The toys-to-life market is going to be a fascinating battlefield this year, with multi-platform arrivals on the horizon for Skylanders, LEGO Dimensions and the anticipated Disney Infinity 3.0. All are confirmed or have strong odds of coming to Wii U, and let's not forget Nintendo's own multi-functional amiibo range to further fill game store shelves with toys.
The Disney series naturally takes advantage of the broad range of strong IPs that the company owns, and speculation is ramping up on what characters will be included with the new entry. Perhaps unsurprisingly, then, rumours of upcoming toys are surfacing, in this case courtesy of a listing on a Chinese website.
In this case the rumour was posted by Infinityinquirer.com, before the site promptly took the post down with the following message.
This article has been taken down at the request of Disney Interactive.
You can't hide from Google's web cache, though, and the image above shows part of the rumoured line-up for Disney Infinity 3.0. They're only rumours, of course, but are sure to get fans talking. Mickey and Minnie Mouse would surely be popular inclusions, while Olaf from Frozen would likely become a stock challenge to rival the rarest of amiibo figures.
Are you a fan of Disney Infinity, and if so are you looking forward to the next entry and - potentially - some of these characters?
[source eurogamer.net, via infinityinquirer.com]
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I'm scared they will add Star Wars to Infinity this year...I can't afford Wii U + 3DS + PS4 + Amiibo + Lego sets + Lego Dimensions + Disney Infinity Star Wars...
2015 is epic and awful.
If you buy Disney Infinity 3 and already own characters from the previous game, would you have to buy them again or is it backwards compatible?
More and more Disney Infinity feels less like an endless possibilities game and more like a huge commercial for current Disney projects, with just a small handful of characters that are actually unexpected to draw people in.
Anyways, currently hoping for a Gravity Falls figure set, as well as a less likely Wolverine figure.
I can believe this but what I can't believe is not one Star Wars figure in that pic!
The only Disney character I really want is Darkwing Duck. I know they have the power discs or whatever, I want the actual figure though!
@Spoony_Tech - Well I can't believe w/ all the famous characters Disney owns - are there any famous characters Disney doesn't currently own? - that I can't name half the people in that photo.
Besides the obvious ones like Star Wars we need:
100 Acre Woods playset w/ Pooh, Tigger and Piglet
Where are the 7, or 9 or 11 princesses?
Where are the 7 dwarves? Or at least a pack of Dopey. Grumpy and Doc
And I want to play inside a giant whale as Pinocchio
Or lead pink elephants on parade as a mouse and Dumbo
Playing under the sea w/ Sebastian
Or in the jungle w/ Timon and Pumba
So many world famous characters, and we get these?
I dont play or collect Skylanders, I have the one and only Amiibo I consider a value purchase and although Lego Dimensions caught my eye, I find the pricing makes it easy to ignore. So I have a few Disney Infinity 2 figures to buy throughout the summer, and then eventually DI: Star Wars edition. I already think it has more potential than Battlefront lol
Disney Infinity 2 was a huge letdown for me... Probably going to skip it and just buy some collectible figures
@rjejr It seems the current Disney has forgotten all of its roots. Either that or it's all about the present and those in the past won't make them money.
never played Disney Infinity, but it looks fun.
BTW who is that red and green monster looking things
MULAN! and now I have to switch to DI.
I didn't really enjoy Disney Infinity when I played it, but the figures were very nice and collectible. I told myself I have to stop since I'm not even playing the game, that I should just focus on amiibos. But dang, these are cute!
I have the original Disney Infinity and it barely ever gets used. Doubt I'll get this even if it is Star Wars.
@FragRed All the games will be backwards compatible. So far this means that all characters are usable in Toy box modes only. So 3.0 would support all Infinity figures in the Toy box modes.
If true, Olaf and Tron figures would be joining our ranks.
@Spoony_Tech - I think Iger saw too many Oldsmobile commercials growing up and took them a little too much to heart.
@rjejr
And I am still waiting for my Scrooge figurine. Maybe after we get the Ducktales reboot.
