Activision has now confirmed the release dates for Skylanders: Giants, set to arrive on Wii and 3DS on 19th October in Europe and 21st October in North America.
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Skylanders: Giants, the sequel to the rather successful original, is confirmed for 3DS, Wii and Wii U. That means whatever your console of choice, the opportunity to collect a lot of figures won't pass you by, which is a good thing unless you're a paying parent.
In order to keep the sequel at the forefront of our minds Activision has released a short video for a new character, Swarm. He's an over-sized bee that fires stings as projectiles, slashes anything within reach and generally looks brutishly strong: a polygon-based embodiment of sheer terror for those with a certain phobia. In any case, check out the video below to see him in action.
[source youtube.com, via eurogamer.net]
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This was announced in Nintendo Power a few weeks back.
YEAH WELL MAGAZINES CAN'T PLAY VIDEO CAN THEY?!??!?!?!??!?!
Not yet, give it a few years
Well then when they run this video in their magazine in a few years we can all say "hey, this was announced on Nintendo Life years ago"!
Oh Jon...
Looking forward to Giants though it is going to put a hurting on our pocketbook. Still havn't even seen the last character from the previous game, Wham Shell.
Soon they'll be life size skylanders,that come alive at night.
Looks more like a wasp than a bee. Bee's are always cute and friendly, like in that Bee movie.
Personally I don't like the look of him either way, seems too mean, more like one of the bad guys than the mostly cuddly Skylanders.
Will the PS3 portal work on the WiiU? I think it just needs a USB port. We also have the DS portal but I think it's too small for those Giant figures.
"which is a good thing unless you're a paying parent." My 7 yr. old collects these and I think he's paid for all 13 of his characters, PS3 and DS versions, and Dragon's Peak by himself with birthday money and his $1.50 weekly allowance. About $150, so it is alot for a video game. I think he'll be getting a lot for the holidays this year.
Update to my post to the update to your post.
Glad to see a release date, on a Sunday in the US, so that's kinda odd.
I know I've beaten this horse to death already, but really, as more and more multiplatform games start getting holiday release dates Nintendo really needs to get the Wii U launch date out there. Guess we'll be getting this on the PS3, my kid hated the 3DS version. Half the fun of this game is changing characters on a whim at any time, not really mobile friendly. Though maybe had he played the 3DS version first he would have enjoyed it more.
well it looks like I got some news to tell my friend whos addicted to this stuff.
I'm guessing the Wii U version will be a launch title, that is if it's the same as the other console versions. I don't think we know the developer for it yet, everyone's guessing Vicarious Visions, the developer of the first Skylanders 3DS. Picking this up on Wii U and 3DS, I hope it's a launch title.
Hmm, gunknives, at least they're more original than gunblades.
I'm sick of hearing about Skylanders. Where's that PROPER Spyro game they promised us back in '11?
I'm not buying Giants so I can avoid that hit to the wallet. Collecting every original Skylander was a fun experience, but it's a one time thing. It doesn't really look like there's really much different here from the original gameplay wise. I still might buy a few figures that look nice just to put on my shelf though.
@Kitsune_Rei I found Wham Shell which was my last one i the place I least expected it... Tescos... Was very surprised to complete my collection there of all places...
Before this game was expensive....Now it's EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE!!
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