’ve never heard of that one before.
Sounds like an awesome family fun night game to try!
This seems like a game my kids would definitely have fun with! I hadn’t heard of it before, but I like how it lets the kids customize the difficulty of the game, too.
I have never heard of this game but it sounds really fun. I am sure the kids will play for hours.
I dont know much about video games but my son is heavily into them! It looks like something him or my girls would enjoy playing.
My Son is going to love this. It would be a great Easter gift for him. Thanks for the great idea.
My nephews love the Skylanders! It’s hard being a girl mom to know what to buy for boys, but those are always a safe choice.
My boy loves Skylanders. I just may get this for him for his birthday in a couple of weeks.
This does look very cool. My daughter and I have gotten into the Lego Dimensions sets which have a similar feel.
I didn’t even know that they still made Skylanders! These look great though.
I don’t have children of my own but my friends nephew loves his skylanders. He has loads at home and is practically obsessed! x
SKylanders sure have come a long way – my son has the first set a few years back.
It is amazing how detailed the graphics are! I have many cousins that are obsessed with Skylander, my kids are still not into it but they are still pretty young. I am sure I will get to know all of these characters very well soon!
Cool, I’m not familiar with these guys, but I know how much my kids liked these kinds of action figures.
It honestly sounds like an awesome game that the kids will enjoy. I think it’s nice that there are action figures aside from the digital game.
WOW! This is pretty cool and it looks like a game that my nephews would enjoy. I think it’s really awesome and it’s worth checking out.
I’m always hearing about skylander toys!!! I have a few friends with boys and their sons love them!!!
My kiddos love Skylanders. Even the girls play with them.