There isn't even a Goofy or Pluto figurine that I know of. Guess they are only trying to appeal to kids. The first batch felt like Pixar Infinity anyway.
No more! Please! I can't keep buying these things!
I don't know if it's just me but the toy box mode is way to complicated. Every time I try making something I get error messages saying I have to much on screen when I just sit up 4 bad guys and no buildings yet. The marvel play sets are pretty fun, I'm hoping one day they make a X-Men play set or at least a few figures that can be in other play sets.
I'm guilty of owning some of these. I hardly play Disney Infinity, but the figures are so nice! For most people, it's usually one character that makes them take the plunge (it was Aladdin and Jasmine for me). I kind of wish they would just bring out new figurines instead of a new version of the game every single year, that seems unnecessary.
The toy box can be a tad cumbersome I find. Maybe it's just me, but there's something about the whole thing that makes it feel overly complicated.
@DiscoDriver43 The red guy is Anger and the green woman is Disgust. They're characters from Pixar's upcoming movie Inside Out. Also pictured are the other main characters Joy, Fear and Sadness.
@sinalefa - Yeah, it was Pixar Infinity to start. And then 2.0 was Marvel Infinity. They still haven't done Disney Infinity. There have been a few, Fantasia Mickey, Lilo and Stitch, Brave. But when you are Disney and Brave is your go to cartoon movie you are doing it wrong. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car would have been a better choice. Or Herbie the Love bug. Bedknobs and Broomsticks even.
I really like Pixar movies, Nemo is 1 of my all time favorite movies - not Pixar or animation or kids movie, just simply 1 of my all time favorite movies - and I grew up a huge Marvel fan - Hulk and Wolverine were my mains, but when you call a game Disney Infinity it should have some actual Disney in it.
Nobody counts "Pirates of the Caribbean" as a Disney movie (though it was actually a much better movie than it should have been, 1 anyway, all down hill after that) plus there had already been a Lego Pirates, so it was a really strange choice, and it's all been odd from there. Lego Marvel and DI Marvel as well.
Maybe they're getting advice from Reggie?
They should go for more wellknown characters, Or at least older characters. I would love to play as for example, Pollyanna
Olaf... oh, NOT Olaf the Viking.
@Tobias95 Hahahaha, Pollyanna???Then why not Uncle Remus?!?
@KodyDawg I for one am happy they went with all the Inside Out characters. I was afraid they were just gonna go with Joy & Sadness. That's why I was upset with 2.0 having only Baymax & Hiro and just completely ignored the other 4 members of Big Hero 6. It bothers me when they ignore other characters in a group and just go with the main ones.
Disney, give me Captain Eo and I'm in!
Hum, not bad I guess for the Disney lineup .
Anyway, I have been thinking about this, but should Sora from Kingdom Hearts be in Disney Infinity or in Smash Bros with an Amiibo figure later?
Personally I have to say I would love if Sora was in Smash ^^, but consider that Square Enix share their rights with Disney in terms of Kingdom Hearts characters I am not sure if Sora can be in Smash legally ;^^.
Still potentially it would be a amazing if he could at least be in Smash if not in Disney Infinity too ^^.
(Note: I don't own Disney Infinity yet due to backlog, but I am thinking about buying Disney Infinity especially after Mickey, Donald and Stitch is out now).
@KodyDawg Actually that's Rinzler/Tron and Quorra from 2010's Tron Uprising. Disney declared 2.0 to be non-canon around the time the movie was made.
Nintendo still needs to make an Amiibo game. Maybe it will be revealed at E3.
If people are playing Disney Infinity 2.0 as a single player game, that's probably why they're not getting the amount of enjoyment they expect.
@MightyKrypto I would not mind him either, tough brer Rabbit would probaly be more realistical. (Not that Pollyanna is a realistic choice either, I just love the movie)
Sadly, I think Bob Iger stated that they would not release Song of the south as long as he is the boss at Disney. Meaning the chanse of SOTS merchandise like these figures is very slim.
Tough it would be a much better choice than half of the charactees in the picture.
Give us Muppets!
@MrWalkieTalkie
Something else that I would have loved to see would be Baymax without the armor.
