No Disney Infinity 4.0 In 2016, But Support For 3.0 Will Continue Via New Play Sets

wouldn't be surprised to discover this is more to do with them having nothing "new" to front it with this year. Think about it 2.0 and 3.0 only really added these new huge franchises. it certainly is better for us consumers.

Really excited for Marvel Battlegrounds and the Alice in Wonderland playset, im hoping for finding nemo, peter pan, and lion king! Also would love some x men figures, and last but not least, Im hoping that the next DI will feature Kingdom Hearts!

Looked more Power Stone-esqe then Smash-esqe (Battlegrounds, that is).

@TheAceofMystery they out right refused wolverine and other Xmen. It's likely part of Marvels refusal to do anything that could help the Fox films

@TheAceofMystery they out right refused wolverine and other Xmen. It's likely part of Marvels refusal to do anything that could help the Fox films

I don't think Disney Infinity is flagging as the article suggests. They stated in their digital event yesterday that they were the number one in toys to life for the second year straight.

I also don't think there's a lack of content behind no 4.0. It's more down to the fact that they can now expand 3.0 through digital add-ons. They will be releasing a lot of new product this year for 3.0, new playsets and figures from Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars brands. It's basically what they would've sold in a 4.0, just without the big new starter set.

It's an amazing game, one that I enjoy playing either with or without my kids! I just wish the Wii U handled it as well as the PS4, a system I don't have.

Edit: if X-Men were in any Disney produced entertainment, they'd be in the game. Until that time, don't hold your breath.

I thought Disney made a previous statement suggesting Disney Infinity 3.0 is their "definitive" version and that we shouldn't expect a 4.0?

I'm pretty sure Lego Dimensions is working under the same business model this year without a new disc and more playsets to come this year- I saw a lot of starter sets left on shelves these years that were discounted. If you think about it, you give a parent a choice to support a game where you buy a starter set and then all the other stuff, or just all the other stuff and I know what is more appealing. The toybox doesn't change from iteration to iteration, it's only the story pieces that are new- plus Disney are already starting to run out of popular IP's to hang a new game on which is quite surprising.

I guess Skylanders can't do this as the game itself is the actual core of the story. But then I get the feeling Activision actually sells Skylanders game disks- its the toys that are suffering as they lack the star power of Disney, Warner or Nintendo.

@abe_hikura dang that sucks

Interesting, I was sort of expecting a 4.0 with added Muppets characters, but I guess its better the updates won't be annual.

That said, would a Disney Afternoon range this year hurt much? The likes of Ducktales, Chip N' Dale and Darkwing Duck would be awesome.

The entire 12 minute "Disney Direct" was rather good. Well if you like Baloo it was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p2cYYorv3o

I am really curious how they are going to handle "no new game, just toys". Not everybody has every console hooked up to the internet, and there is no game data in those figures or set pieces, so far it has all been on the starter discs. It will be almost a year between the game last year and Baloo so I am really curious if he was on that starter disc or if DLC updates will be involved going forward. Same for Finding Dory and Alice in Wonderland which I think they hinted at near the end.

And while they have made it very clear no new starter packs, AKA no DI 4.0, I do feel like they could still sell a new DI game disc for $20 - $40, like Destiny did last year w/ Taken King, only it wasn't a new game it was DLC, or something, I never did understand what was going on in Destiny or it's expanision.

"We value our fans and your feedback"
As if, if they actually cared about the feedback they'd already fix 3.0's major flaw, No online multiplayer.
I'd sank hours screwing around with friends and since 3.0 came out we hardly ever touch it, its disappointing.
(then again i'm speaking on behalf of the pc port, don't know much about the console releases.)

@DarthNocturnal With all the open world brawlers in the world - Powerstone, One Piece, Soul Caliber, Shrek Superslam (it was a fun Gamecube game, what can I say?) why do people always refer to these as "Powerstone"? I mean I know that's the first thing I thought of when I saw this a couple of months ago (Dreamcast FTW) and pre-ordered it ASAP, but I don't know why. Oh, Godzilla:DAMM on the Gamecube was another great one as well. Gamecube knew how to put those 4 ports to use.

I think this was a great time for my wife & I to hop into Disney Infinity. We purchased the Wii U 3.0 starter kit, along with Inside Out (since she doesn't like Star Wars). Since then we have purchased Toy Box Takeover & Speedway (which was somewhat disappointing). Its good to know our purchase will be good for at least another year! (she's actually really excited for Baloo)

@rjejr

Er, Soul Calibur is a 1v1 fighting game. A 3D one, but not really like Power Stone.

Smash is a 2.5 platformer / fighter hybrid. Power Stone is 3D arena brawler / fighter. Battlegrounds resembled what I know about Power Stone, so likening it to Smash seems misleading.

Awesome. I bought 3.0 and all the Star Wars characters that have come in the months since it's release, and have had a lot of fun with them.
Hope we get some more Star Wars characters announced soon, their are just too many to leave it at what we have now.

@rjejr "I am really curious if he was on that starter disc or if DLC updates will be involved going forward."

If you look carefully at your avatar picture you'll see a wifi symbol. All DI content with that symbol will require internet connection so dlc can be downloaded to the game. Baloo and a lot of what's coming this year is not on-disc.