@rjejr
I was a bit surprised at the small amount of Disney classic characters in 1.0, but it makes sense to spread them out over multiple releases of the game. How much less classic are they going to be one or two years down the line, while these other movies are being marketed now. They are the movies that kids have been most hyped about recently, as well. It's pretty sensible even if it doesn't match up to your dream scenarios.
I recognized every one of those characters instantly, myself, because I'm pretty psyched that the early word on Inside Out is that it's a return to form for Pixar.
They must improve the games themselves, though, to keep me interested. The playsets. My kids lose interest in them pretty fast now. I have to push them to get them to unlock things. That's just sad. They do enjoy just messing around in the Toy Box still, though.
Also, Star Wars may be hard to resist, but like your reaction to the Marvel characters I'm not sure how well they'll fit in the Disney Infinity style of models and frankly, we have way too many Disney figurines.
@Tazcat2011 If Nintendo revealed that they were working on a secret Nintendo universe game with Amiibo characters, that would be awesome. But on the other hand it would push the demand for amiibo even more.
@aaronsullivan - You should be happy to know I see us turning into a Lego Dimensions family and leaving DI behind so I'll be bugging you much less. We'll probably do a few more Skylanders games as well, Kaos is just too adorable, and they aer pretty straight forward, though admittedly that "trap" mechanic is a bit confusing. I haven't even played it w/ my wife yet so I'm not even sure if we'll be bale to use my kids "trapped" characters from the start. Would be weird if we could start using Kaos right away, my kids tell me he's OP.
Still waiting on Darkwing Duck...
Again why no Dipper and Mabel? They would make awesome characters!
They'd definitely get my vote if they brought in a few Kingdom Hearts characters.
Some might argue that Sora and Riku arent Disney characters, but they're just as much "Disney" as Yoda or Spiderman, IMO.
If the mulan figure is true my daughter will go mental. ..
@rjejr those are some great ideas. I suspect an onslaught of Star Wars will happen first though.
Hey look, it's Mickey Mouse, Frozen Snowman, Green Lady, Tron Man, Laffy Taffy Guy, Tron Girl, Simpsons-Looking Weirdo, Blue Smug Hipster, Mulan, Minnie Mouse and Angry Suit-Wearing Super Meat Boy! I...Certainly recognize all of these characters, guys!
With more seriousness, I've been impressed by some of the Infinity figures in the past. They are more like action figures then their competitors and LittleKid!Me would have enjoyed them a lot, but I don't have the money or time to invest into the game right now.
I would suggest adding Darth Vader to Disney Infinity 3.0 along with the Hulk.
@Nintendzoey Darkwing Duck? Pff, Scrooge McDuck is way better!
@R-Comeau Hulk was in 2.0 o_O
MULAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also, with Minnie and another Mickey, they need to make Goofy, I really hope they make Goofy............plz Dinsey Infinity!
Also Also They need to make Bill Nye The Science Guy one of these days!!!!!
@KodyDawg Ah, you're right. Although that looks more like Rinzler/Tron than Sam Flynn. 'Shrug'
So out of this selection, I want Mickey, Minnie, Quorra, & Disgust the most.
If this line-up is real, then I really do hope/think that this cant be all of the "originals" for the 3.0 version. 2.0 came out after "Maleficent" with a Maleficent figurine, so maybe after "Cinderella" (2015) there will be a character from that film in 3.0. And due to the upcoming "Beauty and the Beast" remake (2017?), I cant imagine seeing any characters from the original (or the story in general) any time soon.
I'm surprised Mickey and Minnie weren't even in the first Disney Infinity. What happened, Disney?
@TheEAB Yes, I would also buy a Scrooge McDuck (as long as he is in his DuckTales attire) or Launchpad McQuack. Those were some high quality cartoons! Darkwing Duck was always my fave character though.
@rjejr bam. Exactly that. Thanks. So many potential titles not tapped in favor of the commercially new titles...
No thanks. Enough milking! Can't they come up with something else? And i can't believe how many people are going allong and getting those amibo's. I hope you will wake up! You're sleeping and accepting it and that's what happening
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