I presume star wars rouge one will get a play set so that's cool!

@CosmoXY Oh, thank you very much for that. I never saw the Wi-Fi symbol and hadn't heard anything about it. Of course that doens't apply to us b/c we have most of our consoles wired but I know what you mean.

Oh, and I do know 1 person w/ a Wii U who has never attached it to the internet b/c he doesn't want his kid online. Though honestly I think he just can't be bothered. So while 98% of people may be online these days, its not 100% yet, which is why I was musing.

@DarthNocturnal I never said it was like "Smash" - I know the article did - but Powerstone seems like such a limited franchise to me for people to keep comparing other games to. It's not an ongoing sries like Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat or SSB or Soul Caliber or Tekken that have a new game every few years.

I do wish there were more Powerstone games, but there aren't.

Oh well, maybe after this people will refer to open world brawlers as "like Marvel Battlegrounds".

Oh, I just remembered, isn't the ongoing DOA series more open world like this? In my head it's the first fighting game w/ destructive environments but I could be wrong. I only own 1 of those on PS2.

I wonder what properties they'll use( I hope the make Indiana jones, goofy, oswald , winnie the pooh, darkwing duck and something studio ghibli related (if they can ask the rights))

Since there are so many DI 3.0 experts here, can you use all 2.0 characters and playsets? That would be a good start, if I ever decide to upgrade.

@rjejr SoulCalibur? Open world? I'd love to know which SoulCalibur you're referring to (and please, don't tell me it's Legends).

@andrea987 Play sets only work with the game version they were made for. All the figures from the beginning are supported in 3.0 however.

The base station has never changed, however, and digital downloads of the previous DI versions have been cheap and I think free for limited times.

Pretty grateful for the slowdown but I hope they start putting out more figures. I'm not a starwars fan so 3.0 is rather barren for me.

This is nice. The basic structure and mechanics are pretty solid this version, so if they are going to make it last, this is a much better version to do it with than 2.0.

I'm hoping for a Star Wars rebels play set but it could be a Rogue One set.

Is Disney Inifinity worth for someone who doesn't really like designing levels but enjoys playing story modes and stuff?

If only they would make the old playsets work in 3.0.

It's way too early for a DI 4.0 and I certainly wouldn't buy it this year. What I want is more playsets for the existing figures, which is what they seem to be bringing.

When they do release a DI 4.0 though I'd like it to be all encompassing, so that you could use any playset from 1.0, 2.0 or 3.0..

Now if only Skylanders did something like this

@MrGawain You are correct about Lego Dimensions. In fact, Lego is the reason they are going to this model.

It has been quite frustrating having to buy a portal pack every year if you wanted to play Day 1.

I have admit. I've tired on this game. The play sets themselves are just okay, and Toy Box doesn't hold my interest.

@aaronsullivan Cheers, pal. I'll keep an eye out then, in case they discount it again.

@kamifox1 "SoulCalibur? Open world?"

Open field? It certainly isn't 2D. Or 2.5D.

@Spin Depends I suppose. I don't play in the toy boxes much - I don't create anything - but I did enjoy doing missions in the House in 2.0. Seemed the same in 3.0 so I didn't bother. And I enjoyed playing the original trilogy in Star Wars w/ my wife - even though they condensed 3 games into about 2 hours worth of gameplay and it's hardly like the movies. We also started Pirates which was good. I played Lone Ranger and Toy Story w/ my kid, both of those were good for fun, but almost zero story, more like random missions loosely strung together.

We own almost every Marvel character and I played Toybox Takeover with my kid and it wasn't all that great. Still need to play Spiderman and Guardians of the Galaxy.

We have this on pre-order and we are looking forward to this - story mode and 4 player battles - but I expect to be mildly disappointed once again.

@whiffy5 Skylanders bases their games off of new portals that require new Starter Packs. I suppose it's not impossible, but Skylanders also has had its content on disc so far whereas Dimensions and Infinity have mentioned requiring an Internet connection for post launch content. It's almost like Dimensions and Infinity launch unfinished.

@Nico07 I wouldn't say unfinished. These are full games at launch (granted you need to buy all the extras to get the full experience), but they have always intended to be able to add content down the road. That's what we're seeing now.

@CosmoXY With LEGO Dimensions there are large patches that release and are a required download prior to new waves of content being released. This would signal that that new content, locked behind unreleased characters, is unfinished or not on the disc at launch.
For Disney Infinity it's difficult to say how much of their content is unfinished. We do know that at the least Marvel Battlegrounds was developed post release. I'm not saying this is a bad thing, they are well made and I enjoy each of these games with my kids. I'm just saying it's something to be aware of if you have no internet or as a parent don't enable internet access to a game console your child uses.

@Nico07 I haven't played LEGO so I defer to you on that one. I have followed DI since very early on though so I know how those games go. But yes parents need to be aware of this and connect their consoles to the Internet for the kids to get the best play experience. I have parental controls enabled on all devices that my kids use, gaming or otherwise.

@rjejr It's not that either. It's 3D but it plays on a 2D plane with the ability to move into and out from the foreground and background and circle the opponent using this movement within a 3D plane. It's not open in any sense of the word. Not like, say, Castlevania Judgement or Power Stone.